Mary Morten

**Mary Morten**, onye na-eme ihe ike na Chicago, etinyela olu ya n'ịkwado obodo ndị a na-akparaghị ókè.A nabatara Morten na Chicago Gay and Lesbian Hall of Fame na 1996.  Morten jere ozi dị ka onye isi oche Africa America mbụ nke Chicago nke National Organization for Women (NOW), bụ onye edemede na onye na-eme ihe nkiri na ahụmịhe ụmụ nwanyị Africa America, ma duzie òtù ndị dị ka Chicago Abortion Fund na Chicago Foundation for Women. N'ụzọ dị ịrịba ama, Morten duziri City of Chicago's Advisory Council on Gay and Lesbian issues na 1996. 

## Akụkọ ihe mere eme
Morten na-ekwu na ọrụ ya dị ka onye na-eme ihe ike sitere n'aka nne ya, onye kwenyere na Call to Action nke oge ikike obodo: *Ọ bụrụ na ị bụghị akụkụ nke ngwọta, ị bụ akụkụ nke nsogbu ahụ.* Ihe a ma ama n'ọrụ Morten bụ ọrụ afọ ofufo ya na Geraldine Ferraro na 1984 maka osote onye isi ala. N'oge ahụ, Morten banyere n'isi ụlọ ọrụ National Organization for Women (NOW) wee hụ enweghị ụmụ nwanyị na-acha ọbara ọbara, wee kpebie na nke ahụ ga-agbanwe. "M batara ma ọ dịghị mgbe m hapụrụ", ka Morten kwuru. Morten mechara bụrụ onye isi oche nke NOW ma bụrụkwa onye duziri otu ndị gụnyere Women's Self-Employment Project na Chicago Abortion Fund.

N'afọ 1996, Morten ghọrọ onye otu A Real Read, otu ndị Africa America Les Abigailtrans Performance Ensemble nke Chicago. Ụlọ ọrụ ihe nkiri a bu n'uche ịnọchite anya obodo bi n'okpuru ọnọdụ abụọ dị ala metụtara agbụrụ na mmekọahụ. A Real Read lekwasịrị anya n'okwu ndị dị ka: mgbochi HIV na AIDS, homophobia, okpukpe, ụmụ nwanyị na nsogbu transgender. Site na uri ha, okwu, egwu, na vignettes, otu ahụ nyere otu olu na obodo na-agbachi nkịtị mgbe niile, ka ha na-enye ihe ngosi nke gosipụtara ụwa.

N'ọrụ ya n'ọfịs onye isi obodo, Morten duziri njikọ aka nke obodo maka ihe nkiri ahụ, Ọ bụ Elementary, ihe nkiri nkuzi maka iji ya na ọzụzụ mmepe ndị ọrụ maka ụlọ akwụkwọ ọha na eze Chicago ma mepụta ọrụ mgbochi ịkpa ókè agbụrụ, The Color Triangle, maka Obodo LGBT. Na mgbakwunye, Morten nyere aka guzobe Illinois Safe Schools Alliance ma bụrụkwa onye bụbu onye otu Chicago's Center on Halsted na nke National Gay and Lesbian Task Force . 

N'afọ 2000, a họpụtara Mary Morten dịka onye nduzi nke ụlọ ọrụ mgbochi ime ihe ike maka Ngalaba Ahụike Ọha nke Chicago (CDPH). Morten haziri mbọ CDPH na-eme iji gbochie ime ihe ike n'obodo niile ma bụrụkwa onye na-ahụ maka mmejuputa ihe ike mgbochi! Chicago, atụmatụ mgbochi ime ihe ike nke obodo ahụ.

Malite n'afọ 2007, Morten jere ozi dị ka onye mmekọ na onye isi nchịkwa nke Chicago Foundation for Women . Morten na Barack Obama arụkọwo ọrụ kemgbe ọ bụ onye omeiwu steeti na ngwụcha afọ 1990."Barack nwere ahụ iru ala n'ebe ndị na-eme enyi nwoke nọ...ọ kpọtụrụ ndị na-edina nwoke n'okwu ọkwa ya na Springfield, I11., nke ọ na-enweghị ihe ọ ga-eme. Mana ọ bụghị naanị ohere mgbasa ozi ya. " Ọ bụ akụkụ nke obodo. "

Mary Morten rụkwara ọrụ na mkpọsa onye isi ala Obama  ma bụrụkwa onye na-eleta Obama White House mgbe niile. Mgbe White House kwadoro oriri iji mee emume ọnwa Gay Pride na 2009, Morten so na ndị Chicago na-eme emume na Onye isi ala na Onye isi nwanyị.

## Ọrụ ọ na-arụ ugbu a
Ka ọ dị ugbu a, Morten bụ onye isi oche nke Morten Group, nke Mary Morten bụ ọkachamara na mgbanwe mmekọrịta mmadụ na ibe ya site na mmepe nkà, iwu ọha na eze na nkwado maka imeziwanye ụmụ nwanyị, ndị na-acha ọbara ọbara na ndị LGBT.

Morten na-emepụta ihe ngosi ugbu a nke sitere na nyocha nke ọrụ Cathy Cohen na Black Youth Project, na Mahadum Chicago. A na-akpọ ihe nkiri ahụ, "Woke Up Black" ma na-enyocha àgwà, omume, na mkpebi nke ndị ntorobịa Africa-America. Banyere ihe ngosi a ọ na-emepụta, Morten na-ekwu "Echere m na mgbasa ozi bụ ngwá ọrụ dị ike nke bụ ihe na-adịchaghị mma. Oge ọ bụla anyị nwere ike ikwu maka nsogbu, ma anyị na-agba ajụjụ ọnụ na redio, na-ese ihe nkiri ma ọ bụ na-eji redio eme ihe ngosi nye ndị na-eme iwu, echere m na anyị na-akọ akụkọ ahụ n'ụzọ dị ukwuu ma echere m ka ọtụtụ ndị ọzọ nụ ya. 

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