Standing on the Side of Love

In Arlington

Annual Religious Witness
for Marriage Equality

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

9:30 AM

WHAT?

Every year since 2006, faithful couples have gone to the courthouse to attempt to register their long term partnership as a marriage. They are refused. Minister, Pastors, and congregational leaders pray for and support these couples, and their friends and families come to cheer them on "I see it as an annual renewal of our vows," said one couple in 2011.

WHY?

Some religious voices actively workingagainst equality in Virginia are loud, but there are many other faith traditions whose principles demand equality for all people. At this gathering we will come together to raise our voices in support of GLBT couples and all people who are denied equality under the law.

The Arlington witness is being brought forward by People of Faith for Equality in Virginia and includes, among others, members of Rock Spring UCC, Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, and Clarendon Presbyterian.

WHEN?

Valentine’s Day, of course! The Arlington event will take place at 9:30AM.

WHERE?

At the Arlington Judicial Center – 1425 N. Courthouse Road, Arlington, VA 22201.

We will gather in the courtyard in front of the building at 9:30 for prayer and remarks, then head as a group to the Clerk’s Office.

Courthouse Metro Station. Metered parking available in the surface lot across the street.

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Minutes UUCA Equality  Meeting Feb 7, 2012

Present were: Rhonda Buckner, Elizabeth Fogarty, Susan Craig, Mark De Francis, Melody Feather, Gerda Keiswetter, Leah Pelligrino, Susan  Long , Ray Sidney Smith by phone

Conference March 10 “On the Edge of Glory:  Ending LGBT Bullying”

The event will be Hosted by UUCA, and is being organized and presented by GLSEN. NOVAM will also present, and Equality UUCA has arranged for one of the workshops to be on self defense.

Schedule

11:30 check in

12-1:30 Panel discussion open to the public with participation by adults and youth about the issue of LGBT bullying.  

After 1:30, the conference will only be open to registered youth.

1:40-2:40 workshops

2:50-3:50 workshops

4:00 -5:00 workshops

5:00-5:30 debriefing

5:30-6:30 dinner

6:30-10.00 dance

Workshops will be organized and provided by GLSEN: 

Building and Maintaining Gay Straight organizations

Social Activism:  know your rights

Possibly Trans 101 with the DC Trans Alliance

2 Workshops will be organized and provided by NOVAM:  Cyberbullying

Out With It: Tackling Hate

Self Defense workshop by police, Claire, and Ray Sidney Smith

UUCA will Provide:

Space for the conference has already been blocked for all activities. Members volunteered to head up the following:

Logistics :  Melody and Elizabeth will arrange, Gerda will provide signage

Info and swag collection  Elizabeth

Kitchen and supplies : Leah

Tech  Elizabeth will contact Gail Sddle

Set up—Susan Craig, Susan Long, Leah

Clean Up –Rhonda Eliz, Mark, Gerda

Volunteers needed

Mark will submit ad to Page Two for Sunday mornings.

To check participants in

To chaperone

To help in the kitchen—serving snacks and pizza dinner

Organize stuff- cloak room

Chaperone the workshop dinner and dance

It will be helpful to have some UUCA volunteers have background checks  which GLSEN will arrange and will likely be free. If an adult does not have a background check they must work with a GLSEN checked volunteer.

Marriage Equality events Feb 14

 People of Faith for Equality in VA has partnered with UCC Rock Spring and UU Fairfax. The Arlington event will be at 9:30 a.m., and the Fairfax event will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Clerk of Courts.  We will advertise events in Page 2 and online. We will organize carpools to Fairfax,  if folks want to go together.

Capital Pride June 9,10

We will organize UU’s for the Parade. Elizabeth has already paid the $210 Registration at lowest level. Fees are charged based on the number of paid staff, so if more congregations join, the fee will increase, but we will have more contributors as well. UU Fairfax will organize booth.  We will contribute, participate

Budget 2012

We asked for $3000.00 mostly to publicize events including PFLAG support group, youth group, and special speakers. Pride fees and expenses, special event expenses are also included.  Since we asked for $2500 for this year, and received $500, we don’t expect that we will receive anything close to that.

We may be able to use Google ads, social media to promote.  Ray Sidney Smith will look into this

Banner Parade March 11 or18 (Part of Membership Sunday Service)

UUCA Equality does not have a banner, but  Heather will make one for us.

Mark and Elizabeth volunteered to carry it. Rainbow MeetUp decided they would also like a banner. Gerda will make it and Susan Craig will carry it.

Rainbow Meetup-

Susan C. reported that 3 members went to the museum in January to see the Bayard Ruskin Exhibit. Although it was a small group, they enjoyed it immensely!

Advocacy Organizing

Rhonda has been talking to UUCF Equality leader Paula Prettyman about our mutual need for a larger group of leaders to effect change in N. VA than either of our groups have individually. We will endeavor to coordinate for bigger effect with Northern VA UU’s, People of Faith, a statewide group and Equality VA for  political advocacy organizing.

Adjourned 9:05 p.m.

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Equality UUCA - meeting agenda - Tuesday Dec. 6 at 7:30 - all are invited!

Agenda

Check-in

Arlingtarian Equality Corner contributor

Updates Equality UUCA Sponsored Programs

--PFLAG support groups at UUCA (Gerda)

--Rainbow Meet-up (Susan)

Special Service Jan. 15: Rev. Mark Kiumba Uganda UU Minister to speak (Carlton/Elizabeth)

Outreach Related to Workshop: --NOVAM, Northern VA AIDS Ministry, (Rhonda)

--Arlington Partnership for Children, Youth and Families,(Elizabeth)

--Sally Baird, Arlington School Board (Susan) --Arlington Police GLBT liaison unit (Ray)

--GLSEN (Marc) --Sana and UUCA youth (Elizabeth) --Bill Peters re Prom (Rhonda)

Workshop Decisions

--Based on Sally Baird’s advice, can we eliminate sessions for administrators and teachers?

--Approval of Date, March 10?

--Possible Presentations: Self Defense against bullying: Physical, Psychological, Emotional

Skillbuilding for Allies when someone is being bullied

Skill building for parents when a child is being bullied

Cyberbullying

Others? NOVAM Speakout AIDS Prevention, honest conversation about sex and HIV AIDS

Full day or half? If half, a.m. or p.m. Evening event?

Sharing the load: Who will do what

Other Outreach

--Fairfax UU Church Rainbow Welcome (Elizabeth --People of Faith for Equality in VA (Rhonda)

Adjourn

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Equality UUCA monthly meeting -- October 4, 2011 minutes

attending:  Rhonda Buckner, Elizabeth Fogarty, Susan Craig, Susan long, Leah Pellegrino, Rev. Carlton E Smith (for a while)

1)  Rev. Carlton stopped in, between meetings, to share information about the program with the Episcopal Bishop from Uganda who is speaking at UUCA tomorrow evening (apologies -- I don't remember his name).  The Bishop is in town to speak at the State Department and All Souls Episcopal in DC;  Bruce Knox, the UU-UNO representative, knows of our interest in international LGBT issues and connected Carlton with the Bishop.  Tomorrow's program will include a video/power point about the Bishop's Foundation for Reconciliation, background information about the situation in Uganda presented by Albert Ogle, the Episcopal priest who is hosting the Bishop, then some remarks by the Bishop and an opportunity for Q&A.  Rhonda and Gerardo have stepped up to coordinate the wine & cheese refreshments. 
What:  Episcopal Bishop from Uganda speaks about LGBT oppression
Where:  UUCA
When:  Wednesday, October 5; refreshment 6 - 6:45; program 6:45 - 8:30.

2)  Bruce Knox, the director of the UU - United Nations Office, will be at UUCA on Saturday, October 22, 10:30 a.m., to speak about his work.  All are invited.

3)  Carlton will follow up with Rev. David .... the minister of First UU in Baltimore, to get further information about hosting the UU minister Mark Kiyimba from Uganda.  His visit would involve finding someone to host him (room, board, transportation) as well as funding his airfare from Oklahoma, where he is currently a guest of All Souls UU in Tulsa.   Not sure if there is adequate interest in the Uganda situation to host 2 speakers this fall; we will wait until tomorrow evening to gauge interest.

4)  We are still interested in hosting some type of conference/program/event around the issue of GLBT youth concerns, anti-bullying program, parent advocacy education -- but have not been able to connect with Bill Briggs of Metro DC PFLAG to get more information (still waiting for return phone calls & emails).  March is our target month for the program.  Elizabeth will check the church calendar to see if there are any March dates available (and cross-check with Arlington public school calendars).  If dates are available, she will contact DC PFLAG to see if there is interest in partnering with us -- deadline for a decision is October 19.  If no from DC PFLAG, we might contact NoVa GLSEN or Equality VA.  Elizabeth will gather information, share it via email, and we will decide at our November meeting if we will plan a conference in the spring.

5)  Susan Craig will examine the Equality VA anti-bullying policies, which are based on enumerating what behaviors constitute bullying, and report on them at November meeting.

6)  Rhonda -- has contacted People of Faith for Equality in VA staff person Cameron .... She has not been able to get in touch with him for the last week.  Rhonda is waiting to hear back  from PoFEV.

7)  Rhonda had phone meeting with James Parrish, Exec. Dir. of Equality VA.  Their priorities are:  promoting their anti-bullying policies to school districts in VA, getting signatures for the workplace anti-discrimination petition, and getting letters to the Social Services Board NO LATER THAN Tuesday, October 11.  Rhonda sent info to Equality UUCA with a link for writing letters; she will post info about writing letters to VA Dept. of Social Services re. adoption on the main page of uucava.org. 

8)  We would like to have a regular column/box in the UUCA newsletter -- "Equality corner" or something like that -- with info about our activities as well as "did you know......" facts about discrimination against LGBT people.  Needed:  volunteer to put information together and get it to Mary Ann Bolton by 15th of each month. 

9)  All are encouraged to blog about equality issues on their uucava.org pages, to comment on each other's blogs, and try to keep equality issues on the main page of the church website.  Question:  is there a way to create a blog on our EqualityUUCA page, that we could all contribute to?  Question:  how can we get rid of the Equality UUCA group with one member?  Question:  how can we get Equality UUCA to come up on the first page of UUCA groups?

10)  Equality UUCA needs to connect with other UUCA committees, such as immigration, torture, green, etc.  What is best way to do this?  Make a schedule, or have EqUUCA members select committees to visit?

11)  Transgender Remembrance Day, Sunday, November 20 -- discussed having some kind of information about it in UUCA newsletter and on website; also, would like to have a display or something visible on the Equality UUCA table that Sunday (reminder:  we will need to reserve a table for that day -- we have tables reserved first and second sundays of each month).  We would like to encourage the ministers to recognize TRD as part of the service.  Can we create some visibility with posters about trans-appropriate language?  Some kind of education?   Here is a link from UUA about resources for TRD: 

http://www.uua.org/documents/aw/110921_news.pdf

Leah will check out the resources available through UUA, and contact the group by email if she finds anything inspiring that calls the group to action before next meeting, Tuesday, November 1. 

12)  We agreed to share information between meetings via email group.

posted by Elizabeth Fogarty, October 4, 2011

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GLBT History month celebrated at Cedar Lane UU -- October, 2011

October is National LGBT History Month 

Upcoming Events at Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church

During October, the LGBT Task Force at the Cedar Lane UU Church will be hosting a number of activities in honor of National LGBT History Month and of National Coming Out Day.

Members of the Cedar Lane Community and friends from the larger community beyond Cedar Lane are welcome to participate in these events. 

*  A highlight for the month will be a celebratory exhibit in the main building vestibule area featuring a preview of the newest (and still evolving) photo-text exhibit by Family Diversity Projects--WE HAVE FAITH.  The focus of this new exhibit is on LGBT clergy and faith leaders. 

  *Angels in America: Play Reading, Pizza and Beer
Friday, October 7th from 7:15 to 9:00 PM
$10 charge
   (Advance registration is required for this event.)   

Participants will engage in a "table reading" of the play (no acting experience necessary) plus a stimulating discussion accompanied by a festive snack and an opportunity to socialize.

* Film showing and discussion of "Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin"--Friday, October 14th  7:15 to 9:30 PM

$5 charge/refreshments provided

"A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is best remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington, one of the largest nonviolent protests ever held in the United States. He brought Gandhi's protest techniques to the American civil rights movement, and helped mold Martin Luther King Jr. into an international symbol of peace and nonviolence. Despite these achievements, Rustin was silenced, threatened, arrested, beaten, imprisoned and fired from important leadership positions, largely because he was an openly gay man in a fiercely homophobic era. Five years in the making and the winner of numerous awards, BROTHER OUTSIDER presents a feature-length documentary portrait, focusing on Rustin's activism for peace, racial equality, economic justice and human rights." 

 
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church

www.cedarlane.org

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Equality UUCA Meeting -- Tuesday, August 2, 7:30 - 9 pm

At the July meeting, we decided that we will be most effective if we choose one action area for the year ahead.  We chose 3 topics for further study:  needs of area GLBTQ youth/addressing bullying; marriage equality in VA and US; and supporting/standing in solidarity with GLBTQ in countries, such as Uganda, where they are under attack. We divided into study groups:  Mark and Leah will look into marriage initiatives; Elizabeth, Susan, Janice and Gerda will look into youth issues; Bernie learning more about the work of UU-UNO on GLBT issues.

At the August meeting, we hope to decide the action area -- or at least get closer to deciding!   Study groups will report on issues and how they might translate into Equality UUCA action.  YOU are invited to discuss and vote!

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Here is a chance to stand on the side of love for equality and support DOMA repeal!

From PFLAG National:

As some of you may already know, the first ever DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) Repeal Hearing is scheduled for July 20 @ 10 am in Dirksen Senate Building, Room 226 (1^st & C Street, NE, Washington, DC 20510) . Members from the Senate Judiciary Committee plan to assess the impact of DOMA on American families. They will also address proposed legislation S. 598, the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill introduced by Senator Diane Feinstein that currently has 27 co-sponsors and would effectively repeal DOMA by allowing the U.S. federal government to provide benefits to married same-sex couples living in the 6 states (and the District of Columbia) that recognize marriage equality.

It’s our goal to pack the room with as many LGBT individuals, families and allies as possible. In order to accomplish this goal, there are a few things you can do to help ensure a successful hearing:

• Make History. If you live in or around Washington, DC, please make history and attend this historic Senate Hearing. We will have free PFLAG materials available and plenty of “Dump DOMA” stickers for you to showcase your PFLAG pride. Please contact Rhodes Perry at PFLAG National, rperry@pflag.org,  by 5pm EST Friday if you plan to attend. He will provide specific instructions for attendance.
• Spread the Word. Please send this notice to your family, friends and colleagues and invite everyone you know in Washington, DC to attend the hearing at 10 am on July 20. The meeting is open to the public, and everyone is highly encouraged to attend.
• Share your Story. We are seeking same-sex couples who are validly married in any state (or DC) in the U.S. and who have experienced some harm due to the federal government’s failure to recognize their marriage. This harm could be anything from increased tax burdens to denial of Social Security benefits.  If you know of any families who fit this description, please contact Rhodes Perry, rperry@pflag.org.

Please take action today and help move equality forward for all of our families.

Many thanks,

Rhodes

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J. RHODES PERRY, MPA|  Associate Director of Policy and Programs

PFLAG National | 1828 L Street NW, Suite 660  |  Washington, D.C. 20036 

P: (202) 467-8180 ext. 221 | F: (202) 349-0788|E: RPerry@pflag.org | W: www.PFLAG.org

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Equality UUCA -- Meeting Agenda

Tuesday, July 12

7:30 - 9 pm

Planning for next year's goals and actions

-- Marriage action?

-- UNO speaker?

-- meeting other UU congregations?

-- connectiing with other UUCA groups?

-- other?

PFLAG and Youth group promotion/advertising

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UUCA is joining with other UU congregations in DC, MD, and VA for Capital Pride.  We're marching with the UU Contingent in the Capital Pride Parade, Saturday, June 11 -- 5:30 start time.  Go to www.equalityuuca.org and click on the side link for more detailed parade information.

For the Pride Festival, Sunday, June 12 from 11 - 6, the UU booth is R-22, near 6th and Pennsylvania.  There are a bunch of volunteers signed up, but drop-ins are welcome!  It will also be a great place to meet UU's from other congregations -- folks from 9 different congregations have already signed up for the booth! 

Happy Pride!

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Photos from our visit to Capitol Hill:

http://www.uucava.org/photo/albums/equality-uuca-dadt-repeal

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We're headed to Capitol Hill at noon on Wednesday, May 25 to present Rep. Moran with a big thank you for his work to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.  Get in touch if you'd like to join in -- you are invited!   contact:  eafogarty@aol.com

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EQUALITY-UUCA Meeting

3 May 2011   7:30 PM

Attending:    Rhonda Buckner, Elizabeth Fogarty Co-chairs

Bernie Hyde, Marc DeFrancis, Susan Craig, Susan Young, Rev. Carlton                                            

Rhonda led the Chalice lighting.

Metro DC PFLAG Group

Elizabeth reported that the first  UUCA Metro DC PFLAG Support Group meeting was a success.   Future meetings are planned for the 2nd Sunday of each month from 3 to 4:30 PM.  The Youth Group will begin next month. The two groups will meet separately but simultaneously at UUCA. 

Volunteer Greeters are needed to welcome attendees and serve to make it a safe space (especially for the youth) by being present and aware of activity during the meeting time.  Volunteers are needed second Sunday from 2:30 to 5 (or earlier if the groups leave close to ending time) PM,  We will need PFLAG buttons for the volunteers for easier identification. Contact Elizabeth to volunteer.

We will request assistance, volunteers, etc. on the Church "EQUALITY" website and  listserve.  We want a motto: "UUCA makes a place to talk."

 "Welcome Wagon" (WW) for  Welcoming of GLBTs in the Congregation.

It was suggested that "WW" is an old fashion name. The group brainstormed and  renamed it the UUCA Rainbow Meetup Group.  Kickoff will be after the Pride Festival in June with a brunch on June 26. All are welcome from within UUCA and we will have a flyer at Pride Festival to encourage newcomers for that day.

We are recruiting members to help staff our table in the fellowship hall before and after the Pride Festival. We plan to have a table every Second Sunday after both services (at a minimum).  The table will provide information on EQUALITY UUCA activities and schedules as well as on the Pride Parade and the Pride Festival.  The table material could alternately focus on WW social activities and on Equality Advocacy issues in the congregation and elsewhere. We need to recruit volunteers to fill the "table schedule".

 We agreed that in anticipation of Pride month we need an attention getting message for the Congregation.  After discussion it was decided that fun facts would get a lot of attention in the form of "Did You Know?"  This could be used on our website, The Arlingtarian, Page 2, card handouts or table cards.

It was also suggested that we try to have a "round, coffee" table to promote/allow new GBLT socializing in the Fellowship Hall [some logistical issues need to be discussed further].  Marc said he would look into it and look at recruiting to get "coffee table folks".

Gerda has added "Pride" flag stickers to the badges of UUCA Greeters and Ushers.

Pride Festival

Elizabeth reported that we have increased UU "Pride Festival" participation in recent weeks, with more money and support. We have collected about $850. There will be 12 UU Congregations involved this year.  We need a volunteer to coordinate with the others on the UU Booth at the Festival on June 13.

We would like UUCA tee shirts for participants.  As a fallback, we will make do with the blue or yellow "Standing on the Side of Love" tee shirts available from UUA.  We do need a Congregational EQUALITY UUCA tee shirt

The give-aways this year will be leis with the 7 Principles attached and, of course brochures from the congregations and their equality organizations.

We still need volunteer workers  to work on a brochure  as well as staffing for the booth table.

Share the Plate

Rhonda provided a brief report on The "Share the Plate" review effort.  In anticipation of the request from the Implementation Task Force for recommendations for worthy groups the meeting discussed candidate groups and expressed support for 2: DC PFLAG and Equality Virginia.  The first for service [especially to youth] and the second for advocacy. We will poll our members for their input.  EQUALITY UUCA needs to coordinate with the 2 organizations to assure their participation and also to coordinate advocacy campaigns with Equality VA.

Frequency of Meetings

Rhonda and Elizabeth suggested that we plan to have a second, monthly meeting by SKYPE 2, weeks after the first Tuesday, unless it is not needed. Specifically, it was felt that with the efforts of June coming, a second meeting would be necessary in May.  This was received very favorably.  It was suggested that agendas be made available before SKYPE meetings.

DADT Follow- up

 Elizabeth discussed getting on Rep Moran's schedule to deliver the Signature Scroll, then having the Senators or staffers tie-in once the date was set.  This was felt to be a good strategy.  There was cautious discussion of the issues of using the DADT funeral mailing list.  That will require further examination and discussion.

Future Planning

"What will EQUALITY UUCA do as a follow up for Church year 2012?" was posed.  Advocacy regarding DOMA, ENDA, and Commonwealth limits on adoption, employment discrimination, were thrown out and discussed.  Possible ties to liberal religions, coordination with Equality Virginia, and other tactics.  We need to examine the issues and make a presentation to more members on alternative advocacy issues and strategies.  Perhaps we could have a multi-congregation forum and invite Equality Virginia to participate?  We will devote more time to this next month. Come with your thoughts! 

9:05  Adjourned

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"Representing Gender Identity in Film and Theater" (film & discussion)

When:  Friday, May 13th (7:15 to 9:30 PM)

Where: The Cedar Lane UU Church Library, 9601 Cedar Lane, Bethesda, MD  20814          www.cedarlane.org

Cost:  $5.00  (including refreshments)

Film selection:  "Transparent"  (a 2005 documentary film)
Film description: “Transparent” features 19 female-to-male transgender parents from various parts of the United States who have given birth and, in most cases, gone on to raise their biological children.  “Transparent” focuses on its subjects' lives as parents, revealing the diverse ways in which each person reconciles giving birth and being a biological mother with his masculine identity. The subjects resonate powerfully as typical parents and as human beings.  Through these extraordinary men, the film challenges the ways that people relate to one another, particularly within our immediate families, based on gender

A facilitated discussion will follow the film presentation.  For additional information contact Catherine Schuler (cschuler@umd.edu); Stephen Colgan (smcolgan@hotmail.com); or Marge Dimond (margeryjd@aol.com).

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Supporting LGBTQ Youth: Community Needs and Resources

Saturday, May 7 1:00pm-5:00pm
Chalice House
Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation
9601 Cedar Lane Bethesda, MD 20814
http://www.cedarlane.org/directions.html

12:30pm-1:00pm Registration
1:00-1:10 Opening
1:10-2:00 Keynote Speaker Linda Goldman, educator, therapist and author
author of Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth
2:00-2:10 Break
2:10-3:10 Workshops
Workshop A1: Needs of Transgender Youth and Resources
Delfin Bautista, LGBTQ Ministries Program Coordinator Unitarian Universalist
Association
Dr. Edgardo Menvielle, Children’s Hospital
Workshop A2: Tell Your Story: Coming Out as a Parent of an LGBTQ Youth
Carol Lewis, Gerda Keiswetter, Allen Keiswetter
3:10-3:20 Break
3:20-4:20 Workshops
Workshop B1: The Bridge Between Clinical and Religious Thought on LGBTQ Issues
Delfin Bautista, LGBTQ Ministries Program Coordinator Unitarian Universalist
Association
David Hoover
Workshop B2: The LGBTQ Person of Color Community Special Concerns
Manuel Diaz
Kevin Reynolds
Shanéa Thomas
4:20-4:50 Panel of the Day’s Presenters for Q and A
4:50-5:00 Evaluations, Announcements, and Closing

Cosponsoring this program are Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, Metro DC
PFLAG, the Rainbow Youth Alliance, Western Fairfax PFLAG, Fairfax LGBTQ Youth
(FLY), Equality UUC Arlington, Unitarian Universalist Association LGBT Ministries,
Prince George’s County LGBTQ Youth Task Force, LoudounOutLoud

To register: Click on the Register for Upcoming Events banner at www.uusj.org
Or send name, congregation, email or phone to info@uusj.org or
UUSJ 8605 Cameron St., Suite 200 Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-588-1951 301-588-5272 (fax) Please RSVP by Monday, May 2.
If you need childcare please register by April 25 with the names and ages of the
children needing care.

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Supporting LGBTQ Youth: Community Needs and Resources

Saturday, May 7 1:00pm-5:00pm

Chalice House Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Congregation

9601 Cedar Lane Bethesda, MD 20814

http://www.cedarlane.org/directions.html

The keynote speaker for this event will be Linda Goldman,an educator, therapist and author.  She is the author of Coming Out, Coming In: Nurturing the Well-Being and Inclusion of Gay Youth.  Four workshops will be offered with each registrant able to attend two workshops. The titles of the workshops are: Needs of Transgender Youth and Resources, Tell Your Story: Coming Out as a Parent of an LGBTQ Youth, The Bridge Between Clinical and Religious Thought on LGBTQ Issues, and The LGBTQ Person of Color Community Special Concerns.  This program is sponsored by Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice, Metro DC PFLAG, the Rainbow Youth Alliance, Western Fairfax PFLAG, Fairfax LGBTQ Youth (FLY), Equality UUC Arlington, Unitarian Universalist Association LGBT Ministries and the Prince George’s County LGBTQ Youth Task Force

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Two more planning meetings until the big event! 

Gather at UUCA on

Tuesday, March 22 & Tuesday, March 29 at 7 pm

Check the meetings board for room location.

See you there!

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Just registered UU's of DC, MD, and VA for Pride Parade!

Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 11 at 6 pm and plan to join UU's from DC, MD, and VA for the Capital Pride Parade!  Celebrate our welcoming faith with other congregations, including Rockville, Mount Vernon, Columbia, Paint Branch, Bowie, and the Washington Ethical Society.  Make friends and show your UU PRIDE!

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Equality UUCA

Minutes 2/1/11 7:30-9:30 pm

Attendees: Heather Crombie, Marc DeFrancis, Leah Pelligrino, Rev.Carlton,  Elizabeth Fogarty, Rhonda Buckner

Name Change: After much discussion, The Straight/GLBTQQ Advocacy Group changed its name to Equality UUCA

The Event

• Marc and Ray presented a draft of the invitation and it was discussed.
• . We agreed to invite guests to ‘bring a dish.”

• We set a maximum attendance optimistically at 400- the capacity of the sanctuary. We are very excited about the possibility of this being a really big, great event
• We agreed to have a donate button on the online invite- we’ll ask Bill Peters about that
• Carlton will work with us on Order of Service. He will manage the music and conduct service. We need a “stage manager” for the day of.

We agreed to keep meeting weekly to stay on top of the planning. We’ll skype the next 3 weeks and meet in person again on the first Tuesday.