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Special Event Announcement for September 29th

by Jackson Darling on September 22, 2011

Wondering about the state of LGBT rights?  What’s going on with the FAIR Education Act? What about marriage?  What is VFE doing about it  all and how do I fit in?

Join Dave Fleischer and the Vote for Equality staff for

The State of Our Strategy

A briefing on the evolving 2012 LGBT political climate and how Vote for Equality and the Leadership LAB fit into that picture.

Thusday, September 29th 6:30 – 8pm @ The Village
1125 N. McCadden Place Room 111, Hollywood 90038
Followed by VFE’s Night of Action in Room 108 to enter data and prepare for future canvasses.

At this briefing, staff of the Leadership LAB (of which Vote for Equality is a part) will give an update about the current political climate, including a discussion about the evolving battleground around the FAIR Education Act in California.  We will present on some of the findings from our 2011 research measuring the impact of ads and messages on voters in the field. We will also discuss our next steps and how the evolving climate will affect our choices moving forward.

Can you join us?  Email me to sign-up at jdarling@lagaycenter.org
 Want to bring friends or a group of friends?  That’s great! Give us a heads up in advance so we’re prepared.

Don’t forget Vote for Equality’s first canvass focused on talking to voters solely about the FAIR Education Act!
Door to Door Canvass at Occidental College
Saturday, September 24th 9:30am – 3:30pm
Campus Rd & Alumni Ave, Los Angeles 90038
Email me to sign-up at jdarling@lagaycenter.org and we’ll make sure you get all the final details.

VFE, of the LA Gay and Lesbian Center, is working to protect the FAIR Education Act as part of a broad coalition, including Equality California, GSA Network, people of faith, labor organizations, LGBT groups, disability rights advocates, racial justice organizations and many more who care about equality.

Thank you so much for your ongoing support and dedication!

Much love,
Jackson Darling
Project Manager, Vote for
Equality
Leadership LAB @ the Center
323-770-3605, jdarling@lagaycenter.org
www.voteforequality.org
www.facebook.com/VoteForEquality

Other ways to take action:
  • Volunteer at our Night of Actions to help us prepare for our canvasses and enter the data from our voter conversations. Every Thursday 6:30-9:30pm at 1125 N. McCadden Place #108 Hollywood, 90038
  • Volunteer as part of our Video Team as a videographer, video editor, production coordinator, and more. Email jklecha@lagaycenter.org
  • Invite your friends to volunteer with you when you come.
  • Donate to Vote for Equality to help us reach a $20,000 matching grant from the Task Force, awarded to help us build capacity.

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Anti-LGBT Ballot Measure Looming – Take Action Now

by Jackson Darling on August 17, 2011

Hello Vote for Equality volunteers!

As many of you have heard, extremist forces are organizing again to draw back valuable advances for LGBT people and our allies.  The recently passed FAIR Education Act, which rightly places the historic contributions of LGBT people and people with disabilities into history classes for the first time, may be up for a vote on the June, 2012 ballot.  The Center’s CEO Lorri Jean put it clearly when she said “all [the FAIR Act] demands is teaching the truth.  Nothing more.  But being honest about the diversity in our society frightens small-minded people.  Not only do they want to deny us our basic civil rights, they want to make us invisible.”  We are not invisible!

Just like they did during Prop 8 in 2008, the “small-minded” people working against us will create messages claiming that learning about gay people actually harms children.  We know this is ludicrous.  Learning about LGBT people is not harmful or inappropriate – it is an essential part of creating a safe learning environment in which children learn to respect each other and be proud of who they are and where they come from.

Unfortunately, if we’re not prepared, these ugly and misguided messages will again work to peel away our supporters and those whose support we hope to gain.  Many of those who vote against us are not small-minded and hateful; many of them will be with us if they hear from us in a thoughtful, compassionate and direct way.

That’s why we believe the most strategic thing we can do to maintain and advance LGBT rights, whether it’s the freedom to marry or access to fair education, is to talk directly with voters to learn from them.  We need to know which voters can be moved and how.  We need to know which voters support us no matter what and which of them will turn from us when they hear from our opposition. We need to know what we can say to bring them back to us in time for their vote.

If we preserve the FAIR Education Act in California we will be part of a game-changing victory for our community, but it’s going to be hard work and we absolutely cannot do it without your help and the help of your friends and family and coworkers.  Take action with us now and take a step toward a historic milestone for LGBT people.

Thank you for your continued involvement and dedication to this community.  Look below for more details about how you can get involved.

Love and Solidarity,

Jackson Darling
Project Manager, Vote for Equality
Leadership LAB @ the Center
323-770-3605, jdarling@lagaycenter.org
www.voteforequality.org
www.facebook.com/VoteForEquality

 

How can I take action?

  • Volunteer as a canvasser or videographerat one of our upcoming door-to-door canvasses to help us gather valuable data and persuade voters.
    • Saturday, August 20th 9:30am-3:30pm. Meeting and Training at East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice; 5117 Kinsie St. (between Cowlin and Atlantic) Commerce, CA 90040
    • Saturday, September 10th 9:30am-3:30pm. Meeting and Training Site at Bienestar; 5326 E. Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA, 90022
  • Volunteer at our Night of Actions to help us prepare for our canvasses
    and enter the data from our voter conversations.  Every Thursday 6:30-9:30pm at 1125 N. McCadden  Place #108 Hollywood, 90038
  •  Volunteer as part of our Video Team as a videographer, video editor, production coordinator, and more. Email jklecha@lagaycenter.org
  • Invite your friends to volunteer with you when you come.
  • Donate to Vote for Equality to help us reach a $20,000 matching grant from the Task Force awarded to help us build capacity.

 

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Impending Anti-LGBT Initiative

by Jackson Darling on July 27, 2011

LGBT youth in our state and across the nation is in a state of crisis. The suicide rate for LGBT youth is dramatically higher than their straight counterparts. But studies show that when LGBT history and leaders are taught in schools, bullying goes down by 60 % and the suicide rate is cut in half. And the great news is that Governor Brown just signed the FAIR education act, SB48, which adds LGBT history and leaders to the social sciences curricula of California public schools. The FAIR education will have the immediate impact of making our students safer, and the long term impact of raising a generation of more informed and tolerant youth. But our opposition is mobilizing to repeal the FAIR act through a ballot measure on the June 2012 ballot.
We have less than a year before California will vote on whether or not to repeal the historic FAIR act. Our opponents will make ads that insinuate that kids will become gay if they learn about LGBT people in the classroom, which is a tactic that works for them every time. We NEED YOUR HELP to figure out a pro-tolerance message that will be compelling enough to overcome parents’ fears.

Please join us at our next volunteers events:
CANVASSES
August 6th and August 20th – Downey, specific site TBD

Night of Action – Thursday Nights 6:30 – 9:30 – 1125 N. McCadden Place

Second Contact Phonebank – 8/9/11 6:30-9:30

Peace and Love,

Elizabeth at VFE

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July update!

by Jackson Darling on July 6, 2011

To our supporters,

This July, we are continuing our exciting door – to – door work to win new supporters for marriage equality. Every day our volunteers go out, we learn from the experience and collectively become stronger fighters against homophobia. Please join us for our upcoming canvasses! It’s a great way to reach out to people while also learning and growing yourself.

The two canvasses for this month are:

Saturday, July 9th 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM

Training Site:
East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice
5117 Kinsie St, Commerce 90040
(In between Cowlin and Atlantic)
For questions or to arrange a carpool, please contact Saj at (301)204-5006

Saturday, July 23rd 9:30 AM – 3:30PM

North East LA (address TBD)
For questions or to arrange a carpool, please contact Saj at (301)204-5006

Love from,

Elizabeth at Vote for Equality

P.S. We are working hard to increase our base on facebook! Please check out my note to learn how to help :) thanks

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New York Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage

by Jackson Darling on June 24, 2011

Hi Vote for Equality Volunteers,Today the New York state senate passed marriage equality with a vote of 33 to 29! This is a historic day for the LGBT movement. Today’s vote and passage of marriage equality enables more than double the amount of same-sex couples to marry here in the U.S.The passage of marriage equality in New York will have a significant impact on our work in the coming months as we continue to fight for marriage equality here in CA and across the country.

Below is a statement issued by the Center’s Chief of Staff :L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Salutes New York’s
Marriage Equality Victory

LOS ANGELES, June 24, 2011–Following today’s 33-29 vote by the New York Senate to legalize marriage for the state’s same-sex couples, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Chief of Staff Darrel Cummings issued the following statement:  “All of us at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center applaud the New York legislators who voted for fairness and equality and we celebrate and salute the accomplishment of all those who worked so hard to make New York the sixth state, along with Washington, D.C., to allow same-sex couples the freedom to marry. It’s not just the Empire State where we’ve defeated the forces of bigotry; we’re winning across the land. Despite the lies and scare tactics employed by anti-LGBT activists, recent public opinion polls show that a majority of Americans support the right for same-sex couples to marry.  So, while the joy of this victory lightens our hearts, let the weight of this moment strengthen our resolve to win the freedom to marry here in California and in all 50 states!”  

- Justin
 
Justin Klecha
Field OrganizerLeadership LAB
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
The Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N McCadden Place Los Angeles, CA  90038-1212
 
323-860-7357 | 323-308-4443 (f) | 207-217-7183 (m)
Visit us on the web at www.lagaycenter.org.

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