Tag: Church of Scientology International

SEATTLE, Wash., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 29, 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, announces a new episode featuring anti-drug activist Dave Scattergood, premiering May 29, 2024.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 28, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Church of Scientology is proud to announce the launch of Let's better the world, a new website dedicated to spreading awareness about crucial social issues through a collection of award-winning Public Service Announcements. The innovative platform hosts a comprehensive array of proven nonprofit campaigns that effectively curb drug abuse, instill tolerance, raise awareness of human rights and uplift morality across communities far and wide.

LOS ANGHELES, Calif., May 25, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientology Network's MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST, the weekly series spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists from around the world and all walks of life, announces an episode featuring professional classical trombonist Gianluca Scipioni, premiering May 28, 2024.

RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Brazil, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 23, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Nearly a month since torrential rains triggered flooding, submerging much of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Scientology Volunteer Ministers continue to help disaster response agencies cope with the unprecedented destruction. While media are reporting 150 people have perished from the flood, those on the ground report the casualty rate is far higher.

BAYAMON, Puerto Rico, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 20, 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, announces a new episode featuring Volunteer Minister David Lopez on May 22, 2024. VOICES FOR HUMANITY airs Wednesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

NEW YORK, N.Y., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 18, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientology Network's MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST, the weekly series spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists from around the world and all walks of life, announces an episode featuring world champion pizza maker Scot Cosentino, on May 21, 2024. MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 17, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientology Network's DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASE, the weekly series providing a platform for independent filmmakers to air films on important social, cultural and environmental issues, presents the documentary "Soul On Ice: Past, Present and Future" on May 17, 2024.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 16, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientologists, neighbors and guests gathered at an outdoor auditorium at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles Saturday, May 11. They filled Scientology Churches up and down L. Ron Hubbard Way in East Hollywood for a dinner and awards ceremony to honor top-producing Dianetics auditors and disseminators, celebrate the 74th anniversary of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and launch the book's diamond anniversary year.

COFFS HARBOUR, New South Wales, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 15, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Every April, Sikh communities around the world celebrate the Sikh faith festival of Vaisakhi with a procession known as Nagar Kirtan. The religion holds that everyone is equal in the eyes of God and must be treated with respect and equality. This is why the Singhs Social Motorcycle Club of Australia (Singhs SMC) joined forces with United for Human Rights New South Wales, a human rights campaign supported by the Church of Scientology, to raise awareness of an important human rights issue affecting Australians.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 15, 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, announces a new episode featuring anti-drug activists Lucy and Salomon Dabbah on May 15, 2024.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 14, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientology Network's MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST, the weekly series spotlighting the everyday lives of Scientologists from around the world and all walks of life, announces an episode on classical Egyptian dance performer Serena Ramzy, premiering May 14, 2024. MEET A SCIENTOLOGIST airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Scientology Network.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah and LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 13, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Scientology Network's DESTINATION: SCIENTOLOGY, the weekly travelogue series that takes viewers inside Scientology Churches all around the world and discovers what makes each one unique, presents an episode featuring Salt Lake City, Utah on May 13, 2024.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 9, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Untold millions have benefited from L. Ron Hubbard's perennially best-selling "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" since it was first published on May 9, 1950. As the book's diamond jubilee year begins, "Dianetics" is still startling and new to anyone reading and using it for the first time. And the reason is simple. As Mr. Hubbard stated at the beginning of the book, "Dianetics is an adventure. It is an exploration into Terra Incognita, the human mind, that vast hitherto unknown realm half an inch back of our foreheads." And with the Dianetics Seminar available at Scientology Churches and Missions the world over, it is easier than ever before to experience that adventure.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 2, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- An ensemble of 22 kids proved "Rock and Roll is Here to Stay" with their high-energy rendition of Grease [PG] at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles last week, produced and directed by Inner City Shakespeare Ensemble Founder and Executive Director Dr. Melanie Andrews.

LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 30, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Millions from across the country and around the world visit Hollywood each year, and among the district's unique attractions is the L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition which celebrated its 33rd anniversary this month. The museum presents the panorama of Mr. Hubbard's extraordinary life. With expertise in so many varied disciplines, he has been described as a man who lived 20 lifetimes in the span of one.

BARLETTA, Italy, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 27, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- A group known as Say No to Drugs (Dico No Alla Droga) has been active in drug prevention for more than 15 years throughout Puglia, the region that forms the heel of the boot of Italy. Joined by a corps of volunteers from the Church of Scientology Mission of Barletta, they contacted businesses and briefed individuals on the Truth About Drugs campaign to help kids decide to live an active, drug-free life.

NASHVILLE, Tenn., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 22, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Help is a central concept of the Scientology religion. In a lecture delivered by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1958, he said, "the biggest right there is, is not the right to vote, is not the right to freedom of speech or press or religion or anything else. The biggest right there is in human rights is the right to help."

SYDNEY, Australia, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 18, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- The Psychiatry: An Industry of Death Exhibit, produced by Citizens Commission on Human Rights International, was held at Embassy Conference Centre on George Street in Sydney as one of the first phases of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights Psychiatry: An Industry of Death 2024 World Tour. Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) is an international mental health watchdog founded in 1969 by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology.

SEATTLE, Wash., and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 18, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Public Health Seattle King County reports 1,060 overdose deaths involving fentanyl in 2023 - up nearly 50 percent from 2022. For World Health Day 2024, Seattle's Church of Scientology invited a representative of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to shed light on the crisis.

FLORENCE, Italy, and LOS ANGELES, Calif., April 17, 2024 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Forced treatment, threats, restraints, crippling sedation: Despite past reforms, the horrors of the past are still stark facts of life for those caught in Italy's mental health system. This was the theme of a demonstration at the 2024 Congress of the Schizophrenia International Research Society in Florence. Both events were organized by Citizens Commission on Human Rights, a mental health watchdog founded in 1969 by psychiatrist Thomas Szasz and the Church of Scientology.