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One of my most favorite public service organizations is Tobacco Free California. They have been diligently and effectively working for years to rid our state of the atrocity that is smoking. Here is a hard-hitting message about menthol cigarettes and their targeted effect on African American communities. For too long Big Tobacco has been strategically…
Today marks the seventh anniversary of my ordination with Universal Life Church, The Monastery. I was approached once by some friends about officiating their wedding ceremony. They were running into some pushback from some local ministers about their same-sex marriage so they were putting feelers out to friends and family as a back up plan. After some…
Every year, on the second weekend in June, the Sacramento LGBT Community Center brings more than 20,000 visitors to Downtown Sacramento to celebrate Sacramento Pride, the most prominent LGBTQ+ event in the Sacramento region. After being unable to celebrate in person in 2020 and being unable to organize a typical in-person Pride March and Festival…
Stockton doesn’t seem to have its own pride parade or festival, but it does have a consistent Pride in the Park. Pride in the Park takes place at Oak park magpie picnic area, 10am-4pm on June 12.