Wake Up Campaign!

Speaker Ray Jennings Roberson describe his efforts to start a dialogue between religious congregations and the LGBT community.

7:30 pm. (support groups to follow)

Westwood United Methodist Church

10497 Wilshire Blvd

Los Angeles, 90024

Religion, which calls itself “the Good News,” is frequently very bad news for LGBT persons and their families. Kids are thrown out of the house, committed couples are denied civil rights, LGBT individuals’ lives are threatened, all in the name of “righteousness.” Does it have to be this way?

Our next speaker, Ray Jennings Roberson, doesn’t think so. He is spending time, energy, and a lot of his own resources to launch the WAKE UP Campaign, to establish dialogue between religious organizations and the LGBT community right here in Los Angeles.

Roberson believes that the increasingly bitter culture wars need a “demilitarized zone.” In this safe space, silenced, rejected LGBT persons can speak the truth about their lives, and religious communities can listen with respect and empathy. 

Roberson asks: “How can change occur when people are at constant war with one another? Not until we create a place in which opinions and beliefs can be taken into consideration and valued, not until we approach our bothers and sisters with an open heart and an attentive ear will the age-old walls of separation come crumbling down. This campaign will use faith, hope, love and forgiveness as vehicles to gain a deeper sense of understanding and openness toward one another.”

Come hear him talk about the preliminary work that has already been done, and learn about the exciting conference scheduled for June 20 and 21. Find out how you can be a part of the dialogue.

For more information on Ray and the Wake Up Campaign go to www.wakeupcampaign.org.

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