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- The State of
Equality -
A
Conversation on the
State of Equality in
North Carolina and in
the nation with
special guests:
Constance
McMillen, Christine
Sun and Dan
Fotou.
Sunday,
March 6, 2011 2:30 - 4:30
PM
The
Unitarian Universalist Church of
Asheville
1
Edwin Place, Asheville, NC
Panelist meet &
greet following event @
Pack's Tavern
Panelists:
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Constance made
national news in 2010 when she
challenged her Mississippi
school district's
discriminatory decision to
forbid her from brining her
girlfriend to her high school
prom. Constance's case set
off a storm of publicity and
she appeared on numerous news
and television shows including
CNN, CBS News, and The Ellen
Degeneres Show. Constance was
also named Glamour Magazine's
2010 Woman of the Year and was
Grand Marshall in New York
City's Gay Pride March.
Christine is Senior
Counsel for the ACLU. Christine
graduated with honors from NYU
School of Law in 1998 where she
was editor of the NYU Law
Review. She also clerked for
Judge Robert L. Carter, former
NAACP General Counsel who argued
Brown v. Board of Education.
Christine also helped write the
North Carolina anti-bullying
legislation that was passed in
2010. She has represented many
high profile clients, including
Constance McMillen. In June of
2010, Christine was named one of
“The Best LGBT attorneys under
40” by the LGBT Bar Association.
Dan is the
Regional Director for
GetEQUAL, a national LGBTQ
rights organization that
utilizes many tools to
work for equality,
including nonviolent civil
disobedience. He has
been arrested several
times for utilizing civil
disobedience, most notably
in 2010 when he chained
himself to the White House
Fence in protest of the
military's Don't Ask Don't
Tell policy with other
activists including Robin
McGehee and Dan Choi. Dan
also participated with
other activists in openly
challenging President
Obama's lack of leadership
on DADT when he and five
others heckled Obama at a
fundraiser in April of
2010.
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Join us
for a conversation on the
State of Equality in North
Carolina and in the
nation. We will be
discussing progress and
barriers in the fight for
LGBTQ equality on city,
state, and federal levels,
how each individual and
group can get involved to
help advance civil rights
and confront bigotry, and
how the LGBTQ community
can work together more
effectively to promote
social justice. Several
organizations will also be
onsite with information on
how you can get involved
in the fight for
equality.
Have
a question you want to ask
our panelists or a topic
you want discussed? Email
your questions or topic
ideas to GetEQ...@gmail.com
- This is a free event,
donations accepted at the door
For
more information or questions
contact
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A special
thanks to our sponsors:
Asheville
NOW
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