Join the Impact - Protest Proposition 8! {NYC}
(as well as Proposition 102 (AZ), Proposition 2 (FL) and the Arkansas Adoption Ban)

Join the Impact is a group that is organizing protests nation-wide against the anti-gay propositions that were passed on Tuesday. Proposition 8 of California, Proposition 102 of Arizona, and Proposition 2 of Florida all banned gay marriage. The Arkansas Adoption Ban prevents unmarried couples from adopting children, and supporters have made it clear that this was aimed towards gay couples.

Join the Poster Making Fun at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Nov. 11,
8-10pm, in room 410.  See Center Calendar  for more info.

Questions?

For more information see below!

Tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters are in the streets in California and Salt Lake City and around the country protesting the votes banning same-sex marriage in California.

Join them! Make your voices heard right here in New York City.

Tens of thousands of our brothers and sisters are in the streets in California and Salt Lake City and around the country protesting the votes banning same-sex marriage in California.

Join them! Make your voices heard right here in New York City.

Read this great article by the Center's Executive Director, Richard Burns:  "Gay Rights and Reproductive Rights: Why Don't People Get the Connection?" (Huffington Post, November 11, 2008). Then learn more about Causes in Common.

http://www.goleft.org/index.php/activists/entry/618

GoLeft Star Activist Interview: Ricardo Martinez

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Message from Jennifer Nedbalsky from the Grass Roots Media Coalition and organizer of the Election Day Activities which culminated with the Election Night Party at the Center.  

Dear friends at the LGBT Center,

Thanks to everyone who turned out for The Center's election night party, and the entire day of election events with GoLeft.org, The Brecht Forum and the NYC Grassroots Media Coalition. It was an inspiring day and an energizing evening.  But we still have our work cut out for us.

It’s 10:38 and the momentum is dying down. People are still here, and nearly every seat is filled, however every inch of the room is not occupied – conversation around me is shifting to family and work life,  hot women and men, TV, music, how many beers were crushed over the Halloween weekend -- most people are zoned out, or sporadically clapping when CNN is on, and the pulsing vibrations of the music are off.

The LGBT Community is safe place where activism and justice are created, perpetuated and preserved, and the political atmosphere is not untouched in this space. In a city where rooftops and cozy apartments beckon individuals to partake in whiskey shots or cups of hot chai, the Center also opened its doors.

Well before the 6:30 start time, the Center's third floor is bustling with people of all ages, races and orientations. Folks are crowded around circular tables covered in deep purple cloths. In between the talking heads of the live broadcast of CNN -- projected on one of the soaring walls -- Bob Marley sang through the speakers: "Get Up, Stand Up..."