[act-ma] 12/2 World AIDS Day: State of Emergency for People of Color

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THE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF BOSTON
SUNDAY SPEAKERS FORUM presents...

Sunday, December 2, 2012
11:00am

Marking World AIDS Day
Rev. FRANKLIN HOBBS & GERRY SCOPPETTUOLO
"World AIDS Day: State of Emergency for People of Color"

Healing Our Land successfully lobbied for the passage of an HIV State of
Emergency in the City of Boston in 2005 with the help of a community
coalition led by faith leaders from the Black Community, one of only 7 such
declarations in the United States. However, much still needs to be done to
assure that the resources appropriated every year make a real difference to
the communities devastated by this preventable disease. ACT UP Boston
supports Healing Our Land's continued work in this area.

Minister Franklin Hobbs is the director of Healing Our Land and a longtime
activist and initiator of HIV State of Emergency Declaration. Gerry
Scoppettuolo is a member of ACT-UP Boston (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power)
and the Peoples Power Assembly.

Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston St. (Copley Square)
www.communitychurchofboston.org


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JOIN US ON SUNDAYS

11:00am Sunday Speakers' Service/Forum (2nd floor)
12:30pm Luncheon (2nd floor)


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NEXT WEEK'S COMMUNITY CHURCH FORUM (12/9)

LOIE HAYES
"Climate Solutions, Here and Now"


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LUNCH ON SUNDAYS, 12:30PM

On Sunday after our morning programs, we have lunch with one another,
prepared by our cook Luis Alonso Guzman. Enjoy a delicious lunch with
friends! A small contribution is requested to help cover lunch expenses.


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DIRECTIONS/PARKING

The Community Church is located at 565 Boylston Street in Copley Square,
between Dartmouth and Clarendon Streets.

Parking is available on Sunday mornings at the Back Bay Garage (entrances on
Clarendon Street or St. James Ave.). We can provide a sticker to affix to
your parking receipt, and you will be charged $5.00 for 3 hours of parking.

By public transportation, take the Green line to Copley or take the Orange l
ine to Back Bay station. Community Church is a 2-minute walk from either
station.


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A PEACE AND JUSTICE CONGREGATION SINCE 1920

The Community Church of Boston is a free community united for the study and
practice of universal religion, seeking to apply ethical  ideals to
individual life and the democratic and cooperative principle to all forms of
social and economic life.


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FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT US

Linda Jenkins, Congregational Director
Community Church of Boston
565 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02116
(617) 266-6710
info at commchurch.org
http://www.communitychurchofboston.org