All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church

Laurie served as the chair of the Silent Auction Donations Committee for this year's event and she also sold more silent auction raffle tickets than anyone else for the September 2007 event.

Laurie also serves as the Chair of the Finance Committee

(Posted - 30 September 2007)

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Video coverage of local church members (including All Souls members) can be found online here:

Jena Six supporters head to rally (Video presentation by Melody Brumble)

(Posted - 22 September 2007) 

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(Members of All Souls Shreveport waiting to get on the bus - 20 September 2007, from the Shreveport Times)

(Daniel and Ashley modeling the event t-shirts provided by our minister - 20 September 2007, from the Shreveport Times)

 

(On the right in the red polo shirt, Len Frank, member of Steeple Chase Baptist Church and retired GM employee who sat across the bus aisle from the webmaster - 20 September 2007, from the Shreveport Times)

 

(On the left in the clerical shirt, Rev. Eliza Galagher, minister of Wildflower Unitarian Universalist Church, Austin TX - 20 September 2007, from the Shreveport Times)

(Our webmaster here holding a pillow and rushing to catch the bus - 20 September 2007, from the Shreveport Times)

 

(View from my bus window while stopped in Pineville LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(View of charter buses stopped on the roadside in Pineville LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(View of charter buses stopped on the roadside in Pineville LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(View from the crowd in Jena LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(View from the crowd in Jena LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(View from the crowd in Jena LA - photo provided by Steve Caldwell, 20 September 2007)

 

(Posted - 22 September 2007)

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Read about Unitarian Universalists in Shreveport and Baton Rouge taking action against racism in Louisiana.

You can also read the local Shreveport Times coverage of the interfaith prayer service and rally here ("Religious groups unite, pray for Jena Six")

Refus Combs (left) is greeted by the Rev. Lyn Oglesby at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church of Shreveport before the start of a prayer meeting in regard to justice in Jena, La (Photograph courtesy of Shreveport Times, (c) 2007)

(Posted - 17 September 2007) 

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Watch this BBC documentary on racism, segregation, threats of lynching, and racially-motivated injustice in Jena, Louisiana.

Click here to read the resolution passed by the All Souls congregation supporting further social justice work.

Click here to read Rev. Lyn Oglesby's letter to her fellow Unitarian Universalist ministers.

For more information, please check out these web sites for additional information:

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This event is sponsored by Northern and Central Louisiana Interfaith and All Souls.

Come join us and learn more about the "Jena Six" case (click here for news coverage).

You can also check out the news coverage on the UU World (denominational magazine) web site (Louisiana UUs decry racism in 'Jena Six' case).

Speakers for this event include Rev. Aaron Dobynes of Evergreen Baptist Church of Shreveport and Henry Walker, a noted local civil rights attorney.

Come join us for prayers and statements by multi-faith multi-racial clergy and refreshments after the service.

For more information, contact Rev. Dr. Lyn Oglesby (318-402-2662) or the All Souls Office (318-868-3313).

(Posted - 14 September 2007)

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The 2007 Annual Jazz Lunch and Silent Auction is happening on Sunday, 16 September 2007, from 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM.

Please join us at the Scottish Rite Temple for this community event (click here for an interactive map) where you will find a buffet lunch, a cash bar, live jazz music and dancing, and shopping for wonderful goods and unique parties.

Click here for downloading an event flyer - requires Adobe Acrobat.

Click here for downloading information for how you can volunteer and assist us in getting donations for our Silent Auction - requires Adobe Acrobat.

(Posted - 23 July 2007) 

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Sharon Swanson and Dennis Lower have been selected as the September 2007 Volunteers of the Month for co-chairing the upcoming Jazz Luncheon and Silent Auction.

(Posted - 9 September 2007) 

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