NEW YORK CITY LGBT PRIDE MARCH
Sunday, June 26 – afternoon
Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
The 2012 Float
The diocese’s Committee on LGBT Concerns is, as in past years, arranging for a float and DJ in the 2016 LGBT Pride March. The March will proceed down Fifth Avenue from the lower 30s to its usual end point on Christopher and Greenwich in the West Village.
Exact details of where and when to meet will not be given to us by the March organizers until about a week before the March and will be published on the LGBT Concerns page on the diocese’s website
For more information contact lgbtconcerns@dioceseny.org.
as soon as we have them. We have asked to be in the latter part of the March so that those of us with Sunday morning duties will be able to participate. You do not have to register independently. All you need to do is show up.
All are encouraged to come and bring their parish banner. We have been the largest religious contingent in the March for the past several years. Let’s keep it up.
Since the legalization of Marriage Equality, the backlash, particularly against our T siblings, has become stronger and more vocal in many places throughout the nation, often with the support of many religious organizations. We need to show the world that “all Christians aren’t like that.” We will also march to honor the memory of the victims of the recent tragic attack in Orlando. We still have so far to go.
UPDATE – 20 June 2016
Assembly Info Available Friday June 24
Due to the large number of marchers in this year’s March, NYC Pride is still establishing the order of march. It will be published, as soon as it is available, both at www.dioceseny.org/lgbt and on the LGBT
Concerns Committee’s Facebook group page on Friday, June 24th.
We apologize for the inconvenience, but have not control in this.
Thank you for your understanding.
Episcopal Diocese of New York, 1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York NY 10025
info@dioceseny.org + www.dioceseny.org
FROM THE BISHOP
Urge Our Senators to Support Sensible Gun Laws
My Brothers and Sisters,
I am writing to you to invite your encouragement of our United States Senators to support the “No Fly, No Buy” legislation that will likely be before them this coming Monday.
Following the Newtown shootings, the State of New York adopted some of the most sensible gun laws in the country, protecting the right of responsible citizens to own guns for sport and protection, with appropriate checks and registration, and with the strictest ban on the sale or possession of military-style weapons and assault rifles. Yet so many other states do not have similar legislation, which means that people everywhere remain endangered. It is clear that only action on the federal level can begin to move our country back from being a place in which gun violence and mass murders are simply taken for granted, and where we are regularly confronted with the horrors of Newtown, Charleston and Orlando.
It may be that this week’s tragic killings have changed the climate in which this legislation will be considered. I urge you to contact Senators Schumer and Gillibrand to voice your support. It doesn’t matter that we already know that they favor these measures – in the larger political climate which moves and motivates legislation in Washington, D.C., the number of emails and phone calls and faxes that they receive really does matter.
You may contact the Senators’ offices by following these links:
https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/email-chuck
Let them know that you support legislation that will:
Make it illegal for people convicted of violent hate crimes to buy or possess guns
Make it illegal for suspected terrorists to legally buy guns
Require a background check for every gun sale, no matter where you buy a gun or who you buy it from.
These sensible measures cannot prevent all acts of violence, but they can provide necessary helps to law enforcement, and have the potential to limit the number of victims of these assaults. With every good wish, I remain
Yours,
The Rt. Rev. Andrew M.L. Dietsche
JOB OPENING AT THE DIOCESE:
Director of Human Resources
The Episcopal Diocese of New York invites applications from qualified candidates for the newly created position of Director of Human Resources.
The successful candidate will
Develop, recommend and implement human resource structures, policies and programs, including recruitment, training, employee relations, compensation, benefits and compliance, for the 30+ member diocesan staff.
Develop and execute a plan to provide human resources support to churches that will include consulting with clergy and lay leadership on employment best practices and policies applicable at the congregational level.