Equality Camp - San Francisco Jan 3rd 2009!

What is EqualityCamp?

EqualityCamp will begin to plan Marriage Equality 2.0 so that all Americans and their families are treated equally under the law.

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Citizen Space, 425 2nd Street, 3rd floor, San Francisco, CA 94107

What is EqualityCamp’s goal?

• An inclusive, inspiring, integrated (web and on-the-ground) movement…

• with a clear, central gathering place online…

• with feedback loops to empower a grassroots movement that integrate with any formal campaign.

Who will attend?

Anyone who wants to help achieve the goal. From web 2.0 leaders to people who only use the Net for email, from gay/lesbian/bi/trans/queer citizens who want their full equality to straight allies. People we haven’t yet thought of. You.

Proposed Sessions

• Kicking some Digital Ass(ets): Effective ways to use some powerful tools (will focus on video and some text-based) {Cathy Brooks}

• Marriage Equality - not a GAY issue: Avoiding stridency and reaching out to non-gay supporters {Cathy Brooks}

• How we are gay the way Obama is black: being comfortable in your own skin, gay or otherwise, {Heather Gold}

• Netroots organizing techniques {Adina Levin}

• Connections between netroots organizing and other community organizing

• Obama’s secret sauce, social networking & voter file tools {Dan Ancona} …

For more info check out the official page of Equality Camp.

Crossposted via Lavender Liberal.

"The Honor Roll"

Thanks to the Achievement Gap we now have a listing called "The Honor Roll" which lists many who have supported marriage equality. These are famous individuals and organizations who deserve recognition for their contributions and efforts to preserve marriage for all. Of course everyone, whether famous or not deserves a thank you and a hug, but that list would be way too long!

* Brad Pitt - $100,000
* California Teacher’s Association, $1,312,998
* David Geffen, Dreamworks Studios, $100,000
* Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dreamworks Studios, $25,000
* TR Knight, actor, (Grey’s Anatomy), $100,000
* Pete Wentz and Fall Out Boy, $50,000
* George Lucas, $50,000
* Lucas Films, $50,000
* Chelsea Handler (E! talk-show host)
* Hotel Worker’s Union, $100,000
* Apple, $100,000
* Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google founders, $140,000
* Levi Strauss, $25,000
* PG&E, $250,000
* Ellen DeGeneres, $100,000 (airtime for No on Prop 8 PSA)
* David Hyde Pierce, actor (Frasier), $40,000
* Ron Burkle, former owner Ralph’s supermarket chain
* GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation), $172,081
* Bridget Fonda, actor, $200
* Jason Tam, actor (One Life to Live), $100
* Mary McCormack, actor (In Plain Sight), $200
* Gus Van Sant, director, $2,500
* Greg Berlanti, executive producer (Brothers & Sisters), $5,000
* George Takei, actor (Star Trek), $2,600
* Jonathan Murray, co-creator and executive producer of “The Real World”, $10,000
* Stephen Speilberg & Kate Capshaw, $101,000
* Pauley Perrette, actor (NCIS), $3,000
* Larry Maiman, owner Mani’s on Fairfax, $500
* Bruce Bastian, founder WordPerfect software, $1,000,000
* Stephen Bing, producer, $500,000
* Robert W. Wilson, $1,200,000
* David Bohnett, lawyer, $1,100,000
* David Maltz, $1,000,000
* John Stryker, $1,000,000
* Fred Eychaner, $675,000
* Williamson Capital, LP, $570,000
* Center Advocacy Project Issues PAC, $420,655
* Human Rights Campaign, $409,097
* LA Gay & Lesbian Services Center, $350,048
* Gill Action Fund, $350,000
* The San Francisco Foundation, $258,907
* CA State Council of Service Employees, $250,000
* James C Hormel, $250,000
* Esmond V Harmsworth, $225,000
* National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Action Fund, $212,998
* National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Inc., $187,675
* Equality California (Sponsor), $187,107
* David Ring, $105,416
* Democratic State Central Committee, $104,968
* Susan Orr, $102,186
* Robert Haas, $100,500
* Eugene La Pietra, Circus Disco, $100,000
* Henry Van Ameringen, $100,000
* Horizons Foundation, $100,000
* John August, $100,000
* Jonathan Lewis, $100,00
* Michael Huffington, $100,000
* Peter Lewis, The Progressive Group, $100,000
* SEIU General Fund, $100,000
* SEIU United Healthcare Workers West Political Issues Committee, $100,000
* Unite Here TIP State and Local Fund, $100,000
* Proteus Funds Civil Marriage Collaborative, $80,000
* ACLU of Northern California, $113,720
* Adam Lewis, $75,000
* Chuck WIlliams, $75,000
* Committee for a New Economy, $60,000
* Jennifer Rainin & The Rainin Foundation, $102,500
* Leonie A Walker, $51,000
* Carrie Farrell, Google, $50,360
* Anita May Rosenstein, $50,000
* CA Community Foundation Endowment, $50,000
* Frank Pond, $50,000
* James Johnson, $50,000
* Kate O’Hanlan, $50,000
* Kathy Levinson, $50,000
* Kazan, McClain, Abrams, Lyons, Greewood & Harley, $50,000
* M Quinn Delaney, Akonadi Foundation, $50,000
* National Center for Lesbian Rights, $50,000
* Service Employees International Union Local 1000 CA State Employees Association Issues PAC, $50,000
* Thomas Bombardier, MD, $50,000
* CA Nurses Association, $40,000
* Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry Action Network CA PAC, $29,638
* Democratic National Committee Federal Fund, $25,000
* Mayor’s Committee for Government Excellence and Accountability, $25,000