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Save The Date: Dialogues on Diversity


DIALOGUES on DIVERSITY
ANYONE and EVERYONE: Film and  Panel Discussion
Friday, May 2, 2008
Noon

The Forum
in the R. Thomas Flynn Campus Center, Building 3
FILM:  Anyone & Everyone
Connected by having a son or daughter who is gay, parents across the country discuss their experiences in the documentary Anyone and Everyone.  In it, filmmaker Susan Polis Schutz, depicts families from all walks of life.  Individuals from such diverse backgrounds as Japanese, Bolivian, and Cherokee, as well as from various religious denominations such as Mormon, Jewish, Roman Catholic, Hindu, and Southern Baptist, share intimate accounts of how their children revealed their sexual orientation and discuss their responses.  The parents also talk about struggling with the pain of their sons and daughters dealing with not being accepted by relatives or friends, and being ostracized by religious congregations.

 PANELISTS:
Mary Ellen and Casey Lopata, Co-Founders, Fortunate Families, Inc.
Judi McDougall, MCC Student
Rev. Jim Mulcahy, Pastor, Open Arms Metropolitan Church
Tom Proietti, Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Member, MCC


FACILITATOR:
Scott Fearing, Program Director, Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley

Sponsored By the Campus Center in collaboration with the MCC Pride Alliance, the Monroe Community College Diversity Council, and the Gay Alliance of Genesee Valley
Brought to you by the MCC Student Life Fee

Thomas Christopher Priester
Campus Center
03/18/2008