2008/11/10:Long-time WNPJ member and activist from LaCrosse honored with a book - June Kjome

Submitted by staff on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 12:55pm

Long-time WNPJ member and activist from LaCrosse - honored with a book

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Justice Not Just Us: June Kjome and the Making of An Old Lady Activist.

 

At age 87, June Kjome continues to be an activist for causes important to her – non-violence, justice and peace, hunger and health care for all, and equality for people of all sexual orientation.

 

This book follows June’s life from childhood in Austin, Minnesota, to missionary nursing in South Africa for 19 years through her current activism.

 

She continues to stand out on a street corner as a “Woman in Black” in silent vigil for non-violence. She also has protested her own beloved church for not allowing ordination of gay or lesbian clergy.

 

June speaks out against injustice whenever she sees it, saying “silence is the same as assent.”

Title: Justice Not Just Us: June Kjome: the making of an old lady activist

ISBN: 9780976643760

Author: Susan T. Hessel and Gayda Hollnagel
 Additional Features:
softcover/212 pages/approx. size 6" x 9"/trade
 About the Author:
Susan T. Hessel is a newspaper reporter turned personal historian. She has written more than two dozen histories, memoirs and other books, and is co-author of A History of La Crosse, Wisconsin, in the Twentieth Century: Reinventing La Crosse Again and Again. A retired La Crosse Tribune reporter, Gayda Hollnagel is co-author with Hessel of A History of La Crosse, Wisconsin, in the Twentieth Century: Reinventing La Crosse Again and Again. Her freelance writing work includes personal histories.
 Copyright Year:
2008