Kate Kendell (NCLR), Candace Gingrich (HRC), ACLU, GLAAD, PFLAG, GLSEN, The Task Force, JoinTheImpact.com, and other LGBTQ equality movement leaders are banding together with visionary media makers and Web 2.0 gurus for a groundbreaking event in San Francisco and around the globe tomorrow, WED 4/22 at 6pm pacific.
A LIVE WEB / TELEPHONE EVENT, ACCESSIBLE FROM ANY COMPUTER OR TELEPHONE.
ARE YOU IN SAN FRANCISCO? ATTEND THE BROADCAST LIVE AT THE BAY AREA VIDEO COALITION (BAVC).
WHAT:
The first ever National LGBTQ Equality StorySummit.
Created and hosted by NoDumbQuestions.org
WHY YOUR AUDIENCE CARES:
As LGBTQ people, family, or allies, one of the most powerful tools we have for achieving LGBTQ equality is our stories. But how? What do people need to know about me? And how can I use video and Web 2.0 technologies to help share my story and further LGBTQ equality?
WHEN: Wednesday April 22, from 6-7:30pm pacific time
WHERE: Bay Area Video Coalition (2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd floor @ Bryant, SF, CA)
WHERE ELSE: anywhere in the world, on your computer or telephone
WHO:
LGBTQ equality, storytelling, film, media, and technology leaders from around the U.S.
"How to use Web 2.0 and storytelling" presentations from:
- ALL of the major national LGBTQ organizations (HRC, GLAAD, Task Force, PFLAG, Out and Equal, NCLR, National Black Justice Coalition, and more).
- Leaders in using storytelling, film, and/or Web 2.0 for social change: JoinTheImpact.com, ACLU, Working Films, BAVC, and the Independent Television Service (ITVS)
- Individual youth, ally, transgender, and LGB activists
Speaker highlights:
Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights ***
ATTENDING BAVC EVENT IN SAN FRANCISCO
Candace Gingrich, (sister of Newt Gingrich), HRC
Matt Coles, LGBT Director, ACLU
Selisse Berry, Executive Director, Out and Equal Workplace Advocates
StorySummit is created and hosted by:
Melissa Regan, Sundance award-winning filmmaker, NoDumbQuestions.org
For more info, contact:
Melissa Regan
tel: 650-520-5220
melissa@melissaregan.com
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