Equality Across America Regional Midwest Conference

Featuring::

* Dan Choi, infantry officer in the US Army discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
* Adam Bouska, photographer and creator of the "NO H8" campaign

On October 11 2009, upwards of two hundred thousand LGBTQ activists and their allies converged on Washington, DC for the National Equality March, united around one demand: full equality in all matters governed by civil law in all fifty states.

The defeat in California convinced tens of thousands that the old strategy of fighting for LGBTQ rights on a state-by-state basis is no longer sufficient. That conviction was underlined by the post-march defeats in Maine and New York.

Full federal equality and civil rights can only come from the federal government. Besides, state-level victories are easily undone and will come to more conservative states much too far in the future.

How will we win full LGBT civil rights nationwide? Grassroots LGBTQ activists and allies must be at the center of figuring that out. Equality Across America, the network that organized the National Equality March, has called for a series of regional conferences aimed at developing a national strategy. The Midwest conference, with the working title, “Unite and Fight: Strategizing for LGBTQ Civil Rights and Equality” is scheduled to take place at Columbia College Chicago on March 12th through 14th.

You can get involved in the planning!

If you're in the Chicago area, meet with us on Saturday Jan 16th:
**more details in link below**
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=390808805507

If you're elsewhere in the Midwest, join us via conference call on Sunday Jan 10th:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=239124493845