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Continuing the Work: African-American Roundtable and Religious Liberty

by Bernard Schlager

by Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, Coordinator of the African-American Roundtable,  rstringfellow@clgs.psr.edu   In partnership with the Center for American Progress, the National LGBTQ Task Force, Freedom for All Americans, ACLU of Michigan, Equality Michigan and Inclusive Justice (Michigan’s progressive faith organizing council), I have continued my work with four African-American organizers who did outreach with several Black […]

Welcome to the 6th Trans Seminarian Cohort and a new Cohort Faculty Member

by Bernard Schlager

By Rev. Jakob Hero-Shaw, Coordinator, CLGS Transgender Roundtable The Trans Seminarian Cohort is a joint project of CLGS, the National LGBTQ Task Force, and the Freedom Center for Social Justice. The Cohort is a year-long program that runs from September through August. This month we will be welcoming our sixth Cohort to the program! We […]

The use of Latinx is transgressive and liberative!!!

by Bernard Schlager

By Rev. Dr. Carla E. Roland Guzmán The use of Latinx is transgressive and liberative!!! Why does the Latinx Roundtable uses Latinx (LRT)?  Language matters.  Language not only describes our understanding of the world about us, but language can also shape our reality.  Although I am a Latinx person from Puerto Rico, I often talk about […]

Jewish clergy summit confronts Trumpism

by Bernard Schlager

In July the Jewish Roundtable of CLGS hosted a Summit for LGBTQ Jewish clergy on Confronting Trumpism.  Forty spiritual leaders gathered for plenaries, workshops and worship.  The rabbis and cantors were a diverse group: ranging in age from their twenties to their eighties; serving in academia, varying sized congregations, and social justice organizations; differently abled; […]

Free workshops on Intersectional work for Bay Area Communities of Faith

by Bernard Schlager

The Coalition of Welcoming Congregations (CWC), a program of the Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion (CLGS) is offering free workshops to Bay Area communities of faith to explore issues of intersectional justice. You’ll have the opportunity to engage one or more issues such as racial justice, immigration, and trans inclusion. Workshops are […]

CLGS engages “Communities of Liberation” in Mexico

by Bernard Schlager

Five Pacific School of Religion (PSR) students joined CLGS Executive Director Bernie Schlager in July for CLGS’ 5th Annual “Communities of Liberation” course, an Immersive Learning Experience located in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Offered in coordination with PSR and CELAC Freire, a progressive Spanish-language school in Cuernavaca, this immersion experience included daily intensive language classes, conversations with local […]

Join a delegation to El Salvador–October 2018

by Bernard Schlager

In October 2018, the long-awaited canonization of Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero will take place. One ceremony at the Vatican, in Rome, will be presided by the Pope. The other celebration takes place in San Salvador at the Fiesta del Pueblo. Salvadorans from all walks-of-life are gathering to commemorate and honor Archbishop Romero as the first […]

Pride, Pulse, Puerto Rico: File under “R” or under “G”

by Bernard Schlager

After the Pulse tragedy, I wrote a long Facebook post analyzing the media coverage and Episcopal Church response to the mass shooting. My post was about ways in which LGBTQ+ and Latinx persons had been erased from the narrative given the incessant and one-dimensional focus on the shooter and guns. The reality of who was […]

2016 End of Year Quotes: A Little Inspiration for the Times Ahead

by Bernard Schlager

 Joy dares us to live a deep spirit and spirituality. Joy dares us to live justice. Joy takes us out of the folds of the old wounds that make all of us perform unnatural acts like transsexism, sexism, and heterosexism. Joy means creating communities that are bodies of hope and righteousness that spit in the […]

Job Opportunity: Latinx Roundtable Project Manager

by Bernard Schlager

Download PDF of Job Description Here Job title:                      Project Manager Job description: We are looking for a Latinx Roundtable Project Manager to coordinate a grant-funded project that provides resources for Latinx families with a lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender loved one and for LGBT people in the United States and Latin America.  The job […]