Pride Toronto 2023
Jun
23
to Jun 25

Pride Toronto 2023

  • Rainbow Faith and Freedom (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Looking to be more active in Pride this year? Passionate about eliminating homophobia and transphobia?

We are looking for people to march with us in the Pride Parade on June 26th and help us out at our Pride festival booth over the weekend. At our booth we will be informing people about RFF’s mission, recruiting volunteers and sign-ups for our email list, as well as accepting donations.

Whether you’ve been involved with us before or are looking to try something new, you are always welcome at Rainbow Faith and Freedom!

To get involved please fill out this form. We are so excited to have you join us!

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Pride Toronto 2022
Jun
24
to Jun 26

Pride Toronto 2022

  • Toronto, ON Canada (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This year Rainbow Faith and Freedom will be joining its first Pride. We are coming out with Faith! We'll be at the street fair Saturday, June 25th, and Sunday, June 26th Come visit us at our booth between Wellesley and Dundonald on Church St. We will also be marching in the parade on Sunday!

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Dignity Network Roundtable Conference
May
7
to May 8

Dignity Network Roundtable Conference

Rev Dr. Brent Hawkes participated in an annual roundtable in Ottawa with #DignityNetwork. It was an amazing and productive 2 days with Dignity Network members, international partners, international donors and members of the Canadian government. Dignity Network is a group of organizations across Canada involved in supporting the human rights of LGBTI people globally. The purpose of the network is to provide a platform for Canadian based-organizations and individuals and their global partners to support the human rights of LGBTI people globally.

#Dignity19 #FreeToBeMe

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Parliament of World Religions
Nov
1
to Nov 7

Parliament of World Religions

The Parliament of the World’s Religions meets every 3 years and met this year in Toronto from Nov 1-8th. There were 7500 delegates in attendance from 120 of the world’s religions. When we heard that it was coming to Toronto, Brent and Doug Kerr thought this would be the prefect time for us to gather folks from around the world to look at the issue of religious-based homophobia and also to have an impact on the Parliament (PWR).

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Dignity Network Roundtable on LGBTI Human Rights
May
11
8:00 AM08:00

Dignity Network Roundtable on LGBTI Human Rights

Representatives from the Government of Canada and Dignity Network, an organization dedicated to securing Canadian government funding for capacity building and other necessities for LGBTI organizations around the world, met to discuss how Canada can improve the lives of LGBTI people in countries where the need is great. The role of religion as a contributor to homophobia, exclusion and violence versus inclusion and acceptance was discussed, with Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes presenting his ideas on how Canada can help LGBTI communities that suffer because of religious-based homophobia, and how to reverse this trend.

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