Events

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Gil preaching at Park Hill United Methodist Church in Denver on July 31st at 10 AM.
Gil was pastor at Park Hill UMC from 1997-2001. The church is located at 5209 Montview Boulevard.

Sermon Topic: "Why Not Predict The End of Religious Arrogance and Not The End of the World?"

He believes that the arrogance of persons who claim religious faith and of their religious institutions, has contrbuted to the long history of anti-Semitism, Colonialism, Sexism, Racism, and Heterosexism. If persons of faith and their institutions he believes, could acknowledge and confess that we have
allowed our biases and bigotry to shape our Biblical interpretation, and that intepretation has proven to be wrong, we could cease harming and begin to heal the human broken-ness that affects us all.

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Marilyn to speak to Gay Straight Alliance at Helena High School on Friday, March 18, and at the GSA event at the Lewis & Clark Library on Sunday, March 20, 1:00. Read about this amazing group in the New York Times "In Efforts to End Bullying, Some See Agenda."

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See Meanderings from Minneapolis under Different Struggle, Same Fight Blog about our time at Creating Change!

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WHERE TO NEXT? STAY TUNED!

Give us your suggestions: TruthInProgress@gmail.com

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MY HOPE FOR OUR TIME IN MINNEAPOLIS

Marilyn and I will be in Minneapolis from February 1 - 4 (details below). I wonder how many persons will take the opportunity to talk to us as the "Odd Couple" that we are? Our conversations about race and homosexuality too often take place in ways separate and apart. How many persons have had the opportunity to talk to a white woman who is Lesbian and a black man who is straight, face-to-face, eyeball to eyeball, in the same place and space, at the same time?

I borrow Robert Frost's words to say "We have miles to go before we sleep", as we grapple with the intersections and separations of race and sexual orientation. We seem to find it difficult to develop conversations that embrace in wholistic ways, the commnality/difference in two journeys, experiences, and realities that are different, yet the same.

What a waste of your time and our time if you do not walk up to us and quote Joan Rivers by asking, "Can we talk?"

Gil Caldwell,
who with Marilyn Bennett,
personify Truth in Progress

The National Conference on LGBT Equality Creating Change
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 2-6, 2010
Gil and Marilyn will be there February 1-4. Let us know if you are at Creating Change!
truthinprogress@gmail.com or join us on twitter!

Thanks to all that came and danced at "Dance to the Rhythms of Freedom."

We raised nearly $1,500 for Truth in Progress. Special thanks to Kathryn Kelley and Kelly Baraby of Dancing Lotus Center for hosting this wonderful event!

Truth in Progress fundraiser: "Dance to the Rhythms of Freedom," July 18, 10-Noon

The Dancing Lotus Center (40 N. Last Chance Gulch, Helena, MT) is hosting a Nia dance workshop to benefit Truth in Progress on Sunday, July 18, 10 to noon.

Minimum donation is $25, gifts of $100 and above are tax deductible through the Montana Human Rights Network (our 501 c 3 fiscal agent). We already have a pledge of $500! Proceeds go directly to covering Truth in Progress travel, video production, and equipment costs.

Beginners, this is a chance to get a taste of Nia and gain confidence that "you can do this!"
Experienced Nia dancers, you have a chance to deepen your practice through listening to the music and expressing your unique spirit.
For all, have a great time joining our focus and intentions for the human rights and dignity of all people.

Nia blends dance, martial arts, and healing arts (such as yoga), to create a dynamic fitness and lifestyle practice that changes how people experience their body and exercise! Come dance, kick, shake, stretch, and laugh with us!

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Truth in Progress will be filming in Selma, Alabama, on Friday, June 11th, at the Edmund Pettus Bridge and other sites significant to the Black Civil Rights Movement.

THEN we will be in Birmingham on Saturday and Sunday June 12th and 13th.

We want to meet you at the Central Alabama Pride Parade on Saturday night at 8:30 pm, at 5 PTS South, and Sunday afternoon at PRIDEfest at Sloss Furnace National Landmark.

Join us on twitter for updates!

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Truth in Progress is coming to

• Selma, Alabama
• San Francisco
• New York City
• Washington D.C.

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GIL TO SPEAK IN PHILADELPHIA ON MAY 23, 2010
To: Truth and Progress friends and supporters in Philadelphia and the area,
From: Gil Caldwell, ("Elder Brother")

I will be speaking on the topic: "RACISM & HETEROSEXISM, DIFFERENT, YET THE SAME",
at Calvary United Methodist Church on May 23rd at 11 AM. Calvary is located at
815 S. 48th St. @ Baltimore Avenue in Philadelphia, 19143. Calvary is observing its
25h anniversary as a United Methodist Reconciling Congregation.

It would be great to see and meet the growing network of friends and supporters of
Truth in Progress. Regardless of your faith or non-faith perspective, I would like to see
your "face in the place" on the 23rd. Come and help us "celebrate each other". (From
Alice Walker's "The Color Purple".)