The Real Voyage of Discovery Consists Not in Seeking New Landscapes, but in Having New Eyes.” Marcel Proust

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” Marcel Proust

2007 Annual Report c. dean jackson, Farand Gunnels, Kevan Gardner, Kodey Park Bambino

The mission of the Arcus Foundation is to achieve social justice Antonin Kratochvil that is inclusive of sexual orientation, gender identity and race, Photo: © and to ensure conservation and respect of the great apes. Jurek Wajdowicz

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“What is the threat that GLBT people bring to our world?”Jon Stryker

Dear Friends

ur annual report’s essay theme this year is Religion As Urvashi has outlined: we were once considered psycho- It seems to me that the words of the Bible and Jesus, Arcus is directly responding to the challenges of engaging O and Values. Religion is a difficult and troubling logically sick but now we are accepted as sane; we were as well as other religious texts, are perverted in an attempt with religion and values. We hope to contribute to a subject for me personally — but it has not always once considered criminals, but now the highest court of to make gay people feel condemned, separate and some- rational, calm, meaningful and transformative conversation been that way. Looking back on my youth I remember a our nation has ruled us lawful; but still we are condemned how evil. It completely baffles me why otherwise good that will ultimately change hearts and minds around the bedtime song we sang: “Jesus loves me this I know, for as immoral. I believe this supposed immorality is the great people do this. world to accept and cherish all people regardless of their the Bible tells me so.” challenge of our generation. sexual orientation and gender identity. Denial, shame, lies and guilt obviously do not contribute It brings back particularly poignant and tender memories What is it about love between two same-sex people that to the kind of world that I want to live in and certainly of my mother singing this with me, and the sweet calming is so feared, hated and dangerous? And equally I wonder: don’t move me closer to God. My coming out as a gay man sense it gave me as a child. At the time it seemed like a why are people condemned for expressing their gender has been crucial for me. My friends and family have been message of unwavering love and acceptance. identity in non-traditional ways? allowed into my heart and soul and mind, allowing deep and meaningful relationships to grow. Coming out has During my early teens, when I was trying to come to grips What is the threat that GLBT people bring to our world? Jon Stryker finally allowed me to fully actualize my own being and my with my sexuality, I quickly learned that gay people were Why do so many religious leaders around the world feel so President and Founder work in life. It seems like religion can and should be able not valued and loved, but instead were overtly despised complacent when they condemn us? Why do people who Arcus Foundation to accommodate a person like me. and feared — even by the leadership of my church. As with profess a belief in a God of love and compassion try to most gay youth of that time, my awareness of my sexual- push us out of their religious communities, encourage laws It is clear to me that religion once gave me a vision of a ity was a secret and lonely struggle. The joys of my youth to try to deny us the same rights they value as crucial in world of peace and mutual love that included me, but then were sadly distracted and I think in some ways stolen by their lives, and try to take our children away and destroy morphed into an institution that condemned and excluded the pressure to conceal such a real and incredibly integral our families? Why do they even encourage and sometimes me. Whether I like it or not, religion is a force that shapes part of who I was. I found it necessary to somehow recon- enact physical violence against us? much of our world and is here to stay. It is one of the most cile the fear, shame and hatred that our culture so unfairly important places we need to have our voices heard. foists on our GLBT youth with my own sense of myself as a good person.

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Tom Genarra Tom “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience, © we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“The revolution in values has begun”Urvashi Vaid

Mari, an orangutan at Center for Great Apes Leaving a Moral Footprint The Animal-Human Boundary Urvashi Vaid is Executive Director of the Arcus Foundation. The morality we need at this crucial time is not the “faith Dipika Nath is a graduate student in women’s studies at the University nonhuman apes themselves had first to be placed below of our fathers” nor the “traditional values” of our mothers. of Washington. Her dissertation is titled “Feral Fantasies and Colonial the human, both on empirical and ethical grounds. That s I reflect on another year of work by the conserva- Exclusions: Animal Reared Feral Children, Discourses of Race and It will not be found in the exclusionary forms of funda- is, the dehumanization of specific human groups on the tion and human rights movements, I feel inspired Animality, and the Treatment of Animals in Colonial India.” A mentalist religions dividing the world today, even if it is basis of race, gender, sexuality and socioeconomic class by the moral footprint these movements are leaving disguised in the rhetoric of community and love. efining humans as distinct from and superior to depended upon the prior devaluing of nonhuman animals around the world. Moral values are at the core of the world’s other animals has been a longstanding venture — and specifically of apes, because they threatened any future. And issues of morality and values are at the heart The moral values we need today can be found emerging D in Western scientific, religious and philosophical neat division of humans from nonhumans more starkly of the work of the Arcus Foundation, in both great ape from people who are creating movements for social justice discourse. The presence of a rational and immortal soul, than did most other animals. conservation and gay and lesbian, bisexual and transgender around the world — accountability, pluralism, democratic language and speech, tool-use and tool-making, laughter, human rights. participation, human rights, rule of law, caring and environ- As humanitarian and humane movements across the globe cooking, self-recognition, culture, a sense of time and mental sustainability. These movements put their faith in and a growing awareness of environmental crises increas- Even the recently released report by the World Economic history — these and other criteria have been offered as imagination, not tradition. Their leaders are the visionaries ingly draw attention to the plight of human populations in Forum (best known for the annual gathering of global the distinguishing mark of humanity at specific historical who are creating solutions to all sorts of threats and risks. the global South as well as of marginalized human groups elites at Davos in Switzerland), titled Global Risks 2008, moments. What unites these diverse claims to distinction is in the North, it is easy to lose sight of the animal side of the underlines the centrality of a debate on values. While Social justice movements remind us that our care and that they attempt to counter the obvious similarity between question. The struggle over resources between nonhuman I was happy to see that gay and transgender people did stewardship of the environment must shift toward sustain- humans and other animals by privileging some aspects of and human populations in the so-called Third World is por- not make the list of global risks this year (nor any year), ability and away from mere profit. And they challenge us some humans. trayed as a “conflict” between these two dominated groups. serious threats like the danger of global warming and to affirm the moral worth and basic goodness of gay and Distinguishing between humans and other apes continues Because of its characterization in the mainstream media, further environmental degradation, perilous financial lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) people. to be a particularly fraught but ongoing project. Scientists this conflict often appears to exist independently of the systems and the risk of economic panic, the competition For this year’s annual report, Arcus asked some of our and philosophers — from Carl Linnaeus and Charles Darwin transnational corporate capitalist interests driving habitat for fuel and the growing insecurity in access to food all colleagues to share their thoughts on how religion and on — have consistently noted the striking similarities destruction and poverty production. In the ensuing battle challenge our lives and futures. values inform their work. As a result, the following pages between nonhuman ape and human physiologies, behaviors over resources, we tend to overlook the common interests The key dilemmas of our times involve moral choices. present a range of fascinating points of view. and cognitive capacities. Nevertheless, they and others of globally marginalized nonhuman and human populations. What do we value? What do we not value? What threats before and after them have separated the human from Is there a way to simultaneously conserve great apes (and The work Arcus has been proud to support this year testifies do we prioritize and what ones ignore? When do we turn other apes on moral and religious grounds. other animal populations) and support human survival? Of to the power of optimism to enable social change. It is clear to tradition and when should we turn away? course, but it requires a commitment to a new paradigm that a revolution in values is not only needed, it has begun. The recognition of similarity between nonhuman apes and that does not elevate the consumerist interests of a few humans historically fueled questions about whether certain over the survivalist interests of the great majority. non-European humans were closer to nonhuman apes than to the full human of Europe. However, non-Western and We can take seriously the ethical challenge posed by the darker-skinned people were not the only populations to be global plight of nonhuman animals — both those living compared or equated to nonhuman apes; women, the poor in “the wild” and those whom we meet every day on the and several other disenfranchised groups in Europe were streets or as dinner — only by drastically changing our considered “beastly” and less human than property-owning, conceptual as well as material practices concerning all able-bodied European males. This meant, of course, that animals, nonhuman and human.

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n 100% of great ape species are categorized as Endangered or Critically Endangered. Jurek Wajdowicz © Where lies the difference? — 2007 ICUN Red List of Threatened Species n In a 2005 survey of visitors conducted at the Lincoln Park Zoo, 95% of respondents thought gorillas were endangered, 91% thought orangutans were endangered, but only 66% believed chimpanzees to be endangered. When asked why, 35% of respondents reasoned that since chimpanzees are commonly seen in the media, they therefore must not be endangered. “The use of apes as actors in movies, television and advertisements has been opposed for many years by those of us concerned with animal welfare but this study provides further evidence that these activities are damaging to chimpanzees individually and as an endangered species.” — Steve Ross, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo n Like humans, chimpanzees have emotions similar to those we call joy, anger, grief, sorrow, pleasure, boredom, and depression. They also comfort and reassure one another by kissing and embracing. — Dr. Carole Noon, Save the Chimps n The chimpanzees’ closest genetic relation is humans — not gorillas or orangutans. — World Atlas on Great Apes, World Conservation Monitoring Center

“The greatness of a nation and its moral progr ess can be measured by the way

in which its animals are treated.”Mahatma Gandhi

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“When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.”John Muir

Sugira and Kurira, mountain gorillas of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda Great Apes in Changing The Ethical Value of the Forest African Societies Dr. Serge Wich is a researcher and scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa. deforestation, which now accounts for approximately Eugène Rutagarama is director of the International Gorilla Conserva- balance has been disrupted. In many areas, commercial 20 percent of all global carbon emissions. Recent tion Programme, which works to ensure the conservation of mountain hunting with sophisticated weapons has replaced the kill- rangutan distribution and populations have reached gorillas and their habitat in Rwanda, Uganda and the Democratic research suggests that curbing deforestation is a highly ing of animals for subsistence, and represents a real threat a historic low, attributable largely to the decimation Republic of Congo. O cost-effective way of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. to ape populations in the wild. The consumption of ape of forests on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, or over a century, conservation professionals have where the last orangutans roam. As a result, at most, The key issue is developing economically viable projects meat has also led to disease outbreaks in humans who are focused on safeguarding the great apes, together 6,600 Sumatran and 54,000 Bornean orangutans are by which payment can reach local people who depend F selling or preparing the meat. Ebola is an extremely viru- with other animals. Nevertheless, great ape popula- found in fragmented, mostly small and often-disturbed on forests for their subsistence. lent disease that has killed hundreds of people and tens of tions have been decreasing for years. In some areas, they thousands of apes in Central Africa. Destruction of habitat forests that contain isolated populations. Although the As we conserve forests we must acknowledge that there have even become extinct due to the destruction of their for fuel or land also poses threats to ape populations. situation is dire, there are still opportunities to conserve is a high demand for wood and palm oil, an ingredient habitat and poaching. Some communities eat the meat of this magnificent species and their once pristine habitat. used in products ranging from soap, many food items and, In modern Western society, many have developed a poached apes; their body parts are also used for medici- increasingly, as a base for biofuels. The challenge here is philanthropic and ethical attitude toward great apes. This The challenge to reduce and eventually stabilize forest nal or ritualistic purposes. Sadly, the consumption of ape to balance a “sustainable” supply with demand. To reduce ethic has grown out of greater awareness of the irreversible loss is complex. The main factors contributing to this loss meat, which was once carried out on a local and limited the pressure on deforestation, large areas of economically loss of many natural resources, including wildlife, and the are an international demand for tropical woods and palm scale, has recently expanded, aided by a network of well- inactive grasslands could be developed for timber and palm medical and ecological contributions of diverse species. oil, coupled with a political inability to conserve protected organized traders across cities and countries, especially oil plantations. Such efforts to develop sustainable means areas and to properly regulate logging and plantation in Africa. In light of these unfortunate changes, one is The awareness and attitudes of African communities are to produce palm oil for biofuels can protect biodiversity in development. Solving the problem will require strong com- prompted to ask: Who cares about the great apes and not really so different from those of their Western count- environments. In the final analysis, however, a biofuel from mitment from all stakeholders. For this to happen, the full why are they important to humanity? erparts. If you look at tourism statistics in Rwanda, for palm oil may not lead to carbon emission reductions. economic and ethical value of forests must be realized. example, you find that Rwandan nationals figure as one of When you look at cultural proverbs and other traditional Another part of the solution is enforcement of strict guide- the largest categories of people visiting the wild mountain Although the ethical value of a forest is clear to many messages passed through generations in areas of Africa lines on logging to minimize the impact on forests and its gorillas in Volcanoes National Park. Most people assume people, its economic worth is often seen only in terms where great apes are found, one quickly realizes that they inhabitants. No less important is the political will required that the tourists who visit the gorillas are from the North: of its extracted wood and the value of the land on which were protected in traditional societies. In the past, one to stop importation of illegal wood and a clear mechanism American and European tourists who pay to see apes in the forest grows. However, forests serve vital functions, would hear elders talking to young people about the clever- to certify wood and guarantee its provenance. But for the the wild. Yet Africans as well as Europeans and Americans including maintaining a stable water supply, providing ness of chimpanzees, for example, suggesting a certain system to work, consumers must be willing to pay more appreciate, admire and respect these incredible creatures. clean water, regulating the micro-climate and serving as respect and empathy. Since much of the food that villagers for sustainable products. Great apes have become an attraction for tourists from all huge reservoirs of carbon stock. When these functions ate was extracted from the forest, communities were over the world, and the associated benefits for the econo- are valued in economic models, it becomes economically Maintaining our forests, and the biodiversity they represent, aware of the role great apes played in spreading seeds, mies of these destination countries (such as job creation) beneficial to maintain forests instead of putting them to is a formidable — but achievable — task. Orangutans play especially of fruit. Knowledge of this role persists in have had an enormous impact on people’s attitudes. alternative use. The need to curb global climate change an important role in this process as a flagship species that many African communities, despite the shift away from has made abundantly clear the need to manage draws our attention to continuing forest loss. traditional livelihoods. Perhaps the greatest opportunities for ape conservation lie in deepening global recognition that ape conservation Historically, a balance in the use of natural resources was could be as important to human survival as it is to the respected, but with modernization and urbanization, this survival of these species.

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n Indonesia (home to both orangutan species) still held most of its forests as late as 1950, but over the following 50 years, forest cover declined by almost 50%. Most Indonesian forests are allocated to export-oriented logging concessions. A study done in 2000 by the Indonesia-United Kingdom Tropical Forest Management Programme concluded that 73% of logging done in Indonesia was illegal. — United Nations Environment Programme – World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 2005 n Deforestation for oil palm development has a dramatic impact on biodiversity. Case studies in Malaysia and Indonesia showed that between 80-100% of rainforest wildlife species do not survive in oil palm monocultures. Large-scale conversion of lowland forests threatens the survival of rare and endangered Indonesian mammals, such as the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran rhinoceros, orangutan and Kalimantan’s only wild elephant population. — Funding Forest Destruction, Wakker, 2000 n Demand for palm oil will rise yet another 50% in the coming five years. By 2012, palm oil will be the most produced, consumed and internationally most traded edible oil in the world. — Oil World n Today, no more than 27,000 orangutans remain in the wild compared to an estimated 315,000 a century ago. — Our Vanishing Relative: The Status of Wild Orang-utans at the Close of the 20th Century, Rijksen and Meijaard n In Malay orang means “person” and utan is derived from hutan, which means “forest.” Thus, orangutan literally means “person of the forest.” — Orang Utan Republik “I don’t think we can say that somehow we, as humans, are the sole repository of all

moral value, and that all beings beyond our species don’t matter.”Peter Singer

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Alison, a chimpanzee at Save the Chimps sanctuary Why Conserve Gibbons? Primate Spirituality Paul Insua-Cao is the primate programme manager of the Fauna & Flora characteristic among apes in that they sing in a manner Dr. Jane Goodall is a renowned primatologist and the founder of the from foot to foot, stamping in the shallow water, picking International Vietnam Conservation Support Programme. similar to birds with songs that resonate clearly through Jane Goodall Institute. up and hurling rocks, climbing the vines that hang down Gibbons are our relatives the forest. Where gibbons are not targeted for hunting, himpanzees and the other great apes are capable from high above and swinging out into the spray of falling s apes, gibbons are included within the group Homi- and once awareness of their uniqueness is brought to of intellectual performances once thought unique water. Chimpanzees also “dance” at the onset of a very noidea, which comprises orangutans, chimpanzees, the attention of local people, they are often cherished. C heavy rain. Twice I have seen them perform during the first A to humans, including using and making tools. They gorillas and humans. The group shares unique It certainly helps that gibbons do not cause conflict with have a sense of humor and can experience mental as well violent gusts of wind presaging a storm. And sometimes a morphological characteristics as well as highly evolved local people nor threaten livelihoods in any way, as may as physical suffering. Close supportive bonds between chimpanzee charges slowly along a stream bed picking up levels of intelligence and social behaviour. Gibbons are our be the case with other charismatic conservation targets individual apes may persist through a lifetime of more than and throwing rocks as he goes. most distant relatives within that group, yet they share an such as tigers and elephants. 60 years. They are capable of true altruism but, like us, After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, important social characteristic with humans: They usually Gibbons are indicators of forest health they have a dark side: aggressively territorial, they can be his eyes following the falling water. What is this water, live in monogamous family groups and their young remain Unlike some other primates, such as macaques, gibbons violent and brutal and even wage a kind of primitive war. always coming, always going — yet always there? What with their parents until they reach adulthood. have very specialized diets, feeding on flowers, fruit Thus there is no sharp line dividing humans from apes. We causes the great claps of thunder, the torrential down- Gibbons are highly threatened and young leaves in forest habitats. By swinging under are, in fact, a fifth species of great ape. pours, the savage gusts of wind? Is it not possible that Gibbons can be found throughout most of Southeast Asia, branches with long arms, they are able to reach food However, we have evolved an extraordinarily complex these performances are stimulated by feelings akin to from Southern China to Indonesia and as far west as sources on the outer limits of trees. Their specialized intellect, triggered by our ability to communicate ideas by wonder and awe? And if the chimpanzees could discuss India. Through most of that range, they are the only native lifestyle, however, makes them less adaptable to environ- means of a sophisticated spoken language. Captive apes these feelings among themselves, might not this lead to nonhuman ape, although in Borneo and Sumatra they are mental changes. The four main threats to gibbons are can understand and use many hundreds of the signs of the an animistic worship of the elements? sympatric with orangutans. There are 16 species of gibbons habitat loss and fragmentation, habitat degradation, hunting American Sign Language, and learn to communicate using of which nearly all are considered to be under serious and illegal wildlife trade. Gibbons are often very visible Many theologians and philosophers argue that only a variety of lexigrams and computer symbols. But they have threat. Some species, including the Hainan gibbon and the compared to other arboreal animals and, because they humans have “souls.” My years in the forest with the not, it seems, developed such language skills themselves. cao vit gibbon, are among the most endangered primates in sing, they are relatively easy to locate, which makes them chimpanzees have led me to question this assumption. the world; less than 20 of the former and just over 100 of more vulnerable to hunting. This also makes them easier Often I am asked if chimpanzees show religious behavior. Day after day, alone in the wilderness, I became ever the latter are believed to exist. Funding from Arcus supports to survey and monitor. As a result, gibbons can be used as I think perhaps their “elemental” displays are precursors more attuned to the great Spiritual Power that I felt Fauna & Flora International’s work to protect the cao vit a quantitative indicator of conservation gains or threats. of religious ritual. Sometimes as a chimpanzee — most around me — the Power that is worshiped as God, Allah, Tao, Brahma, the Great Spirit, the Creator and so on. gibbon as well as the western black crested gibbon, another Gibbons are a flagship species often an adult male — approaches a spectacular waterfall species now proposed to be listed as critically endangered. for conservation deep in the forest, his hair bristles, a sign of heightened I came to believe that all living things possess a spark of that Spiritual Power. We humans call that spark, in Gibbons are charismatic For all of these reasons, gibbons make ideal flagships arousal. As he gets closer, and the roar of falling water gets ambassadors for conservation for conservation. They are charismatic and attractive. louder, his pace quickens, and upon reaching the stream ourselves, a “soul.” And if this is so, it is surely true for Their terrific acrobatic skills and playfulness make them The forests they live in are vital and are good indicators he performs a magnificent display that can last more than other animals, although only we care (or are capable of enthralling to watch. In zoos they attract crowds, but they of conservation success or threats in biologically diverse ten minutes. Standing upright, he sways rhythmically caring) whether or not this is true! are even more interesting to watch in the wild where they areas. By protecting gibbons, many other ecological and negotiate their environment with breathtaking speed and biodiversity values are protected at the same time in finesse. The fact that they share our facial expressions some of the world’s most diverse and fragile forests. makes them easy to relate to. Gibbons have a unique

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n The Virunga National Park is Africa’s oldest national park, created in 1925 for the protection of mountain gorillas. The war that has devastated this part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has led to over 5.4 million human deaths since 1998. It has also had its toll on the people who protect and manage the park. 150 rangers have been killed in the last ten years while protecting the parks of eastern DRC. Many of them have worked without a salary, proper equipment or even effective rations for months on end. In 2007, poachers killed ten of the approximately 700 remaining mountain gorillas. Distraught rangers who once protected these gorillas carried the bodies out of the forest on stretchers (seen here). Conservation organizations have worked together with international donors to provide support to the park staff and effectively protect and manage this very fragile population of apes. — Annette Lanjouw, Arcus Great Apes Program Director “Until we have the courage to recognize cruel ty for what it is…whether its victim is

human or animal…we cannot expe ct things to be much better in this world.”Rachel Carson

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“The result of any oppression is living in fear — fear of disc overy, rejection and retribution.

It’s what most gay and lesbian people live with every day, all over the world.”Bishop Gene Robinson, In the Eye of the Storm

It’s Not a Sin to Be…Anybody Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite is president and professor the body and sexuality. It is crucial that we begin to as a distraction from the very real sins of war and poverty they have accepted their own sexuality and gender identity. of theology of the Chicago Theological Seminary. explore deeply all of these sources, expose their contradic- that we face today. How can you love a God whom you are told doesn’t love you? tions with the Christian belief in the goodness of creation, f you ask me if being gay is a sin, I say in the most There is a double benefit to doing what we at the Chicago It is a true privilege to be a partner with the LGBTQ faith and reconstruct positive and even vibrant Christian teach- emphatic way possible: It is not a sin to be anybody. Theological Seminary would call both the move to community and see the astonished joy many come to feel I ings on the body and sexuality. There is no higher priority And I do mean any body. Those Christians who flatly “deconstruct” contempt for the body and sexuality in some when they break through and say “No!” to warped Christian for Christian theology today. declare that it is a sin to be someone — let’s say, a gay, Christian views of sin and to “construct” positive, affirming doctrine and then embrace the “Yes!” of gay-positive, lesbian, bisexual or transgender person — are making a Once we realize that it can never be a sin to be anybody, views. One benefit is that you achieve a deeper and more world-affirming theology. Is it any wonder that LGBTQ fundamental error. It is a foundation of the Christian faith then we can move to a more helpful view of sin. Christians expansive view of scripture. people of faith constitute the largest organized group in that being itself is good and a gift of God. So to be gay talk of sin as actions that cause an individual to break their the worldwide LGBTQ community? I read my Bible seriously, and in the Bible I find repeated cannot, in and of itself, be a sin. relationship with neighbors and with the divine. Depending accounts of God’s blessing of a variety of sexual enjoyments. The simple truth is that physical love and attraction are upon the context, many actions fall into this category of Christians have often ignored and even betrayed the I take the teachings of Jesus seriously, and I find there gifts of God to humanity. Like any gift from the divine, sin. Violence, materialism and hatred break the social fundamental belief that being itself is good. Where Chris- only an enlightened presentation about eunuchs, the queer we humans may accept our sexuality and delight in it or fabric, causing neighbors to fear each other, and lives to tianity gets off track is often because of a deep uneasiness sexual minority perhaps most prominent in his day. we may fear, deny or even reject the gift. Accepting and be brutal and painful. about the human body and human sexuality. Where does cherishing our gifts from the divine sets us on the road As I reflect upon my own life as a wife and mother and my this uneasiness come from? Many Christians seem mesmerized by their narrow and toward mutual and loving relationship with neighbors and many years teaching and learning with gay men, lesbians, mistaken views of sexuality. Yet they are deaf, dumb with God. Rejecting divine gifts is a sin. Being LGBTQ is It is often traced to the influence of Greek philosophy on bisexuals, transgender folk, and queers, I have seen the and blind when it comes to war, to poverty and to racial one way people receive the divine gift of being a person the Christian faith and the lower status the Greeks gave to appalling harm of negative views of the body and sexuality inequality, to name just a few of the sins against God and capable of love. the material world, including the human body. But there passed along in Christian teaching. I have also seen that neighbor. So the question, “Is being lesbian, gay, bisexual, are other sources for the widespread contempt that many LGBTQ people have been able to love God only after Western thought, and Christianity in particular, has for transgender or queer a sin?” strikes me, quite honestly,

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n Data from married and unmarried couples in the Current Population Survey confirm that people with unmarried partners are two to three times more likely to lack health insurance than are people in married couples, even after controlling for factors that influence coverage. — Separate and Unequal: The Effect of Unequal Access to Employment-Based Health Insurance on Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People, Ash and Badgett n The median income of men in same-sex couples in the U.S. is 15% less than that of married heterosexual men. — Census Snapshot, The Williams Institute, 2007 n Florida is the only state in the nation with a blanket ban on adoption by gays and lesbians. — Equality Florida n Analysis of census data reveal that same sex couples raising children are more diverse by race than heterosexual couples: 28% of same sex couples reported being of other races than white while only 7% of married couples have partners of different races; 45% of their kids were kids of color. “The people…could rationally conclude that the welfare and morals of society benefit from — Same Sex Couples and Same Sex Couples Raising protecting and strengthening traditional marriages…therefore we find that the marriage Children in the US, Sears, et al, Williams Institute, 2005

amendment…does not violate the equal protections afforded to Michigan Citizens.”State of Michigan Court of Appeals, 2007

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“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”Audre Lorde

Good News for GLBT People in the Catholic Church Faith in Transition Sister Jeannine Gramick is a Sister of Loretto, a congregation of designed to stem the rising tide of acceptance. The letter Johnny Jenkins is program officer for Michigan Programs at the I left the church and organized religion after heading to Roman Catholic nuns, who has worked in pastoral ministry on behalf drew extensive criticism from pastoral ministers, theologians Arcus Foundation. college. The Sunday Bible School mandate I had lived with of GLBT Catholics since 1971. and ordinary Catholics. But there was good news once spent my youth sitting in Missionary Baptist pews, for 18 years was over. But the bonds were still there. The n June 1972, as I marched up Manhattan’s Fifth Ave- again, because about a dozen bishops established new often wondering whether God was with me or above extended family and sense of community had unknowingly nue with a small contingent of priests, crowds on the diocesan ministries designed to promote education, justice I impressed upon me morals and values. Even my sense of I me. Although I always paid credence to the saying that sidewalks cheered, booed, applauded or gesticulated and inclusion. The U.S. bishops issued somewhat enlight- “God doesn’t make mistakes,” I still felt out of place in social justice, activism and community organizing were all wildly with either praise or condemnation as the Gay Pride ened documents in 1990 (on human sexuality) and in church — never quite whole with my self and sexuality. based on the foundation my church and family provided. Parade passed. Those were the early days when the words 1997 (to parents of homosexuals). I always felt imperfect, alone and often questioning why It took a while for me to learn that my faith was never in “gay,” “lesbian” or even “homosexual” never appeared in a Despite negative documents from the Vatican in 1992 (on such a flawed young vessel was given such a heavy burden doubt, just in a state of transition. My love for Jesus Christ Catholic newspaper and were never spoken in a church or civil rights), 2003 (on same-sex marriage) and 2005 (on of being attracted to the same gender. had never wandered; it just took more of a spiritual path. Catholic school. Those were the days when most Catholics seminaries), and from the U.S. bishops in 2006 (on ministry), I’ve learned that it’s okay to question translations of the never knew a gay person or, if they did, believed that they I was fortunate. I didn’t grow up in a church that made the positions of Catholic moral theologians and the attitudes Bible. It’s even okay for me to question the application were sick or abnormal or sinners. sexuality a focus in teaching the Gospel. Nevertheless, the of the Catholic faithful have become increasingly positive. undercurrent of shame was always in the shadows. With of Christianity to my everyday relationship with God as Just as the Stonewall riots put homosexuality into the public Since the 1970s, most Catholic moral theologians disagree the coming of each year more and more questions arose. a same-gender-loving man of African descent. arena, it also began to bring homosexual Catholics and with the Vatican regarding homosexual acts by holding that The more I learned about my sexual self, the more I came Through this constant questioning, I admit to loving their supporters out of the closet. In 1969, a small group same-sex activity in a loving, committed relationship can to question God. I questioned His purpose for me, which in Christianity more so today than ever. No more am I of homosexual Catholics and an Augustinian priest in Los be morally good. turn depreciated my self-worth with each passing prayer. worried for the souls of billions who won’t know the joy Angeles formed an organization called Dignity to serve their Similarly, Catholics in general are ever more accepting. of God because they haven’t been “saved.” I no longer spiritual needs. In 1977, Father Robert Nugent and I founded I remember making mental notes of the contradictions that According to a 2005 Le Moyne College/Zogby Poll, 65 pray for impractical miracles to make me whole. an organization called New Ways Ministry to reach out didn’t seem to reflect my own reality. Miracles seemed percent of Catholics believe that the civil rights of gay and to Catholic pastoral leaders to promote systemic change. to happen for everyone else but me. Before my teenage Today, I constantly seek God in every aspect of people lesbian persons should be protected; 62 percent agree years, I use to pray that God would bless me by chang- by cherishing the person I see in the mirror. I know God These burgeoning efforts brought homosexuality to the with same-sex civil unions, and while only 29 percent ing my physical self to match my attraction to the same is with me, and not some mythical deity hovering above. attention of the U.S. Catholic bishops. In 1976, they approve of same-sex marriage sacramentally, 39 percent gender. I remember praying before going to bed for what Hence, my faith has grown, and it has allowed me to issued a pastoral letter that spoke not only about homo- would allow same-sex couples to marry legally. seemed like months. Finally, after many disappointing embrace my full humanity, with all the nuances that make sexual orientation and behavior but also about pastoral I have witnessed massive movement in the Catholic com- nights, my faith in miracles subsided. me unique to this earthly experience. I am a proud black, ministry, human rights and prejudice. By the mid-1980s, munity since my march up New York’s Fifth Avenue in same-gender-loving man who knows that God is love. And more than a dozen bishops and three state conferences of 1972. Although the anti-gay rhetoric from the Catholic He sure loves this flawed vessel. bishops issued documents that attempted to promote more hierarchy has escalated, homosexuality is now important compassion toward lesbian and gay people. Homosexuality enough to be on their agenda. The visibility of GLBT people had come of age in the Catholic Church and was on the and the associated public discourse have spurred Catholic hierarchy’s agenda. theologians and Catholics in the pew to swing from hostility In 1986, a watershed year, the Vatican’s Cardinal Joseph to compassion to widespread acceptance of lesbian and Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) issued a document gay people. Trend data suggest that Catholic approval will continue to rise. And that is good news indeed! 20 ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2007 21 Barbara Satin

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© Are some of us more equal violence across the country and reported these incidents to an anti-violence agency, from 2006 to 2007: murders more than doubled; reports than others? of sexual assault rose 61%; the biggest increase percentage-wise in any demographic category was in reports from transmen which rose 65%; 16% of the total incidents reported in 2007 were in whole or in part anti-trans motivated; Michigan recorded the largest increase in 2007 with a 133% increase in anti-LGBT physical attacks, harassment, and vandalism, and a 207% increase in overall discrimination. — Anti-Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Violence in 2007, Triangle Foundation and the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs n In 2007, no less than 85 member states of the United Nations still criminalize consensual same-sex acts among adults. — State Homophobia – April 2007, International Lesbian and Gay Association, Ottosson n Countries where a conviction for consenting adult homosexual relations may be subject to the death penalty: Iran, Mauretania, Pakistan, Saudi-Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and some parts of Nigeria and Somalia, and Chechen Republic in Russia; Countries/ States which allow same-sex couples to get married: Belgium (2003), Canada (2005), Netherlands (2001), South Africa (2006), Spain (2005) and the US state of Massachusetts (2004). — Legal Wrap Up on the Laws Over the World Affecting LGBT persons, 2006, Ottosson n “We oppose any version of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act that does not include both sexual orientation and gender identity. Transgender people are among the most marginalized and vulnerable groups within the LGBT community. In a 2006 survey of transgender people conducted by the Transgender Law Center, 57% reported being discriminated against in employment and 60% earned less than $15,300 per year.” — United ENDA Coalition, a coalition of over 300 LGBT organizations calling for an inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act

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Unholy Wars Speaking the Spirits in Our Bodies Noa Sattath is the former executive director of Jerusalem Open House, Conjuring the best response to incitement is tricky. Do Dr. Mark Jordan teaches religion at Emory University. He is the author In the last three decades especially, campaigns launched a grassroots organization in Israel. we really want to engage in conversations about geology, of several books, including Telling Truths in Church. inside and outside churches have deployed one strategy recent hearing in the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) biology, meteorology? How can we have faith in — or ecently I visited a small church in San Francisco after another to stigmatize homosexual desire as a special addressed the question, “Is Israel prepared for respect for — religious sources and texts that keep getting to celebrate the arrival of its new pastor. She is a insult to God and so a unique threat to family and nation. A distorted by the religious right? How can we maintain R These campaigns have twisted some of the most beautiful earthquakes?” While at first, the discussion focused lesbian, and most of the people in her congregation on what one would expect: infrastructure regulations, the basic values of democracy, like freedom of speech identify themselves as something other than heterosexual. Christian language and distorted all sense of proportion emergency services and hospitals, the discussion was soon and pluralism, and still object to the hateful bigotry and about basic teachings. Sexual orientation certainly wasn’t the main theme of interrupted by representatives of the Orthodox Shas Party. homophobia we encounter? How do we deal with con- the celebration. The music mingled old revival hymns I often puzzle over how we might reply to this orchestrated Party members suggested that the Knesset should work on stant condemnation, but make sure we ourselves refrain with contemporary praise music. The sermon wrestled shouting with calmer and truer words. The task is not just addressing the root cause of earthquakes, which, appar- from generalization, internalization of those messages, or with an enigmatic episode from the Gospels, then charged to produce more scholarship that defends gay, lesbian, ently, is not the movement of tectonic plates. Quoting the hatred toward others? What can we do to maintain our us never to forget divine love or its demand to care for bisexual and transgender believers. It is to find or make Talmud, these members of parliament explained from the optimism and faith in the possibility of dialogue and posi- the most vulnerable. There were calls for volunteers fresh language for religious practice and erotic life. podium that earthquakes are caused by homosexuality. tive social change? from the church kitchen that feeds those who live on the This new language must be able to narrate GLBT lives as Most encounters with religious-based opponents challenge In interviews with a dozen TV and radio stations, I responded neighborhood’s streets. It was the core Christian message surprising parables. It must find in forgotten teachings or us and give us an opportunity to crystallize our values and by offering Talmudic interpretations, geological facts about presented with conviction. rituals unexpected help for the work of justice. Most of all, the Dead Sea fault, jokes and political analysis. As I was beliefs. The use of violence clearly indicates the moral Sitting on the folding chairs of the rented auditorium, I had it must imagine lives that can integrate ethical ideal and rushing between radio stations, an American Baptist minis- hollowness of religious fundamentalism. I believe that the to remind myself that the worshippers around me were religious practice with embodied love. ter was waiting for me in my office. He scared staff and immoral behavior of leaders in the religious right toward outcasts from a dozen Christian denominations. In the eyes visitors to the community center by repeatedly reciting the the GLBT community obligates us to higher standards Worshiping with the exuberant congregation and its new of some, they were “unrepentant sinners,” “faithless gay 32 Biblical verses he had hand-copied for me in order to of behavior. Our standards must include tolerance and pastor, I was reminded how many motives we have for activists,” even “abominations.” Their heartfelt worship explain the true origin of earthquakes: people like me. respect, even to those with whom we disagree. Our ethos pushing back against religious attacks on GLBT people. of liberation commits us to education, honesty, to open- strikes some other Christians as a kind of mockery. We want to defend basic civil rights. We strive to protect At a time in which our rights and liberties are being ing up silence with dialogue — creating space where none For too many churches, condemnation of same-sex love the young, who are often the most vulnerable victims of challenged by religious fundamentalists in every part of the seems possible. has become a defining element in orthodoxy. It is the religious hatred. But we must also learn from GLBT believers world, the question of how we deal with this misguided anxious boundary that holds Christian identity in place. in diverse traditions how to undo the bitter suspicion that and often ridiculous rhetoric is constantly on our minds. Our community has always been creative and ground- Giving homosexuality such decisive importance is hard so many religions have fixed on our desiring bodies. We all In Jerusalem we have witnessed the frightening downward breaking in defining our values and our methods. We have to reconcile with Jesus’ silence about it in the canonical suffer the effects of that suspicion, whether we believe or spiral from hateful rhetoric to physical violence against our learned much about honesty and courage, about how to Gospels. It certainly doesn’t fit within many traditions not. And so we can all celebrate when religious traditions community. Following incitement by the Orthodox Shas build community from our history and from each other. We of moral theology, which locate serious sins elsewhere find better words for speaking the spirits in our bodies. Party, one of the most important parties in Israel, three of have been part of diverse efforts for social change around — especially in violent pride, which the Hebrew prophets our community members were stabbed during our annual the world. While these progressive struggles are broad and named as the real sin of Sodom. March for Pride and Tolerance in Jerusalem in June 2005. varied, our firm moral base is the key to our current and The violence has only escalated since then to include future success. bombs, murder threats, riots and more. Yet each year we have persisted in our work.

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*This report features only the new media strategies to be utilized by encourage synagogues to welcome personal perspectives of African- Yvette A. Flunder Foundation Community Foundation for Black Justice Coalition’s presence and Amnesty International USA grants awarded in 2007 by the current Arcus grantees promoting GLBT congregants and to create a American religious leadership on San Francisco, CA Southeast Michigan Detroit, MI visibility at the 2007 Annual NAACP New York, NY Arcus Foundation. The Foundation the full inclusion of GLBT people national network of GLBT-welcoming GLBT civil rights issues. $50,000 to build the capacity of $75,000 over three years for the National Convention in Detroit. $100,000 over two years for the also made payments on multi-year within the Episcopal, Methodist and synagogues. Reconciling Ministries Network The Fellowship, a network of GLBT Hope Fund’s LGBT Racial Equity National Black Justice Coalition OUTfront program to strengthen commitments that were awarded in Lutheran faith traditions. Keshet Jamaica Plain, MA Chicago, IL affirming African-American churches. Initiative to build the capacity of Washington, DC work of grassroots activists and previous years. Family Diversity Projects $60,000 for the Shalem Education $100,000 over two years for the GLBT organizations of color in south- $400,000 over two years for general allied organizations on global GLBT east Michigan through a Leadership human rights. Amherst, MA Project, a national program aimed at Building for Change Project to promote Racial Justice, Sexual operating support to actively engage $20,000 for outreach to the leader- creating safe environments for GLBT GLBT-inclusive national policy at the Academy and small organizational and empower African-American Astraea Lesbian Foundation Orientation & Gender capacity building grants. Arcus Gay & ship of Protestant denominations in the students and faculty at Jewish day United Methodist Church. Identity Program GLBT communities on the issues for Justice New York, NY Lesbian Program United States, utilizing photography schools and other educational settings. Religious Consultation on Seeks to encourage and sup- Family Equality Council Boston, MA that directly impact the quality of $250,000 for the International exhibits that affirm and celebrate the Leaven Center Lyons, MI Population, Reproductive Health port work that is focused at the $100,000 for the Families of Color their lives. Fund for Sexual Minorities to support Seeks to advance social justice diversity of sexual orientation, gender $20,000 for the Healing Bridges: and Ethics Milwaukee, WI intersection of racial justice, sexual Initiative to comprehensively address Sistahs Providing Intelligence, projects and organizations that stra- by supporting efforts to promote and gender identity. Getting to the Roots of the Matter $32,000 for the Heterosexism: orientation and gender identity the needs of GLBT families of color Creativity and Empowerment tegically address the needs of GLBT human rights and policy change Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against project to foster communication Religious Roots and Cures Project to through projects addressing the and to work more effectively with Detroit, MI people and sexual/gender minorities. for GLBT equality; projects focused Defamation Los Angeles, CA between both African-American distribute published works supporting crossover issues of GLBT and people white parents who have adopted $20,000 for a Healing Detroit Global Rights Washington, DC on impacting religious and values- $500,000 over two years for support clergy and GLBT community leaders same-sex marriage to advocates and of color communities. children of color. Summit to bring together members $150,000 over two years for the based beliefs to promote greater of the Religion, Faith & Values in the Detroit area. religious leaders. 16 grants totaling $1,244,329 Human Rights Campaign of African-American GLBT organiza- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, acceptance of the GLBT community; Media Program to provide essential Lutherans Concerned / North Renaissance Enterprises Foundation Washington, DC tions to strategically plan the future and Intersex Initiative to provide and efforts to address and promote media literacy training and strategic Advocates For Youth $50,000 for the Diversity & Equality of GLBT rights in Michigan. training to GLBT and intersex America St. Paul, MN Kalamazoo, MI Washington, DC racial justice in GLBT communities communications assistance to $50,000 to support the work $15,000 for performances in National Research Project to Sistahs Providing Intelligence, organizations advocating for GLBT and further the acceptance of GLBT national, regional and local GLBT $60,000 for the GLBT Youth of investigate the political opinions, human rights. of allied Lutherans at the 2007 community settings that utilize Color Initiative to assist Michigan- Creativity and Empowerment people and support for GLBT issues and allied faith organizations. Churchwide Assembly of the Evan- music and the spoken word to com- attitudes and behaviors of African- Detroit, MI Heartland Alliance for Human within communities of color. based organizations in meeting the American, Latino and Asian Pacific Gays In Faith Together gelical Lutheran Church in America municate the spiritual and religious needs of GLBT youth of color. $10,000 for general operating Needs and Human Rights 119 grants totaling $11,769,953 Grand Rapids, MI to end discrimination against gay experience of the GLBT community. Islander GLBT communities in support of a Detroit-based lesbian Chicago, IL Astraea Lesbian Foundation for the United States. $15,000 for general operating clergy within the Lutheran Church. Seabury-Western Theological people of color organization. $250,000 over two years to estab- and strategic planning support to Justice New York, NY Immigration Equality New York, NY lish the Global Equality Network to Religion & Values Program Michigan Interfaith Voice Detroit, MI Seminary Evanston, IL $35,000 for a group of New York- Transgender Law Center Seeks to change GLBT-exclusionary continue providing life-enrichment $80,000 for general operating $25,000 for the Full Inclusion in the $50,000 for general operating sup- San Francisco, CA directly link and build the capacity programs and expand education based GLBT executive directors port to eliminate the discriminatory of local GLBT organizations in four denominational policies; build a support and strategic planning of the Anglican Communion Consultation, to develop the Pipeline Project, a $35,000 for a collaborative project GLBT-inclusive faith-based social and advocacy programs in GLBT Interfaith Strategy for Advocacy and a two-day meeting of lay and clergy impact of U.S. immigration policy on with Immigration Equality to create regions, including Africa, the Middle faith communities. recruitment, retention and leader- GLBT and HIV-positive immigrants. East, South Asia and Latin America. justice movement; and refute beliefs Action in the Community (ISAAC), leaders of the Episcopal Church ship advancement effort that seeks and distribute the first comprehensive that portray gay, lesbian, bisexual, Integrity Rochester, NY a chartered member of Michigan and The Anglican Communion to to increase the number of people International Federation of Transgender Immigration Law International Gay and Lesbian and transgender people as sinful $100,000 over two years for Claiming Interfaith Voice, to engage its diverse strategize about how to support of color who begin and grow their Black Prides Washington, DC Practice Manual for attorneys Human Rights Commission and immoral. the Blessing to work toward the full constituency in the development of and further expand the Church’s careers in the GLBT movement. $65,000 for general operations, and advocates. New York, NY 22 grants totaling $1,995,000 inclusion of GLBT people within the a faith-based justice agenda that is commitment to the full inclusion strategic planning and staff expansion University of Illinois at Chicago $200,000 over two years to expand Episcopal Church by influencing inclusive of GLBT rights. of its GLBT members. Bayard Rustin Documentary Film of international network of community consultation and support of local Association of Welcoming & Chicago, IL the outcomes of the 2008 Lambeth Project New York, NY based organizations working to human rights organizations in the Affirming Baptists Madison, WI People for the American Way Truth Wins Out Miami Beach, FL $70,000 for a conference entitled Conference and the 2009 General $50,000 to purchase archival footage produce annual Black GLBT Horn, East and Central Africa regions $60,000 to strengthen organizational Foundation Washington, DC $40,000 for general operating Race/Sex/Power: New Movements in Convention of the Episcopal Church. rights and create an enhanced DVD of Pride programs. advocating for GLBT rights. capacity to advocate for GLBT inclu- $200,000 for the GLBT Equality support to provide accurate the award-winning documentary film Black and Latina/o Sexualities to be sion across Baptist denominations. Integrity Rochester, NY Project to create effective messaging information about the lives of of the visionary civil rights and openly Leadership Conference on held in 2008. New Israel Fund Washington, DC $30,000 for Claiming the Blessing, strategies; mobilize African-American GLBT people to counter the Civil Rights Washington, DC $10,645 for the Advocacy, Outreach Christian Community Fort Wayne, IN gay activist, Bayard Rustin. a collaborative effort to encourage clergy as spokespeople and claims by the ex-gay movement. $119,329 for a summit of civil and and Education Project of ASWAT, a $100,000 for the GLBT Rights: the Episcopal Church to continue advocates; and provide leadership Bienestar Human Services human rights leaders and advocates International GLBT Palestinian gay women’s organization. Strategies for People of Faith project Woodhull Freedom Foundation its commitment to full inclusion of development training to young Los Angeles, CA to strengthen the relationship between Rights Program to promote acceptance and inclusion Washington, DC Supports and encourages efforts to New Israel Fund Washington, DC GLBT people. elected officials. $75,000 for Proyecto Orgullo (Project GLBT and African-American com- of the GLBT community within $50,000 for capacity building advance GLBT human rights in three $75,000 for Jerusalem Open House Pride) to work with leadership of five munities and develop strategies for a religious institutions. Jewish Fund for Justice Public/Private Ventures support to strengthen its public national Latino advocacy organizations target regions and within a wide for Pride and Tolerance to produce New York, NY Philadelphia, PA education and advocacy work in GLBT-inclusive civil rights agenda. Jerusalem Pride 2007. Douglas Gould and Company to secure explicit endorsement array of global public policy forums, $100,000 over two years for $200,000 for the Arcus Religion, advancing sexual freedom as a National Black Justice Coalition New Rochelle, NY of GLBT civil rights issues in their treaties, bodies and institutions. the Jewish Mosaic’s initiative to Sexuality, and Black Culture Project fundamental human right. Washington, DC $148,000 for the development of formal advocacy agenda. 8 grants totaling $1,115,645 to assess the theological and $30,000 to support the National

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U.S. Friends of International Center for Community Change schools safer for GLBT students, Liberty Education Forum Regents of the University of National Adventure Centre at Pretty Lake Eliminating Racism and Claiming/ Service For Human Rights Washington, DC and for the Urban School Districts Washington, DC California Los Angeles, CA Collaborative Mattawan, MI Celebrating Equality Kalamazoo, MI New York, NY $75,000 for Generation Change, an Initiative to test interventions that $50,000 for the creation of a $30,000 for support of the Michael $50,000 for the Diversity Awareness $35,000 for general operating Supports a consortium of national $80,000 to strengthen the response initiative to recruit, support and train may ameliorate intersectional forms strategic framework to further D. Palm Center to conduct and and Leadership Training program support to provide anti-racism, anti- GLBT organizations and funders to human rights violations based on the next generation of community of discrimination. develop the Public Opinion Net- disseminate research on the negative to educate and train high school homophobia, and anti-oppression working to achieve policy goals sexual orientation and gender identity organizers and emerging social justice work and Speakers Bureau of the impact of the country’s anti-GLBT students to become more inclusive organizing and training in Kalamazoo. Gay Men’s Health Crisis in pilot states where there is high of governments with permanent leaders through paid internships, Reaching the Heartland program to military policy. and accepting by addressing issues New York, NY potential to accomplish change. Greater Flint Arts Council Flint, MI missions in the UN, and international fellowships and mentorships for increase support for GLBT equality of homophobia, heterosexism, $175,000 over two years for Services and Advocacy for Gay, 4 grants totaling $375,000 $25,000 for marketing and evaluation human rights monitoring entities. activists from communities of color support of the Public Policy & in Michigan, New York, California, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender prejudice and bigotry. of the new Out N’ About series of and from the GLBT community. Community Health: Invigorating Indiana and Virginia. Elders New York, NY Basic Rights Education Fund Ann Arbor Teen Center GLBT-focused arts and cultural events. Portland, OR Center for Policy Alternatives HIV/AIDS/LGBT Activism project. Mass Equality Education Fund $500,000 over two years for a Ann Arbor, MI Kalamazoo Civic Theatre National GLBT $100,000 for public education Rights Program Washington, DC Gender Public Advocacy Coalition Boston, MA collaborative project with the $24,500 over three years for a Kalamazoo, MI $25,000 for support of the Mar- $73,649 for development and dis- National Gay and Lesbian Task efforts to build support for Oregon’s youth-led project to assess the high Supports policy change efforts at the Washington, DC $10,000 for the production of the riage Equality Leadership Circle, a tribution of the Manual for Winning Force to develop a national GLBT non-discrimination and domestic school environment for GLBT youth federal and state levels by working $150,000 for general operating musical, Avenue Q, which explores network of state leaders working for Marriage Equality, a practice manual aging program to advance advocacy partnership policies protecting the and provide recommendations to with funders, national organizations support to continue addressing issues of racism, homophobia and GLBT marriage equality. for state organizations working to and public policy work. GLBT community. school leaders through dramatic and allies; supports the movement’s gender discrimination and violence other prejudices. advance marriage equality and other Equality California Institute arts presentations. effectiveness; and works to grow and Center for Progressive Leadership caused by gender stereotypes and to Soulforce Lynchburg, VA Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource GLBT policy issues. San Francisco, CA diversify resources available. Washington, DC complete a re-visioning process. $100,000 for the 2008 Equality Black Arts & Cultural Center Center Kalamazoo, MI $100,000 for Let California Ring, 30 grants totaling $5,479,549 $100,000 for the New Leaders Gill Operating Foundation Milwaukee Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/ Ride project to take 40 young Kalamazoo, MI $25,000 for general operating a public education campaign on Program to provide young leaders of Denver, CO Transgender Community Center adults to institutions of higher $135,000 over three years for support of Kalamazoo’s GLBT Alliance for Justice Washington, DC marriage and GLBT equality. color and GLBT youth leaders with $250,000 for the Movement Milwaukee, WI learning in the South that have capacity building to strengthen this community center. $50,000 for the Networking, paid job placements in progressive $26,400 for printing and dissemi- policies banning the enrollment Equality Maryland Silver Spring, MD African-American arts institution to Advancement Project working to Kalamazoo Gay/Lesbian Resource Education and Training Initiative to organizations, weekly training work- nation of the National Transgender of openly GLBT students, with $100,000 for research and public develop the potential and creativity align resources to affect the highest Center Kalamazoo, MI strengthen the ability of state-based shops, a mentorship program and Education Project curriculum to an emphasis on Historically Black education activities in connection of African-American teens and create impact in the movement for GLBT $25,000 for Kalamazoo Alliance nonprofit organizations, including regular networking events. equal rights. GLBT youth organizations. Colleges and Universities and with an effort to achieve marriage an annual forum for black GLBT GLBT organizations, to engage in for Equality and KGLRC to Donor Sibling Registry National Center for Lesbian Rights Baptist schools. equality in Maryland. artists in Kalamazoo. public policy advocacy and voter In the Life Media New York, NY develop a series of social justice Nederland, CO San Francisco, CA Stop Prisoner Rape Los Angeles, CA One Iowa Education Fund Black Pride Society Detroit, MI registration and campaign activity $100,000 for new website develop- education seminars. $9,500 for outreach to the GLBT $100,000 for general operating $30,000 for the LGBTQ Safety in Des Moines, IA $10,000 for general operating and within the parameters of the law. ment, donor database enhancement Karibu House Detroit, MI community in order to promote support of this legal resource center Detention project to improve the $75,000 for field organizing and capacity building support to improve and strategic planning for this $20,500 for a planning process to American Civil Liberties Union dialogue and build coalitions to advance the rights and safety of safety of GLBT detainees through fundraising programs to strengthen the quality of life for black GLBT national public television series that develop a strategic plan and donor Foundation New York, NY with organizations that serve reports on GLBT issues. GLBT people and their families. policy recommendations. public support for marriage equality people in southeast Michigan. $2,000,000 over two years for sup- cultivation plan to support and GLBT families. National Coalition of Anti-Violence Sylvia Rivera Law Project in Iowa. Community AIDS Resource port of the Strategic Affiliate Initiative Justice Now Oakland, CA sustain the growth of a multi-service Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Programs New York, NY New York, NY & Education Services of to strengthen the ability of select $35,000 for Transforming Justice, a community center for GLBT people Institute New York, NY $10,000 for general operating sup- $75,000 for general operating Southwest Michigan ACLU state affiliates to advance GLBT national meeting addressing the high of color in Detroit. $60,000 to expand work on port to this membership organization support to provide legal representa- Michigan GLBT Kalamazoo, MI rights ($1 million); and for support levels of arrest, criminalization, and Michigan Citizens Education Fund equal adoption rights for the for GLBT anti-violence projects. tion and public education to end Rights Program $40,000 for general operating to strengthen the ability of the ACLU imprisonment of transgender and Supports work that advances Kalamazoo, MI GLBT community. gender identity discrimination, and support to assist people with of Michigan to advance GLBT rights gender non-conforming people. Parents, Families and Friends of the rights of GLBT people, social $35,000 to strengthen and expand to develop the leadership of low- HIV and provide prevention educa- and racial justice ($1 million). Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Lesbian and Gay Community Lesbians And Gays Washington, DC justice for GLBT people of color, a broad-based statewide coalition New York, NY $30,000 for the National Safe income transgender, gender variant, tion services, and for Project!, an American Society on Aging Services Center New York, NY and racial justice in Arcus’ home to identify and educate civic and $25,000 for general operating Schools Roundtable to improve the and intersex people of color. HIV-prevention program serving San Francisco, CA $50,000 to support Causes In state of Michigan. community leaders, as well as support to mobilize philanthropic conditions faced by GLBT youth and USAction Education Fund young males. $50,000 to enhance and increase Common, a national cross-movement 24 grants totaling $1,018,350 mobilize organizations to support resources to advance GLBT rights and families in schools. Washington, DC Elder Law of Michigan Lansing, MI accessibility of the newly launched alliance between GLBT activists and second-parent adoption. racial, economic and gender justice. $50,000 for Building Connections, Actors Theatre Company $30,000 to provide legal advice, LGBT Aging Resources Clearinghouse reproductive justice activists. Progressive Inc. Madison, WI Michigan Coalition Against a planning project to assess the Grand Rapids, MI education and advocacy through the that provides a comprehensive Gay, Lesbian and Straight Educa- LGBT Labor Leadership Initiative $20,000 for the Queer Voices Domestic and Sexual Violence interests of GLBT and non-GLBT $25,000 for production of a GLBT Older Adult Legal Hotline and national source of information and tion Network New York, NY Washington, DC project to train GLBT organizations Okemos, MI advocates and establish working new play entitled Seven Passages: develop materials to reach out to resources for GLBT older adults, their $1,200,000 over three years for the $30,000 for general operating support and activists to write op-ed pieces $210,000 over two years for the coalitions to advocate for GLBT The Story of Gay Christians. GLBT people of color. caregivers, the professionals who work Education Policy Initiative to under- to build allies within the labor for newspapers and distribute Open Doors Initiative to overcome rights in selected states. with them and the general public. take public education and advocacy movement and expand the rights of them nationwide. efforts on the issue of making GLBT workers through labor unions.

30 ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2007 31 How to Apply The Arcus Foundation has a four-step

Jurek Wajdowicz application process: © 1. Confirm eligibility 2. Contact Arcus Foundation staff 3. Submit a Letter of Inquiry 4. If invited, submit a Full Proposal Please visit our website at www.arcusfoundation.org for detailed, step-by-step Funding Guidelines and full descriptions of Arcus Foundation programs.

Save the Chimps sanctuary

the barriers GLBT survivors of Identity Training Program and priorities of the GLBT community in and training capacity to advance International Gorilla Conservation Greenpeace Fund Washington, DC Primate Rescue Center domestic and sexual violence face activities of the GLBT Student the state. racial equality in Southwest Michigan. Special Programme, a collaborative project $300,000 over two years for a Nicholasville, KY in seeking sensitive, welcoming and Leadership Team. Triangle Foundation Detroit, MI Hispanic American Council Opportunities with Fauna & Flora International global campaign to protect the $50,000 over two years for general knowledgeable services from both Whole Art Theater Company $15,360 to create a collaborative Kalamazoo, MI and the World Wide Fund for Nature Congo rainforest in the Democratic operating support to maintain a safe domestic and sexual violence service working in Rwanda, Uganda and the Republic of Congo, habitat for chim- haven for primates formerly used as Kalamazoo, MI web site to educate the GLBT and $55,000 for capacity building to This limited support is provided only providers and GLBT service agencies. Democratic Republic of Congo. panzees, bonobos and gorillas. pets and in laboratory experiments. $25,000 for the production of GLBT allied communities around the state provide staff leadership and improve at the initiation of the Foundation. Michigan Equality Education Fund and social justice-themed theater on domestic partnership rights and technology systems to enhance The Foundation will not accept Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage In Defense of Animals — Africa Save the Chimps Fort Pierce, FL Lansing, MI projects and the Generation Next other key GLBT rights issues. education and human development unsolicited requests for funds in Boston, MA San Rafael, CA $2,893,625; ($2,393,625 outright, $60,000 for general operating project to engage young people in programs for Hispanics in South- this area. $15,000 for the construction of a $66,000 over two years for the and $500,000 in matching funds) support to inform and educate state theater production. west Michigan. 2 grants totaling $149,500 covered enclosure for chimpanzees care of chimpanzees at the Sanaga- for general operating support of the residents on issues of GLBT equality YWCA of Berrien County Michigan Racial Michigan Interfaith Voice Detroit, MI and a new water well at the Chim- Yong Chimpanzee Rescue Center largest chimpanzee sanctuary in the Kalamazoo Nature Center and discrimination. Saint Joseph, MI and Economic $30,000 for Interfaith Strategy for funshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia. in Cameroon, West Africa. world, housing former laboratory Kalamazoo, MI Michigan Festival of Sacred Music $39,500 for general operating Justice Initiative Advocacy and Action in the Com- Chimp-n-Sea Wildlife Conservation International Primate Protection chimpanzees. Supports the efforts of ten com- $100,000 in matching funds for Kalamazoo, MI and capacity building support of the munity (ISAAC) to strengthen its Fund Washington, DC League Summerville, SC Social and Environmental munity-based organizations in Phase 3 of the Urban Nature Park $4,200 to offer workshops, readings Out & Affirmation Center to provide interfaith organizing in Kalamazoo. $65,000 over two years for the $234,000; $184,000 over one year Entrepreneurs Los Angeles, CA Kalamazoo to assess, define and project, the rehabilitation of a former and events by artist/authors Ellen support services, social networking Kibale Community Fuel Wood for support of six overseas ape sanc- $35,000 for the Orang Utan Repub- advance racial and economic justice Michigan Organizing Project brownfield site into a natural area for Kushner and Delia Sherman to and education/advocacy to mem- Project to protect the chimpanzees tuary facilities in range states; and lik Education Initiative to provide priorities and strengthen the ability Kalamazoo, MI local citizens to enjoy. increase awareness and dialogue bers of the GLBT community and $54,200 for capacity building to of KibaleNational Park in Uganda $50,000 over two years for general conservation education programs on to achieve community-wide struc- Fauna & Flora International on GLBT issues. their families. organize and educate the Kalamazoo and conduct an environmental operating support of the Interna- the orangutan and gibbon crisis in tural and policy change. Cambridge, UK Nokomis Learning Center community on healthcare, housing education campaign. tional Primate Protection League to Sumatra, Indonesia. 11 grants totaling $478,720 $49,500 over five years to Okemos, MI and immigration issues. Fauna & Flora International promote conservation and protection monitor and evaluate Lewa Kenya’s $10,000 to support a lecture series Special Fund for Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Cambridge, UK of nonhuman primates. Michigan Organizing Project performance in the management, focusing on Native American teach- Michigan Collaboration Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI $290,364 for the construction of Land Empowerment Animals Supports collaborative efforts among Kalamazoo, MI operation and development of the Ol Employee ings and the promotion of social $10,000 for a partnership with the staff housing and a new chimpanzee People — U.S. Oakland, CA $32,500 for the Kalamazoo Home- Pejeta Conservancy. organizations working to advance Douglass Community Association justice for GLBT individuals in both less Action Network to strengthen house at Sweetwaters Chimpanzee $50,000 for the Hutan-Kinabatangan Match and GLBT rights in Michigan. and Open Door Ministries to offer a Native and non-Native communities. leadership skills of the organization’s Sanctuary on the Ol Pejeta Conser- Orang-Utan Conservation Project 4 grants totaling $63,360 “Family Fun Day” during a sched- Miscellaneous Planned Parenthood of South members and improve its financial vancy in Kenya. in Sabah, Malaysia, to conduct uled hate rally, and to implement a Central Michigan Kalamazoo, MI American Civil Liberties Union Fund and organizational stability. Arcus Great Apes Fauna & Flora International research, protect and manage the $67,639 of Michigan Detroit, MI strategic plan addressing youth gang orangutan habitat, and provide new $49,650 to create, sustain and New Latino Visions Kalamazoo, MI Program Cambridge, UK $17,000 for town hall meetings and violence in Kalamazoo. sustainable economic development evaluate the Calhoun County Coali- $45,000 for capacity building to $85,243 for conservation of the publication of a booklet to educate Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater The goal of the Arcus Great Apes opportunities for the community. tion for Inclusion Project to serve enhance organizational leadership Western Chimpanzee, one of the *This report features only the new the GLBT and allied communities Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MI Program is to ensure the respect and advocate for GLBT young people, and engage in strategic planning to most endangered subspecies, in Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project grants awarded in 2007 by the around the state on the status of $50,000 for capacity building to and survival of the great apes and their families and communities. advance racial equality in Southwest Liberia and Guinea. Baltimore, MD Arcus Foundation. The Foundation domestic partnership rights and assess, define and advance racial their natural habitat. The Arcus Prevention Works Kalamazoo, MI Michigan through multiculturalism, Fauna & Flora International $75,000 for capacity building also made payments on multi-year other key GLBT rights issues. and economic justice priorities and Great Apes Program supports $60,000 over two years for the education, youth and community Cambridge, UK support of the Mountain Gorilla commitments that were awarded to organize to achieve structural conservation and policy advocacy Peer POWER - Dive Into Diversity Michigan Equality Education Fund development programs. $115,557 to protect gibbons and Veterinary Project in Rwanda, to pro- in previous years. and policy changes in the City efforts that promote the survival of education program that engages Lansing, MI their forest habitats in Vietnam and vide medical treatment in the field. of Kalamazoo. Northside Association for Community the great apes in the wild and in underserved youth to address $26,000 for community meetings China and build conservation aware- New York Lesbian & Gay Development Kalamazoo, MI sanctuaries that offer high quality diversity, equality and GLBT- to educate the GLBT and allied Douglass Community Association ness in local communities. Experimental Film Festival $47,020 for capacity building to care, safety and freedom from specific issues. communities around the state on Kalamazoo, MI New York, NY improve technology and adminis- invasive research and other forms Fauna & Flora International the status of family rights, domestic $55,000 for capacity building to $75,000 for The Human Bonobo Third Level Crisis Intervention trative systems and make capital of exploitation. Support is limited Cambridge, UK partnership rights and other key strengthen internal management project to explore the intersections of Traverse City, MI improvements to provide more to activities that specifically impact $106,534 to secure an orangutan GLBT rights issues. of operations and programs that human and great ape behavior as $10,000 for the Windfire program services to Kalamazoo’s Northside gorillas, chimpanzees, orangutans, habitat outside the Gunung Palung Midwest AIDS Prevention Project empower Kalamazoo’s Northside they relate to gay and lesbian sexuality. focusing on the needs and enrich- residents. bonobos and gibbons. National Park in Indonesian Borneo. Ferndale, MI residents to improve their quality ment of GLBT youth. Northside Economic Potential Group 18 grants totaling $4,941,323 Friends of Animals Darien, CT The Orangutan Conservancy $5,000 for support of The Peninsula of life. Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI $60,000 to support the survival Aptos, CA Group to convene a summit of GLBT Eliminating Racism and Claiming/ African Wildlife Foundation Foundation Kalamazoo, MI $55,000 to support the Chief of chimpanzees in Senegal through $75,000 to provide for safety leaders and allied organizations and Celebrating Equality Kalamazoo, MI Washington, DC $60,000 for development and Executive Officer position as the community education and reduction and continued care of orangutans present research findings on issue $45,000 to strengthen organizing $350,000 over three years for the implementation of the Gender organization implements a new of the conflict over access to water. at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan business model. Rehabilitation Center in Indonesia. 32 ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2007 33 Bishop John Selders Statement of Financial Position Antonin Kratochvil ©

Assets Cash and cash Equivalents $146,466,312 Accrued interest and dividends 167,429 Investments 5,394,958 Program related investments 450,000 Prepaid federal excise tax 45,000 Property, equipment and leasehold improvements, net 3,210,428 Other assets 87,222

Total Assets $155,821,349

Liabilities and Net Assets Liabilities Grants payable, net $13,036,327 Accounts payable and accrued expenses 557,574 Deferred federal excise tax 8,000

Total Liabilities 13,601,901 Net Assets 142,219,448 Total liabilities and net assets $155,821,349

Grants and Operating Grants Awarded 2007 Expenses 2007 Total $16,928,415 Total $20,928,309

$16,928,415 $67,639 Grants Awarded Employee Match and Misc. $1,995,000 Religion & Values $1,244,329 $4,941,323 Racial Justice, Sexual Arcus Great Apes Program Orientation & Gender Identity $1,115,645 International GLBT Rights $149,500 Special Opportunities $5,479,549 National GLBT Rights $478,720 Michigan Racial and Economic Justice Initiative $3,999,894 $63,360 Operating Expenses Special Fund for Michigan Collaboration $1,018,350 Michigan GLBT Rights $375,000 National Collaborative

Excerpted from the audited financial statements as of 12/31/07 prepared by O’Connor Davies Munns & Dobbins, LLP

34 ARCUS FOUNDATION ANNUAL REPORT 2007 35 Tom Kam, Deputy Program Director/Senior Program Officer, Religion & Values Board and Staff “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, Antonin Kratochvil © you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Board of Directors new york Office Juanita Belmar Jon Stryker Office Manager/Receptionist President and Founder Celeste Dado Cathy J. Cohen Senior Grants Administrator Board Member Jane Dunne Daniel Schwartz Chief Operating and Financial Officer Board Member Simon Guzman Darren Walker Controller Board Member Tom Kam Deputy Program Director/Senior Program Staff Officer, Religion & Values Kalamazoo Office Mikhail Mashudi Myron Cobbs Finance and Administration Assistant Program Assistant Sarah Nerboso Roxane Fitzpatrick Grants Management Assistant Office Manager Cindy Rizzo Johnny Jenkins Director of Grant Making Programs Michigan Program Officer Maria Saavedra Santiago Lopez Senior Accountant Program Associate Alvin Starks Linda May Senior Program Officer for Racial Justice, Senior Program Officer, Arcus Great Apes Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Program/Director, Michigan Office Urvashi Vaid Carol Snapp Executive Director Communications Manager Jody West Josh Vandeburgh Executive Assistant Grants Management Assistant cambridge, uk office Catherine Gamba-Trimiño Great Apes Program Assistant Annette L. Lanjouw Great Apes Program Director

Special thanks to Arcus staff who were with us in 2007 not listed here: Jeff Arnstein, Sarah Hansen, Janet Karpus, Rosemary Linares and Loretta Warnock.

Thank you to the people who’s portraits appear in this report for helping us capture the passion and diversity of the GLBT movement by participating in our photo shoot at the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Creating Change Conference in Detroit earlier this year. Thanks also to the people and the apes at the Center for Great Apes and Save the Chimps, for allowing us to photograph at their sanctuaries. And thanks to Antonin Kratochvil and Jurek Wajdowicz for their inspired and skilled photography.

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