About The News : a publication of the Atlanta Gay Center. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1984-199? | View Entire Issue (April 25, 1986)
The News page 2 AGC HELPLINE HOLDS WORKSHOP FOR AGLA INFORMATION LINE Volunteer counselors of the Athens Gay and Lesbian Alliance (AGLA) Information Line attended a day long workshop at theAtlanta Gay Center on Saturday April 12, 1986. The workshop was conducted by staff members of Piedmont Counseling Service (which has trained AGC Helpline volunteers since 1980) and a training team composed of current Helpline volunteers. The participants received training in listening skills, the helping process, making referrals and other skills connected with telephone counseling. "This was a real challenge for the training team-we had to try to condense what we take ten weeks to do for the AGC Helpline into one day. But it was good for us and we hope good for the folks from AGLA,” said Helpline Director Bill Gripp. AGLA volunteer John H. said, "The workshop was really great. The training reminded us again of the critical and sensitve nature of our work and the need to operate our line in a professional manner." The AGLA Information Line (Athens 404- 354-GAYS, Mon-Thurs 7 to 10pm) made a major change in late 1985. It had been located in a local Athens gay bar, but is now using a call-forwarding system so that volunteers can answer at home. Calls have been increasing especially after a recent advertising campaign which included posters on the local Athens buses. Anyone interested in working on the AGLA Information Line should call the line and leave a message during its hours of operation or contact Jon Whiddon, Information Line Coordinator, at regular AGLA meetings. The Athens Gay and Lesbian Alliance meets on the first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7:00pm, 4th Floor, Memorial Hall on the University of Georgia campus. HAY HOLDS "LOVE YOURSELF, HEAL YOUR BODY' SEMINAR Louise L. Hay, D.D., recently seen on the> TODAY show, is scheduled to speak at the Atlanta Apparel Mart, 250 Spring Street, May 24 and 25 in a seminar entitled "Love Yourself, Heal Your Body". Hay, a metaphysical counselor and teacher will speak on alternative healing methods for AIDS patients, including visualization techniques and nutrition. Cost for attending the week-end event is $25.00. Tickets may be purchased at the door or reserved in advance by contacting the office of AID Atlanta. The seminar is scheduled ftom 9:00 am to 6:00 pm Saturday, and from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday, and will be held on the first floor of the Apparel Mart in the Peachtree Center Room. As a practitioner and minister, Hay began her work in New York City, subsequently devoting much of her time to terminally-ill patients, alcoholics and the gay community. Hay authored the book, "You Can Heal Your Body", which lists more than 150 mental causes for physical illness and describes metaphysical ways to overcome them. "I do not heal anyone. I teach people to love themselves and as they learn to love and appreciate who they are, wonderful changes occur for them," said Hay. Hay has received a lot of attention from her assistance and. counseling with AIDS and cancer patients, many of whom have experienced remission of their disease. PEOPLE magazine wrote an article on the results of the holistic counseling work Hay has done with Louie Nassaney. Nassaney successfully placed the virus in remission by following Hay's visualization techniques and self love concept. Hay is a Doctor of Divinity, ordained by the Church of Religious Science. She has participated in several New Age schools of thought, including Mental Dynamics, Silva Mind Control, Loving Relationships, Rebirthing, est, Insight, The Advocate Experience, and Gestalt Synergy. Hay was also a student of TM at the Maharishis' International University. AGC LOSES VIOLENCE STOP—LINE GRANT Two former Atlanta Gay Center board members, Maurice Weil III and George D. Brenning have, without authorization, requested and received withdrawal of a $4,540.00 grant application submitted by the Atlanta Gay Center to the Fund for Southern Communities, a locally based funding agency which has previously funded gay and lesbian causes. The Atlanta Gay Center submitted the $4,540.00 grant application to the FSC in November 1985 to support the AGC's Violence Stop-Line. The project grew out of the AGC's participation with the National Gay Task Force in a study of anti-gay and lesbian violence published and presented before the U.S. Congress in 1984 and by the general rise of homophobic violence caused by the AIDS crisis. The purposes of the project were to document crimes against gays and lesbians, use documentation to lessen crimes and provide support for the physical, mental and legal needs of crime victims. The project had widespread, enthusiastic support in the community from such groups as the Gay/Lesbian Police Advisory Committee, the Lesbian/Gay Rights Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia as well as the Atlanta Bureau of Police Services. According to the Fund for Southern Communities, Maurice | Weil III, who was defeated , for re-election at the AGC Annual Meeting on January 26,1986, spoke to the FSC about the grant by telephone in early February. George D. Brenning, who resigned as an AGC board member on February 2, 1986, wrote a letter to the FSC requesting that the grant application be withdrawn on March 12. The Atlanta Gay Center contacted the Fund for Southern Communities on April 14,1986, shortly after receiving a letter from FSC Grants Officer Edris Branch accepting "with regret" Brenning's March 12 letter regarding withdrawal of application for funding. AGC officials will meet again with the Fund for Southern Communities and attempt to secure funding for the project. HOME FRONT FOOD BANK Donations are being solicited to help AID ATLANTA provide for persons with AIDS. To help in this need The Food Bank for the Home Front Project has been created. The project is requesting canned goods, personal items or cash donations to purchase them. Donations of canned fruits and vegetables (no green beans or com) and toilet articles will be received at the Metropolitan Commuinity Church of the Blessed Redeemer at 800 N. Highland Avenue. Pick up of larger items can be arranged by calling John Routh at 753-7234 or 577-5584. Checks may be written to The Food Bank for the Home Front Project and sent to the church. AID ATLANTA is a non-profit service organization comprised of volunteers: health professionals, members of the general public and community leaders who provide direct services to people with AIDS, assistance to health care providers and information to the public on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Services are provided free of charge to anyone who requests them. EON at SBC The recent successful response from the city's Lesbians, Gay men and supporters to the homphobic statements of Southern Baptist president Charles Stanley offer hope for similiar education efforts when an estimated 60,000 SBC delegates meet in Atlanta this June. Evangelical Outreach Ministries (EOM Inc.) through its national office and local EOM/Atlanta community is forming a committee of representatives from gay support organizations, SBC clergy and lay leaders to plan for this politically volatile situation. 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