Unite+Fight EAA Midwest Conference Friday, March 12th, 2010 at 7:00pm - Sunday, March 14th, 2010 to 10:00pm (CT) Columbia College Chicago

Location Columbia College Chicago Various buildings. 600 S. Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60605 Website Add to Calendar    Outlook Calendar    Google Calendar    Yahoo Calendar    iCal Calendar Share with Friends Hosted By Unite+Fight Midwest Coalition (list of participating organizations and their websites)  Contact Event Organizer Sponsors In an effort to create a positive impact in the lives of our community, our allies, and even our opposition, Join the Impact Chicago has emerged. Our movement encourages the LGBTQ community not to dwell on the negativity surrounding the mistakes of the past, but instead, to look forward at what needs to be done now to achieve one national and universal goal: full equality for ALL. Through action-oriented events and inter-generational dialogue, LGBT Change examines the core issues facing our community in order to channel those priorities to our leaders. This grassroots initiative focuses on capturing anyone voicing the ideas that continue to activate change in the LGBT community.

Registration is Closed Please check back soon... Event Details   Unite and Fight: Strategizing for LGBTQ Equality  Midwest Conference March 12–14, 2010 Chicago's Columbia College Online registration closes Friday March 12 at noon   On Oct. 11, 2009, more than 200,000 activists marched on Washington, DC to demand full equality for all LGBTQ people in all matters of civil law in all 50 states. Today, many of us who mobilized for the march are organizing to build Equality Across America (EAA), a national network of grassroots activists, starting with a series of regional educational and strategizing conferences.  On the weekend of March 12–14 activists from across the Midwest will gather to discuss and debate how to achieve full federal equality while forming a strong regional grasnetwork. Proposed topics include:  Why We Need a National Grassroots Movement, Movement Strategy and Tactics, The ‘T’ is not Silent: Transgender History and Politics, Movement History: ACT UP, Lessons From the Black Civil Rights Struggle, Convincing the Democrats to Take Us Seriously, Taking on the Religious Right, and more. In addition there will be artists performing and showing their work, music, dancing and lots of time to hang out and socialize with other LGBTQ activists and allies in the region. Don't miss the opportunity to build unity and meet new activist friends in Chicago, March 12–14, 2010. Featuring:  Lt. Dan Choi, prominent activist against Don't Ask Don't Tell Staceyann Chin, Jamaican-born lesbian performance artist and poet Adam Bouska, photographer and creator of the "NO H8" campaign   ***************************************************************************************************************************************** Current students of Columbia College Chicago please email unitefightmidwest@gmail.com in order to register.   While events like this do have a significant operating cost, we believe these conversations should be open to all regardless of financial circumstance.  Please e-mail unitefightmidwest@gmail.com with "Solidarity Grant" as the subject heading if you are unable to pay the minimum registration fee. We will contact you with further details.   ******************************************************************************************************************************************* This event brought to you by a coalition of grassroots organizations working to increase communication and collaboration between activists in the Midwest. Current list of sponsoring organizations: Join The Impact Chicago LGBT Change Columbia College Office of LGBTQ and Multicultural Affairs Common Ground (Columbia College Campus-Based LGBTQ group) The Gay Liberation Network Equality Across America