Shabbat Salon: Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky
Friday, November 8, 2024 • 7 Cheshvan 5785
6:30 PM - 9:00 PMFor our November Salon, our presenters will be TBH members Lisa Brodoff and Lynn Grotsky.
It’s 1986 in Thurston County, WA. Bio-mom Lisa, and lesbian partner Lynn, are having a baby using donor insemination, but equal rights for the nonbiological mom to legally parent their child is not a given. This is the story of how, after a two-year court battle, they secured these parenting rights for themselves and for all other same-sex couples in the state of Washington and then extended throughout the nation. Lynn and Lisa have continued to fight for LGBTQ+ equality and safety up to the present day. In this talk, they’ll discuss the local and national coalitions that helped bring about second parent adoption and later a string of other victories for the LGBTQ+ community.
Lynn Grotsky and Lisa Brodoff, long term residents of Lacey, WA, have been in a committed relationship for 43 years and joyously legally married for 10 years. They have two wonderful children, daughter Evan (36 years old) and son Micha (33 years old), and now two grandchildren both born during COVID. Lisa is now an emerita professor of law at Seattle University. She specializes in elder and disability law and has actively worked on expanding the rights of LGBTQ+ people for the past 40+ years. Lynn is a retired Clinical Social Worker who worked in private practice, helped found and was the first clinical director of Monarch Children’s Justice and Advocacy Center, and was the Cofounder and first Executive Director of Pizza Klatch, a nonprofit organization providing weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ+ youth and their allies in all Thurston County High Schools and some middle schools.
ABOUT OUR SHABBAT SALON
For our Shabbat Salons, we will join in-person in community to celebrate Shabbat in the social hall with several prayers before we enjoy a catered vegetarian dinner by Nineveh. The presentation begins around 8:00 pm, and the event typically concludes at 9:00 pm. Each menu is specially created just for TBH!
MENU:
- Green salad red wine vinaigrette
- Black bean soup
- Roasted carrots with whipped feta
- Walnut Pesto penne
- Grilled Zucchini
- Lemon bars
Dinner is $20 per person. RSVP is required for the dinner only. You may join us for the presentation without an RSVP.
HOW TO REGISTER
Complete the form below and pay online. If you prefer to pay by CHECK OR CASH, please e-mail your dinner RSVP to tbh@bethhatfiloh.org. You may drop your payment in the Mail Box in the TBH foyer by the admin office or you may pay the night of the event.
Once dinner registration has closed, payment for dinner is non-refundable if you have to cancel. However, you may transfer your dinner ticket to another person.
Important Note: Event Registration is for the dinner ONLY. You may attend the speaker presentation without having dinner. Registration closes the Wednesday before the Salon at 5:00 pm.
Please put any dietary restrictions in the notes.
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