We are honored to have Lambda Legal’s Tara Borelli as our featured speaker this Sunday in midtown Atlanta. You have, no doubt, heard of all the marriage equality news recently and are probably wondering what this all means. Tara is the perfect person to break it all down for us!


Tara Borelli, Lambda Legal

Tara Borelli is a Senior Attorney in the Southern Regional Office of Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest national legal organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of LGBT people and people with HIV. Borelli’s work focuses on litigation seeking greater relationship recognition for same-sex couples, and strengthening antidiscrimination protections for LGBT people. She was counsel in cases seeking the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Virginia and Nevada, recently resulting in victories at the Fourth and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeals. Borelli currently represents couples in Georgia seeking access to marriage, and a widow seeking recognition of her marriage on a death certificate for the spouse she lost earlier this year to cancer.

We begin promptly at 2:30pm. After Tara’s comments, she will take questions till approximately 3:45pm. We will break for refreshments and then have an hour of support groups from 4pm to 5pm. If you are the parent of a lesbian, gay, bi or trans child or an LGBT person yourself, you are welcome to attend! We share our stories but do not counsel. Everything that is said within the group remains confidential.

Entry to the PFLAG meeting is from the building behind the church. From Peachtree Street or Juniper St, please walk halfway down 5th street to find our entrance from the parking lot.

When: Sunday, June 26, 2016 01:00 pm - 5:00pm

Where: St. Mark United Methodist Church (UMC) Church Bldg (entry from halfway down 5th St)

781 Peachtree Street NE Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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Free and plentiful parking is available in the St. Mark UMC on-site parking lot. Traffic is generally very light in town on Sunday afternoons. Look for signs to indicate parking locations during PFLAG meeting times. Parking entry from 5th street (elderly/disabled parking only) and from Juniper south of 5th St (general parking).

St. Mark UMC Map

ThFrom the North

Going South on I-75, I-85 or GA400

Take the I-75 and I-85 connector into downtown Atlanta. Take Exit 249D, North Avenue, turn LEFT at stop light. Go East on North Avenue to Peachtree St (four blocks). Turn LEFT (North) on Peachtree Street; go four blocks North to 5th Street. Saint Mark is on the right side, at the corner of Peachtree Street and 5th Street.

From the South

Coming from I-20 East or West, or going North on I-75 or I-85

Go North into downtown Atlanta on the I-75 / I-85 connector. Take Exit 249B toward Spring Street and West Peachtree Street. Follow signs to Peachtree Street (straight ahead). Go LEFT (North) on Peachtree Street; go five blocks North to 5th Street. Saint Mark is on the right side, at the corner of Peachtree Street and 5th Street.

By MARTA

We can also be reached by MARTA, Atlanta’s public transit system. Parking for less than 24 hours is free at many MARTA parking facilities.

By train:

Take a northbound or southbound train to the N3 station at North Avenue, then exit the station at the north end, go north two blocks to 5th Street, turn right and walk up two blocks to Peachtree Street. Saint Mark will be right in front of you.

By bus:

Route: 110 Peachtree St./”The Peach” runs north/south on Peachtree Street every 30 minutes weekdays and every 20 minutes Sundays.