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As an advocate for the non-violent change of the rampant injustices
imposed on citizens throughout the world, Mrs. Lowery has marched and organized, been shot at and jailed, served and
sacrificed for the cause of justice and equality:
1965 - Marched in the historic Selma to Montgomery
March and has re-enacted the trip several times since.
1979 - Mrs. Lowery was shot at twice by KKK in Decatur,
Alabama, while driving a car during a SCLC demostration in defense of a young, black, retarded man, Tommy Lee Hines.
1979 - seeing a special need for women and families, Mrs.
Lowery invited a small group of women to become The SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
1980
- Mrs. Lowery founded The Drum Major for Justice Awards Dinner.
1983 - Mrs. Lowery was arrested by North
Carolina Highway Patrol officials, when she participated in the protest to halt the State's dumping of polyclorinated biphenlys
(PCB) in the largely rural, poor African-American community of Afton. She was charged with impeding traffic, and spent
a night in jail with four other women: Armenta Eaton, Dollie Burwell, Sherrie Swift and Jocelyn McKissick.
Mrs. Lowery said she was "Sensitive to the plight of the people of
Afton because of the life-threatening condition of the chenical waste, and the stress of the psychological affects on women
and children." She called the dumping of PCB an "impending danger."
1984 - She was jailed in Washington, D.C. while
demonstrating for the abolishment of apartheid at the South African Embassy.
1985 - Mrs. Lowery spent Thanksgiving holiday
in an Atlanta jail for demonstrating against apartheid.
1987 - Mrs. Lowery founded The
Evelyn Gibson Lowery Civil Rights Heritage Tour, a 2-day motor coach tour through Alabama.
1988
- Mrs. Lowery founded the Women's Empowerment Training Center for
GED/computer training.
1994 - Organized "Toy Gun" Exchange Campaign, encouraging
youth to bring in toys representing violence and receive non-violent toys.
1995 - Mrs. Lowery created The Bridging
the Gap: Girls to Women mentoring program.
1995
- Mrs. Lowery led the purchase and renovation of the historic Tabor Building on Auburn Avenue, in which houses the offices and programs of SCLC/W.O.M.E.N.,
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