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Sheena Duncan

Annemarie Hendrikz

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Description:As per http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/05/1...About the bookThe biography of Sheena Duncan is an account of the life of a notable woman, one which reveals the extent of her influence in the quest for justice and peace in South Africa. Its range and depth depict Sheena Duncan’s work over four decades in the church, including the South African Council of Churches, and in civil society organisations.The name Sheena Duncan is almost synonymous with the Black Sash, the organisation that her mother, Jean Sinclair, co-founded in 1955 to fight against the evils of apartheid. Sheena served the Black Sash – always as a volunteer – in a number of roles: national president, advice office director, Sash magazine editor, trustee and, finally, patron. Yet her human rights activism, which was underpinned by her immense faith, was not limited to one organisation. She was involved in Gun Free South Africa, the End Conscription Campaign, the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Human Awareness Programme (HAP), Joint Enrichment Project (JEP), Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), Five Freedoms Forum (FFF), the Speak Out on Poverty hearings and a campaign for a basic income grant. Although she never went to university, few lawyers were able to rival her knowledge of the intricacies of the pass laws.In the Anglican community, Sheena was widely involved, including as vice president of the South African Council of Churches and a member of the board of Justice and Reconciliation. She became the first lay canon of the Diocese of Johannesburg and was also awarded the Order of Simon of Cyrene, the highest honour the Anglican Church bestows on a layperson.Sheena was awarded three honorary doctorates for her human rights work (from the universities of the Witwatersrand, Cape Town and Natal) and received numerous national and international peace awards, including the Order of the Baobab – Silver, “for her excellent contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, just and democratic South Africa”, and the Liberal International Prize for Freedom.Through her own words, from letters to her daughters and friends, and through the words of others, through vivid memories and stark facts, Sheena emerges as a complex, multidimensional woman – loving, gentle, down-to-earth, flawed, talented, intelligent, strategic, angry, forceful, articulate, hard-working – a product of her ancestry, yet visionary and capable of personal transformation.Sheena was supported selflessly by her husband, Neil an architect. She has two daughters, Lindsay McTeague and Carey Haouach and two grandchildren. Sheena died of cancer at the age of 77.About the authorAs a Black Sash member, rural fieldworker and writer of Book One of Your Guide to Farmworkers and the Law, Annemarie Hendrikz shared a close association with Sheena for many years, including inheriting from Sheena the role of National Coordinator of the Black Sash advice offices when the organisation decided to make that a full time salaried position. In time, Sheena and Annemarie also found they had coincidental connections, such as each having a daughter named Carey, and each spending time living in the same house. (When Sheena and her family returned from Zimbabwe and were waiting for their Parkhurst house to be built, they rented the Jan Smuts Avenue house from Annemarie’s mother Hansje Hendrikz – fondly known to both as Moetie).Annemarie’s previous work in the life-story genre includes Dear One – a Tribute to Lucille Gillwald, and work with four rural women to enable the writing of: This is my Life – Mirriam Moleleki; Umzabalazo – Neliswa Mroxisa; My Storie Loop So – Nongeteni Mfengu; and Not The End of World – Nothemba Ngcwecwe.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sheena Duncan. To get started finding Sheena Duncan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Tiber Tree Press

Release: 2015

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Description: As per http://bookslive.co.za/blog/2015/05/1...About the bookThe biography of Sheena Duncan is an account of the life of a notable woman, one which reveals the extent of her influence in the quest for justice and peace in South Africa. Its range and depth depict Sheena Duncan’s work over four decades in the church, including the South African Council of Churches, and in civil society organisations.The name Sheena Duncan is almost synonymous with the Black Sash, the organisation that her mother, Jean Sinclair, co-founded in 1955 to fight against the evils of apartheid. Sheena served the Black Sash – always as a volunteer – in a number of roles: national president, advice office director, Sash magazine editor, trustee and, finally, patron. Yet her human rights activism, which was underpinned by her immense faith, was not limited to one organisation. She was involved in Gun Free South Africa, the End Conscription Campaign, the Campaign to Abolish the Death Penalty, the Human Awareness Programme (HAP), Joint Enrichment Project (JEP), Human Rights Institute of South Africa (HURISA), Five Freedoms Forum (FFF), the Speak Out on Poverty hearings and a campaign for a basic income grant. Although she never went to university, few lawyers were able to rival her knowledge of the intricacies of the pass laws.In the Anglican community, Sheena was widely involved, including as vice president of the South African Council of Churches and a member of the board of Justice and Reconciliation. She became the first lay canon of the Diocese of Johannesburg and was also awarded the Order of Simon of Cyrene, the highest honour the Anglican Church bestows on a layperson.Sheena was awarded three honorary doctorates for her human rights work (from the universities of the Witwatersrand, Cape Town and Natal) and received numerous national and international peace awards, including the Order of the Baobab – Silver, “for her excellent contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, just and democratic South Africa”, and the Liberal International Prize for Freedom.Through her own words, from letters to her daughters and friends, and through the words of others, through vivid memories and stark facts, Sheena emerges as a complex, multidimensional woman – loving, gentle, down-to-earth, flawed, talented, intelligent, strategic, angry, forceful, articulate, hard-working – a product of her ancestry, yet visionary and capable of personal transformation.Sheena was supported selflessly by her husband, Neil an architect. She has two daughters, Lindsay McTeague and Carey Haouach and two grandchildren. Sheena died of cancer at the age of 77.About the authorAs a Black Sash member, rural fieldworker and writer of Book One of Your Guide to Farmworkers and the Law, Annemarie Hendrikz shared a close association with Sheena for many years, including inheriting from Sheena the role of National Coordinator of the Black Sash advice offices when the organisation decided to make that a full time salaried position. In time, Sheena and Annemarie also found they had coincidental connections, such as each having a daughter named Carey, and each spending time living in the same house. (When Sheena and her family returned from Zimbabwe and were waiting for their Parkhurst house to be built, they rented the Jan Smuts Avenue house from Annemarie’s mother Hansje Hendrikz – fondly known to both as Moetie).Annemarie’s previous work in the life-story genre includes Dear One – a Tribute to Lucille Gillwald, and work with four rural women to enable the writing of: This is my Life – Mirriam Moleleki; Umzabalazo – Neliswa Mroxisa; My Storie Loop So – Nongeteni Mfengu; and Not The End of World – Nothemba Ngcwecwe.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Sheena Duncan. To get started finding Sheena Duncan, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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