What's Next for the LGBT Civil Rights Movement?
On October 11, 2009, over 150 students and other activists from all 5 Colleges and Western Massachusetts joined over 200,000 others as we marched on Washington, DC to demand FULL EQUALITY for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states NOW.
This was the debut of a new grassroots movement, proof that we can mobilize masses of people with little money, and that there is a new generation of civil rights activists tired of waiting for their rights and ready to struggle to win them!
But one march is not enough. We need you to get involved in building our era's civil rights movement. Join us as we report back from the march, share photos and video, and talk about the next steps. Everyone who supports LGBT equality is more than welcome to attend regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation!
This is our moment, so let's take advantage of it and build this movement until the politicians can no longer afford to ignore us. A couple of excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" sums it up well:
"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself...We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed...For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see...that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
WE WILL NOT WAIT; NO MORE DELAYS: GET INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS!
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On October 11, 2009, over 150 students and other activists from all 5 Colleges and Western Massachusetts joined over 200,000 others as we marched on Washington, DC to demand FULL EQUALITY for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states NOW.
This was the debut of a new grassroots movement, proof that we can mobilize masses of people with little money, and that there is a new generation of civil rights activists tired of waiting for their rights and ready to struggle to win them!
But one march is not enough. We need you to get involved in building our era's civil rights movement. Join us as we report back from the march, share photos and video, and talk about the next steps. Everyone who supports LGBT equality is more than welcome to attend regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation!
This is our moment, so let's take advantage of it and build this movement until the politicians can no longer afford to ignore us. A couple of excerpts from Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" sums it up well:
"Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself...We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed...For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with piercing familiarity. This "Wait" has almost always meant "Never." We must come to see...that "justice too long delayed is justice denied."
WE WILL NOT WAIT; NO MORE DELAYS: GET INVOLVED IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LGBT CIVIL RIGHTS!
equalitywmass.blogspot.com
Join our Facebook group
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