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  • Church of Scientology Joins the Celebration of 200 Years of Central American Freedom

    Church of Scientology Joins the Celebration of 200 Years of Central American Freedom

    Every year on Sept. 15, Central Americans of Los Angeles celebrate the day Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Honduras declared independence from Spain

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    updated: Sep 14, 2021


    LOS ANGELES, September 14, 2021 (Newswire.com)
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    Sept. 15 marks the 200th anniversary of Central American countries declaring their independence. Working with leaders of the Los Angeles Guatemalan and Salvadorian communities, the Church of Scientology Los Angeles launched this celebration early, taking part in two parades and hosting two festivals over Labor Day Weekend, Sept. 4-5.

    First was the Guatemala Bicentennial Parade down Hollywood Boulevard, organized by the Guatemalan Chamber of Commerce. The Volunteer Ministers of the Los Angeles Church of Scientology partnered with the Chamber, hosting food drives this year to help deal with increased food insecurity because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Scientology Volunteer Ministers in their signature yellow T-shirts walked down the boulevard in front of their float. They carried a 12-foot banner bearing their motto: “Something can be done about it.” 

    The parade route ended at the Church of Scientology at L. Ron Hubbard Way in East Hollywood, where the Church organized an Independence Day festival featuring music, salsa dancing, and food from an assortment of Hollywood’s favorite food trucks. 

    Sunday was dedicated to the equally joyous celebration of El Salvador’s independence, beginning with a two-mile parade down Hollywood Boulevard organized by Festival Independencia Salvadoreña. Volunteers from the Scientology-sponsored United for Human Rights initiative, working with parade organizers, invited paradegoers to the Independence Day party at the Church of Scientology, right at the end of the parade route. Sunday’s celebration was rich in Latin American culture, with traditional music and dancing. 

    The Church of Scientology Los Angeles is an Ideal Scientology Organization, configured to serve its parishioners in their ascent to spiritual freedom and to serve as a resource for the entire community. 

    The Church sponsors humanitarian programs that provide practical solutions to some of the most pressing issues communities are confronted with today. Voices for Humanity, an original series on the Scientology Network, features, among many others, the work of Guatemalan human rights activist Cynthia Guerra and Salvadorian drug-prevention champion Hugo Angulo Rogel. 

    The Church of Scientology Los Angeles is also featured on the Scientology Network in the program Inside a Church of Scientology. 

    Scientology Network was launched with a special introduction by the religion’s ecclesiastical leader David Miscavige in 2018. Programs are available on DIRECTV 320, at Scientology.tv and through Apple TV, Fire TV, Roku, YouTube and mobile apps for smartphones and tablets.

    For more information, visit the Scientology Newsroom.

    Contact:
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    Church of Scientology International
    (323) 960-3500
    mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

    Source: Church of Scientology International

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  • VOICES FOR HUMANITY Shows a Way to Peace With Naseema Qureshi

    VOICES FOR HUMANITY Shows a Way to Peace With Naseema Qureshi

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    updated: Dec 11, 2019


    LOS ANGELES, December 11, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    ​​​Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change-makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations working to uplift their communities, announces a new episode featuring the work of activist Naseema Qureshi on Dec. 11.

    VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

    For nearly 30 years, civil war has torn Sri Lanka apart, driven by religious factions intolerant of one another. Naseema Qureshi is a peace advocate working to build tolerance between the numerous ethnic and religious groups that call Sri Lanka home. She spreads a message of coexistence that is gaining popularity throughout the country and is helping to build lasting peace across the nation.

    ABOUT NASEEMA QURESHI

    Born into the politically turbulent times of Pakistan in the 1960s, Naseema Qureshi was witness to the rise of terrorism and civil rioting. Early on, she began seeking answers to effectively guide society onto a path of peace. Naseema first became involved in Sri Lanka after the tsunami in 2005 when she was part of a disaster response team volunteering to help the island recover. Amidst the ruin of the tsunami was the rubble of war, Sri Lanka was a nation that needed help — help that Naseema would bring a few years later in the form of The Way to Happiness. With its common-sense values and morals, Naseema found the solution to healing the rift of religious intolerance that had left such deep scars in Sri Lanka. She introduced the program to a Presidential Task Force member in the Sri Lankan government and they implemented it across the country. Today, this program is widely used in schools and government institutions across all of Sri Lanka.   ​

    The Scientology Network debuted March 12, 2018. Since launching, it has been viewed in 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying curiosity about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. 

    Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the church’s global media center in Los Angeles, Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television on DIRECTV Channel 320, mobile apps and the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

    CONTACT:
    Media Relations
    (323) 960-3500
    mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

    Source: Scientology Network

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  • Voices for Humanity Shows a Better Way Forward With Rosalba Cordero

    Voices for Humanity Shows a Better Way Forward With Rosalba Cordero

    VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

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    updated: Nov 22, 2019


    LOS ANGELES, November 22, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    ​Scientology Network’s VOICES FOR HUMANITY, the weekly series presenting heroic change-makers from a variety of faiths, cultures and nations, working to uplift communities, announces a new episode featuring activist Rosalba Cordero.

    Mexico has become a killing field—nearly a hundred murders every day while Mexican prisons serve as “colleges of crime” with over 80 percent of those released returning to criminality. Saving Mexico’s future by salvaging youth, Rosalba and José Cordero fight against moral decline that enables Mexico’s drug cartels to traffic kids into a life of organized crime. Their campaigns in schools and prisons across Mexico carry a powerful message of moral values, bringing new hope for their nation.

    ABOUT ROSALBA CORDERO

    Born in Mexico City, Rosalba recognized at a young age that many crimes and injustices stemmed from lack of basic moral values. Rosalba vowed to find some way to spare children from the trauma she suffered. Discovering The Way to Happiness, a common-sense guide to better living, Rosalba and husband José founded a nonprofit to forward the book’s precepts. Their Social Development and Recovery of Values Association educates young people in schools and across Mexico’s prison system. Using The Way to Happiness, Rosalba and José have created real criminal reform in prisons across Mexico State and Mexico City—with 99 percent of graduates of the program living lives free of crime. Their efforts to restore morality and peace have earned them recognition by the Mexican federal government.

    The Scientology Network debuted March 12, 2018. Since launching, it has been viewed in 240 countries and territories in 17 languages. Satisfying curiosity about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists; showing the Church as a global organization; and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities. 

    Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church’s global media center in Los Angeles, Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television on DIRECTV Channel 320, mobile apps and the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

    CONTACT:

    Media Relations
    (323) 960-3500
    mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

    Source: Scientology Network

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  • DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE Presents ‘Right Footed’ — a Testament to the Power of the Human Spirit

    DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE Presents ‘Right Footed’ — a Testament to the Power of the Human Spirit

    DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE premieres Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

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    updated: Sep 6, 2019


    LOS ANGELES, September 6, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    ​​​​Scientology Network’s DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, the weekly series providing a platform for independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues, presents Right Footed, the uplifting documentary of how even a severe handicap didn’t stop one woman from accomplishing her dreams.

    DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE premieres Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

    Right Footed is a documentary chronicling the incredibly inspiring story of Jessica Cox, who was born without arms but determined to live a normal life. Undaunted by the seemingly impossible challenges the birth defect posed, Jessica learned to drive a car, earned a black belt in martial arts, graduated college and became the first person in the world to pilot a plane using her feet.

    Filmed over a two-year period and directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Nick Spark, Right Footed was shot in the USA, Ethiopia and the Philippines, following Jessica Cox’s amazing journey of overcoming the hardships she has faced since birth. Jessica and her family give emotional and honest accounts of the strain put upon them as Jessica sought to live a normal life. But what appeared to be an absolutely tragic circumstance becomes a story of transformation and how one person turned her tragedy into her greatest asset. Her spirit put her on a journey that has captured the imagination of the world, not only for her remarkable achievements, but also for her motivational speeches and fierce advocacy for children with disabilities.

    Right Footed, which premiered in Vatican City in 2015, was an official selection at over 50 film festivals and went on to win 17 awards.

    ABOUT NICK SPARK

    Nick Spark is an American documentary filmmaker and writer. In addition to directing Right Footed, his filmmaking roster includes the Emmy Award-winning The Legend of Pancho Barnes and the Happy Bottom Riding Club and Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines. Nick is also a contributing editor to Wings and Airpower magazines. His articles have appeared in the Annals of Improbable Research, Naval History, Journal of the American Aviation Historical Society and Proceedings.

    For more information, visit Scientology.tv/docs.

    Source: Scientology Network

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  • Uniting Cultures Through Art at the Church of Scientology of the Valley

    Uniting Cultures Through Art at the Church of Scientology of the Valley

    Bridging cultural differences and creating friendship and understanding through music and dance

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    updated: Aug 26, 2019


    LOS ANGELES, August 26, 2019 (Newswire.com)
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    In a world where racism and discrimination are headline news, a prince of the Buganda Kingdom of Uganda, singer-songwriter Saava Karim, is uniting cultures through music and dance. Through his nonprofit BantuFest and an annual concert of the same name, hosted this year by the Church of Scientology of the Valley, he brings together diverse communities in the name of friendship and equality. 

    The array of colorful ethnic costumes on stage and throughout the auditorium showed the universal appeal of the concert, with performers from Uganda, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Guatemala and America. The evening was capped by the exotic taste of Ugandan delicacies served to all attending.

    The word “Bantu” means “a group of people.” Thus “BantuFest” is a term coined to mean a gathering of people from all walks of life for a worthy cause. BantuFest is raising funds for a childbirth hospital in Uganda, a country where some 7,500 women and girls die in childbirth or pregnancy each year. BantuFest also sponsors drug prevention, medical assistance, school programs to promote local culture, and assistance to creative artists in Africa.  

    There is always something exciting going on at the Church of Scientology of the Valley in North Hollywood, California. The church, which was dedicated in March 2017, makes its auditorium and conference rooms available for nonprofit and cultural programs and has become a hub for the community, including hosting the Los Angeles tour of the Philippine Ballet Theater earlier this year.

    For more information on the Church of Scientology of the Valley, watch Destination: Scientology on the Scientology Network.

    Read the press release on the Scientology Newsroom.

    Contact:
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    ​mediarelations@churchofscientology.net
    (323) 960-3500

    Source: Church of Scientology International

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  • A New Color: A Great-Grandmother’s Art Speaks to Social Injustice on DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE

    A New Color: A Great-Grandmother’s Art Speaks to Social Injustice on DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE

    An exploration of the life and passions of artist, educator, activist and great-grandmother Edythe ‘Edy’ Boone

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    updated: Dec 18, 2018


    LOS ANGELES, December 18, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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     Scientology Network’s DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, the weekly series providing a platform for independent filmmakers to air films on important social, cultural and environmental issues, presents A New Color, a beautiful portrait of a renowned muralist that examines her use of art to bridge cultural differences, premiering Dec. 21, 2018.

    DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

    The travels and conversations of artist, educator, activist and great-grandmother Edythe “Edy” Boone were filmed by documentarian Marlene “Mo” Morris in an exploration of the artist’s life and passions.

    Boone is perhaps best known for her participation in the creation of the famous anti-colonialist, multicultural mural of mythical women, MaestraPeace, on the Women’s Building in her hometown of San Francisco. Boone has painted joyful and provocative murals that explore music, the AIDS epidemic, poverty, racial discrimination and inequality. She teaches art to youth and seniors, discussing social issues wherever she goes.

    ABOUT MARLENE “MO” MORRIS

    Marlene “Mo” Morris is an Independent filmmaker and social justice activist. As a first-time documentary director, Morris captured Edy Boone in action and her reflections on nearly eight decades of social justice work pursued through her art. Prior to this film, Morris had a career as a mediator and immigration attorney. Morris has worked as a producer for nonprofit and educational videos on topics ranging from ecology, domestic abuse, Jewish choral music and restorative justice.

    This deeply personal film has been warmly received by critics who called A New Color “beautifully crafted.” The emotionally rich film is “empowering and full of strong minority women being generous and proud,” wrote one Boston critic and a Berkeley critic described the film as “a vehicle to discuss inequality and racial justice.”

    ABOUT DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE

    Fundamental to Scientology is a humanitarian mission that extends to some 200 nations with programs for human rights, human decency, literacy, morality, drug prevention and disaster relief. For this reason, the Scientology Network provides a platform for independent filmmakers who embrace a vision of building a better world.

    DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE debuts films weekly from award-winning independent filmmakers whose goal is to improve society by raising awareness of social, cultural and environmental issues.

    For more information, visit Scientology.tv/docs.

    The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Since launching, the Scientology Network has been viewed in 237 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists, showing the church as a global organization and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

    Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the church’s global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television, mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

    CONTACT:
    Media Relations
    (323) 960-3500
    mediarelations@churchofscientology.net

    Source: Scientology.TV

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  • Diversity Stars in Multicultural Destination: Scientology, Harlem

    Diversity Stars in Multicultural Destination: Scientology, Harlem

    Just blocks from the historic Apollo Theater stands the Church of Scientology and Community Center of Harlem

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    updated: Dec 3, 2018


    LOS ANGELES, December 3, 2018 (Newswire.com)
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    Scientology Network’s DESTINATION: SCIENTOLOGY, the weekly travelogue series that takes viewers inside Scientology Churches all around the world and discovers what makes each one unique, announces an episode featuring Harlem, New York, on Dec. 3, 2018.

    DESTINATION: SCIENTOLOGY airs Monday at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

    ABOUT DESTINATION: SCIENTOLOGY, HARLEM

    For generations, it’s been the cultural hub of African-American and Caribbean life in the United States. Harlem has always marched to its own beat — in music, art and fashion — a beat that has reverberated around the world. And in the center of it all, on 125th Street, overlooking the Triborough Bridge and just blocks from the historic Apollo Theater, stands the Church of Scientology and Community Center of Harlem. In this episode, viewers will see how the Church really has become the hub for this community, offering free tutoring for youngsters, staging performances by world-class artists, hosting an international delegation of human rights activists and opening the Church for interfaith conferences. The message comes through loud and clear: The staff of the Church are passionate about Harlem and work each day to strengthen this vibrant community.

    The Scientology Network debuted on March 12, 2018. Since launching, the Scientology Network has been viewed in 237 countries and territories worldwide in 17 languages. Satisfying the curiosity of people about Scientology, the network takes viewers across six continents, spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists; showing the church as a global organization, and presenting its social betterment programs that have touched the lives of millions worldwide. The network also showcases documentaries by independent filmmakers who represent a cross-section of cultures and faiths, but share a common purpose of uplifting communities.

    Broadcast from Scientology Media Productions, the Church’s global media center in Los Angeles, the Scientology Network can be streamed at Scientology.tv and is available through satellite television, mobile apps and via the Roku, Amazon Fire and Apple TV platforms.

    CONTACT:

    Media Relations
    (323) 960-3500
    mediarelations@churchofscientology.net 

    Source: Scientology.TV

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