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NATIONWIDE DOMA PROTEST | JANUARY 10, 2009
ORGANIZER CONTACT INFO
TIME & LOCATIONEVENT DETAILS
<elizabethwest@riseup.net

carrollel@appstate.edu>		<Sat. Jan 10, 6 -- 9 pm Jones House on King Street in Downtown Boone, NC>HAPPY NEW QUEER!
Come celebrate with us on Saturday, January 10, from 6pm to 9pm at the Jones House on King Street in downtown Boone. GLBTQ folks and straight allies will be getting merry, socializing, and networking for a year of queer visibility, community building, and organizing. Please plan to come and bring a friend with you. Light food and drinks will be available, but feel free to bring some refreshments if you’d like to contribute. $10 donation encouraged, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Any extra money collected will support the efforts of Boone Impact, a local GLBTQA group formed after the last election to fight anti-gay legislation and policies with allies nationally and regionally.
For more information, contact us at booneimpact@googlegroups.com or
call 828-719-8206.
Help us spread the word! Thanks for your support.

Boone Impact


Even if you can't attend, you can still contribute to our goal of obtaining 1 MILLION SIGNATURES on the Open Letter to Obama (linked and explained here) asking him to keep his promises to the LGBTQ community. Some easy ways to get signatures on this letter are:

1. Take them to ally rich places such as gay bars, allied church and organization mtgs, college campuses

2. Print a copy and carry it wherever you go (work, class, meeting friends, family gatherings, etc)

3. Send the letter to everyone you know by email asking them to print it and get signatures and forward your email
4. Make sure you're using the official signature page please. It's important for legal and continuity reasons.

You can start collecting signatures today! They must be mailed by 1/12 for us to take them to Barack Obama. Adding your contact info is a great way to get volunteers to help you.


LIGHT UP THE NIGHT FOR EQUALITY | DECEMBER 20, 2008 | 5PM
WHAT IS IT?
On December 20th, we ask that you join us again for a nation-wide demonstration that will make an impact on the private sector. Candlelight vigils will be held at commercial centers in cities across the country in remembrance of the rights that once were for 18,000 marriages, and in honor of the rights that one day will be again - for EVERYONE.
HOW DOES IT WORK?

  • Please take to your local commercial district at 5PM--be it a shopping mall, outdoor financial center, you name it.
  • This will be a peaceful demonstration in the spirit of the holidays.
  • We'll dress alike: make or buy a "Second Class Citizen" t-shirt.
  • This will be the culmination of our National Food Drive for Equality event (see below for details)
WHAT WILL WE BE DOING?

  • Hosting peaceful candlelight vigils
  • We will stay silent unless asked a question, we will not yell, instigate, or bare signs. Instead, we will let our shirts do the talking and our candles pay our respects.Bring candles (battery powered if you'll be huddling inside).
  • Singing and/or silence encouraged...chanting is not....keep it peaceful and in the holiday spirit.

FIND YOUR NEAREST LIGHT UP THE NIGHT LOCATION
LOCATION (mall, shopping area, etc.)Organizer Contact InfoEvent Details
STILL NEED AN ORGANIZER - SIGN UP HERE IF YOU CAN HELP!


Organizing is easy, but if you don't have an organizer in your city, get a group of 5-10 friends together, print out the Light Up the Night Holiday Cards, and head to your local mall and start passing them out. Don't forget to keep count of how many cards you passed out. There will be a place to report the numbers soon!















GOT PHOTOS TO SHARE?GOT VIDEOS TO SHARE?GOT STORIES TO SHARE?

OUR CITY'S FOOD DRIVE
The Organization that we are going to support with donations <insert name of organization(s) here>

Organizer contact info <add your info here if you are interested in coordinating the food drive>



11/15 Rally:
Watauga County Public Library: 140 Queen Street
We convene at 1 pm; we begin our march toward King Street and Rivers Street at 1:30 pm

Jill Ehnenn
jehnenn@gmail.com
Elizabeth West
elizabethwest@riseup.net

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