Affirming Leaders Day 2026 – November 7

Affirming Leaders Day is Affirming Connections’ annual professional development day for anyone doing 2SLGBTQIA+ advocacy in faith communities: faith leaders, organizers, volunteers, allies, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people themselves.

This year’s theme is practical tools for difficult times: engaging vulnerable people with real skill, being public and explicit about affirmation rather than only welcoming in principle, and organizing joy. Newcomers and seasoned advocates are both welcome.

Saturday, November 7, 8:30am to 2:30pm BC time (9:30am to 3:30pm in Alberta, 10:30am to 4:30pm Eastern), online.

Workshops

• PIE in Practice: for People and Communities, with Pam Rocker
• Engaging Vulnerable Persons, with Alpha House Calgary
• Queering Our Sacred Stories Through Emergent Ritual, with Sanctuary’s Ben Dobyns: drag communion, Dungeons & Dragons, and the cultural campfire
• Communal Singing for Justice, with Patti Powell

Tickets are pay-what-you-can at three levels, $15, $35 or $60, so cost need not be a barrier. Workshop recordings are available as an add-on. Registration is through Affirming Connections on Eventbrite.