Contact Information
Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D. |  | 369 Montezuma Avenue PMB #447
Santa Fe, NM 87501-2626
phone (505) 820-7082
FAX (505) 820-2540
michael@mlp.org |
Where in the world is MLP Executive Director & Field Organizer Michael Adee?2010 Field Outreach Schedule
- January 6, Faith & Ministry Seminar, Cross-Cultural J-Term for Seminarians, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe, NM
- January 10-14, IWR-WCPL-HJF Grant Group meetings, Santa Fe, NM
- January 16-21 , Orientation with Ann Hayman, Los Angeles; and MLP hous party with Bear Ride and Susan Craig, Claremont, CA
- January 23-27, Orientation with Antony Hebblethwaite, Chicago, IL
- January 29-February 8, 22nd Creating Change National LGBT Activist Conference, NGLTF; American Prayer Hour service; National Religious Leadership Roundtable; IWR & Haas Jr. Fund Grant Collaborative meeting; church outreach in Grace Presbytery, Dallas, TX and major donor meeting, Hurst, TX
- February 12-17, MLP Board & Staff meeting, COD Ranch, Oracle; reception with area MLP supporters; MLP house party with Sylvia Thorson-Smith and Mike Smith, Tucon, AZ
- February 20-24, Madison Square Presbyterian Church, San Antonio, TX
- March 12-15, Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship, Palm Desert, CA
- April 10-17, Princeton Theological Seminary, BGLASS Week, Princeton, NJ
- May 11-14, National Religious Leadership Roundtable, IWR, NGLTF, San Juan, Puerto Rico and church/presbytery field outreach
- July 3-10, 219th General Assembly, PCUSA, Minneapolis, MN
- August 23-27, IWR, Haas Jr. Grant Fund Collaborative, WCPL meeting, Minneapolis
2009 Field Outreach Schedule
- January 8, "Ministry on the Margins" course on LGBT-faith matters, Cross-Cultural J-Term Course for Seminarians, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe, NM
- January 10, Benefit Gala for Creative Planet School of the Arts, a community mission of First Presbyterian Church, Baldwin Park, CA
- January 11 - 15 , National Ecumenical Welcoming Church Leaders' summit, Institute for Welcoming Resource, California State University, Pomona, CA
- January 15 - 16, Faith Work/Religious Organizing Debrief for "No on Proposition 8" Campaign, facilitated by IWR and funded by the Arcus Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
- January 19 - 23 , Welcoming Church Leadership Training, J-Term Course for Seminarians, Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA
- January 23 - February 1 , Creating Change Conference, LGBT/Faith Caucus, National Leadership Religious Roundtable, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Denver, CO
- February 1 - 2 , Answering God's Call to Serve campaign work and local church outreach, Denver Presbytery, Denver, CO
- February 5 - 8 , Ecumenical Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, sponsored by MLP and IWR, San Antonio, TX
- February 12 - 16 , National MLP Board of Directors and Staff Winter Retreat, Los Angeles, CA
- February 16, Progressive Christians Uniting benefit, Los Angeles, CA
- March 13 - 16 , Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Fellowship, Palm Desert, CA
- May 5 - 7 , Clergy Call for Justice and Equality, Religion and Faith Program, Human Rights Campaign, and local church outreach, Washington, DC.
- July 11- 15 , Triennial Churchwide Gathering of Presbyterian Women, Exhibit Booth and outreach, local church outreach, Louisville, KY
- July 22 - August 5 , World Outgames 2nd International Conference on LGBT Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark
2008 Field Outreach Schedule - January 2, Consultation visit with Peter Laarman, PCU, Progressive Christians Uniting, Pasadena, CA
- January 7, "Ministry on the Margins" course on LGBT-faith matters, Cross-Cultural J-Term Course for Seminarians, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe, NM
- January 8 - 14, Institute for Welcoming Resources national leadership summit and work meeting, and Welcoming Church Program Leaders' retreat, Mayflower UCC, Minneapolis, MN
- January 17 - 21, Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, facilitator, co-sponsored training by MLP, LCNA and IWR, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Clearwater, FL.
- February 15 - 18, National MLP Board & Staff Meeting with celebration reception with local MLP members and friends, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe. NM
- February 27 - March 1, Strategy Retreat, Stony Point Conference Centeer, Stony Point, NY
- March 1 - 2, NYC field outreach
- March 5 - 10, Faith Based Community Organizing Training, Portland, OR; with Casades Presbytery organizing and MLP Community Event, March 9, Portland, OR
- March 15 - 17, Spirit of the Desert Presbyterian Church fellowship, preaching, education and community outreach, Palm Springs, CA
- April 26 - May 5, Equality Forum 2008, Philadelphia, PA; National Religious Colloquy panelist; MLP Exhibit; outreach to area churches, Philadelphia, PA
- May 31 - June 5, National LGBT Movement strategy meetings, San Francisco, CA
- June 6 - 10, Northside Presbyterian Church, Ann Arbor, MI, Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Rev. Chuck Booker-Hirsch and More Light Sunday observance, with church and presbytery outreach, Detroit, MI
- June 19 - 27, 218th General Assembly 2008, San Jose, CA
- July 1 - 23, Annual Study Leave and Vacation combination trip – England and Scotland
- July 25 - August 11, Midwest outreach with August 7 -10 Faith Based Community Organizing Training, Columbus, OH
- September 3 - 6, "Many Stories, One Voice" Leadership Conference, sponsored by IWR, WCPL and BEC, with a pre-conference RainbowCorps mission service project, New Orleans, LA
- September 19 - 21, Fall National MLP Board Meeting
- November 10 - 16, RainbowCorps New Orleans 2008, First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, LA
2007 Field Outreach Schedule - January 2 - February 2, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" Benefit Climb of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania for LGBT Equality & More Light Presbyterians
- February 16 - 19, National MLP Board Meeting & Retreat, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe, NM
- March 1 - 7, San Francisco/Bay Area regional organizing with More Light Sunday at First Presbyterian Church, Palo Alto; houseparty at the home of Mitzi Henderson, Menlo Park, educational forum at the home of Dave and Sally McClure, San Carlos, CA
- March 14 - 19, Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, Evanston, IL with Chicago area field outreach
- April 13 - 18, HRC Clergy Call for Justice & Equality at the Capitol, Washington, D.C.; Open Doors MLP Chapter, Takoma Park Presbyterian Church, Takoma Park, MD; Bethesda Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, MD; and houseparty at the home of Madeline Jervis, Arlington, VA
- April 28, Equality New Mexico Celebration, Albuquerque, NM
- May 1 - 5, Community House Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, MLP Film project work with Pittsburgh Presbytery field outreach, Pittsburgh, PA
- May 6, P-FLAG Chapter LGBT Scholarship Community Event, Santa Fe, NM
- May 12 - 21, First Presbyterian Church, Waltham; Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, Boston, MA
- June 1 - 4, OutFront Arizona Conference, Phoenix; Grand Canyon Presbytery outreach; More Light Sunday, June 3 with Celebration of Life Presbyterian Church, Mesa, AZ
- June 8, LGBT Class & Forum, Cross-Cultural Institute, Ghost Ranch Conference Center, Santa Fe, NM
- July 19 - 31, First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, IN; Mount Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, OH; Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, Columbus, OH
- August 20 - 25, Institute for Welcoming Resources, NGLTF and Welcoming Church Program Leaders' Summit, Minneapolis, MN
- August 29 - September 2, National MLP Conference Atlanta, North Decatur Presbyterian Church, Decatur, GA
- September 7 - 10, LGBT Bishops & Elders' Council National Conference and Summit, Sarasota, FL
- September 20 - 24, Central Presbyterian Church's 50th Anniversary Celebration, Louisville; National MLP Board Meeting & Retreat, Louisbille Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY
- September 26 - October 4, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, CT; Presbyterian Promise, Hartford & New Haven, CT field outreach; First Presbyterian Church, New Haven, and First Presbyterian Church, Hartford
- October 11 - 15, NCOD Rally at UI Champaign/Urbana; Coming Out for More Light Celebration, McKinley Memorial Presbyterian Church & Campus Ministry, Champaign, IL
- October 18 - 21, Faith-Based Community Organizing Training, Santa Fe, NM with LGBT-affirming all-community worship and reception hosted by More Light Presbyterians
- November 10 - 12, Consultation with pastors and elders at University Presbyterian Church, Baton Rouge, LA
- November 12 - 19, RainbowCorps' New Orleans mission trip with a community reception for LGBT and ally faith leaders, New Orleans area churches; worship visit and presentation, First Presbyterian Church, New Orleans, LA.
- December 4 - 7, MLP DVD Film Project interviewing and filming visit, St. Mark’s Presbyterian Church, Tucson, AZ
Michael J. Adee, M.Div., Ph.D. Executive Director & Field Organizer, More Light Presbyterians, the National LGBT Equality Network in the Presbyterian Church (USA), Founding Board of the Institute for Welcoming Resources, Out Gay Athlete and Elder, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe, New Mexico Michael has been working in the LGBT community and the HIV-AIDS Community since 1988. A human rights/gay activist and an educator, Michael works for the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons in society and in faith communities. He earned his Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Communication from Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.
Having served as a college professor in Louisiana, Kentucky and Ohio, he has also been a hospital and hospice chaplain, bereavement counselor, campus minister, diversity consultant, tennis coach and a teacher/relief worker in Zimbabwe, Africa. Michael served on the founding Board of Directors of Friends For Life, the Baton Rouge AIDS Task Force and as their first volunteer communications director. He served as a buddy and volunteer trainer for AVOC, AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati and as the Executive Director of Stonewall Cincinnati, and program developer for Cincinnati PFLAG..
Michael is the former Executive Director of The Experience, a national LGBT educational/wellness organization, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has served on the Board of Directors of The Coalition for Equality in New Mexico and for the Santa Fe Human Rights Alliance. He is a member of Santa Fe PFLAG and the first openly gay elder, First Presbyterian Church, Santa Fe. He began his work as the National Field Organizer for More Light Presbyterians in 1999.
In addition to his community leadership and service, he has received numerous awards and recognitions. These include: Outstanding Young Men of America; Outstanding Instructor and Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities at Louisiana State University; the Norse Leadership Society Award for Teacher of the Year, Northern Kentucky University; the National Community Service Award, Vitas Hospice, for his work as a hospice chaplain and bereavement counselor.
While working for equal rights, the full embrace of LGBT persons and for appropriate and compassionate care for persons living with HIV-AIDS, Michael has been a pioneer in his professional and personal life as well. Having been fired from his university teaching job at Northern Kentucky University for starting a LGBT Student Group on campus, he is the first and only person to have filed a grievance based upon sexual orientation in the history of that university. By bringing this grievance to the federal level, the Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Higher Education, Michael offered a challenge to the injustice faced by LGBT persons to the federal government.
During this same time, Michael became the first openly gay Elder, at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, and the first openly gay Elder in Ohio. An ecclesiastical judicial case was brought against the church for this and it went to the Supreme Court of the Presbyterian Church.
A noted speaker and teacher, Michael has spoken at hundreds of national, regional and local conferences and meetings, on college and seminary campuses and in communities of faith across the country. He weaves insight, compassion and humor into his presentations.
Over time, he has held memberships in and participated in the Wilderness Society, the Sierra Club, the National Organization for Women, ACLU, Amnesty International, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, the Human Rights Campaign, the Southern Law Poverty Center, Habitat for Humanity, and the United States Tennis Association.
In addition to being an activist and an educator, as an out gay athlete he has competed in tennis in the last four Gay Games, most recently in Chicago where he was a silver medalist and in the World OutGames in Montreal winning a bronze medal.
Michael believes in a world where every person is valued, every person has enough and where all persons have full, equal, human and civil rights. |
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