I am presently developing a multi-media Living History presentation to tell the story of the past 55 years of dynamic changes which I have seen, experienced, and shared with others I have video, audio, and print media to support the telling and re-telling of the incredible journey our community has made. I am developing DVD's, CDs, and print material which tells our story. This is living history to be shared widely before it is lost.
This is a work in progress.
I am available for weekend Spiritual Renewal visits to churches and groups. These visits are prayerfully designed to re-energize and renew the spiritual energy which has brought us to this place in history. We still have a long ways to go. We aren't where we need to be -- but praise God -- we're no longer where we were.
To contact me, please e-mail me at RevFredaSmith@aol.com
"Can you imagine finding yourself in 1951?" Before Stonewall. Before the group which would become the Mattachine Society had incorporated. Before the Daughters of Bilitis was formed. When no church or religious organization was open to us. When every legal system in the United States criminalized our love. And when the medical world treated our so -called "insanity" with lobotomies and electric shock . . .
An old Spiritual says it best:
"Draw back the curtain of memory now and then
"Show me where you brought me from
"And where I might have been
"Remember I'm human
"and humans forget
"So remind me
"Remind me
"Yahweh."
And recall our early days when our message read:
"Your life is God's gift to you
"What you do with it
"Is your gift to God."
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