I recently returned from a whirlwind of LGBTQ activists, clergy, youth, elders, leaders, novices, scholars, allies, students—basically, thousands of individuals who came together in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the largest conference on the LGBTQ movement in the world.
Thursday started with a plenary session for Practice Spirit, Do Justice, which was the first time there had been a religion/faith based track of workshops at Creating Change. We heard from faith and secular leaders, local Native American community leaders, sang together, and committed ourselves to building the faith movement for LGBTQ justice.
I attended workshops like, “Intersectional Movement Building for Faith Leaders: Living the ...
This morning in Minneapolis, we kicked off Practice Spirit, Do Justice--the Multifaith track at Creating Change, building the LGBTQ religious movement.
I offered the following the kavanah at the plenary session this morning and thought I would share with all of you back in New York.
Even ma'asu ha-bonim hai-ta l'rosh pinah
The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.
This line from Psalms has become the central text at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah—the world's largest synagogue for people of every gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, emphasizing the power of moving margin to center when the builders reject the ...
