As a member of the Oakland's Board of Directors, I'd like to clarify that there is no rivalry between the Oakland and Easy Street. Dear friends of mine were in the Music Man over the weekend, and my own daughter had a wonderful experience in one of Maureen Collins's classes. We support Easy Street, and we hope that local theater-goers attend both shows!
Vindy.com editors, I ask you to please remove the comment by youngstowng2009, which clearly goes too far in its attacks against Rob Joki.
I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church. I see that Rocco has been to our website, and he has been providing information from our recent newsletter.
To clarify, Our church isn't funding the Lucasville/Fringe project or any of the work with the prisons, but some of our members are involved in these projects (my husband is one of the Lucasville actors), and we encourage our members to tell us about their outside involvements. The ACLU is directly involved in the Fringe/Lucasville project.
The newsletter also includes announcements for Street Scape, the Alzheimer's Support Group, and Timebanks Mahoning Watershed. These involvements weren't mentioned.
And yes, the UU church is committed to advocacy for the LGBTQ community; Rocco quoted our minister exactly. We are not, however, a one issue church. Members of our church are involved with the Oakland Center for the Arts, Treez Please, Grow Youngstown, WYSU, the Northside Interfaith Partnership, the Northside Farmer's Market, and much more.
We take the term "social activists" as a compliment; we strive to be active in our community. I'm proud of my church and of my friends who commit their time and integrity everyday to the pursuit of social justice.
We encourage inquiry. Send the church an email through the website, and we'll make sure you receive monthly newsletters. Feel to attend the events and services listed on the website, uuyo.org.
‘Music Man’ will delight fan base
I would like to thank Vindy.com for responding to our collective call for decency. Well done.
Kris Harrington-Canacci
May 11, 2009 at 11:02 a.m. permalink suggest removal
‘Music Man’ will delight fan base
As a member of the Oakland's Board of Directors, I'd like to clarify that there is no rivalry between the Oakland and Easy Street. Dear friends of mine were in the Music Man over the weekend, and my own daughter had a wonderful experience in one of Maureen Collins's classes. We support Easy Street, and we hope that local theater-goers attend both shows!
Vindy.com editors, I ask you to please remove the comment by youngstowng2009, which clearly goes too far in its attacks against Rob Joki.
Kris Harrington-Canacci
May 11, 2009 at 1:07 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Churches debate policy on gays
I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church. I see that Rocco has been to our website, and he has been providing information from our recent newsletter.
To clarify, Our church isn't funding the Lucasville/Fringe project or any of the work with the prisons, but some of our members are involved in these projects (my husband is one of the Lucasville actors), and we encourage our members to tell us about their outside involvements. The ACLU is directly involved in the Fringe/Lucasville project.
The newsletter also includes announcements for Street Scape, the Alzheimer's Support Group, and Timebanks Mahoning Watershed. These involvements weren't mentioned.
And yes, the UU church is committed to advocacy for the LGBTQ community; Rocco quoted our minister exactly. We are not, however, a one issue church. Members of our church are involved with the Oakland Center for the Arts, Treez Please, Grow Youngstown, WYSU, the Northside Interfaith Partnership, the Northside Farmer's Market, and much more.
We take the term "social activists" as a compliment; we strive to be active in our community. I'm proud of my church and of my friends who commit their time and integrity everyday to the pursuit of social justice.
We encourage inquiry. Send the church an email through the website, and we'll make sure you receive monthly newsletters. Feel to attend the events and services listed on the website, uuyo.org.
June 25, 2008 at 4:20 p.m. permalink suggest removal