Sept 27th Nationwide Virtual Phonebank to Preserve Maine Marriage

Protect Maine Equality has a national day of action to protect marriage equality coming up. You can help out with their virtual phonebank no matter where you are in the country. As long as you have a phone and a computer, you are set to help phonebank. There are no long-distance fees and no dialing, the web software does it all for you.

From 9-5PM on Sunday, Sept 27th you can join the virtual phonebank and talk to Maine voters about voting NO on 1!

Please sign up on the following form, and an organizer will get in touch with you shortly.

Arizona's Wingspan LGBT Center Needs Your Help!

The economic hardships are hitting all sectors of the economy hard, and have been a particular cause of hardship for LGBT nonprofits such as queer community centers trying to stay afloat.

Wingspan has been serving Tucson's LGBT community since 1988 and with the economic downturn has come drastic cutbacks for the organization. The LGBT and straight supportive communities would sorely miss this center and it's vital services if the door's close on it, which is a very real possibility.

The group is desperately seeking volunteers to take the place of former paid staffers and also looking for any and all donations to help them continue to serve the community.

If you have a few extra dollars, donate to Wingspan or your local LGBT Community Center.

Crossposted via Bilerico Project.

Recruiting Volunteers to Help The Queer Agenda!

I just want to thank those who have heeded this posts call and have begun to help out. In particular Stephen, Seth, Mike, Vallan, Evilslutopia, Paula and many others of you have been adding entries on facebook, myspace, and your own blogs, and I want to thank you so much. Having you guys help spread the word is critical in two ways. 1. It allows more eyes to see the material, which results in more people taking action (emailing, writing, calling, boycotting, protesting, etc). 2. The less time I have to spend promoting the actions, the more time I have to find more information and action alerts, and put out more postings.

How can you help?

• There are different opportunities for people to help list each incoming post to different social networking sites like twitter, myspace, reddit, etc let me know if you would to be responsible for one.

• If anyone has talent making videos or graphics, perhaps you can get in touch and we can start working on this for specific campaigns. Videos can be uploaded to youtube and go viral, and graphics/banners can be placed on many pages, it would be a whole new way to promote our actions.

• Create your own entry on activism and different calls to action, and you could link and credit your site for such work. You could do as much or as little as you want, no obligations.

Thank you so much to those of you who have contacted me about helping out, or are already spreading the message in a variety of ways!

Thanks again for your loyal readership and committed activism, together we ARE making a difference!

Volunteer with "No on 8" for Election Visibility!

Volunteer for Election Visibility

Be part of the largest grassroots visibility effort California has ever seen. Be part of the thousands who are saying No to Proposition 8!

"Picture it: 10,000 people from Eureka to San Diego—standing together, waving signs and talking to voters. This is our moment to show California and the nation that we will not tolerate unfairness and inequality."

From Thursday, October 30 through Tuesday, November 4, we need 10,000 volunteers on the ground—5,000 on Election Day alone.

Election Visibility Sign-up Form

Volunteer to Defeat Florida Marriage Amendment

Throughout Florida there are opportunities from now until election day to volunteer with the No on Prop 2 campaign to defeat the so called "marriage protection" amendment.

2 Ways You Can Help

1 - Early Voting - Join us at early voting sites in your community and help us to educate voters about Amendment 2!

2 - Election Day Polls - Join hundreds of volunteers across Florida and work the polls in your community.

Work at a precinct in the morning (7:00-10:00 am), over lunch (11:00 am-2:00 pm) or afternoon (4:00-7:00 pm), or all three!

Date:
from 10/23/2008 8:00 am
to 11/4/2008 7:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Hosted By:
Vote No On 2 Campaign

Contact:
Tobias at 305-924-1899 with questions.

RSVP by:
November 4, 2008 at 12:00 pm (Eastern Time)

Volunteer With California's Vote No on Prop 8

Throughout the state there are numerous ways to help volunteer to defeat the upcoming marriage amendment that would take away the right of same-sex couples to marry. There are opportunities to help with phone banking, recruiting, and data entry for the No On Prop 8 Campaign. Please see the locations, schedule and contact info below...

Long Beach Events

Call (202) 577.3139 to RSVP for a volunteer shift in Long Beach.

Weekly NO on 8, Equality For All Volunteer Schedules

LONG BEACH

* Tuesdays 6:00-9:00pm Voter Recruitment Phone Banks

* Thursdays 6:00-9:00pm Voter Recruitment Phone Banks

* Sundays 5:00-8:00pm Voter ID Phone Banks

Los Angeles Events

Weekly NO on 8, Equality For All Volunteer Schedules

HOLLYWOOD
Call (323) 646.6958 to RSVP for volunteer shifts in Hollywood.

* Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm Volunteer Recruitment Phone Banks

* Tuesdays 5:30-8:30pm Gym Recruiting in West Hollywood

* Wednesdays 5-8:30pm Bingo Night Recruiting in West Hollywood

* Thursdays 9pm-12am Bar/Club Street Recruiting in West Hollywood

* Fridays 5:30-8:30pm Gym Recruiting in West Hollywood

* Saturday 10am-2pm Voter ID Phone Bank; 2:30-6:30pm Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank

* Sundays 9:30am-12pm In-Person Volunteer Recruiting in Hollywood; 11am-1:30pm Recruiting at Faith Services; 4-8pm Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank

Silverlake
Call (202) 329.8136 to RSVP for volunteer shifts in Silverlake.

* Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm Volunteer Recruitment Phone Banks

* Thursdays 10:30am-1pm In-Person Volunteer Recruiting in Downtown LA

* Every 1st/3rd Thursday 4:30-7PM In-Person Volunteer Recruiting in South Pasadena

* Saturdays 10AM-2PM Voter ID Bank; 2:30-6:30PM Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank

* Sundays 9:30AM-12:30PM Recruiting at Faith Services; 4-8PM Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank



San Diego Events

Call (619) 379-8585 to RSVP for a volunteer shift in San Diego.

Weekly NO on 8, Equality For All Volunteer Schedules

San Diego

* Tuesdays 6-9pm Phone Banks; ''Grocery Gurus'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 4-7pm; ''Gym Team'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 7-9am & 4-6pm

* Wednesdays 6-9pm Phone Banks; ''Grocery Gurus'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 4-7pm; ''Gym Team'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 7-9am & 4-6pm

* Thursdays 6-9pm Phone Banks; ''Grocery Gurus'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 4-7pm; ''Gym Team'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 7-9am & 4-6pm

* Fridays ''Grocery Gurus'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 4-7pm; ''Gym Team'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 7-9am & 4-6pm; Volunteer Appreciation Open House at Campaign HQ's 6-8pm

* Saturdays ''Club Crew'' In Person Volunteer Recruitment 9pm to 11:30pm; Phone Bank 10am to 2pm

* Sundays ''Brunch Bunch'' In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 10am-2pm; Faith for Fairness Outreach 9am to 12noon; Phone Bank 1pm to 4pm

* Data Entry: Every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11am-5pm per your schedule.


San Francisco Events

Call (530) 329.3501 to RSVP for a volunteer shift in San Francisco.

Weekly NO on 8, Equality For All Volunteer Schedules

SAN FRANCISCO

* Tuesdays 6:30-9:30pm Phone Banks; In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 6-9pm

* Wednesdays 6:30-9:30pm Phone Banks

* Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm Phone Banks; In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 7-10am

* Saturdays 10am-2pm Phone Banks

* Sundays 5-9pm Phone Banks; In-Person Volunteer Recruitment 11am-2pm & 3-6pm

Volunteer to Defeat Florida's Amendment #2

"Fairness for All Families and the VoteNoOn2.com campaign need you to volunteer at the polls on Primary Day - August 26th - and help defeat Amendment #2, the so-called "marriage protection" amendment.

Primary Day offers one of the best opportunities we'll have to educate voters. With widespread participation by you, your friends and family, we will take full advantage of this chance to talk to voters face-to-face about the harmful consequences of Amendment #2, the deceptively named "marriage protection" amendment.

Of course this amendment doesn't protect anyone's marriage. However, it does take away protections and benefits like healthcare from all unmarried couples - gay and straight.

Register today for a morning (7:00-10:00 am), afternoon (11:00 am-2:00 pm), evening (4:00-7:00 pm) shift, or all three! We'll provide you with training and the materials to have a successful Primary Day experience."

Click Here for Events and Phonebanks Throughout the State