PRESS RELEASES
Church of Scientology Activities
TORINO, ITALY •
The Community Civil Protection Volunteers of the Church of Scientology Torino—providing relief to the community for 17 years.
DAHKA, BANGLADESH •
Actor, model and former Lakme Miss Kolkata and Miss India Universe, Sheena Chohan is an ambassador of Youth for Human Rights International and is committed to making human rights a reality.
HARLEM, NEW YORK •
A special ceremony marked the end of the first holiday season for the Scientology Church and Community Center of Harlem. The Church of Scientology Harlem followed its New Year’s celebration with the first wedding of 2017 in their Chapel on 125th Street in New York.
TURIN, ITALY •
How one Scientologist thanks those who reach out to help him and makes them feel at home in his city. On a six-month trip to India and the Far East in 1985 in search of spiritual answers, Carlo Piccato found Scientology.
SOUTH LOS ANGELES •
Education, or lack of it, plays a significant role in many family issues and nearly every inner-city social problem. The Church of Scientology Community Center is offering tutoring and tutor training to anyone who wants to help empower the neighborhood.
TSHWANE, SOUTH AFRICA •
Extending Scientology religious technology and the help of social betterment and humanitarian programs to South African tribal leaders As with cities across the globe, the Church of Scientology Pretoria rang in the New Year by screening the International Scientology New Year’s event.
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON •
Founded at the dawn of the Scientology religion, the Church of Scientology Seattle celebrates 60 years of service to the state of Washington. The Church of Scientology Seattle marked its 60th anniversary with a celebration that looked back on six decades of service to the community.
ATHENS, GREECE •
With tempers taut over austerity measures and a crippling seven-year recession, volunteers from the Church of Scientology Athens urge common sense with a nonreligious moral code that can help people turn their lives around.
ENCINITAS, CALIFORNIA •
Hispanic drug prevention conference draws record numbers, informs parents on how to help their kids avoid drugs, gangs and teen pregnancies.
MOSCOW, RUSSIA •
At the “Music is Timeless” concert and festival at the Church of Scientology Moscow December 18, artists from 12 distinct ethnic traditions performed a living demonstration that music can unite peoples and transcend cultural differences.
SAN DIEGO •
The Church of Scientology of San Diego launched a series of community forums on International Human Rights Day.
TURIN, ITALY •
"Contemporary Forms of Anatheism," a conference at Palazzo Lascaris in Turin, Italy, organized by the Buddhist Information Center of Giaveno and the Church of Scientology, brought together religious experts and representatives of diverse religious traditions to explore anatheism, "a mystical ground.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
Music and fun for the entire family marked downtown Clearwater autumn block party organized by the Church of Scientology There was dancing in the streets in downtown Clearwater November 5 at a block party sponsored by the Church of Scientology Flag Service Organization and the Church’s Information C
ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA •
With nearly 5,000 Mongolian students trained on the Youth for Human Rights curriculum, Mongolia’s National Human Rights Commission plans countrywide implementation.
NEW DELHI, INDIA •
One man’s work to uplift the people of his country with The Way to Happiness New Delhi businessman Rohit Sharma was deeply troubled by the moral collapse in his country: rape cases doubled between 1990 and 2008 and murders have more than tripled over the last 60 years.
VENICE, FLORIDA •
Somatics LLC comes under scrutiny amid heightened controversy over ECT (electroconvulsive treatment).
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
With 8.4 million children prescribed psychiatric drugs in the U.S. alone, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) Florida is calling on the FDA to investigate drugging for so-called ADHD.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE •
United for Human Rights Tennessee chapter organized an International Peace Day panel discussion at Church of Scientology Nashville.
RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA •
Rustenburg mayor invites the Foundation for a Drug-Free Word to address the city’s grade 12 students on the importance of living a drug-free life.
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA •
The Church of Scientology hosted a celebration of International Day of the Girl Child at the Fort Harrison, the Church of Scientology religious retreat in Clearwater.