Tag: Religion and Churches

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov. 1, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Hundreds gathered on L. Ron Hubbard Way for a traditional celebration of the Day of the Dead to honor the lives of the departed with music, traditional dances and food. The festival was hosted by the Church of Scientology Los Angeles. The Day of the Dead is an ancient tradition in Mexico, now popular worldwide and celebrated from October 31 through November 2.

CLEARWATER, Fla., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 31, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- It had been more than a century since Florida's Pinellas County sustained a direct hit from a hurricane, but that changed on September 26, when Hurricane Helene tore through the area. Two weeks later, Hurricane Milton slammed through the county. Scientology Volunteer Ministers responded to help their community cope and recover from the impact of these unprecedented storms.

NOVARA, Italy, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 28, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With Novara hosting the 2024 World Rink Hockey Championships at the World Skate Games this September, Drug-Free World volunteers organized an outreach campaign to promote drug-free living. Using Foundation for a Drug-Free World's Truth About Drugs materials, the campaign raised awareness about the dangers of commonly abused drugs and encouraged athletes, fans, and local residents to commit to a drug-free lifestyle. The volunteers also invited them to join the drug education and prevention movement.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 26, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Patriotic Mexican Civic Committee held its annual Mexican Independence Parade in East Los Angeles, commemorating the historic speech delivered by Father Miguel Hidalgo in 1810. His words ignited the movement for Mexico's independence, ending three centuries of Spanish rule. The Way to Happiness Foundation's participation in the parade complemented the event's message of freedom and a better life for all.

MILAN, Italy, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Citizens Commission on Human Rights Italy (CCHR) demands an end to involuntary commitment and other human rights violations. Hundreds marched through the streets of Milan last month to the Milan Fiera City Convention Center, demanding that the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) annual congress implement the UN's October 2023 mental health guidelines.

SEATTLE, Wash., and LOS ANGELES, Calif. Oct. 3, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A one-of-a-kind exhibit just completed the Seattle leg of its American tour in September. Displays and films of Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit document the results of 40 years of investigation into the psychiatric industry and its human rights abuses. They expose the devastating results of psychiatric drugging of children and the stark relationship between psychiatric drugs and mass shootings.

JESENÍK, Czech Republic, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Oct. 2, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Storm Boris rampaged through Eastern Europe beginning 13 September, leaving unprecedented disaster in its wake. With 500 mm (20 inches) of rain in the Czech Republic's Northern Moravia region, it surpassed previous flood records. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala described the disaster as a "once-in-a-century flood." Rivers overflowed their banks, submerging entire villages.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., and WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 28, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- 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, features community activist Dr. Warees Majeed.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Thousands lined both sides of Hollywood Blvd. At the head of the parade was a 30-foot Salvadoran flag, proudly carried by volunteers who beckoned all to join them at the end of the parade route for a Salvadoran festival on L. Ron Hubbard Way. This was the first of several events planned by the Church of Scientology Los Angeles.

ATHENS, Greece, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 25, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Citizens Commission on Human Rights Greece brought the Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit to Athens in September 2024. The exhibit exposed the truth about psychiatry, the dangers of so-called psychiatric treatments, the harmful medications they promote, and the threat to the human rights of those trapped in the system. The passage of a new mental health bill increased the urgency of educating the people of Greece to protect them from abuse.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 19, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Police, nonprofits and community leaders gathered at the Church of Scientology community hall in Nashville, Tennessee, to mark Drug Overdose Awareness Day with a united effort to raise awareness and combat the overdose epidemic.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 12, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Church of Scientology Los Angeles hosted a World Humanitarian Day celebration and awards ceremony to honor men and women whose work empowers the county's Latinx community. Some 200 languages are spoken in Los Angeles County, and more than a third of county residents were born outside the United States.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 11, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- L. Ron Hubbard Way was transformed into a cultural festival last week, bringing the rich heritage of Hildago to life in East Hollywood. The celebration showcased the vibrant crafts, traditional music, colorful costumes, dancing and authentic cuisine of the magical villages in the green mountains of Hidalgo, the state named for Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, known as the father of Mexican independence.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Sept. 3, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Young members of Inner-City Shakespeare Ensemble took a break from the Bard to perform a whimsical children's play. The production, organized by the Church of Scientology Los Angeles, was part of the family-friendly summer festival held on L. Ron Hubbard Way.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 29, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Danish chapter of Foundation for a Drug-Free World set up their new mobile drug education and prevention exhibit on Nytorv Square in the heart of Copenhagen. Volunteers from the Church of Scientology Denmark, which sponsors the program, welcomed a nonstop flow of visitors throughout the afternoon. As exhibit guests shared their experiences with the volunteers, their sobering stories confirmed the importance of the Truth About Drugs campaign.

QUERETARO, Mexico, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 27, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Narconon Mexico, the first Narconon ever established in the country, proudly celebrated its 26th anniversary with a special ceremony marking completion of expansive and newly renovated facilities in the heart of Pedro Escobedo Municipality where it all began.

PARIS, France, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 24, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- With the eyes of the world on Paris, and some 6 million gathered in the city and other host venues for the 2024 Olympics, Foundation for a Drug-Free World organized a massive distribution of drug education booklets. Hundreds of volunteers from Non à la Drogue, Oui à la Vie (No to Drugs, Yes to Life Association) were delighted to find broad-based support from individuals and groups eager to contribute to the cause.

OSAKA, Japan, Aug. 22, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A dramatic increase in the prescription of dangerous psychotropic drugs to Japanese children prompted Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Japan and a group of concerned holistic professionals to organize a daylong call to action at the Osaka International Convention Center. More than 1,000 attended the sessions and toured the "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit" to learn the cold, hard facts about psychiatry, its history, plans, practitioners, and the threat the industry poses to the country's children and future.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 14, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Purépecha people of the state of Michoacán, Mexico, are famous for their unique culture, food, crafts, pottery and textiles. Award-winning chefs from the region, flown to Los Angeles for the Flavor of Michoacán Festival, proved that their cuisine is beyond compare. The festival, hosted by the Church of Scientology of Los Angeles on L. Ron Hubbard Way, began with a Mayan ceremony that invoked the spirits of Earth to bless the occasion

NEW YORK, N.Y., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., Aug. 10, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- As 52 bright young delegates filed into Conference Room 4 at UN Headquarters in New York for the 18th International Human Rights Summit, hundreds attending rose to their feet for a standing ovation. United for Human Rights organizes the annual summit and selected the delegates from among hundreds of applicants based on their stellar record of human rights advocacy.