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Category: Social Justice
“Be Fair Shreveport” Business Forum
How can Shreveport attract the “creative class” of knowledge-based workers?
Come find out on Wednesday (20 June 2012) at 5:30 PM at CoHabitat (610 Commerce Street, Shreveport, Louisiana).
A panel of experts will discuss how Shreveport can become more economically competitive in a global economy.
10 June 2012 Worship Service
Please join us this Sunday (10 June 2012) for our 11:00 AM worship service.
Adrienne Critcher of PACE (People Acting for Change and Equality) is in the pulpit this Sunday with her message “Celebrating Pride: Be Fair Shreveport — Make Us All Proud!”
PACE and the Forum for Equality have begun a campaign promoting non-discrimination in local employment practices. Come learn more about this campaign as we celebrate bisexual, gay, lesbian, and transgender pride.
We will also have a second offering collection for All Souls’ co-sponsorship of PACE’s Fourth Annual Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Interweave Meeting This Sunday
The All Souls Chapter of Interweave will meet at 12:30 PM following Sunday (10 June 2012) worship service.
Interweave is a Unitarian Universalist organization for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender persons and their allies.
All Souls Interweave meets on the second Sunday of each month after the 11:00 AM worship service. All interested and supportive persons are welcome. For more information, contact Pamela Raintree at 318-946-0367.
Youth Classes to See Bully
On Wednesday (30 May 2012), the Middle School and High School Classes will see Bully at the Robinson Film Center (617 Texas Street). Please meet us between 7:00 and 7:15 PM in the lobby at the Robinson. And please contact Susan Caldwell (318-465-3398) if you need transportation.
Two Opportunities to Work The Highland Blessing Dinner
On Thursday (31 May 2012) and Thursday (7 June 2012), please join us at The Highland Center (520 Olive Street — Corner of Olive and Highland) at 6:00 PM to work with us for the Highland Blessing Dinner.
If you are volunteering, please be there no later than 5:15 PM.
For those who may not have heard, a partnership of eight congregations is working together to feed people every Thursday evening. All Souls’ first Highland Blessing Dinner on 3 May 2012 was a tremendous success. We will continue to work the dinner on the first Thursday of each month, in partnership with Kings Highway Christian Church.
Additionally, the partner congregations have determined to share the load when there is a fifth Sunday, hence the opportunity to work this Thursday (31 May 2012) in addition to 7 June 2012.
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27 May 2012 Memorial Day Worship Service
Please join us on Sunday (27 May 2012) at 11:00 AM for our Memorial Day Worship Service. We remember those lost as we honor those who serve.
The All Souls Choir will sing, and — in the Religious Education Wing — the Children and Youth will write letters and cards to troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
We will also be collecting items to give to Operation Support Our Troops — a local organization that collects and packages a wide variety of useful items to send to our deployed service members. Feel free to check out this Wish List and bring any of the items in question. We will have a box in the Social Hall to collect them.
After the worship service, we will have our congregational business meeting.
Emerson Award to Lady Carlson — 18 March 2012
Please join us this Sunday (18 March 2012) at our 11:00 AM worship service where we will present the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to Lady Carlson (Organizer for Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith). Ms. Carlson will also be the speaker for this service.
The Emerson Award is presented each year to an individual or organization from the wider community whose work exemplifies the values and principles of liberal religion.
We honor Lady for her achievements in bringing people together across lines of race, religion, politics, economics and geography to work for meaningful change in our community, and for doing so with deep respect for all faith traditions, which she expresses in concert with her own abiding Christian faith.
We will have a reception for Lady following the service. If you can bring finger foods (cookies, vegetable and fruit trays, nuts, mints, chips and dips, cheese and crackers, or your own fancy appetizer specialties) please contact Cherrie Groves Moussaoui or Amanda Lawrence. They can also use help with set-up and clean-up.
Iron-Jawed Angels — Thursday, 15 March 2012
Please join us this Thursday (15 March 2012) at 7:00 PM for a screening of the film Iron-Jawed Angels.
If you missed the League of Women Voters showing of this film a few weeks ago, you will get another chance to see it.
Hilary Swank and Frances O’Connor, as suffragist activists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, lead an outstanding cast in this remarkable retelling of the true story of the the struggle to attain the vote for women between 1912 and the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920. Director Katja von Garnier’s use of modern music and camera technique turns the whole idea of a “period piece” on its head. She truly brings home the power of what these women accomplished, and what they endured in the process.
Free of charge and open to the public. Light snacks provided.
Child care available upon request. If you are coming, please RSVP by calling the church at 318-868-3313 or by emailing Susan Caldwell. Let us know at that time if you will need child care.
Please Note — High school youth are welcome and encouraged to attend accompanied by a parent or with parental permission. This film has no MPAA rating because it wasn’t released for screening in movie theaters (it was created for HBO and was broadcast on cable TV). There are some strong scenes of violence, particularly when the women are imprisoned and force-fed, as well as brief nudity and sexuality. A rough guess for a rating would be somewhere between PG-13 and R based on the webmaster’s memory of this film. The international movie content ratings for this film can be found online here in case you need additional information for making this decision.
Shreveport City Council to Vote on Habitability Amendment (Tuesday, 28 February 2012)
At Tuesday’s meeting (28 February 2012 starting at 3:00 PM), the Shreveport City Council will vote on the Minimal Living Standards Amendment to the Property Standards Code. The amendment is expected to pass.
After regular opening proceedings and time for public comment, the vote will most likely take place around 4:00 p.m. or shortly thereafter.
All Souls Interfaith team members and all interested members and friends are encouraged to attend.
The Council meets in the City Council Chamber, 1st Floor of Government Plaza (505 Travis Street, Shreveport, Louisiana).
Let’s pack the room. See you there.