Speaker Jim Woodward\r\nfrom PFLAG Temecula Valley will be speaking on his personal experiences\r\nwith anti-gay discrimination and hatred, and how the community\r\norganized against such divisive hate.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The meeting will be held at the home of Peace Works! member Kynn\r\nBartlett, 2 Vista Palermo in Lake Elsinore. Refreshments will be\r\nprovided and there will be opportunity for discussion and questions.\r\nFor more information or for directions, please see the Peace Works! web\r\nsite at http:\/\/www.PeaceWorksinTV.org\/ or call Kynn Bartlett at (909)\r\n202-9872.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nAbout Jim Woodward:\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nJim Woodward is an active member of Peace Works! and the founder of the\r\nTemecula Valley chapter of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and\r\nGays (PFLAG). A Navy veteran (1972-74, USS Constellation), he\r\nchallenged the military's anti-gay policies in the 70s. After being\r\nreleased from duty, he was coordinator of Military Counseling at the Gay\r\nCenter in San Diego. He was a firefighter and paramedic from 1975 through\r\n1986.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nHe founded San Diego Veterans Association in 1984-85, and co-founded\r\nthe national group Gay Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America in\r\n1987. He has been honored as Gay Man of the Year in San Diego and\r\nPride parade Grand Marshall.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nJim was employed from 1986 to 2000 by the County of San Diego\r\nDepartment of Health Services, and in 2000 took a position with the San\r\nBernardino County Public Health department as Chief of Administrative\r\nServices. In 2003, after giving an interview to the Riverside\r\nPress-Enterprise, and after insisting on compliance with county\r\nand state policies against sexual orientation discrimination in\r\nPublic Health contracts, San Bernardino County and Jim parted ways with\r\nhim retiring in 2003. \"Having nothing to do but tend my garden,\" Jim\r\nsays, \"I have now begun a chapter of PFLAG in Temecula.\" Jim and Sal,\r\nhis partner of 29 years, live in Temecula.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nAbout Peace Works! in Temecula Valley:\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nWe are the people of the Temecula Valley working together as members of\r\nthe global community to recognize and honor diversity and support\r\nactive, peaceful responses to local, regional, and world conflicts.\r\nFounded by friends and neighbors brought together in opposition to the\r\nIraq war, Peace Works! has grown to take on a leading role in the\r\ncommunity through promotion of non-violence and peace. Peace Works! in\r\nTemecula Valley is an affiliate of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, an\r\ninternational interfaith peace and justice organization. For more\r\ninformation on Peace Works!, see our Web site at\r\nhttp:\/\/www.PeaceWorksinTV.org\/.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
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