|  | | | Making Big Bold Moves for the Movement and More! 2020 marked the 5th year of our 5-year strategic planning process. We celebrate all of the consultants, funders, partners and staff who helped support us as we transitioned into this next Bold Phase of our organizational life. Below we highlight some of those accomplishments and invite you into our new imaginings. The goal, as always, is culture shift that lead to the growth, safety and empowerment of marginalized populations. ________ Bishop Tonyia Rawls
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| | | | | Instead of the typical year-end report, we wanted to turn our learnings and experiences into a document that others can use in their own organizational work. We also felt it important to let the voices of those we have worked with through the years be lifted up. The outcome was a project spearheaded by Tobias Dean, our newly hired Communications Manager and Ari Leventhal, our Communications Fellow. Ari is the one who came up with this bold idea last year. She was just 17 at the time! Orders are being taken now for this beautiful 48page book titled CHANGING TIDES: Stories and Images of Culture Shift in the South. The books are available for donations of $35.00 or more. We ask that you make one donation for yourself and another for those you feel could benefit from this body of work that includes diverse voices like Bishop William Barber II, Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, Rea Cary, CEO of the LGBTQ Task Force, Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Councilwoman, and Rabbi Judy Schindler, Director of the Stan Greenspon Center for Peace and Social Justice. |
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| | | | The FCSJ Butterfly Collection is a product from our newly launched Transgender Entrepreneurship Program. Our soft launch was in December with The Holiday Collection. This was comprised of 8 original designs that reflected the holidays through the eyes of our first cohort of three designers. Available now is the big reveal for Valentines Day 2021. Check out the Love Collection HERE. You can purchase the cards for download online for $3.75, or you can purchase at White Rabbit Bookstore at 920 Central Avenue, Charlotte, NC. Because of the requests we received for prints of the cover designs, poster size versions of the original art will be available soon for donations of $20.00 (11x17), $28.00 (18x24) and $35.00 (24x36). Help us provide support for these artists. Stipends and a portion of all sales are provided to each participant. |
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| | | 1000 STRONG LGBTQ Pre-March Summit |
| |  | 1000 STRONG LGBTQ CONTINGENCY Marching at the 2021 HKonJ Moral March and People's Assembly in Raleigh. In partnership with the LGBTQ Committee of the NC NAACP, The Freedom Center is helping coordinate this year's LGBTQ Pre-March Summit on Friday, February 12th from 12noon - 4pm. This year's Summit will focus on what Bold Moves we can make as a collective in the State of NC and the Region. Partners like Equality NC, Conference for Southern Equality, NBJC, Sacred Souls UCC, PFLAG, The Task Force, and others will be joining us for this gathering of activists, faith leaders, civil rights and justice workers. It won't be complete without you. Please click below to register for the summit. If you want to march with us in this virtual event, please click below so you can be a part of the 1000 Strong LGBTQ contingency. Allies are welcome!!!!!
Register Here for the 1000 Strong LGBTQ Pre-March Summit
on Friday, February 12th from 12-4pm. Register Here for the Moral March on Raleigh
on Saturday, February 13th from 10-12pm. |
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We are putting together a video collage of people showing their support and pledging their service to creating a more equitable and just world. Our goal is to inspire hope, ignite our collective strength, and reach as many people as possible with this powerful visual!
We are asking willing participants to submit a short video introducing who you are and pledging your readiness to mobilize! This video will be presented at the HKonJ Event on February 13, 2021. Here are some video guidelines and suggestions: - 10-15 seconds
- Please include your name, pronouns, and your affiliated organization.
- Include head and shoulders in video framing.
- If possible, shoot video horizontally.
- Close with the saying, "I am present and ready for service!"
Click here to view a video sample. |
| | | | | Don't miss out on any of FCSJ's exciting and culture-shifting events this year!
Visit https://fcsj.org/events/ to keep up with upcoming events. |
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|  | Transgender Faith and Action Network 2021 Retreat
08.14.2021 |
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 | Liberating Theologies 2021
09.25.2021 |
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| | Farewell Dr. Juan Battle & Board Members We pay special tribute to Dr. Juan Battle who served as Board and then Co-Chair from 2016-2020. Under his leadership and along with the support of our amazing Board, he helped transform not only how we raise resources for the organization, but also helped institute new accounting and management practices that established a platform upon which our current and future programming can rest. |
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|  | Ciara Lilly Former Board Member |
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 | Veronica Calderon Former Board Member |
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| | Welcome New Board Members |
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|  | Hope Barrett New Board Chair |
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 | Christina Adeleke New Board Member |
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 | Jonathan Barrio New Board Member |
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| | New Communications Manager We welcome Tobias Dean to the FCSJ team as our new Communications Manager! He comes with a background in marketing, graphic design, community engagement, and a passion for social justice. |
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| | | | DONATE TODAY AND HELP SUPPORT OUR BIG MOVES IN 2021 |
| Help support The Freedom Center for Social Justice in making big and bold
moves for liberation this year by donating today! |
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| | The Freedom Center for Social Justice
PO BOX 9039, | CHARLOTTE, North Carolina 28299
(980) 729-8454 | info@fcsj.org |
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