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Many of you did join us for "A Passion for Justice: An Evening Celebrating Ruth Harris" November 1. What an amazing gathering of 120 people committed to peace and justice, students, women and ecumenism. Ruth has been one of our leading lights in the US SCM and the WSCF for nearly 60 years. What a wonderful opportunity to celebrate her life and witness, her passion for justice. And to receive her blessing. In Ruth's honor, the WSCF Trustees have established the Ruth Harris Endowment Fund for Women's Leadership. 126 gifts and pledges for $16,970 have been received to date. Thank you to all who have contributed! Also that night we celebrated the launching of Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975, published by Rutgers University Press. (1-800-446-9323) This volume, edited by Sara Evans, contains inspiring memoirs from sixteen women whose experience in the SCMs fostered their activity in the civil rights movement, anti-war campaigns, and the rise of feminism. Authors include Ruth Harris, Charlotte Bunch, Jan Griesinger, Alice Hageman, Jill Hultin, Tamela Hultman, Frances Kendall, Renetia Martin, Sheila McCurdy, Eleanor Scott Meyers, elmira Nazombe, Rebecca Owen, Jeanne Audrey Powers, Nancy Richardson, Valerie Russell and Margarita Mendoza de Sugiyama. Many, many thanks to Ruth Harris and these contributors whose efforts have made sure that what they have called "letters to our daughters" are added to the history of the SCM in the US and available as inspiration to all of us. You will all want a copy of this book! Click here to find out more about ordering:  Journeys That Opened Up the World: Women, Student Christian Movements, and Social Justice, 1955-1975
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