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Bishop’s Policy on Transgender Students and Others Demonstrates the Danger of “Willful Ignorance,” Say DignityUSA Leaders

February 10, 2020. Leaders of DignityUSA, the world’s largest organization of Catholics supporting justice, equality and full inclusion of LGBTQI+ people in the church and society, are calling a new policy in the Diocese of Springfield, Illinois, headed by Bishop Thomas Paprocki, “perilous to the physical and mental health of transgender and nonbinary people.”

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DignityUSA strategic priorities announced

By Chris Pett and Meli Barber

In the spirit of “Forward from 50”, following our successful 50th Anniversary Jubilee initiatives and visioning process, we are proud to announce the strategic priorities that will be the focus of our time, talent and treasure as we move into a new year and decade. These priorities were developed by the Board of Directors and represent the key learnings of the Jubilee local community conversations and the key outputs of the visioning session conducted during the 2019 50th anniversary conference in Chicago.