On Sunday, June 30th, you may join us at 11 AM for our first summer lay-led service, “A Lesson in Togetherness: Gay Liberation and the Unitarian Church in Tidewater,” with Cathleen Rhodes.

Cathleen Rhodes is a master lecturer in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at Old Dominion University, where she has trained students in queer oral history collection, created the region’s first student-led queer walking tour series, and helped develop ODU’s new Queer Studies minor. In 2015, Rhodes founded the Tidewater Queer History Project and has since built Tidewater’s largest digital repository of local queer history and physical archive of historical objects. She recently worked with a small team of ODU faculty, staff, and students to create an immersive virtual reality experience that recreates local LGBTQ spaces from the past. She also serves as director of Gay Cultural Studies at ODU, an initiative that supports LGBTQ research and creative projects among students and faculty. In addition to her academic work and community activism, Rhodes provides LGBTQ consulting services and training sessions to Hampton Roads businesses and organizations to create more inclusive and welcoming environments for LGBTQ citizens.

The theme for June is Renewal.

These services will be offered in person (AND ON ZOOM) at 11 AM. 

For Zoom access, click here. Enter: Meeting ID – 760 822 163 and Password – 2021809, or dial +1 301 715 8592.