JRC Monthly Community Action Meeting TOMORROW @ LUCY FLORENCE
Rodney Nickens
Please join us at the Lucy Florence Cultural Center in Leimert Park
TOMORROW January 27, 2011 from 7-9PM to rejoice in our success in the
annual Kingdom Day Parade. We had over 100 out Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender brothers and sisters and Allies in our LGBT Stride for
Justice parade contingency and we could not have done this without the
help of our coalition partners: Here to Stay, Black Lesbians United
(BLU), Los Angeles Black Pride (ATB), In the MeanTime Mens Group, Vote
for Equality and most importantly our individual contributors.
At our meeting we will discuss what has happened over the past 3 years
with the parade and discuss our survey results from the parade
participants. We will also facilitate a breakout session to solicit
community feedback about what Black LGBT programming we would like to
see in LA in the future. Please join us as we reflect upon the
President's State of the Union address and what it means in our
community and reveal several other important announcements! We hope to
see you there! Refreshments will be served.
Sincerely,
RKNJ
--
Rodney K. Nickens, Jr.
Jordan/Rustin Coalition
Field Organizer
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"And as with so many movements, it was also something more: It was at
this defining moment that these folks who had been marginalized rose
up to challenge not just how the world saw them, but also how they saw
themselves. As we've seen so many times in history, once that spirit
takes hold there is little that can stand in its way. And the riots at
Stonewall gave way to protests, and protests gave way to a movement,
and the movement gave way to a transformation that continues to this
day. It continues when a partner fights for her right to sit at the
hospital bedside of a woman she loves. It continues when a teenager is
called a name for being different and says, "So what if I am?" It
continues in your work and in your activism, in your fight to freely
live your lives to the fullest."
~President Barack H. Obama