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30% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE NOW Star Island LGBTQ: Transitions and Transformations Recreation, learning, spirituality and community with other LGBTQ friends and families on a beautiful island off the New Hampshire coast 6 Nights: Saturday, August 27 to Friday, September 2 3 Nights: Saturday, August 27 to Tuesday, August 30 3 Nights: Tuesday, August 30 to Friday, September 2 All are welcome — single LGBTQ people, friends and relatives; couples; families with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members. Themes and activities weave together talks on LGBTQ advocacy, recreation, creative workshops, and some good old-fashioned fun. As LGBTQ we've faced challenging transitions and experienced life-altering transformations. Celebrate those transformations in a safe space where all can give voice to that which longs to be free. This expression-based, funfilled conference empowers participants to know one another just like we each long to be known for our authentic selves. You are invited to spend a week in community, learning and having fun at the Star Island Conference Center's first LGBTQ Family Conference. Programming includes talks and workshops with Michelle Angello, Ph.D. Clinical Sexologist; Rev. Nate Walker of the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia who will be minister of the week and offer workshops; Bruce Knotts, executive director, UU United Nations Office; and others. People of every religious background and those who do not subscribe to any religion are all welcome. Activities and Workshops for Mornings and Afternoons Discussion groups on subjects such as marriage equality; LGBTQ rights in the workplace; immigration justice; witnessing for justice; responses to bullying; children and youth programs, plus yoga, art, “Writing to Tell Our Stories,” drumming and poetry workshops; and kite-flying, rowing, swimming, tennis, softball, marshmallow roast, chorus, a lobster dinner, and more.
Star Island The setting is a rustic conference center on a peaceful, ruggedly beautiful island located ten miles off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Star Island Conference Center is owned and operated by the Star Island Corporation—originally formed by Unitarian Universalists and members of the United Church of Christ, two religious denominations with long histories of actively supporting LGBTQ rights. Star Island is one of the nine islands that make up the Isles of Shoals. Its historic Oceanic House and adjacent buildings become the village home for thousands of visitors each summer. Star Island’s historic connections to Unitarian Universalism and the United Church of Christ give it a liberal spiritual quality that is renewing and uplifting.
Speakers and Workshop Leaders Theme Speaker Dr. Michele Angello, Clinical Sexologist, works with gender variant youth and adults. She has presented internationally on her work with trans-youth and with children of transitioning parents. Dr. Angello is often called on to speak as an expert on transgender issues to universities, corporations and the media. She also developed the first graduate course in the U.S. that focused on clinical issues in transgender communities. Join Dr. Angello for her morning talks and workshops on Transitions and Transformations.
Minister of the Week and Workshop Leader Reverend Nate Walker is the settled minister at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Nate came out of the closet as a 15-year-old high school student in Northern Nevada. His Grandmother responded by saying, "There's a lesbian at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship." And off they went to meet the lesbian! He's been a part of the welcoming and affirming embrace of Unitarian Universalism ever since. Morning chapels; workshop: River Stories.
Bruce Knotts—LGBT Advocacy in the U.S. and Internationally As the executive director of the UU United Nations Office, Bruce has ample opportunities to put Unitarian Universalist principles into action. He took over as director of the agency in 2008, and has already achieved crucial changes in UN culture and policy in his two-year tenure. Most notably, he led the UU UNO to become the first of hundreds of United Nations church offices to support equal rights for LGBT people internationally. He will talk about his work and its relevance to us. Workshop will be on global LGBT issues and how we can play a role in ending global oppression based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Kathie Carpenter— Where’s My Poet? Kathie Carpenter has been a school teacher, is a lesbian married to Barbra, an active anti-racist, a golfer, a Boston sports fan, the National Consultant for Open and Affirming Churches in the United Church of Christ, and the mommy of Bodi and Cooper, two golden retrievers. Whether you have written poetry, want to or think you cannot, this workshop will help you find that poet inside. Using personal stories, the beauty of Star Island, the sky, cool objects we find on the beach, and special items or photos that you decide to bring with you, you will create word and visual poetry. Workshop is for all ages and styles of thinking and learning. Ellen Clegg—Found Sounds Drumming Workshop Everyone who breathes has rhythm! Everyone with a heartbeat has rhythm! As an ambassador of rhythm, Ellen Clegg of Found Sounds brings the rhythm in all of us alive. From toddlers to elders, teenagers to retirees, people trying to heal, you can participate in an experiential workshop that will be meaningful to you individually as it creates community. Valerie Fagan—Yoga morning workshop; Movement afternoon workshop Valerie brings her dance experience (Ballet Hispánico of New York) and her study of personal development together to promote self-awareness and inner peace. She is a Kripalu certified restorative yoga instructor and currently assists in many workshops held at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Her experience spans 20 years of balancing family, workshops and community advocacy.
For more information about the 2011 LGBTQ Conference: Visit http://starisland.org/lgbtq; contact registrar Brian Winters at [email protected] or phone (603) 430-6272
Star Island The setting is a rustic conference center on a peaceful, ruggedly beautiful island located ten miles off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The Star Island Conference Center is owned and operated by the Star Island Corporation—originally formed by Unitarian Universalists and members of the United Church of Christ, two religious denominations with long histories of actively supporting LGBTQ rights. Star Island is one of the nine islands that make up the Isles of Shoals. Its historic Oceanic House and adjacent buildings become the village home for thousands of visitors each summer. Star Island’s historic connections to Unitarian Universalism and the United Church of Christ give it a liberal spiritual quality that is renewing and uplifting.
Speakers and Workshop Leaders Theme Speaker Dr. Michele Angello, Clinical Sexologist, works with gender variant youth and adults. She has presented internationally on her work with trans-youth and with children of transitioning parents. Dr. Angello is often called on to speak as an expert on transgender issues to universities, corporations and the media. She also developed the first graduate course in the U.S. that focused on clinical issues in transgender communities. Join Dr. Angello for her morning talks and workshops on Transitions and Transformations.
Minister of the Week and Workshop Leader Reverend Nate Walker is the settled minister at the First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. Nate came out of the closet as a 15-year-old high school student in Northern Nevada. His Grandmother responded by saying, "There's a lesbian at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship." And off they went to meet the lesbian! He's been a part of the welcoming and affirming embrace of Unitarian Universalism ever since. Morning chapels; workshop: River Stories.
Bruce Knotts—LGBT Advocacy in the U.S. and Internationally As the executive director of the UU United Nations Office, Bruce has ample opportunities to put Unitarian Universalist principles into action. He took over as director of the agency in 2008, and has already achieved crucial changes in UN culture and policy in his two-year tenure. Most notably, he led the UU UNO to become the first of hundreds of United Nations church offices to support equal rights for LGBT people internationally. He will talk about his work and its relevance to us. Workshop will be on global LGBT issues and how we can play a role in ending global oppression based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Kathie Carpenter— Where’s My Poet? Kathie Carpenter has been a school teacher, is a lesbian married to Barbra, an active anti-racist, a golfer, a Boston sports fan, the National Consultant for Open and Affirming Churches in the United Church of Christ, and the mommy of Bodi and Cooper, two golden retrievers. Whether you have written poetry, want to or think you cannot, this workshop will help you find that poet inside. Using personal stories, the beauty of Star Island, the sky, cool objects we find on the beach, and special items or photos that you decide to bring with you, you will create word and visual poetry. Workshop is for all ages and styles of thinking and learning. Ellen Clegg—Found Sounds Drumming Workshop Everyone who breathes has rhythm! Everyone with a heartbeat has rhythm! As an ambassador of rhythm, Ellen Clegg of Found Sounds brings the rhythm in all of us alive. From toddlers to elders, teenagers to retirees, people trying to heal, you can participate in an experiential workshop that will be meaningful to you individually as it creates community. Valerie Fagan—Yoga morning workshop; Movement afternoon workshop Valerie brings her dance experience (Ballet Hispánico of New York) and her study of personal development together to promote self-awareness and inner peace. She is a Kripalu certified restorative yoga instructor and currently assists in many workshops held at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Her experience spans 20 years of balancing family, workshops and community advocacy.
For more information about the 2011 LGBTQ Conference: Visit http://starisland.org/lgbtq; contact registrar Brian Winters at [email protected] or phone (603) 430-6272
