Faith and Fairness Town Hall: 2005
Finding Strength and Tools for Advocacy in Your Faith Tradition
November 2, 2005
A town hall meeting held on Nov. 2, 2005 at the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ in Washington, D.C. moderated by Harry Knox, director of the Religion and Faith Program of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
Keynote Speaker: Bishop Yvette Flunder, Founder and Senior Pastor, City of Refuge United Church of Christ
Bishop Flunder is the author of Where the Edge Gathers: Building a Community of Radical Inclusion. She also founded the City of Refuge, a thriving inner-city congregation that celebrates the radically inclusive love of Jesus Christ. As part of her ministry, she has established a Foundation in her name whose goal is to ameliorate the HIV/AIDS pandemic. City of Refuge boasts one of the largest ministries to transgender people in the country.
Video of Bishop Yvette Flunder at Faith and Fairness
Panelist: Rabbi Steven Greenberg, Senior Teaching Fellow at CLAL (National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership)
Rabbi Greenberg is the author of Wrestling with God and Men: Homosexuality in the Jewish Tradition. He is an openly gay Orthodox rabbi and a founder of the Jerusalem Open House, the Holy City’s LGBT community center and home to World Pride 2006.
Video of Rabbi Steven Greenberg at Faith and Fairness
Panelist: Reverend Robert M. Hardies, Senior Minister of All Souls Church, Unitarian
Reverend Hardies is the senior minister of one of the most vibrant, social justice-oriented Unitarian congregations in the country. All Souls Church, Unitarian has grown exponentially under his leadership. Rev. Hardies sees his calling as to build "a diverse, spirit-filled and justice-seeking church" in the heart of our nation's capital.
Video of Reverend Robert M. Hardies at Faith and Fairness
Panelist: Reverend Albert Scariato, MD., Associate Rector, St. John's Episcopal Church Georgetown
Reverend Scariato is currently completing work at Catholic University on a PhD in Biblical Studies. He is particularly drawn to the relationship between spirituality and physical and emotional well-being. His major areas of interest are teaching, preaching, pastoral care, and liturgy.
Video of Reverend Albert Scariato, MD. at Faith and Fairness
Event Sponsors
Human Rights Campaign; Unity Fellowship Church; Burgundy Crescent Volunteers; COLAGE -Children of Gays and Lesbians Everywhere; Equality Virginia; Family Pride Coalition; GLAA - Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance of Washington, DC; Church of the Pilgrims; First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ; National Center for Transgender Equality; Interfaith Fairness Coalition of Maryland; Ecumenicon Fellowship; People of Faith for Equality in Virginia; MCC Washington; Universalist National Memorial Church; Interfaith Alliance; PFLAG; Mid-Atlantic Council for Reform Judaism; Union for Reform Judaism; Lutherans Concerned; Metro Washington DC; Augustana Lutheran Church; Soulforce; SMYAL (Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League); Dignity, Washington; Foundry United Methodist GLBT; Covenant Baptist Church; Faith Temple.
