In this episode, Gail, Catherine and Patricia discuss how Patty’s work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr—starting in her teens– was instrumental in shaping her life as a social activist and feminist. Dr. King called her a “woman warrior.” Through Patty’s vivid descriptions, we learn about the first women’s studies courses at a local Chicago university, the birth of the Women’s Liberation Union, and how the women’s movement in Chicago crossed class and race lines. As a clinical psychologist, Patty turned to theology—the language of faith and justice—for better answers to healing injustices. Her vision now also includes the arts as vehicles for connecting with a spirit larger than oneself.
“I have no doubt that anything is possible with a dream, friends and resources.” – Rev Patricia Novick, Ph.D., D. Min.
Take-Aways:
Always the vision is to be part of the community—to share it out, to pass it on.
When something causes you pain, learn about it, seek to understand it.
Ask yourself—“where have your feet been today?”
Aging brings more internal understanding, as in “the performance is for others, the dancing is for me.”
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