<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Megan Flowers</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:megan@universityymca.org">megan@universityymca.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:36 PM<br>Subject: [Please Announce] Rev. Dr. Cindi Love of Soulforce Challenges Oppression Arising out of Fundamentalism<br>To: <a href="mailto:dcamp@wesleypantry.org">dcamp@wesleypantry.org</a>, Rachel Storm <<a href="mailto:rachelstrm@gmail.com">rachelstrm@gmail.com</a>>, Nancy Dietrich <<a href="mailto:nancydietrich@juno.com">nancydietrich@juno.com</a>>, "Szoke, Claire O" <<a href="mailto:cszoke@illinois.edu">cszoke@illinois.edu</a>>, Keith Harris <<a href="mailto:presbyrev@me.com">presbyrev@me.com</a>>, Ann Rasmus <<a href="mailto:ann@universityymca.org">ann@universityymca.org</a>>, Gregory Damhorst <<a href="mailto:gdamhorst@gmail.com">gdamhorst@gmail.com</a>><br>
<br><br><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Public Service Announcement</strong></p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Rev. Dr. Cindi Love of Soulforce Challenges Oppression Arising out of Fundamentalism </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><i>For immediate release: Tuesday, February 26th, 2013<br></i></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong><br></strong></p><p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">
<strong>What:</strong> The
University YMCA has announced that Friday Forum at Mar 8th will feature
Rev. Dr. Cindi Love from Soulforce. The talk will focus on the
challenges faced by marginalized communities, who are often subjected to
the violence of exclusion, and highlight the non-violent efforts made
by Soulforce to resist the oppression arising out of the fundamentalist
agenda. </p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>When:</strong> March 8, 2013, 12 Noon </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Where: </strong>Latzer Hall, University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street, Champaign, Illinois </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Details:</strong>
Local church and political officials as well as the media are invited
to speak with Rev. Dr. Cindi Love before and after the noontime talk.
</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Background:</strong> Successful
entrepreneur and corporate executive turned minister, Rev. Dr. Cindi
Love is the Executive Director of Soulforce as well as a regular
contributor to the Huffington Post. Love also serves on the United
Nations UUO Coalition for LGBT Human Rights and authored the book Would
Jesus Discriminate? named for the international campaign of the same
name. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">Soulforce is a national
non-profit organization dedicated to bring freedom to lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender, and queer people from religious & political
oppression. It also challenges other forms of oppression including
sexism, racism and classism. Soulforce accomplishes its mission
primarily through community organizing, education and training, advocacy
for public and private institutional policy change and street-based
nonviolent resistance to overt discrimination. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"Soulforce, Rev. Dr.
Cindi Love" is a part of the Friday Forum Spring 2013 lecture series,
Faith in Action. The series will feature speakers from across the
spectrum of faith traditions that are compelled by their faith to engage
in bold and creative forms of action. All lectures are free and open to
the public. Y Eatery is available during the lecture: $6.50/3.00
student. </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><strong>Additional Information:</strong> The
views expressed by the speakers do not necessarily reflect the views of
the University YMCA, co-sponsors, or the Friday Forum committee. A sign
language interpreter is available within a 72 hour notice (contact
Carol Nunn at <a shape="rect">217-337-1500</a>). All forums are radio
broadcast at 6:00pm on WEFT 90.1 the Monday following the lecture. For
more information, plus a list of our sponsors, please visit <a style="font-weight:bold;color:blue;text-decoration:none" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001-C8DErF7YMJZqohw1-wppJdudjyYsekRCqVzICuVQxQR6rULBvMWpx3N-FalyG6MqECwnBHTy4EfcWvRUswFoxAOmxd7d_fipwC29Ci7HNQWR4hy21EuZ04EMs0ct87k" target="_blank">www.universityymca.org/friday_forum.</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">More info about Rev. Dr. Cindi Love: <a style="font-weight:bold;color:blue;text-decoration:none" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=001-C8DErF7YMJZqohw1-wppJdudjyYsekRCqVzICuVQxQR6rULBvMWpx3N-FalyG6MqECwnBHTy4F1USYlZmtQCFxSd92X2UuBFcVEEq950h1ZNz58K6eU6PuxyAqLavS_xJjSmGCuuW99QkPI2cOdzw==" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rev-dr-cindi-love/</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center">Contact: Ann Rasmus, Program Director</p>
<p style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" align="center"><a shape="rect">[217-337-1514</a>, <a shape="rect">ann@universityymca.org]</a></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best,<br>
Megan Flowers <br><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">Communications Director<br>
University YMCA<br>Office: <a href="tel:217-337-1500" value="+12173371500" target="_blank">217-337-1500</a><br>Fax: <a href="tel:217-337-1533" value="+12173371533" target="_blank">217-337-1533</a><br>Email:</span> <a href="mailto:megan@universityymca.org" target="_blank">megan@universityymca.org</a><br>
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