Friends! Let us beat our swords into plow-shares, and our spears into pruning-hooks!
Mormon May Day www.mormonmayday.org is slated for Saturday and Sunday, the first and second of May. The listed website gives a brief overview of this blessed day's origins and purpose as an opportunity for friends to discuss moderate/liberal/radical ideas within the Mormon context. This post is intended to inform interested parties about the Cache Valley flavor of MMD.
As of right now, our plans remain quite tenuous. We have some wonderful topics that we would love to engage and are excited to do so with talks, read-alongs, discussion groups, brainstorming, meditation, whatever tickles the fancy. As this subject matter has potential to inspire many, we are open to developing the schedule to accommodate any person's desire to be a more active participant. Therefore, if you have any particular topic you would like to discuss through the Mormon lens (social justice, feminism, consecration, veganism, etc.), but have always had trouble finding a group to do it with, now is your chance.
We would also like to entertain the interests of those who are no longer practicing Mormonism, cultural Mormons, interested observers, and whomever else. All are welcome to attend and we would love to hear what sort of discussion you would like to bring up.
In the interest of special considerations: yes, there will be plenty of toddlers; yes, anybody who is interested but lives far from Logan can certainly find beds here, though it would be great to hear about any miraculous events you put together yourselves.
Please respond to this post, email me at jessewward@gmail.com, or call me at 801.518.6527 post haste if you would like to participate. As interest grows, we will begin to finalize arrangements and distribute assignments. For the time being, however, you can plan on this:
Saturday, May 1
6 p.m. Conversation
River Hollow Park
300ish N 900ish E
Logan
Sunday, May 2
5 p.m. Vegetarian Pot-Luck and Miracle Swap
The House That Looks Like Aquafresh
850ish N 600 E
Logan
Woohoo!! I can't wait for this!
ReplyDeleteI want to come to YOUR event!!!! Looks so awesome.
ReplyDeletePlease come, Mormon. Everyone is invited!
ReplyDeleteI'll be there Saturday, representing MESJ - Cache Valley chapter! I'm not sure if I can make it Sunday or not.
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet everyone and I'm sorry I couldn't stay long. I hope we can all get together soon. Here is the information for MESJ:
ReplyDeleteemail list - contact krissylaine@gmail.com or contact me at jillan01@comcast.net
facebook group - http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=13668634062&ref=ts or do a search more "Cache Valley chapter - Mormons for Equality and Social Justice"
website - www.mesj.org (this is undergoing reconstruction and hasn't been updated in a while, but it does have our mission statements and bylaws)
We don't have a next meeting scheduled yet, but it should be soon. In the mean time, we have proposed an anti-GLBT discrimination ordinance to the Logan City Council and it is up for a vote on Tuedsay. We could use all the support we can get. Details are here: http://news.hjnews.com/news/local_news/article_64927a30-5591-11df-8b1f-001cc4c03286.html
Oops, I jumped the gun. The vote isn't this Tuesday, it's just preliminary discussion. The actual vote is in a couple of weeks and that is when we will need support.
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