Title: Viewing Party for \”For the Bible tells me so\”
Location: The Abbey
Link out: Click here
Description: Is the chasm separating Christianity from gays and lesbians too wide to cross? Is the Bible an excuse to hate?
Watch \”For the Bible tells me so\”
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2009-03-24
End Time: 21:30
Title: Protest against \”Don\’t Ask, Don\’t Tell\”
Location: Hollywood Blvd. & Vine St., L.A. (between Vine & Ivar)
Link out: Click here
Description: Join us to build momentum for repeal of \”Don\’t Ask, Don\’t Tell\” and show solidarity for all our service members.
Start Time: 12:00
Date: 2009-03-21
End Time: 14:00
Title: Viewing Party for \”Milk\”
Location: The Abbey
Link out: Click here
Description: Please join Equality Network as we host a viewing party for \”Milk\” - The story of California\’s first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.
Gay Rights Activist. Friend. Lover. Unifier. Politician. Fighter. Icon. Inspiration. Hero. His life changed history, and his courage changed lives.
In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into major public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans.
Academy Award winner Sean Penn stars as Harvey Milk under the direction of Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant in the new movie filmed on location in San Francisco from an original screenplay by Dustin Lance Black and produced by Academy Award winners Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen. The film charts the last eight years of Harvey Milk’s life.
While living in New York City, he turns 40. Looking for more purpose, Milk and his lover Scott Smith (James Franco) relocate to San Francisco, where they found a small business, Castro Camera, in the heart of a working-class neighborhood that was soon to become a haven for gay people from around the country. With his beloved Castro neighborhood and beautiful city empowering him, Milk surprises Scott and himself by becoming an outspoken agent for change. He seeks equal rights and opportunities for all, and his great love for the city and its people brings him backing from young and old, straight and gay, alike – at a time when prejudice and violence against gays was openly accepted as the norm.
With vitalizing support from Scott and new friends and volunteers, Milk plunges headfirst into the choppy waters of politics. He also mentors young street activists like Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch). Bolstering his public profile with humor, Milk’s actions speak even louder than his gift-of-gab words. Soon, he is known all across the city and even beyond, but his persistent determination to be a part of city government drives him and Scott apart.
While making his fourth run for public office, Milk takes a new lover, Jack Lira (Diego Luna). The latest campaign is a success, as Milk is elected supervisor for the newly zoned District 5. Milk serves San Francisco well while lobbying for a citywide ordinance protecting people from being fired because of their orientation – and rallying support against a proposed statewide referendum to fire gay schoolteachers and their supporters; he realizes that this fight against Proposition 6 represents a pivotal precipice for the gay rights movement. At the same time, the political agendas of Milk and those of another newly elected supervisor, Dan White (Josh Brolin), increasingly diverge and their personal destinies tragically converge.
Milk’s platform was and is one of hope – a hero’s legacy that resonates in the here and now.
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 2009-03-10
End Time: 23:00
Inspired by the “Camp Obama” trainings that powered neighbor-to-neighbor organizing across America in 2008, Camp Courage is an intensive two-day training designed to teach the principles and skills of community organizing to activists working to restore marriage equality to California.
Drawing on techniques honed for decades by progressive social movements, Camp Courage teaches empowerment, team building, leadership development, and grassroots organizing skills.
Camp Courage is designed primarily for new activists or those who have never engaged with the broader community about marriage equality as well as veteran LGBT activists and allies.
Start Date: 3-7-09
Start Time: 8:30 am
End Date: 3-8-09
End Time: 5:00 pm
Location: Spring and College, Downtown Los Angeles. End rally at City Hall.
Description:
Young people throughout the area are organizing this march to protest prop 8. How cool is that?
MISSION: We are a diverse group of LGBTQ youth and supporters raising awareness and breaking down barriers by marching for equality and empowerment.
THIS EVENT IS FOR HIGH SCHOOL LGBTQ YOUTH AND SUPPORTERS.
FOR YOUTH BY YOUTH.
March against homophobia, discrimination, abuse, forced homelessness of queer youth and for marriage equality!
They’re still looking for adult volunteers. Check them out for more information.
Start Time: Noon
Date: 3-22-09
End Time: 2:00 pm
Title: Live Broadcast of CA Supreme Court Hearings
Location: LA City Hall
Link out: Click here
Description: Los Angeles City Hall
Council Chambers (Rm. 340)
200 N. Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012
8:00 AM: Council Chambers doors open
8:30 AM: Program: City Officials, Attorneys discuss the case prior to historic oral arguments
9:00 AM-Noon: Live Tele-cast of the C.A. Supreme Court
No RSVP required.
For more info, email: sp-rsvp@lacity.org
Start Time: 8:00 am
Date: 2009-03-05
End Time: 12:00
On March 5th, lawyers on both sides will argue before the California Supreme Court on whether or not prop 8 should be overturned. On the evening before the arguments, grassroots groups across the area (including us) will be hosting our community at Olvera Street to send off our heroic lawyers, recommit married couples (gay and straight), and hear from the heartbroken unmarried GLBT couples who had their rights taken away. The event will culminate with a candlelight pledge to continue the fight and a march to the local California Supreme Court headquarters.
I suggest you come out…
Wednesday, March 4th - 5:30pm
Olvera Street, Downtown LA
(South of Cesar Chavez Ave, between N. Main St and N Alameda St)
Two blocks West of Union Station
TAKE THE METRO OR THE METROLINK TRAIN!
Join the facebook event page and stay tuned on the event webpage.
