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A Generation of Pride

Forty years ago, at 1:20 in the morning on Saturday, June 28, 1969, eight police officers burst through the double doors of the Stonewall Inn in New York City’s Greenwich Village and announced “Police! We’re taking the place!” However, the raid did not go as planned. As one eyewitness later recalled, after years of harassment by police, “The gays had had enough.” A series of spontaneous, sometimes violent, demonstrations erupted and continued over several nights. The Stonewall Riots, as they have come to be known, marked the beginning of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights movement in this country.

Rev. Michael Piazza, President of Hope for Peace & Justice, and a leader in the LGBT civil rights movement for more than 20 years, recently shared his reflections on how far we have come since this watershed moment, and what we still have yet to do. We invite you to watch and listen as Rev. Piazza shares “A Generation of Pride” for the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots.

BEN DARROW
Art Show Benefiting H4PJ

Ben Darrow, grandson of long-time Cathedral of Hope member Janice Darrow, was born in 1980 and is a native of East Texas. After some time spent in Nashville, Tennessee focusing on school, music and writing, Darrow, now a Dallas resident, is a commission artist and art show participant. The sale of this art benefits Hope for Peace & Justice. MORE...

PEACE HOUSE Dallas
If you'd like to know more about PEACE HOUSE Dallas, please click HERE. These peace organizations are working hard to bring peace to our world.

PRAYER for Texas
Great Spirit of Life, we who are gathered in this great room come from many different places, and call you by different names. There are many paths to you, O God, but the path that I follow is Jesus. And so it is in the Spirit of Jesus that I offer my prayer on behalf of these devoted servants of Texas. I pray for you to give them wisdom in the name of Jesus, who said that he came “to bring good news to the poor, release to the prisoner, recovery of sight, to the blind, and to let the oppressed go free.” (Luke 4:18-19). MORE...

Formula for Recovery
I never took an economics class in college, haven’t balanced my checkbook in 20 years, and I can barely remember my own phone number, but I know a sure solution for recovery during this economic recession. I am absolutely confident that all of us will recover much more quickly if we simply stop listening to the news. MORE...

Subscribe to Liberating Word!
“Liberating Word” is designed to be daily nourishment to strengthen progressive people of faith. For the world to be transformed into a place of peace and justice, WE must enter the fray. It is tempting to duck our heads and just let things pass. It is easy to become so overwhelmed by life itself that we simply don’t have the energy to challenge what is said and done. However, if we do not, then who will?

It is NOT about Marriage!

Like you, this has been a time of conflicting emotions. I wept as we elected our first African-American president and smiled as he mentioned us in his victory speech on election night. It was a stark contrast to all those years ago when we couldn’t persuade President Reagan even to say the word “AIDS” while we were burying thousands of our lovers and friends. It is a new day in America. MORE...

New Books by Rev. Michael Piazza!

Signed copies of three new or updated books from Rev.
Michael Piazza, Dean and National Pastor of Cathedral of
Hope and President of Hope for Peace & Justice, are on sale today! MORE...

Peacemaking for DUMMIES
Here are some suggested specific, tan-gible ways in which we can do that. Peace on earth will never be more than a fantasy, unless people of faith learn to be peace practitioners. That is, in addition to the words of that old Christian chorus, “Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin with me,” we also need to learn to sing, “Let there be peace on Earth, and let it begin IN me.

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