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Multigenerational Sunday Service: “Closer to Free to be LGBT+”
UUFCC - Sanctuary 780 Waupelani Drive, State CollegeWeek of Events
IMAGINE & DREAM Lantern Festival 2024 (I&D)
This event spans Saturday and Sunday (Feb 24 - 25). Webguide at: UUFCC.com/imagine-dream Gallery of event flyers at: tinyurl.com/LFestFlyers24 All-ages Fellowship and Community events to celebrate and grow our abilities to imagine, dream, and create positive change. IMAGINE like John Lennon, DREAM like Martin Luther King Jr. Rekindle your dreams! Saturday Activities Imagine with Beans Potluck Dinner, 5:30-6:30 pm Imagine with Drums Drumming Circle, 6:45-8:15 pm Lantern-Making Activities & Religious Exploration UUseum Stations, 6:30-8:15 pm Community-Built Lantern Garden, 6:30-8:40 pm Lantern Walk, 8:15-8:40 pm Youth Group DIY-Music Meetup, 8:45-10:00 pm Sunday Activities Multigen Sunday Service: "Closer to be Free to be [...]
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Multigenerational Sunday Service: “Closer to Free to be LGBT+”
Multigenerational Sunday Service: “Closer to Free to be LGBT+”
This lay-led service will search for wisdom and inspiration in the 35 year struggle for homosexuality to be considered natural and healthy by the medical establishment. Starting in 1952, a short paragraph in the American Psychiatric Association's influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders tragically listed homosexuality as a type of mental disturbance. Through readings, poetry and music we examine why this happened and the great injustices it caused; and we celebrate and learn from the inspiring history of how a small number of people overcame powerful biases and entrenched institutional forces to prompt removal of homosexuality from the APA’s [...]
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Palestinians and Israelis: What does the future hold?
Palestinians and Israelis: What does the future hold?
This is a public non-UUFCC event that is recommended by the UUFCC Racial Justice Committee. There seems to be no end in sight to the war on Gaza. Why do some perceive it as a war by a settler colonial power while others see it as a war against terrorists? State College was the first city in PA to adopt a resolution calling for a cease fire in Gaza. Join the editors of the Palestine/Israel Review, a groundbreaking scholarly journal published by Penn State, for a thoughtful discussion of the future of Palestine/Israel. All members of the State College community are [...]