tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post6502211572716055015..comments2023-10-24T05:49:04.269-04:00Comments on The Chaliceblog: Random thoughts on GA from one who isn't thereChalicechickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07781469958573869914noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-39399370807554457662009-06-29T11:52:40.640-04:002009-06-29T11:52:40.640-04:00I missed Kate Clinton (went to hear Debra Bowen in...I missed Kate Clinton (went to hear Debra Bowen instead -- and to talk to her about getting a legal category for worker-owned cooperatives.) <br />What was it Kate Clinton said that you are commenting on? I didn't hear any feedback.kimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9864334.post-58564404775283764622009-06-28T10:27:46.274-04:002009-06-28T10:27:46.274-04:00CC wrote:
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"Is it true that there's...CC wrote:<br />-snip-<br /><i>"Is it true that there's no service project of the 'help some local poor people' variety? If not, why not? They've has such things at previous GAs."</i><br /><br />CC,<br /><br />The Morales campaign's Friday night rally was at St. Marks Cathederal and they were encouraging folks to donate to St. Mark's community outreach project (Hidegarde’s Pantry, a member of the Utah Food Bank). That wasn't a GA-wide project but it was a project supported by the the newly elected UUA president.<br /><br />Regarding helping the local poor, one needs to remember that a large percentage of homeless teens are bi, gay, lesbian, or transgender -- according to the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Study, between 20 and 40 percent of homeless youth are BGLT.<br /><br />A teen who comes out to parents and is told to leave the house does qualify as homeless and is probably a member of the "local poor" as well.<br /><br />Utah Pride has a homeless youth drop-in center with resources for homeless teens.Steve Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333184436301854794noreply@blogger.com