Category: Social Justice

19 May 2013 Worship — Emerson Award-winner Lillian Moskeland

On Sunday (19 May 2013) at 11:00 AM, All Souls will present the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to a member of the wider community whose life and work best exemplifies the values and principles of liberal religion.

This year’s award goes to Lillian Moskeland for her immigration work with the Sisters of Loretto bearing witness and seeking to meet the needs of immigrants in for-profit detention centers at the Mexican border.

Lillian will be the speaker at this Sunday’s service.  Please join us to welcome and celebrate her work.

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Feed the Fuller Center Builders (Friday, 3 May 2013)

FullerCenterLogoAn Opportunity to Feed the Fuller Center Builders — Friday, 3 May 2013 — Volunteers Arrive at 5:15 PM — Our Lady of The Blessed Sacrament (1558 Buena Vista, Shreveport LA).

Many of you may have heard that Roger Waters of Pink Floyd has made a large donation to the Fuller Center for Housing for the purpose of building houses for veterans.

Every week, crews from all over the country are coming in to work on the build for a week at a time.

Congregations and other organizations from across the Shreveport-Bossier area are taking turns feeding the workers.

Friday (3 May 2013) All Souls will provide dinner as a part of the Highland Ministries Partnership (Note – you will also see the workers when they come to eat at the Highland Blessing Dinner on Thursday evening).

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21 April 2013 Worship Service

Please join us on Sunday at 11:00 AM for “A Celebration of Earth Day” featuring Rovena Windsor, Terry McNeil, Susan Bettinger, and Bob Jordan.  Join us for this celebration of the home we share with all living things.

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Image courtesy of NASA’s Blue Marble Project
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/BlueMarble/BlueMarble_2002.php

And don’t forget to bring a dish to share and stay for the potluck after the service!

 

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SHOUT! — Breaking the Silence Through Creativity — Centenary Outreach Maker’s Fair and Art Show (20 April 2013)

2013 Centenary College Makers FairEach year, Outreach has an event for the National Day of Silence on 19 April, which respects those who have been bullied due to gender identity, gender expression, and/or sexual orientation.

This year, they are holding a Maker’s Fair to Break the Silence on Saturday (20 April 2013) from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Jones Rice Field on the Centenary College campus (the field borders Centenary Blvd. at the back of the campus).

All Souls will have an information table at the fair and Jonathan Gibson will have a vendor’s booth to sell his specialty candles — so drop by and show your support for Centenary College’s Outreach, our All Souls members, and a terrific cause!

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2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award Nominations — Deadline Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Nominations for the 2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award are due before next Tuesday’s Board and Council Meeting (6:00 PM, 16 April 2013).

Each year, All Souls presents the Ralph Waldo Emerson Award to an individual or organization from the wider community who has best exemplified the Principles of Unitarian Universalism and the values of liberal religion.  The Board is soliciting nominations from the congregation and will make their decision at their next meeting.

Please submit names of your nominees along with a brief description of their qualifications to any or all of the following persons:

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Legislative Agenda for Women: Next Steps (25 March 2013)

Please join us on Monday (25 March 2013) at 5:30 PM to discuss opportunities to collaborate with the Legislative Agenda for Women on the issues of pay equity, sexuality education, and Medicaid expansion.

This is a continuation of the 2013 Celebration of Women Week Law Forum event (“Is There a War on Women?”) — however, all are welcome to attend Monday’s event whether or not one attended the previous Law Forum event.

We will also discuss future opportunities for Planned Parenthood in Northwest Louisiana.

For more information, please contact:

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24 March 2013 Worship Service

Please join us this Sunday (24 March 2013) at 11:00 AM for “Our Daily Bread:  How Food Connects Us to the Earth, the Community and to Life” by Dr. Grace Peterson (Associate Extension Agent for the LSU AgCenter and coordinator of the Red River Coalition of Community Gardeners).

 

 

 

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Law Forum: “Is There a War on Women?” (4 March 2013)

Please join us Monday evening (4 March 2013) from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM for this Shreveport Celebration of Women Week Event, sponsored by Louisiana Women for Progress and Planned Parenthood.

The guest speakers for this event are Melissa Flournoy, Rachel Scott and Eileen Velez.

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Welcoming Diversity — A Workshop with Carrie Stewart

Please join us on Friday evening (15 February 2013) and on Saturday (16 February 2013) for Welcoming Diversity with Carrie Stewart.

Modeled on the Prejudice Reduction Workshops of the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI), this workshop will cover the following objectives:

  • To celebrate similarities and differences,
  • To recognize the misinformation that people have learned about various groups,
  • To identify and heal from internalized oppression-the discrimination members of an oppressed group target at themselves and each other,
  • To claim pride in group identity,
  • To understand the personal impact of discrimination through the telling of stories, and
  • To learn hands-on tools for dealing effectively with bigoted comments and behavior.

The workshop will happen on Friday (15 February 2013) from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM and Saturday (16 February 2013) from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

Working from the understanding that “Guilt is the glue that cements prejudice in place,” this workshop teaches us ways to move forward in a positive and affirming way.

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