Category: Social Justice

Trapped Documentary Screening (30 April 2016)

Please join us on Saturday (30 April 2016) at 7:00 PM for Trapped — a documentary on “Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers” (TRAP) laws and their effects on reproductive justice (link for trailer).

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Since 2010, 288 Targeted Regulations of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws have been passed by conservative state legislatures.  Unable to comply with these excessive and medically unnecessary measures, clinics have taken their fight to the courts.

As the U.S. Supreme Court decides in 2016 whether individual states may essentially outlaw abortion (Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt), Trapped follows the struggles of the clinic workers and lawyers who are on the front lines of a battle to keep abortion safe and legal for millions of American women.

Trapped is a feature-length documentary from director Dawn Porter, whose previous work includes Gideon’s Army (the Emmy and Independent Spirit Award-nominated film about public defenders in the Deep South) and Rise: The Promise of My Brother’s Keeper.

Trapped selected All Souls as a community screening site in March 2016 and — with the support of Hope Medical Group for Women, Shreveport-Bossier National Organization for Women (NOW), and several private donors — the screening license was fully funded in less than 24 hours.

This event is free and limited to 60 seats.  Child care is available upon request. The movie runs 1 hour, 21 minutes.

You may reserve seats and child care in advance by emailing
office@allsoulsshreveport.org.

 

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17 April 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

EarthPlease join us on Sunday (17 April 2016) at 11:00 AM for “The Home We Share with All Living Things” with Rovena Windsor, Kathy Osuch, and Cindy Mandarino.

This past Friday (22 April 2016) marks the 46th annual celebration of Earth Day.

Earth Day originally begun as an environmental teach-in by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970.

Join us for this Sunday’s service in celebration of the occasion as three of our members speak on the different ways that a connection to the Earth has shaped their own spirituality.

And join us afterward in the Social Hall for vegan/vegetarian potluck — bring your favorite meatless dishes to share.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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10 April 2016 All-Ages Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday (10 April 2015) at 11:00 AM for “I Cannot Do Everything, But I Can Do Something” presented by the children, youth, and adults of All Souls.

 

ICannotDoEverything-StarfishInspired by the words of Edward Everett Hale (often attributed to Helen Keller who did live them whether she originally said them or not), this morning’s service celebrates our pillar on peace, social justice and the interdependent web along with our sixth and seventh principles.

Our connection to each other and all life calls us to do what we can do for the good of all whatever that may be.

Children in the 2nd-5th Grade Class and Middle/High School youth should meet their teachers in their respective classrooms at 10:30 AM.

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6 March 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

AnnetteSimmonsPlease join us on Sudan (6 March 2016) at 11:00 AM for “Storytelling as a Tool for Justice” by Annette Simmons.

It is Celebration of Women Week — the beginning of Women’s History Month — and Annette will join us to talk about the power of story in justice work.

Through her company (Group Process Consulting, LLC), Annette works with various companies and groups to teach the power of story as a way to build cohesiveness and a common vision.

She also coordinates local storytelling events as a way of building bridges across boundaries of race, class, gender, and all the other differences that might divide us.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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28 February 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

Please join us on Sunday (28 February 2016) at 11:00 AM for “A Criminal Justice Nightmare” by Henry Walker.

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Join us to hear one of our most requested guest speakers who is also a most informative and inspiring civil rights attorney — All Souls member Henry Walker.

He will be speaking on the work that is ours to do if we are to live according to our principles in this community and in this nation.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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“This Machine” — Roy Zimmerman Concert (15 March 2016)

RoyZimmermanMugshotDo you remember last year when you were kicking yourself because you missed this guy?

or …

Do you remember last year when you came to hear this guy and wished you’d brought all your friends?

Now is your chance to see singer / songwriter / satirist Roy Zimmerman, whether for the first time or for the second, third, or fourth time with friends in tow.

Join us on Tuesday (15 March 2016) at 7:00 PM at All Souls Church.

Admission is $18.00 at the door or you can pay what you are able.

“This Machine” is ninety minutes of Roy Zimmerman’s hilarious,
rhyme-intensive original songs.

The title is a reference to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger to be sure but also an acknowledgement that songwriting does good work in the world.

Sometimes I think satire is the most hopeful and heartfelt form of expression because in calling out the world’s absurdities and laughing in their face, I’m affirming the real possibility of change. — Roy Zimmerman

Roy’s songs have been heard on HBO and Showtime.  He’s shared the stage with Bill Maher, Robin Williams, Ellen DeGeneres, John Oliver, Kate Clinton, and George Carlin.

He’s been profiled on NPR’s All Things Considered and he’s a
featured blogger for the Huffington Post.

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17th Annual World Religion Day — 24 January 2016

ShreveportWorldReligionDayPlease join us on Sunday (24 January 2016) for the 17th annual celebration of World Religion Day in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana.

The event will be held from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street, Shreveport LA — Corner of Highland and Olive).

Prayers, readings, music, food, and discussions of the great questions of life with representatives of up to 18 different traditions from the Shreveport-Bossier City area and beyond.

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17 January 2016 Worship Service and Religious Education for Children and Youth

MaxineSarpy1Please join us on Sunday (17 January 2016) at 11:00 AM for our guest speaker Ms. Maxine Sarpy — “Honoring the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.”

Ms. Sarpy is our guest in the pulpit this morning as we honor Dr. King’s legacy along with the struggles and triumphs of the Civil Rights Movement right here in Shreveport.

Religious education classes for children and youth are offered during the 11:00 AM service — children and youth attend the first 15-20 minutes of the service and then are dismissed to class.

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Adult Religious Education — 3 January 2016

On Sunday (3 January 2016) at 9:15 AM, we will explore “After The New Jim Crow:  What’s Next?”

By request of the group (having finished our reading and study of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color-Blindness by Michelle Alexander) we will have a group discussion of where we go from here and what we can do as a congregation to call attention to the issue of mass incarceration and help to dismantle the racialized caste system that has resulted from its practice.

We will also look at future options for adult religious education.

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