Welcome to the official SHORT PROMO Video (2 min) for National Affirming/PIE Day! PIE Day happens every year on March 14! Join our pie-loving hosts Stéphane and Pam as they introduce us to the background of the acronym PIE (Public, Intentional, Explicit), and what that means! This is a great primer for what all of the letters can mean! You can use this video for National Affirming/PIE Day, to promote your PIE event, or anytime during the year to explore how your Public, Intentional, and Explicit work and welcome for the LGBTQ2SIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Two Spirit, Intersex, Asexual, +) community can deepen and get reenergized! All are welcome to take part! Feel free to use any of our videos - all videos are completely free to download and stream. Our FULL LENGTH 15 minute video can be found here: https://vimeo.com/320966739 Our FIVE MINUTE promo video can be found here: https://vimeo.com/386553146 Our MINISTRY stories video (7 minutes) can be found here: https://vimeo.com/386554880 For more information and lots of free resources, visit: https://pieday.ca/ PIE Day was co-founded and brought to you by Affirming Connections and Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble: Affirm United/S'affirmer Ensemble: http://affirmunited.ause.ca/ Affirming Connections: https://affirmingconnections.com/ Video concept, script, and design: Pam Rocker and Julie Graham A huge slice of thank you’s to our hosts: - Stéphane Youdom @steph_abuleux and - Pam Rocker http://www.pamrocker.com/ Affirming Connections and its Director, Pam Rocker, produced this video to continue their mandate to strengthen and amplify the affirming actions of inclusive faith communities in the Calgary area, and beyond, and to be in the public square for issues of faith and justice. Affirming Connections is currently funded by St. Andrews Regional Ministries and the former Calgary Presbytery of United Churches. https://andychurch.org/ Main PIE Video Produced by: Downtime Productions, Calgary http://www.downtimeproductions.ca/ Producer/Director: Leah Nicholson About our PIE Video hosts: Stéphane Youdom: Stéphane is a mathematician, designer, artist, and playwright. His roots arose from a beautiful village in the west Cameroonian mountains called Batié. As a racialized, queer, non-gender conforming individual, he knows there is much to be done, and his Christian faith fuels his work. He has worked with Vielbunt and Homosexuel und Kirche, two associations dedicated to educate people about the LGBTQ2S+ in Germany, Rainbow of Africa - an afro- Caribbean LGBTQ+ association in Montreal, and Francoqueers de l’Ouest in Edmonton, Alberta. Pam Rocker: Pam is an atypical activist, award-winning writer, musician and speaker. Pam is most well known for bridging the imposed binaries of queer and faith identities, by working alongside faith leaders and communities who want to become more Affirming, and working with queer folks who desire to practice their faith and to live in the fullness of their identity. She has been doing this work for almost a decade. * If our videos and resources have been helpful to you, consider a donation to Affirm United or Affirming Connections!