MetroEast NEWS~EVENTS: September 2012

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

PFLAG-Belleville Meeting OCT 4th

Pflag Belleville Il Chapter

Our next chapter meeting is Thursday October the 4th to be held at 6:30pm at St. Pauls United Church of Christ in Belleville.
We will be viewing a documentary entitled Lets Get Real where youth speak out about name calling and bullying. The film is produced by Groundspark as part of its Respect for All Project www.groundspark.org

Service of Remembrance & Hope - OCT 3RD

Service of Remembrance & Hope
Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7-8p
(ST LOUIS)
A Service of Remembrance & Hope at MCC of Greater St Louis, to honor the journey, is hosted by the AIDS Interfaith Network and MCC of Greater Saint Louis. Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7-8p.

This service will honor our journey from the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, when loss was all around, through days of survival to gradual dawning of increased hope for health-filled living. Refreshments will be provided. For more information contact Nancy at 314-333-6666 ornkelley@stlefa.org

We Need Your Help!
Help identify those in the photos on the AIDS Memorial Table! Ezekiel Project members are working to identify the "unknowns" and we need your help!
Please stop before or after service and identify a photo. If you can, write a brief biography of the individual on his page in the biography book on the stand. Instructions are provided inside the book.

Remember, the AIDS Memorial Table is open to anyone who has died from any AIDS related illness. The person need not be a member of MCC. The table is open for women, children and Trans People. Due to space we do ask that you limit your memorial to a framed picture only.

Thursday, September 20, 2012

4th Annual Community Gay Pride Picnic SEPT 23rd

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via Church of the Good Shepherd

(CARBONDALE)

THIS SUNDAY! Everyone invited to the picnic and to worship celebrating our Open and Affirming Covenant at 10:30 a.m. beforehand.

4th Annual Community Gay Pride Picnic

hosted by The Church of the Good Shepherd
Sunday at 1:00pm at Church of the Good Shepherd
Join

Marriage Equality Forum with Equality Illinois

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viaMetroEast Pride

Marriage Equality Forum with Equality Illinois
Please open link and join us on Monday, Sept. 24th! Metro East Pride of Southwestern Illinois (MEPSI) is proud to partner with Equality Illinois to bring Metro East LGBT activists together to learn more about the Marriage Equality effort in

Illinois and how YOU can get involved.
The forum, with EI Executive Director Bernard Cherkasov and Field Organizer, Caroline Staerk will:

1: Give an update on the Equal Marriage Bill
2. Relay EI's strategy on how to accomplish marriage equality in Illinois
3. Hear from YOU about community specific needs
4. Lay out a specific outreach plan to organize the Metro East community

Marriage Equality Forum with Equality Illinois

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

DATE CHANGE Belleville Candlelight March, Oct 11th

MetroEast Pride

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via MEPSI
3rd Annual National Coming Out Day Candlelight March, October 11th
(BELLEVILLE)
Join Metro East Pride of Southwestern Illinois (MEPSI) for the 3rd Annual National Coming Out Day Candlelight March on, October 11th.

We will be meeting at the Belleville Carnegie Library (121 East Washington) at 6:30 p.m. to step off and walk over to Historic Main St. – and then down Main, across the square , ending at Club Escapade @ West Main and 2nd Streets.

Join us as we light the night with pride and visibility. We also recognize that bigotry exists and there are those who cannot join us. We honor and represent them – as well as the countless thousands who have been victims of anti-gay violence in the face of visibility.

Brief remarks by area community leaders will be given prior to step off.

Founded in 1988 by Robert Eichberg, National Coming Out Day (NCOD) is an internationally observed civil awareness day celebrating individuals who publicly identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender —coming out regarding one's sexual orientation and/or gender identity being akin to a cultural rite of passage for LGBT people. The holiday is observed annually by members of the gay community on October 11.