Monthly Meeting - Hammering Out Human Rights: Eleanor Roosevelt at the UN

In November, Susan Marie Frontczak will join us in a live presentation as Eleanor Roosevelt.

Dubbed "First Lady of the World" by President Truman, Eleanor Roosevelt speaks of the ground-breaking, grueling, tempestuous, and eventually triumphant development of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a Magna Carta for humankind. Along the way, we gain insights to what brought Mrs. Roosevelt to be at the United Nations in the first place and the fears that are currently (in 1950) stoking animosities between the Soviet Union and the United States. You may be surprised to find out why Human Rights are important to your future and to the strength of the country.

The program includes glimpses behind Mrs. Roosevelt's public life into the story of the little girl who lost both parents before the age of ten, a debutante who felt trapped by society’s expectations, and a young wife who raised five children before emerging as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable women.

Storysmith® Susan Marie Frontczak has developed six historical figures for Chautauqua over the last 22 years, reaching audiences to date in 43 of the United States and nine countries abroad - Scientist Marie Curie; first lady Eleanor Roosevelt; author Mary Shelley; dancer Irene Castle; Civil War nurse and American Red Cross founder Clara Barton; and humorist/author Erma Bombeck. Susan Marie has been coaching youth since 2004 and adults since 2008 to develop their own Living History presentations. She authored the Young Chautauqua handbooks for Colorado Humanities and coaches YC throughout Colorado. Susan Marie is on the faculty for the Chautauqua Training Institute, bringing a new set of adult scholars to the Chautauqua stage.

She says her biggest challenge with Mrs. Roosevelt is to choose what pieces of her immense life to include in any given presentation, and so has developed multiple programs to explore different aspects of Mrs. R’s challenges and contributions. Her website is https://www.storysmith.org.

SCHEDULE

We will serve appetizers from 4:00 to 4:30, then start the program. A small donation is suggested for the food, and wine will be served for a $3 donation. The program will include announcements and a Humanist Moment before the presentation begins.

We hope to see you at 4:00 pm, on Sunday, November 27th, at Jefferson Unitarian Church! It is an in-person-only event.

This program is hosted by Jefferson Humanists, a chapter of the American Humanist Association.

Event made possible in part by a grant from Colorado Humanities (https://coloradohumanities.org/).
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“Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: Nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says, ‘It can’t be done.’” - Eleanor Roosevelt

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