Category: News & Events

We are pleased to announce that Julie Graham has joined the Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble team as our part-time (10 hours per week) Marketing Coordinator! Julie brings a wealth of experience from years of involvement in the United Church of Canada, as well as many other social justice initiatives! Our previous Coordinator accepted full-time work at his dream job so we were happy for him but sad to see him go. However we are delighted for this great new energy to join us.

Julie will be working with AU/SE’s council to make our communication consistent and engaging to existing members and ministries as well as to new contacts.

Thank you for your support and we look forward to connecting with you more in the coming months!

Pam Rocker and Collin Smith
Co-Chairs, Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble

Purpose:
This part-time contract position (approximately 10 hours per week) will assist AU/SE in living into its mandates of education, advocacy and support with a specific focus on developing and maintaining communications and marketing strategies for the organization. 

Context:
AU/SE is a Christian organization that works in the area of education to promote greater awareness of sexual orientation and gender identity issues. We also work to end discrimination against people in church, society and our own organization and we also help people of all sexual orientations and gender identities find support and community within the United Church.

In light of the exciting growth that AU/SE has experienced over recent years and the realization that expected further growth needs to be sustainable, AU/SE has established a term contract position to assist in the essential duties of the organization. Based on an assessment that there is potential for significant future growth, there is a clear need for consistent support in order to enact our values with excellence. In an effort to be not only reactive but proactive in our approach towards the future, this is an opportunity that could have a significant impact on our organization.

Please click on the following link to open a pdf file of a position description document with more details and where to send your letter of interest and résumé:  http://affirmunited.ause.ca/wp-content/pdf/ContractPositionDescriptionforAffirmUnited.pdf
All applications are due by January 15, 2015.

World Pride comes to Toronto this summer, and the United Church is participating.  Our Moderator the Rt. Rev. Gary Paterson will preach at a special United Church Pride Service at St. Andrew’s United Church on June 22^nd and at Metropolitan United Church on June 21^st and 29^th, and will participate in the Pride Parade on June 29^th.  The United Church will host interfaith events, a human rights conference and a United Church float.  Affirm United will host a display at the Streetfair; you are invited to sign up to staff the display in 2-hour shifts.  Visit the United Church World Pride webpage www.uccworldpride.com for information and to get involved!

Bullying is a major problem in our schools, workplaces, homes, and over the Internet. April 9th, 2014 marks the International Day of Pink. It’s a day where communities across the country and across the world unite in celebrating diversity and raising awareness to stop homophobic, transphobic and all other forms of bullying.

Each year on the second Wednesday of April, millions of people wear pink to remember that positive actions make a difference and that the change starts with each one of us. The MORRE committee has created a bulletin insert with a prayer for The Day of Pink.  We invite your congregations to pray together in worship the Sunday before (April 6), in solidarity with many other people in the world who will be observing this important social justice issue. And of course to wear pink on April 9!

–Click here to open pdf file of Day of Pink Bulletin Insert (with prayer)