Marriage Town Hall Meeting April 2
Zakiya
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Caroline Dessert
(619) 497-2920, ext. 103
TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE CENTER, APRIL 2
What's Next for Marriage?
March 25, 2009 – SAN DIEGO – Join The San Diego LGBT Community Center, Thursday, April 2, 6:30-8 pm, at a Town Hall meeting to focus on the next steps in the ongoing fight for marriage equality. Partnering with Equality California, LGBT Centers across California are offering a series of Town Hall meetings on the future of the marriage movement.
The San Diego meeting will offer a public forum for discussion of the future of marriage, as well as updates on Prop 8.Kate Kendell of the National Center for Lesbian Rights will give the legal update, Geoff Kors of Equality Californiawill give an overview of what other LGBT equality legislation is moving forward in California this year and Marc Solomon of Equality California will discuss what the LGBT community might do next based upon how the Court rules on Prop 8. Additional speakers include Fernando Lopez of Marriage Equality USA, Sarah Beth Brooks of San Diego Equality Campaign and Zakiya Khabir of San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality.
Members of the community are invited to join in discussions about organizing in California, strategies for securing equal recognition at the Federal level, finding ways to keep community members and allies actively involved, and other issues of concern.
This event is co-sponsored by the ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, Bienestar, Bridges for Pride, Equality California, Human Rights Campaign, Marriage Equality USA, National Center for Lesbian Rights, North County LGBT Coalition, Planned Parenthood of San Diego and Riverside Counties, Pride at Work, San Diego Democratic Club, San Diego Equality Campaign, San Diego and Imperial Counties Labor Council, and SEIU 221.
Similar Town Hall meetings are being held at LGBT centers in cities across the state during the month of April. More specific information regarding the time, address and speakers for each Town Hall is available at: www.eqca.org/townhall.
For more information on the San Diego Town Hall meeting, contact Caroline Dessert at (619) 497-2920, ext. 103, orcdes...@thecentersd.org.
The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, Inc., (d.b.a., The Center) is the nation's second oldest and third largest LGBT community center. Functioning as the LGBT community's leadership organization, The Center is led by a 20-member board of directors, employs over 40 paid staff and utilizes more than 300 community volunteers. Incorporated in 1973 as a community-based, non-profit, 501(c) (3) agency, The Center has more than thirty years of experience as a health and human services agency. In 2008, The Center provided direct services to more than 25,000 community members and through its events, activities and advocacy, touched the lives of thousands more.
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