PDN List of 2008 Events:
Click Here to See Upcoming Events For Later
in 2008
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Upcoming
August
17th, 2008
PA
Diversity Network will participate in
Greater Lehigh Valley Pride's Pride in the Park
Festival
in Cedar Beach Park
on Hamilton Street (at about 22nd Street) in
Allentown
CLICK HERE TO SEE A
REPORT AND PHOTO ALBUM OF LAST YEAR'S
EVENT
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Upcoming
July
20th, 2008
PA
Diversity Network/Valley Gay Press
Participates in Reading Pride Celebration
(The
Reading Pride Festival)
at Centre Park in Reading, PA
click here for a map to Centre
Park
Noon
to 6pm
CLICK HERE TO SEE A REPORT
AND PHOTO ALBUM OF LAST YEAR'S
EVENT
Stop
by the PA Diversity Network Booth
Committed
Couples get your picture taken for the PDN Photo Project -
229 Same-sex Couples Facing Inequality
Pick up a free copy of the Valley Gay Press - Berk's
County's only monthly GLBT Newspaper
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Recent -
see photos!
June 17th, 2008
PA
Diversity Network/Valley Gay Press
Awards Celebration Night
at
the Brew Works in Allentown
PDN/VGP
hosted the first annual GLBT Community Awards Celebration
honoring individuals who have served the GLBT community
through activism, advocacy, volunteerism and leadership.
All paid PA Diversity Network members were eligible to
nominate individuals in both the greater Lehigh Valley and
Berks County, in a variety of categories for awards. Over
100 people attended the event. There were many award
winners.
Click here to read the full
list of the award winners.
Click here to read more
about the event and see a huge Photo Album of the
celebration.
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Recent
June
1st, 2008
Rainbow
Families Picnic
35 people - including 13 children attended the
Rainbow Families Picnic at Emmaus Park
Click here for a large
photo album of this event!!!
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Recent
June
4th, 2008
PDN
Executive Director speaks on GLBT issues at LBGT Tobacco
presentation,
in Monroe County.
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Recent
June 6th, June 7th, June 12th 2008
Liz Bradbury's new novel, Angel Food and Devil Dogs
was released at several community benefit events in May and
June.
20% of the net profits of the sales of this book at these
events
will benefit GLBTA organizations.
Book Release events included:
(Liz will be doing more readings in the community in July -
stay tuned.)
***NEW!!!
Friday, June 6***
Interweave Pre-Pride Dance at the Unitarian Universalist
Church of the Lehigh Valley
at
424 Center St. in Bethlehem. Book signing only. Dance is
7:30pm to 10pm. 20% of the net sales profit of the book
will go to Interweave of UUCLV and PA Diversity Network.
Entrance to the dance is only $5. The dance and the
booksigning are open to everyone.
***Saturday,
June 7, 6pm in the Patio Tent at the Woods Campground
Lesbian Open House and Social***
845 Vaughn Acres Lane, Lehighton, PA -- Carbon County
(610-377-9577)
Click here to go to The Woods web site.
http://www.thewoodscampground.com/directions.html
There is no admission charge for lesbians to enter the
campground, attend the lesbian social, or attend the book
release event. This is a great opportunity to visit the
Woods and see what it's all about.
Liz will read an excerpt from the book, answer questions
about writing and publishing it
and will sign copies that will be for sale. 10% of the net
sales profit of the book will go to
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Fund and 10% of the net
sales profit of the book will go to PA Diversity Network.
***Thursday,
June 12, 6pm at The Sky Lounge***
1500 Washington Street (corner of 15th and Washington),
Wilson PA
Liz will read an excerpt from the book, answer questions
about writing and publishing it
and will sign copies that will be for sale.
20% of the net sales profit of the book will go to PA
Diversity Network.
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Recent
June
11th, 2008
PDN
Executive Director spoke on GLBT issues at Wachovia Bank in
Philadelphia.
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Recent
June
24th 2008
Amy Smart to present an estate planning dinner - seminar at
the Stoned Crab in Emmaus
$10 donation to benefit both PDN and Pride GLV
contact Amy to RSVP - 610-398-4260,
amy_smart@ml.com
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Recent
April -
May, 2008
Panzee
Press Magazine features
the PDN Photo Project
In
an effort to fight the current anti-gay PA Constitutional
Amendment legislation, Senate Bill -1250
Panzee Press Magazine has featured the entire
PA Diversity Photo Project - 225 Same-sex Couples: Facing
Inequality
in a special issue of the magazine to put a face on the
discrimination
our community receives from the lack of legal recognition
of our families.
Every Photo Project couple picture is featured along with
many of the informational signs that accompany the Project.
Panzee Press publisher Bolton Winnpenny contacted Photo
Project creator Liz Bradbury to suggest the idea and they
worked together to get the files to Bolton. He rapidly
formated the Project into the Magazine. After the magazines
were printed, Bolton delivered a copy to every State
Senator and every State Representative in Harrisburg. This
is exactly what the PDN Photo Project was created for. PDN
thanks Bolton Winnpenny and Panzee Press for this important
effort.
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Recent
April
21th, 2008
PDN
Executive Director spoke on GLBT issues in a class at
Reading Area Community College.
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Current
April
17th, 2008
PDN
Boardmember Adrian Shanker featured on
Alliance For Sustainable Communities web site and program
guide
Read
Adrian Shanker’s essay at the Alliance For
Sustainable Communities - Lehigh Valley web site,
titled Equality
Leads Us to a Sustainable Valley by clicking on this link.
http://sustainlv.org/index.cfm?organization_id=11§ion_id=1628&page_id=6587
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Recent
Event - See Photos
April 6th, 2008
Sisterhood
Goes Overboard at Diamonz
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See a huge photo album of
this event by clicking here
This
event was a benefit for
Pennsylvania Diversity Network,
FACT
(Fighting AIDS Continuosly Together) & Pride of the
Greater Lehigh Valley
PDN
thanks Sisterhood for this most fabulous
event!!!!
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Recent
Event
April
1st -- April 5th
Zanna
Don't
the fabulous musical at Muhlenberg
College
Muhlenberg's
GSA raised $188 for PA Diversity Network
at Zanna Don't and at a college drag ball on April 3rd.
PDN thanks the GSA and the Muhlenberg student organizers of
this event!!!
Muhlenberg GSA student organizer Chris Alvaro at the
fundraiser table in the lobby.
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Current
Allentown
Human Relations Commissioners - including
GLBT
Community Members Allyson Hamm and Dona Cruciani
and PA Diversity Network Director Liz Bradbury
are featured in a TV Public Service Announcement
that is playing on channel 49 from March 10 to May 10.
Click here to view the PSA
Video.
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Recent
Event - See Photos
March
7th to March 20th, 2008
The PA Diversity Network Photo Project - 200 Same-sex
Couples: Facing Inequality
Will be on Display at Unami Friends Meeting House (Quakers)
100 5th Street, Pennsburg, PA
Click Here to see a Photo
Album of the Unami Reception
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Recent
Event - See Photos
PDN
Photo Project at
Bucks County Community College
February
21 to March 6th, 2008
The
PA Diversity Network Photo Project - 200 Same-sex Couples:
Facing Inequality
on Display at Bucks County Community College
located at 1 Hillendale Drive - Perkasie, PA
CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS
AND A PRESS RELEASE ON THIS EVENT
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Recent
(Feb. 24th, 2008) - See Photos
PA
Diversity Network Participates in Metropolitan Community
Church's Ceremony
To Dedicate MCC's New Church Location at 930 N. 4th Street,
Allentown
Speakers included: Mayor of Allentown Ed Pawlowski, City
Councilman Julio Guridy, and Allentown Human Relations
Commissioner (and PDN Executive Director) Liz Bradbury
CLICK HERE TO SEE A PHOTO ALBUM
OF THE EVENT
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Recent -
See Photos
February 8th and 9th, 2008
MCC's
FREEDOM TO MARRY Court House Action and Celebration
View a video TV News report on
the Court House Action by clicking
here.
See a photo album of the court
house action by clicking here.
February 8 and 9, 2007 - PA
Diversity Network participated in Metropolitan Community
Church of the Lehigh Valley's Freedom to Marry Day Court
House Action, on February 8th. 50 people took part in the
rally outside Lehigh County's Historic Old Court House. 8
same-sex Couples applied for and were denied marriage
licenses. However, the denied licenses will be kept on file
at the court house as a historical record of this
inequality. The pink scarves were made by PDN and PFLAG
Board member Melinda Kohn. Signs at the rally were provided
by Don Kohn (Pres. of Eastern PA PFLAG).
CLICK HERE TO SEE A PHOTO ALBUM
OF THE FREEDOM MARRY CELEBRATION AT MCC
On Sat.
Feb 9th, PDN participated in the Freedom to Marry
celebration at MCC along with a standing room only crowd or
hundreds. The service included many local clergy members
officiating. There was a blessing of relationships. Later
that evening was a dance. PA Diversity Network was a
cosponsor of these Freedom to Marry events along with PFLAG
and Renaissance. The
PDN Photo Project -- 200 Same-Sex Couples: Facing
Inequality is on
exhibit at MCCLV. It will be on view there in the framed
format until Feb. 21. The Photo Project in either the
framed or printed format will be on display at MCC
permanently. Please note that MCC has moved. It is now
located at: 930 North 4th Street, Allentown. Click on this
link to the MCC web site to see a map and for
directions: www.mcclv.org/index.asp
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Recent -
See Photos and Video
January,
2008
With
Special Events: Jan. 18th and 20th
The
PA Diversity Network Photo Project -
200 Same-sex Couples: Facing Inequality
was
on display at
Congregation Keneseth Israel
at 23rd and Chew in Allentown, the month of January, 2008.
It
was featured during the Martin Luther King Service and
Diversity Celebration.
PDN thanks K.I., Rabbi Robert Lennick and K.I. Executive
Director Judy Murman
for this great opportunity.
Click Here to see a press
release about the K.I. event
and for more information about the Photo
Project.
CLICK HERE TO VIEW A CHANNEL
69 NEWS REPORT THAT INCLUDES
INTERVIEWS WITH RABBI ROBERT LENNICK AND PDN'S ADRIAN
SHANKER,
AND COVERAGE OF THE PHOTO PROJECT'S
PICTURES.
When
you get to the page click the "watch video" button above
the photo.
This was the First Mainstream Religious Congregation
Display of the Photo Project.
Keneseth
Israel, a member synagogue of the Union for Reform Judaism
at 2227 W. Chew St., Allentown, will be exhibiting the PDN
Photo Project-200 Same-Sex Couples: Facing Inequality all
of the month of January.
Rabbi
Robert Lennick reflected on the photo project and civil
rights in his sermon on Friday Jan. 18 - during Martin
Luther King weekend. A Shabbot pot luck dinner that
evening, was open to the community. There
was also a Martin Luther King Interfaith Service with a
diversity fair, open to the public on Sunday, Jan. 20. PDN
had a booth at this fair.
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Recent
Saturday
- January 12th, 2008
I LOVE LUCY TO DEATH at Diamonz benefited PDN
PDN
Thanks Lenora Johnson, Diamonz and White Rose Productions
for this great event!!!
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RECENT
EVENT - See Photos
December 17th, 2007
****Rainbow
Families - GLBT Families with kids****
The Kids
Christmas Party at MCC was a huge success thanks to the
amazing efforts of Carol Stevens and all the other MCC and
Rainbow Families volunteers. Many children and their
families attended, there were great holiday activities,
visits from The Three Kings (!) and a very special guest
appearance.
See More About This Merry Event
and
A Huge Photo Album by clicking here!
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CURRENT
PDN Library Project
Action
In
response to a local anti-GLBT action against the children's
book King and King -
and in support of Lower Macungie Library standing up
against censorship and keeping the book
on their shelves, PA Diversity Network has made a financial
donation to Lower Macungie Library,
and a donation of the book King and King to Lehigh Valley
and Berks County Libraries.
Read all about it by clicking
here.
You can donate a copy of
King and King
to your local library by clicking
here!
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October 19th, 2008-- 5K Breast Cancer Classic, PDN will have a team in this event with a great breakfast at the PDN headquarters.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A REPORT AND
PHOTO ALBUM OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT
November, 2008 --
Bingo At The
Rainbow Room Bingo Hall 2413 Sunshine Road, Allentown (Behind
Redner's on Lehigh St. near Rt. 309).
CLICK HERE TO SEE A REPORT AND PHOTO
ALBUM OF LAST YEAR'S
EVENT
December 6, 2008 --
Berks Gay Mens Social Group Christmas party on Dec 6,
dinner, drinks and comedian Eddie Sarfaty. This event will
be open to men and women that night. It includes a DJ for
dancing and a silent auction on the coolest items with all
the money raised to be split between Broadway Cares and PA
Diversity Network. There may even be some surprise famous
guest stopping in to help us that night!!!!!! To learn more
please email the Berks Gay Mens Social Group at
berksgmsg@aol.com
December,
2008 -- Rainbow Families Third Annual Christmas
Party for
GLBTA families with children. This event is co-sponsored by
MCCLV.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A REPORT AND
PHOTO ALBUM OF LAST YEAR'S EVENT