September 12, 1997

Interfaith Panel to Discuss Homophobia

The UW-River Falls University Committee on Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Concerns will hold an interfaith panel to share information and personal perspectives on homosexuality and homophobia from Christian and non-Christian faith traditions. The panel will be held on Thursday, Sept. 18, from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Regents' Room of the Hagestad Student Center.

The moderator is Casey vanderBent, Campus Ministry Coordinator for the United Ministries in Higher Education.

Panelists include: Rabbi Sharon Stefoe, associate director of Hillel, the Jewish Student Center at the University of Minnesota; the Rev. Anita Hill; Yako Meyer, Outreach supervisor with the Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force; and the Rev. Brian Bagley-Bonner.

The panel is funded by a grant from the Otto Bremer Foundation.

For more information, contact VanderBent at 715/425-2391.