Learning together to honor LGBTQIA+ History Month


** Here comes October!
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With the anchor of the 11th, National Coming Out Day, this month serves as a chance to learn every day about the LGBTQIA+ History we missed in class. On our website, we've rounded up resources about Coming Out ([link removed]) .

In partnership with the Finger Lakes Justice Project, we'll highlight a figure, fact or event every day this month on our social media, including history makers here in the Reformed Church in America. Follow us at @RoomforAllRCA on your favorite platform to see our posts marking the month!


** There's still time to sign up for the RfA & ONA Anti-Bullying Webinar, happening TONIGHT at 8 PM EST
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We’ll discuss types of bullying, becoming an upstander, and what parents, churches and communities can do to both prevent and respond to instances of bullying at all age levels.

Register for login info at OpenandAffirming.org. ([link removed])

This training will be recorded and shared to the ONA Youtube Channel. ([link removed])


** Next Monday, on October 2nd, 2023, at 7:00 PM EST, Room for All presents
Responding to Anti-LGBTQIA+ Rhetoric ([link removed])
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This 2 hour virtual training is designed to inform and prepare LGBTQIA+ leaders and allies for action. Our time together will provide a background of the “Christian” movement against equal rights, and multiple tools for effective communication. This training, most importantly, offers a chance to practice responding.

All are welcome! While this training is provided at no cost to RfA rostered clergy and congregations, attendees are encouraged to make a suggested donation ([link removed]) of $10 to support the ongoing work toward the full inclusion of LGBTQIA+ people in the life and ministry of the Reformed Church in America.
To strengthen the bonds between fellow Room for All rostered clergy, and clergy interested in becoming more LGBTQIA+ affirming, we are hosting quarterly meetups via Zoom!

Follow this link to register for the inaugural meeting ([link removed]) on October 20, 2023, at 2:00 PM EST.

This time together will hold space for check ins and resource sharing across the divides of classis and Regional Synods.

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