SOFA
Students of Oshkosh Finding Acceptance
115 Washington Ave
Oshkosh , WI 54901
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PFLAG of the Greater Oshkosh Area, Inc. Meetings @ 6:30pm on the 2nd Tuesday of the month @ First Congregational Church (137 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh) For more info contact: pflag@oshkoshsofa.org.
Oshkosh, WI – PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians) of the Greater Oshkosh Area, Inc. has established itself as a local chapter of the national PFLAG organization. Regularly scheduled meetings will begin February 12, 2008 at 6:30 pm. Meetings will take place at First Congregational Church, 137 Algoma Blvd. in Oshkosh. Monthly meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month at the same time and location. All meetings are open to the public.
The Greater Oshkosh Area Chapter wishes to communicate to the people in our communities that we are Parents, Family and Friends of those who are GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered). As parents, family and friends we believe we have a responsibility to be a parent, close to our family, and to be a friend. Those are proactive terms. We will work to help those who need help, encourage those who need to be encouraged, inspire those who need inspiration and protect those who need some protection. That is what parents, family members and friends do. We ask for and want your help.
Dr. William McConkey will serve as the chapters first president. Dr. McConkey graduated from Illinois State University in 1964 and 1965 with B.S. and M.S. Degrees. In 1989, at the age of 47, he enrolled at Florida State University to obtain his Doctorate and did so in 1994, at the age of 52. He has taught several courses at the college and university level, has made presentations and conducted hundreds of seminars at conferences, conventions, and meetings and has been recognized as an outstanding teacher. Dr. McConkey filed a law suit against Wisconsin's amendment to ban gay marriages and civil unions for all people, in 2007. He is straight, Christian, married and the father of seven.
Mission of PFLAG
We, the parents, families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons, celebrate diversity and envision a society that embraces everyone, including those of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Only with respect, dignity and equality for all will we reach our full potential as human beings, individually and collectively. PFLAG welcomes the participation and support of all who share in, and hope to realize this vision.
PFLAG promotes the health and well-being of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender persons, their families and friends through: support, to cope with an adverse society; education, to enlighten an ill-informed public; and advocacy, to end discrimination and to secure equal civil rights. Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and gender identity, and acts to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
115 Washington Ave
Oshkosh , WI 54901
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