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Financial support
Here we acknowledge with gratitude all those who have given generously to Many Voices. It is only with our fearless family of donors that Many Voices can offer the powerful resources in this website; the mentoring, coaching and educational events for pastors and members of Black churches; the public work to make clear the extent of Black church support for LGBT justice.
Your dollars go a long way because so many of those who are bringing about this movement are volunteering their time and expertise.
We’re grateful to our foundation partners for their generosity in helping Many Voices get to this point and their continuing commitment as we move forward:
Arcus Foundation
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
COIL Foundation
Gill Foundation
H. van Ameringen Foundation
Aquila Fund of RSF Social Finance
And to Many Voices’ generous individual donors:
Rev. William D. (Chip) Aldridge, Jr.
Charles Berardesco & Jeffrey Thurston*
Matt Berryman
Judith Birch
Janis Bohan
Brother, Help Thyself
Marty Brown & Laura Wisotzkey*
Monique Brown
Donald Burch III
Carlton Burgess
Leslie Calman
Michael Carrera
David Coleman
David & Ann Thompson Cook*
Leslie Calman
Michael Carrera
Rev. Countess Cooper*
Cathleen F. Coudriet
in memory of Jeff
Joan Ellen Countryman
Meg Coward*
DeWayne DavisSharon Doetsch-Kidder
Xavier Dubois
Dumbarton United Methodist Church*
FHI Development 360
First Congregational UCC
Robert Foster
Rev. L. Jerome Fowler
Melissa Gelb
Sandra Geiselman & Rosemary Michaels*
Letitia A. Gomez*
Christy Gragg
Revs. Jeffrey & Shelby Martin Haggray
Flora Hall
Rev. Dr. Derrick Harkins
Rev. Cedric A. Harmon*
Jay Heavner
Anthony Henderson
Lessie Henderson
Jane Hirschberg
Sherwood Holloway*
Rev. Lorilyn W. Holmes
Rev. Dr. Margee Iddings*
IR Media LLC
ABilly S. Jones-Hennin
Imani Kane
Kim Kendrick
Jeehye Kim
Rev. Dr. Mary E. KrausMarcia Kuntz
Naomi Christine Leapheart
Barbara Coombs Lee
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey*
Carolyn & David Long*
Dr. Russell & Ellen Luepker
Dr. George Luster IV
Jack R. Mackler
Colleen Mahoney
Monique Martin
Angela Maves*
Rev. Davita McCallister*
Thomasa McCown
Abena Dyan McCray
Rodney McKenzie
Melissa McQueen
Wendy Melechin
Rev. Cynthia Moore
Rev. Samuel Offer
Maria Otero & Rev. Joe Eldridge
Betsy Pursell & Schroeder Stribling
Robert Raben*
Barbaraa Robinson
James Ross
Adam Samuels
Dr. Walter & Martha Schmidt*
Jerri Shaw
Veronica Smith-Christian
Dr. Roger Sneed
Jennifer & Rev. Amy Stapleton
Lenard Starks
Rev. Raedorah Stewart
Karen J. Sweetland*
Bishop Melvin Talbert
Kate Thompson & Bill Scott*
Rev. Carlton & Jean Veazey
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Joseph Ward III
Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington*
Carol Watchler
Leslie Watson Malachi
Bradford Watters
Walter Wells
Jennifer Whatley
Jon Wheeler
Tobin White*
Rev. Drs. Christine W. & Dennis W. Wiley
Ty Juan Williams
Samuel Wisotzkey
Maria Cecilia Zea
Beth Zemsky Family Foundation
*Sustaining donor
Please note: We have made every effort to accurately reflect our wonderful donors. If your name has been listed incorrectly or inadvertently omitted, please let us know by contacting development@manyvoices.org. Thank you for your support!
About
Media
Our team
Employment
Contact us
Encourage learning
Share resources on sexuality & gender
Get involved
Donate now
Sign up
Welcoming church list
Other justice-seeking organizations
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Questions? Comments? Participate in the conversation!
3133 Dumbarton Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007 | info@manyvoices.org
©2010 Many Voices, All Rights Reserved | Terms of Use
http://www.manyvoices.org/about/support/
Many Voices
A Black Church Movement for Gay & Transgender Justice
Donate Now
About
How to Begin
Resources
Blog
Events
Get Involved
Tumblr
YouTube
Vimeo
RSS Feed
Shopping Cart
Search for:
Join our mailing list
About
Five-year roadmap toward justice
Video campaign
Media
Our team
The board
Financial support
Organizational background
Governance & finance documents
Contact us
Support Many Voices
Please spread the word about Many Voices.
And donate today, at whatever level you can.
Together, we can achieve the justice and liberation that we so long for, affirm the lives of our gay and transgender brothers and sisters, and call the Black church into the full expression of God’s unconditional love.
Donate Now
Financial support
Here we acknowledge with gratitude all those who have given generously to Many Voices. It is only with our fearless family of donors that Many Voices can offer the powerful resources in this website; the mentoring, coaching and educational events for pastors and members of Black churches; the public work to make clear the extent of Black church support for LGBT justice.
Your dollars go a long way because so many of those who are bringing about this movement are volunteering their time and expertise.
We’re grateful to our foundation partners for their generosity in helping Many Voices get to this point and their continuing commitment as we move forward:
Arcus Foundation
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
COIL Foundation
Gill Foundation
H. van Ameringen Foundation
Aquila Fund of RSF Social Finance
And to Many Voices’ generous individual donors:
Rev. William D. (Chip) Aldridge, Jr.
Charles Berardesco & Jeffrey Thurston*
Matt Berryman
Judith Birch
Janis Bohan
Brother, Help Thyself
Marty Brown & Laura Wisotzkey*
Monique Brown
Donald Burch III
Carlton Burgess
Leslie Calman
Michael Carrera
David Coleman
David & Ann Thompson Cook*
Leslie Calman
Michael Carrera
Rev. Countess Cooper*
Cathleen F. Coudriet
in memory of Jeff
Joan Ellen Countryman
Meg Coward*
DeWayne DavisSharon Doetsch-Kidder
Xavier Dubois
Dumbarton United Methodist Church*
FHI Development 360
First Congregational UCC
Robert Foster
Rev. L. Jerome Fowler
Melissa Gelb
Sandra Geiselman & Rosemary Michaels*
Letitia A. Gomez*
Christy Gragg
Revs. Jeffrey & Shelby Martin Haggray
Flora Hall
Rev. Dr. Derrick Harkins
Rev. Cedric A. Harmon*
Jay Heavner
Anthony Henderson
Lessie Henderson
Jane Hirschberg
Sherwood Holloway*
Rev. Lorilyn W. Holmes
Rev. Dr. Margee Iddings*
IR Media LLC
ABilly S. Jones-Hennin
Imani Kane
Kim Kendrick
Jeehye Kim
Rev. Dr. Mary E. KrausMarcia Kuntz
Naomi Christine Leapheart
Barbara Coombs Lee
Rev. Dr. Pamela Lightsey*
Carolyn & David Long*
Dr. Russell & Ellen Luepker
Dr. George Luster IV
Jack R. Mackler
Colleen Mahoney
Monique Martin
Angela Maves*
Rev. Davita McCallister*
Thomasa McCown
Abena Dyan McCray
Rodney McKenzie
Melissa McQueen
Wendy Melechin
Rev. Cynthia Moore
Rev. Samuel Offer
Maria Otero & Rev. Joe Eldridge
Betsy Pursell & Schroeder Stribling
Robert Raben*
Barbaraa Robinson
James Ross
Adam Samuels
Dr. Walter & Martha Schmidt*
Jerri Shaw
Veronica Smith-Christian
Dr. Roger Sneed
Jennifer & Rev. Amy Stapleton
Lenard Starks
Rev. Raedorah Stewart
Karen J. Sweetland*
Bishop Melvin Talbert
Kate Thompson & Bill Scott*
Rev. Carlton & Jean Veazey
Salvador Vidal-Ortiz
Joseph Ward III
Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington*
Carol Watchler
Leslie Watson Malachi
Bradford Watters
Walter Wells
Jennifer Whatley
Jon Wheeler
Tobin White*
Rev. Drs. Christine W. & Dennis W. Wiley
Ty Juan Williams
Samuel Wisotzkey
Maria Cecilia Zea
Beth Zemsky Family Foundation
*Sustaining donor
Please note: We have made every effort to accurately reflect our wonderful donors. If your name has been listed incorrectly or inadvertently omitted, please let us know by contacting development@manyvoices.org. Thank you for your support!
About
Media
Our team
Employment
Contact us
Encourage learning
Share resources on sexuality & gender
Get involved
Donate now
Sign up
Welcoming church list
Other justice-seeking organizations
RSS Feed
YouTube
Like ManyVoices
on Facebook
Questions? Comments? Participate in the conversation!
3133 Dumbarton Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007 | info@manyvoices.org
©2010 Many Voices, All Rights Reserved | Terms of Use
http://www.manyvoices.org/about/support/
Many Voices
A Black Church Movement for Gay & Transgender Justice
Donate Now
About
How to Begin
Resources
Blog
Events
Get Involved
Tumblr
YouTube
Vimeo
RSS Feed
Shopping Cart
Search for:
Join our mailing list
Support Many Voices
Please spread the word about Many Voices.
And donate today, at whatever level you can.
Together, we can achieve the justice and liberation that we so long for, affirm the lives of our gay and transgender brothers and sisters, and call the Black church into the full expression of God’s unconditional love.
Donate Now
Many Voices Video Campaign Releases Fourth Video
Featuring Julia Wallace, Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project
On Monday, November 11, Many Voices released the fourth of six videos featuring the personal stories of African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people who came of age in Black churches. The web campaign features lay people as well as high-profile clergy like out, lesbian Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement and Rev. Brendan Boone, out, transgender pastor of Metropolitan Community Church.
“Who I am is a gift from God, from the Creator, and it is exactly who I am supposed to be in this lifetime,” says Julia Wallace, theologian and Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project. Wallace adds, “Learning more about the history of Christianity and the Bible allowed me to see that it could be used as a tool for love, for liberation, and that it is my choice to use it that way.”
The Many Voices videos were created to engage church leaders and LGBTQ people about fostering a movement for gay and transgender justice in Black churches. A new video will launch every week until just prior to Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20). The interviewees include:
Bishop Tonyia Rawls - Founding Pastor, Unity Fellowship Church Charlotte (Charlotte, NC);
Jermaine Lee – Program Manager of Behavioral Intervention, PowerHouse Project (Charlotte, NC);
Ai Elo - Writer and youth advocate (Charlotte, NC);
Julia Wallace – Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project (Durham, NC);
A’Omaré Kyyam – Activist and poet (Chapel Hill, NC);
Reverend Brendan Boone - Transgender Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church Raleigh (Raleigh, NC).
All interviewees are based in North Carolina. Detailed descriptions of their personal stories may be found on http://www.manyvoices.org/video-campaign-launch.
Dr. Victor Anderson, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, said, “People often charge that the black church, as a historically progressive force for social justice and change, remains silent on pressing issues of sexual-gender politics in the black community. The reality is, sex talk is rampant throughout our churches and with demonic consequences for those who suffer under life debilitating sex talk in our churches. Thank God for Many Voices for empowering the ‘courage to be and speak’ truth to power, even in our own churches and communities.”
In addition to being distributed through social media, press, and community collaborators, Many Voices will share the videos with those who want to move the Black church toward gay and transgender justice, but who lack the resources or the personal relationships to do so. Many Voices offers training, resources, and relationship-building opportunities for interested church leaders and Black LGBTQ people.
The Many Voices Visibility Campaign was funded in part by the Arcus Foundation, the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Foundation and The Aquila Fund of RSF Social Finance, and was created by Katina Parker, a filmmaker and PR specialist. The music was performed by Julia Wallace, Rachael Derello, and Katina Parker.
To follow Many Voices visit:
www.youtube.com/manyvoicesorg
www.vimeo.com/manyvoicesorg
www.facebook.com/manyvoicesorg
www.twitter.com/manyvoicesorg
www.pinterest.com/manyvoicesorg
http://manyvoicesorg.tumblr.com
www.instagram.com/manyvoicesorg
www.flickr.com/manyvoicesorg
About
Media
Our team
Employment
Contact us
Encourage learning
Share resources on sexuality & gender
Get involved
Donate now
Sign up
Welcoming church list
Other justice-seeking organizations
RSS Feed
YouTube
Like ManyVoices
on Facebook
Questions? Comments? Participate in the conversation!
3133 Dumbarton Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007 | info@manyvoices.org
©2010 Many Voices, All Rights Reserved | Terms of Use
http://www.manyvoices.org/video-campaign-launch/
Many Voices
A Black Church Movement for Gay & Transgender Justice
Donate Now
About
How to Begin
Resources
Blog
Events
Get Involved
Tumblr
YouTube
Vimeo
RSS Feed
Shopping Cart
Search for:
Join our mailing list
Support Many Voices
Please spread the word about Many Voices.
And donate today, at whatever level you can.
Together, we can achieve the justice and liberation that we so long for, affirm the lives of our gay and transgender brothers and sisters, and call the Black church into the full expression of God’s unconditional love.
Donate Now
Many Voices Video Campaign Releases Fourth Video
Featuring Julia Wallace, Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project
On Monday, November 11, Many Voices released the fourth of six videos featuring the personal stories of African American lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people who came of age in Black churches. The web campaign features lay people as well as high-profile clergy like out, lesbian Bishop Tonyia Rawls of the Unity Fellowship Church Movement and Rev. Brendan Boone, out, transgender pastor of Metropolitan Community Church.
“Who I am is a gift from God, from the Creator, and it is exactly who I am supposed to be in this lifetime,” says Julia Wallace, theologian and Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project. Wallace adds, “Learning more about the history of Christianity and the Bible allowed me to see that it could be used as a tool for love, for liberation, and that it is my choice to use it that way.”
The Many Voices videos were created to engage church leaders and LGBTQ people about fostering a movement for gay and transgender justice in Black churches. A new video will launch every week until just prior to Transgender Day of Remembrance (November 20). The interviewees include:
Bishop Tonyia Rawls - Founding Pastor, Unity Fellowship Church Charlotte (Charlotte, NC);
Jermaine Lee – Program Manager of Behavioral Intervention, PowerHouse Project (Charlotte, NC);
Ai Elo - Writer and youth advocate (Charlotte, NC);
Julia Wallace – Co-Founder of the Mobile Homecoming Project (Durham, NC);
A’Omaré Kyyam – Activist and poet (Chapel Hill, NC);
Reverend Brendan Boone - Transgender Pastor of Metropolitan Community Church Raleigh (Raleigh, NC).
All interviewees are based in North Carolina. Detailed descriptions of their personal stories may be found on http://www.manyvoices.org/video-campaign-launch.
Dr. Victor Anderson, Vanderbilt University Divinity School, said, “People often charge that the black church, as a historically progressive force for social justice and change, remains silent on pressing issues of sexual-gender politics in the black community. The reality is, sex talk is rampant throughout our churches and with demonic consequences for those who suffer under life debilitating sex talk in our churches. Thank God for Many Voices for empowering the ‘courage to be and speak’ truth to power, even in our own churches and communities.”
In addition to being distributed through social media, press, and community collaborators, Many Voices will share the videos with those who want to move the Black church toward gay and transgender justice, but who lack the resources or the personal relationships to do so. Many Voices offers training, resources, and relationship-building opportunities for interested church leaders and Black LGBTQ people.
The Many Voices Visibility Campaign was funded in part by the Arcus Foundation, the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Foundation and The Aquila Fund of RSF Social Finance, and was created by Katina Parker, a filmmaker and PR specialist. The music was performed by Julia Wallace, Rachael Derello, and Katina Parker.
To follow Many Voices visit:
www.youtube.com/manyvoicesorg
www.vimeo.com/manyvoicesorg
www.facebook.com/manyvoicesorg
www.twitter.com/manyvoicesorg
www.pinterest.com/manyvoicesorg
http://manyvoicesorg.tumblr.com
www.instagram.com/manyvoicesorg
www.flickr.com/manyvoicesorg
About
Media
Our team
Employment
Contact us
Encourage learning
Share resources on sexuality & gender
Get involved
Donate now
Sign up
Welcoming church list
Other justice-seeking organizations
RSS Feed
YouTube
Like ManyVoices
on Facebook
Questions? Comments? Participate in the conversation!
3133 Dumbarton Street, NW | Washington, DC 20007 | info@manyvoices.org
©2010 Many Voices, All Rights Reserved | Terms of Use
http://www.manyvoices.org/video-campaign-launch/
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