#2 Meeting Time: When: Wednesday, April 29th Time: 8:00pm Where: Ruby's BBQ Attention Austin we are holding our 2nd meeting to discuss and plan upcoming events. Please bring your updated thoughts, ideas, and concerns to keep the change going. Lobby Day 2009 March 2nd Make a difference in the State of Texas! Don't miss this opportunity to share your concerns and your lives face-to-face with the Texas lawmakers elected to represent you. Organizers: Location: Information: Equality Texas: Lindsay Marsh, Field Organizer Lindsay@EqualityTexas.org 512-474-5475 Texas Capitol 1100 Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 Opening Welcome Reception on Sunday, March 1st from 5:30pm to 7:30pm Doubletree Hotel Austin - University Area, located at 1617 North IH-35 Cash bar and free hors d'oeuvres Transgender Caucus on Sunday, March 1st from 7:30pm to 9:00pm Wildflower Room, Doubletree Hotel Austin - University Area, located at 1617 North IH-35 Lobby Day Schedule on Monday, March 2nd 8am – 9am Breakfast & Registration (First United Methodist Church, 1201 Lavaca St.) 9am - 10am Group photo & Press conference (Capitol South Steps) 10am – 11am Lobby Training (Capitol Extension Auditorium E1.004 11am – 12pm Team Lobby Visits (Assigned Capitol offices) 12pm – 1pm Lunch (Provided by Equality Texas @ First United Methodist Church); 1pm – 2pm Team Lobby Visits/Lobby Your Legislator (Assigned Capitol offices) 2pm – 3pm Thank you letters/debrief (Capitol Extension Auditorium E1.004) Where to Register: http://eqfed.org/eqtx/events/lobbyday09/details.tcl Lobby Day FAQs are located at: http://eqfed.org/eqtx/Lobby_Day_FAQ.html Freedom to Marry Day February 12th Event: Get Engaged for Marriage Equality Marriage License Counter Action When: Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 Where: Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector’s Office 5501 Airport Blvd Time:11am to 1pm Join us as we come together and demand our rights! We call on same-sex couples to come to the Tax Assessor-Collector’s office to demand their equal rights from state officials in masses. Same-sex couples who wish to marry and all who support them are invited to attend! Couples must bring both partners’ birth certificates and $71 in cash. Please RSVP so we can give you more information and coordinate our action. This is an Annual National Event happening in cities across the nation on Freedom to Marry Day! For more information go to www.jointheimpact.com To RSVP contact jointheimpactaustin@gmail.com Your ideas are not only welcome, but necessary! And it will be a gay time. Check out our new web site: www.jointheimpactaustin.com If you haven't already please join our mailing list at: jointheimpactaustin@gmail.com January 10, 2008

On January 10th, we will come together as one UNITED FRONT asking the LGBTQ community to join us in signing an Open Letter to President Barack Obama, during a NATIONAL DOMA PROTEST. This letter will remind President Elect Barack Obama of the promises he made to us. It will also serve as a pledge from our community that we will hold him to his promises and help him achieve them. We cannot just put up a letter online and ask that people sign it. We need to take to the streets. As we all know, VISIBILITY IS THE KEY TO EQUALITY! Outreach & Education Will End Discrimination. And we MUST Infiltrate, to Educate, and Stop Hate! This is why we CONTINUE to come together as a community and speak out about the injustices that exist nationally AND locally. Find out who is organizing a DOMA Protest in your area. If there isn't one, then volunteer to organize. If it's too hard to organize on short notice, then grab the Open Letter (coming soon) and take to the streets to gain signatures. We NEED 1million signatures by the end of the day! Once we have a minimum of 1million signatures, we will make certain that President Elect Barack Obama receives our letter on DAY 1!

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Location	Event Details
Austin City Hall	12:30pm Get & print the Open Letter.

On Saturday January 10th, Join the Impact is calling on Obama to fulfill his campaign promises for LGBTQ equality. We will take to the street once again to demand what we deserve.

People will be gathering in cities across the country at 12:30 pm (CST) to rally for the repeal of the discriminatory Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).

We will not stop with marriage. Obama needs to fulfill all of his promises. We need a trans-inclusive Employee Non-Discrimination Act to ensure sure that no one is fired from their job because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. We need comprehensive hate crimes legislation, the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell, and dedication to the fight against HIV/AIDS.

In an open letter to the LGBTQ community, Obama expressed his support for all of this. More recently, he has called himself a "fierce advocate" for the LGBT community. WE need to hold him to these promises. NOW is the time to push for what we deserve!