Cc10 Program Book

ContentS
2 Schedule at a Glance
Welcome letters Live Large

3 4 5 9 From the Executive Director From the Conference Host Committee Greetings from Elected Officials Two-Spirit Open Letter
Founding SponSor
ConFerenCe SponSorS Anderson Prize Foundation
Conference information
11 12 13 15 16 19 General Info: Feedback, Childcare, Cyber Caf Spiritual Gatherings, Host Committee Services Host Committee,Thank Yous Creating Safe Space, Trans Etiquette Creating Accessibility Exhibitors
Conference events Think BIG

20 23 25 28 29 Plenary Programs Award Honorees Receptions, Meetings, Special Events Film Screenings Seminars
institutes, academy, Sessions, & Caucuses

31 Day-Long Institutes 37 Sessions By Topic 47 Academy for Leadership and Action Friday Sessions 57 Session 1 59 Session 2 63 Session 3 67 Session 4 69 Caucus/Networking 1 Saturday Sessions 73 Session 5 76 Session 6 79 Session 7 82 Session 8 84 Caucus/Networking 2
Media SponSorS
HoSpitality Suite SponSorS
national gay and lesbian task Force

88 Task Force Leadership Council 90 Task Force Board and Staff 91 In Memoriam
live large tHink big SCHedule at a glanCe

Wednesday, February 3, 2010
9:00am6:30pm Day-Long Institutes
thursday, February 4, 2010

9:00am6:30pm 7:00pm 7:00pm 8:00pm Day-Long Institutes First Timers Orientation Welcome To Dallas Reception Opening Plenary with Thomas A. Saenz, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
regiStration
Tuesday, February 2 6:00pm 10:00pm Wednesday, February 3 8:00am 10:00pm Thursday, February 4 8:00am 10:00pm Friday, February 5 8:00am 8:00pm Saturday, February 6 8:00am 6:00pm Sunday, February 7 8:00am 12:00 noon
Friday, February 5, 2010

9:00am10:30am 1 0:45am12:15pm 12:15pm1:30pm 1:30pm2:45pm 3:00pm4:30pm 4:45pm :15pm 6 6:30pm :30pm 7 7:30pm 7:30pm 8:30pm Workshop Session 1 Workshop Session 2 Lunch on your own Plenary Session with Rea Carey: State of the Movement Workshop Session 3 Workshop Session 4 Shabbat Service 12-Step Meeting Receptions and Evening Event Academy for Leadership and Action 3:00pm6:15pm Session 2 Academy for Leadership and Action 9:00am12:15pm Session 1
Caucuses and Networking Sessions
Cyber CaF HourS

Thursday, February 4 through Sunday, February 7 Same as registration hours
Saturday, February 6, 2010

9:00am10:30am 1 0:45am12:15pm 1 2:15pm1:30pm 1:30pm2:45pm 3:00pm :30pm 4 4:45pm6:15pm 6:30pm :30pm 7 7:30pm 8:00pm Workshop Session 5 Workshop Session 6 Lunch on your own Plenary Session: Young Leaders Speak: Out Loud and Proud Moderated by Kai Wright Workshop Session 7 Workshop Session 8 12-Step Meeting Mas-Queer-Ade Ball: For Youth and Friends Academy for Leadership and Action 3:00pm6:15pm Session 4 Academy for Leadership and Action 9:00am12:15pm Session 3
exHibit area HourS

Thursday, February 4 through Sunday, February 7
CHildCare HourS
Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6 8:00am 6:00pm Sunday, February 7 8:00am 3:00pm
Caucuses and Networking Sessions
Sunday, February 7, 2010

9:30am11:00am 11:30am1:00pm 2:00pm Engaging the Spirit: An Interfaith Gathering Brunch and Closing Plenary with Vogue Evolution! Conference Feedback Session
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010
From the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director
Welcome to the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change!

Thanks to our extraordinary Host Committee for working hard for so many months to ensure this weeks success, especially its leadership team of Marlene Browning, Beau Heyen, Lovely Murrell and Henry Ramirez III. Thanks also to our own Russell Roybal, Sue Hyde, Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, Marta Alvarado and Andrew Machado for their efforts as the core Task Force staff working to produce Creating Change. What a year of changes weve seen since we gathered in Denver last February for the 2009 Creating Change. We reached a milestone with the enactment of a federal hate crimes law, marking the first time in U.S. history that sexual orientation and gender identity have been explicitly included in federal law. D.C., Iowa, New Hampshire and Vermont extended marriage rights to same-sex couples. We have a Congress that still has far to go to end discrimination and to level the playing field for LGBT people, and a new president who has made historic changes for LGBT people and has disappointed. There were the pain of our losses and joys of our successes on Nov. 4. Throughout, our movement for LGBT freedom, justice and equality was passionate, invigorated and outspoken. We gather in Dallas, as we have gathered each year since 1988, to strengthen our movement by building our skills, planning our strategies, sharing much-needed information and perspectives, and forging stronger bonds among us. At the Task Force, we look forward to our work in the coming year with great anticipation because we see unprecedented opportunities to create change at every level of society and of government. Our activist and advocacy community is abuzz with energy, hope and determination. We will turn anger into action! The grand and sweeping national conversation over the last year, prompted by the passage of Proposition 8, opens hearts and minds to the reality of discrimination in laws and society. People who have not paid much attention before are now listening to us and we must deliver this fundamental message: We are a part of you, your family, your community and your world. Embrace us. Accept us. Treat us as you wish to be treated: with fairness, respect and dignity. Nothing less will do. Nothing less than full equality for our families will do. Nothing less than a fully inclusive Employment NonDiscrimination Act will do. Nothing less than care and dignity for our elders will do. Nothing less than safe schools and safe streets will do. Nothing less than a National AIDS Strategy will do. Nothing less than the repeal of Dont Ask, Dont Tell and the federal so-called Defense of Marriage Act will do. Nothing less than our freedom to love and live will do. As we seek a transformed society, not one of us can sit on the sidelines. Thank you for your courage, your perseverance and your integrity. Together we will create change! Rea Carey Executive Director
From the Conference Host Committee

Dear Friends, Welcome to Dallas, Texas in the Lone Star State! With so much change to celebrate this year in the Southwest, we are pleased to serve as your hosts for The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. For almost a year, a group of dedicated LGBT and allied volunteers from Texas have been busy working to ensure that Creating Change 2010 is a success and a welcome occasion for you in the Big D. As the Host Committee Co-Chairs, and on behalf of the 2010 Host Committee, we are proud to welcome you to Texas and hope that you have a chance to experience the best of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Downtown Dallas, site of the Creating Change 2010 conference, offers some of the worlds finest entertainment and restaurants. The region is known for exceptional shopping, and the Neiman Marcus flagship store and the largest contiguous urban arts district in the nation is walking distance from the conference hotel. During the conference, please take advantage of the sights and get to know gay Dallas. Known as the gay entertainment district, Oak Lawn is a thriving, diverse neighborhood that features inclusive restaurants, bars, entertainment and every third Saturday is home to the most outrageous game in town Gaybingo. While here, make sure you visit two of our great local organizations which are both located in the Oak Lawn area; Cathedral of Hope U.C.C., the largest LGBT congregation in the nation, and Resource Center Dallas, one of the largest LGBT Community Centers in the nation. Our Local Hospitality committee has also gathered the best available options for you to consider, so take some time to enjoy our city. The process of building our local 2010 organizing committee broken down into 13 sub-committees of about 60 volunteers has been a creating change experience in itself. Many of us did not know each other before we started: thanks to our work on the conference, we now have a new and dynamic network of activists going forward to meet future challenges. It has been a rewarding experience in community building and were grateful to the Task Force for the opportunity. Throughout our work, we have been inspired by the commitment and professionalism of North Texas activists and allies, including those in government. We are also grateful to have the strong support of both our local and state officials, and the LGBT staff and resources they and our own community organizations have made available to us for this effort. Texas has made significant contributions to LGBT equality. Many of you may remember Lawrence v. Texas, the landmark 2003 United States Supreme Court case, which abolished sodomy laws throughout the country. LGBT activists across Texas have been working to elect LGBT politicians and allies for decades. Most significantly, in December our friend and sister Annise Parker was elected mayor of Houston, the nations fourth largest city. Annise and other leaders, including Dallas Sheriff Lupe Valdez, prove that openly LGBT candidates can campaign with pride and win. There are currently 20 openly LGBT elected or appointed officials in the state. Though we continue to battle discrimination across the state, we are encouraged by recent victories and elections. Texas is a proud state that values individual freedoms and liberties for all people. We continue to create change here in Texas and are delighted that you are joining us in Dallas for this years outstanding program of speakers, workshops, plenary sessions, caucuses and roundtables designed to build our collective capacity for change. Welcome to LGBT-friendly Dallas! With best wishes for a great conference and New Year, Your 2010 Host Committee Co-Chairs,
Marlene Browning, Beau Heyen, Lovely Murrell, and Henry Ramirez III and the 2010 Creating Change Host Committee
two Spirit open letter to the Creating Change Community

The First Nations Collective is honored to welcome you to the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. We are an autonomous Collective organized around providing greater awareness of and access for Two Spirit people at Creating Change. It is unfortunate but true that over the course of the next few days, we may become the voice for many. However, we cannot speak for all. We are here as people committed to justice with an intersectional understanding. We are here to make space for those who are not here yet, who are not ready, or who could not afford the journey. We accept this responsibility with humility and honor while knowing that we cannot speak for the many facets of our community. Our presence means that we have also come forward with requests to ensure that First Nations people will feel welcome, respected and accepted at Creating Change. Our efforts are not meant to alienate any other community, but rather to recognize our unique standing in the United States. We begin within the framework of the sovereign status of our nations. As the original peoples of this land, we have a relationship with this land rooted in spiritual understanding dating back to the beginning of time. Our nations have retained this spiritual connection, as well as our sovereignty, despite the attempts of colonialism to destroy both. Through treaties, we have protected our government-to-government relationship with the United States. In the retention of these rights, our nations continue to stand as distinct political units that have granted to the United States much of the land and resources it now enjoys. LGBT history in this land known as America began long before Stonewall. LGBT First Nations people have celebrated multiple gendered people for millennia, and since the European invasions, have struggled to keep this and other traditions alive. Two Spirit is a contemporary term that references historical multiple-gender traditions in many First Nations cultures. Many First Nations people who are LGBTIGNC identify as Two Spirit; in many nations, being Two Spirit carries both great respect and additional commitments and responsibilities to ones community. Two Spirit people also face discrimination in our communities due to the assimilation of Christian beliefs and hundreds of years of targeted violence against our historical Two Spirit people. On Friday Feb. 5 at 4:45 PM at Creating Change, you will be able to see the film Two Spirits. This documentary interweaves the story of the short life and brutal murder of a Navajo teenager, Fred Martinez, who was what the Navajo call ndleehi, a male bodied person with a spiritual essence that is feminine, a special gift according to ancient Navajo culture. This film makes the case that it is beyond time to return to traditional Indigenous values in the 21st century. We ask that you not only attend this screening, but also consider supporting the Fred Martinez Project. They have a wealth of information on their website at www.twospirits.org. In the spirit of building a movement in which respect is a core value, we ask that you refrain from using phrases like circle the wagons or hold down the fort, as they are rooted in a colonial, racist and imperialistic lexicon. Pow wow is a cultural event, not a meeting. By being conscious of language, you create an environment conducive to inclusivity where First Nations people are equal partners in the overall LGBTIGNC movement for liberation. Again, without our own communities, more often than not, we have held a place of honor and respect as Two Spirit people. We were teachers, spiritual leaders, and family members. Our presence here is to offer this larger community a vision beyond tolerance or equality. We offer a vision of acceptance and reverence that existed precolonization, that our communities remember, and from this larger community may benefit. We invite all to attend our workshop sessions to explore these issues, as well as our Two Spirit community dialog. In the spirit of liberation and access, we welcome everyone with an open heart, handshake, and good intention. In the words of Sitting Bull, Let us put our heads together, and see what kind of future we can build for our children. Thank you, The First Nations Collective Coya Artichoker - Lakota; Paulina Hernndez - Chicana Mestiza; Melissa Hoskins - Cherokee; Melissa Pope - Navajo
general inForMation
First timers orientation
Thursday, February 4, 7:00pm Please check the grid schedule for location.
We love your Feedback

Our annual Creating Change Conference offers a rich and rigorous program of workshops, trainings, film screenings, caucuses and networking sessions, meetings and social and spiritual gatherings.
First time at Creating Change? Feeling a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information that you need to quickly digest in order to make good choices about how to spend your This year, our program includes 21 Day-Long Institutes on time? Want some help? Come to the First Timers Orientation Wednesday and Thursday, 29 sessions in the Task Force Acadsession with the Conference Director to get your questions emy for Leadership and Action, and 201 workshop sessions and answered by the expert! caucuses/networking sessions on Friday and Saturday. Evaluation forms for each of these sessions are distributed and collected by our conference volunteers. Please let us know what you found useful and helpful at the sessions you attend by filling Childcare services are provided by Caring Hands Agency, an out the evaluation forms and returning them to volunteers in the experienced Dallas-based agency specializing in event childmeeting rooms. care. Please check in at the conference registration area in Each attendee at Creating Change will receive an email from the the hotel lobby for the exact room location of childcare. There Task Force in the days following the conference that invites you is no charge for on-site childcare, but we ask that parents to complete an evaluation of the overall conference experience. pick up children for lunch from Noon to 1 PM. Some activities By completing this form, you will help us design and present a will be provided by Caring Hands. better and more relevant Creating Change Conference next year in Minneapolis. Childcare is available: Friday 8:00am 6:00pm Finally, for those of you who prefer to participate in a face-to-face Saturday 8:00am 6:00pm meeting, the Conference Director conducts a Feedback Session Sunday 8:00am 3:00pm on Sunday following the closing plenary in the Dallas Ballroom.
Child Care
Cyber Caf
Creating Change provides a cyber caf for your cyber chores! Cyber caf hours coincide with hours of operation in the conference registration/office area. The cyber caf is located on the second floor, adjacent to the registration area. Come by to check your email. Please be aware that the computers are a shared resource, so limit your time if others are waiting. Wireless access is available in other areas of the hotel. Happy digitizing! The Creating Change cyber caf is generously sponsored by AT&T.
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Spiritual gatHeringS
Check the conference grid schedule for exact locations.
Meditation room /Quiet room

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday This room will be used to create your own Sacred Space. We will have printed prayers for many different faiths. We will also have prayer rugs and other materials to accompany Islamic prayer times. We want to ensure that this space is sacred for all those who wish to use it by respecting the needs of each individual. Thank you in advance for your willingness to assist the Spiritual Needs Subcommittee in accomplishing this goal.
Shabbat Celebration
Friday, February 5 7:30pm Join Beth El Binah for Shabbat services. Congregation Beth El Binah is a Reform Jewish synagogue in the Dallas area, with an outreach to the GLBT community. All Creating Change participants are invited to join this service. We will be joined by members of the Dallas/Ft.Worth Jewish and GLBT communities. Celebration organized by the Spiritual Needs Subcommittee of the Host Committee.
the Calling of the names: We remember

Friday February 5 Plenary Session Who are the people you have lost that have marked your life? How do you remember them? Who were the people whose stories, whose presence, words, and deeds live on after they have died? Who have you lost to AIDS, cancer, hate crimes, or other tragedies? The Calling of the Names is an opportunity to honor them in community and with others who can support and lift you up as you remember with joy their impact on your life. During this plenary session join us and celebrate the lives of those who have marked our journeys by calling their names, loudly and proudly.
engaging the Spirit: an interfaith gathering

Sunday, February 7 9:30am 11:00am Just as we need to engage our mind and our heart, we must also engage our spirit. The Spiritual Needs Subcommittee has created a gathering that will include readings and music from many different faiths with a candle lighting to remind us of how we are united as we work together to create change in the earth. Join us as we share in engaging the spirit with other members of our vast and varied community. Organized by the Spiritual Needs Subcommittee of the Host Committee.
HoSt CoMMittee ServiCeS

12 Step/recovery Support Meetings people of Color Hospitality Suite youth Hospitality Suite
Friday and Saturday 7:30pm Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 8pm The Youth Hospitality Subcommittee has designed a lounge like suite for young people 24 and under. Come by and enjoy a free meal, play games, enjoy arts and crafts and connect with youth from around the country. You can also get updates on youth focused events and cool places to hang out after the conference sessions. Film Screening and Discussion, Friday 8:30pm: Join The Trevor Projects Youth Advisory Council (YAC), the youth leadership of the organization, for a screening of Trevor, the Oscar- winning short film that started todays leading national organization focused on crisis and suicide prevention among LGBTQ youth. After the film, the YAC will lead a discussion on why suicide prevention in our younger communities is so important and what you can do to bring Trevor into your own communities. Join the YAC in the Youth Hospitality Suite, sponsored by The Trevor Project.
bisexual Hospitality Suite
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 8pm Come join us for a relaxing atmosphere and a chance to connect with other Q-POC (Queer People of Color) from around the country. The Suite will have board games, cards and music. Come on by for snacks and beverages and enjoy our southern hospitality. The People of Color Hospitality Suite is where you can relax and be yourself.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 10pm Drop by for snacks and beverages, fun and informal socializing with transgender folk and allies at Creating Change. Hosted by the Bisexual Subcommittee of the Host Committee.
transgender Hospitality Suite

Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 10pm Drop by for snacks and beverages and informal socializing with transgender folk and allies at Creating Change. Hosted by the Transgender Subcommittee of the Host Committee.
elder Hospitality Suite
disability Hospitality Suite
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 8pm We invite you to join us and enjoy a relaxing fun atmosphere. We will provide breakfast, lunch, and dinner for our elders attending the conference. Please enjoy our spacious suite where you can make new friends, play board and card games and relax. Thank you so much for coming.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 8am 10pm Drop by for snacks and beverages and informal socializing with disabled folk and allies at Creating Change. Lunch Meet Up: Saturday, 12:30pm Recognizing Our Own: Community Dialogue for Disabled People and Our Allies. We invite any and all disabled folks and allies to join us.
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tHank you!
HoSt CoMMittee
Co-Chairs Marlene Browning Beau Heyen Angela Amos DJ Anderson Vivienne Armstrong Michael Austin Kayci Barnett Aaron Barnes Suzanne Blaylock Dedrick Brackens Evangie Bridges James Bridges Will Brown Kati Burks Cheryl Burman Matt Burckhalter Deborah Cavazos Darryl DC Clark Marla Compton Johnny Cooper Dawna Cornelissen Cece Cox George Cruz Jenny Cuerton Nicole Dampman Michael Degrummond Rocky deLuna Mia Dia Ren Driffin Judith Dumont Jeremiah Duncan Chuck Dunning Hai Duong Jonathan Elizardo Ryan Evans Frank Ewing, III Tomi Fatunde Jay Forte Willow Gagnon Katrina Gambler Derek Gannaway Brandi Garcia Travis Gasper Anthony Gipson Matt Goodman Nancy Gotcher Avery Green Aaron Grey Renee Groskreutz Gregg Gunter Lindsay Harris Kee Holt Joe Hoselton Sherry Hooten Lovely Murrell Henry Ramirez, III Johnny Humphrey Patrick Jennings Alicya Johnson June Johnson Gus Klein Jeffery Lawson Alex Langley Nora Lewis Kelly Longheart Heather Lueth Mona Mahani Michael Maldonado Deborah Marshall Latisha McDaniel Jerry McDonald Christine McMillan Tim McMullen Rich McPhee Kara Melton Joseph Miller Erin Moore Winter Mullinax Hannah Murdock MJ Olsen Kerry Oswalt Michael Parish Katie Patton Jared Pearce Chaaz Quigley Anthony Ramos Nate Ray Andi Reis Jerry (J.W.) Richard Steven Richmond Deneen Robinson Christopher Rodriguez Denise Rodriguez Victor Rodriguez Brian Stout Sandy Swan Vanessa Torres Paul Tran Breanna Ukegbu Jakin Vela Julie Walker Scott Whittall Julie Walker Chelsey Schriner Kenny Schreibur Heather Sullivan Dylan Yamada Thanks and many appreciations for your help in making The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change a great success! AIDS Community Action Foundation American Language Technologies Anita May Rosenstein Foundation Arcus Foundation Audre Lorde Project Patty Berne Black Tie Dinner Buli, Inc. Joel Burns, Ft. Worth City Council Campus Pride, Shane Windmeyer Campus Progress Cathedral of Hope Caven Enterprises, Inc. CenterLink, Terry Stone Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals Dallas Tavern Guild Dallas Voice Francisco De Len The City of Dallas, Mayor Tom Leppert The Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau and Veronica Torres Equality Texas Family Equality Council, Jennifer Chrisler FIERCE! and Glo Ross Freedom to Marry, Evan Wolfson Jesse Garcia Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Lisa Geduldig Gill Foundation The United Court of The Lone Star Empire International Imperial Court System LaLuna Entertainment Lambda Radio Mia Mingus National Center for Transgender Equality North Texas GLBT Chamber of Commerce and Tony Vedda Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) OpenSource Leadership Strategies Inc. Out & Equal OUTmedia OUTYouth Austin Chris Pollum Queers for Economic Justice Resource Center Dallas SAGE, Michael Adams and Karen Taylor Allen Schuh and Anderson Prize Foundation Seven Generations Consulting Southerners on New Ground SPARK Reproductive Justice Now! Stonewall Democrats, Dallas and Erin Moore Stonewall Democrats, Houston Area and Phillip McNutt The Disability Justice Collective The First Nations Collective Roberto Tijerna Trevor Project, Charles Robbins and Dave Reynolds Martha Vail Sheriff Lupe Valdez Vogue Evolution Dave Wait Wolfe Video and Jenni Olson Youth First Texas and Judith Dumont Beth Zemsky
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Creating SaFe SpaCe For everyone!

Creating Change is committed to being a safe and positive space for the LGBT community and its allies. We want everyone here to learn a lot, meet fabulous new people from all over the country, and feel good about talking and relaxing with each other as we build a stronger movement. Towards that end, we want to remind everyone of guiding principles that are essential to maintaining respectful and safe space for each other, especially for our younger colleagues. There are two fundamental principles to the Creating Change Conference: human rights and solidarity. Sexual harassment strikes at the heart of both. It creates feelings of uneasiness, humiliation and discomfort. It is an expression of perceived power and superiority by the harasser over another person. Sexual Harassment is any unwanted attention of a sexual nature, such as remarks about appearance or personal life, offensive written or visual actions like graffiti or degrading pictures, physical contact of any kind or sexual demands. Harassment may include, but is not limited to, unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature. For example: Touching someone without their permission (grabbing, hugging, petting) Sexual propositions Sexually offensive pictures, magazines, notes, calendars, cartoons, or jokes Unwanted flirtations or advances Graphic comments about an individuals body or dress Verbal abuse (including sexual insults and namecalling) Repeated pressure or requests for sexual activities Rewards for granting sexual favors or the withholding of rewards for refusing to grant sexual favors Creating Change is committed to creating an environment where all participants feel safe and comfortable. If you feel harassed or threatened, please ask to speak with the Conference Director who can be contacted in the registration area.
tranSgender etiQuette
Adapted from The 2002 Portland Creating Change Host Committee
There are many transgender people at Creating Change. To be inclusive and improve the quality of life for transgender people here, please read and act upon the following. Please do not assume anyones gender, even people you may have met in the past. A persons external appearance may not match their internal gender identity. You cannot know the gender or sex of someone by their physical body, voice, appearance or mannerisms. Pay attention to a persons purposeful gender expression. We consider it polite to ask: What pronoun do you prefer? or How do you identify? before using pronouns or gendered words for anyone. When you are unsure of a persons gender identity and you dont have an opportunity to ask someone what words they prefer, try using that persons name or gender-neutral phrases like the person in the red shirt, instead of that woman or man. One way of acknowledging transgender peoples needs is to designate restrooms gender neutral. In bathrooms, many transgender people face harassment that can lead to anything from deep discomfort to arrest or death. Regardless of what bathroom you are in, please let everyone pee in peace. Each of us can decide for ourselves in which bathroom we belong. Please listen to transgender peoples needs and stories when they are volunteered; yet please respect peoples privacy and boundaries and do not ask unnecessary questions. Educate yourself through books, web sites, and transgender workshops. Then please join the many hardworking allies who are working to respond appropriately to transphobic situations. Respectful allies, who learn from and with transgender people and then educate others, are important for successful transgender liberation. Thank you for your help and have a great conference!
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Creating aCCeSSibility
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Disability Justice Collective have worked hard to make Creating Change 2010 welcoming and accessible for attendees with disabilities. In the spirit of learning how our communities can be inclusive of and accessible to all people, we have put together these guidelines for creating a community where people with disabilities are valued and respected. Words like cripple, defect, spastic, lame, retard, psychotic, paranoid and crazy have been used to bully and oppress disabled people for many decades. Dont use these words casually. You may hear disabled people calling each other crip or gimp. This is insider language, akin to LGBT people calling each other queer. Its not appropriate language for non-disabled people to use. When you are speaking to someone using an interpreter, address the person you are speaking with, not the interpreter. Many people here have disabilities that affect the ways that they learn, understand, and/or communicate. You can show respect for people by practicing patience with those who learn and/or communicate at a different pace or in a different way than you do. Dont make assumptions based on atypical speech patterns, body language, or eye contact. If you are having difficulty communicating with someone, try a different form of communication, like writing or demonstration instead of talking. Flashing lights can trigger seizures or other conditions. Avoid wearing or carrying decorative flashing lights and dont take photographs using the flash on your camera in public spaces.
Understand that the lives of disabled people are neither inspirational nor pitiful by virtue of our There are seats set aside for people with varying disabilities. Rather our disabilities are ordinary disabilities, both up front and scattered throughand familiar parts of who we are. out in the plenary space and in the meeting rooms. Please be prepared to move chairs to Ask and wait for an answer before you try to make room for people using wheelchairs, wherhelp someone. What you assume is helpful may ever they may wish to sit at plenary sessions not be. and workshops. When you encounter someone using a service/ In order to make it easier for everyone to move assistance or guide dog, do not pet, offer food around the conference freely, please keep the to, or interact with the animal in any way. Do not aisles clear. Be aware of the people around you comment on the dogs presence i.e. and who when navigating tight, crowded public spaces, do we have here? They are working hard; you and leave plenty of room for people to pass are supporting the independence and autonomy safely; and please hold inaccessible doors open they provide by not distracting them. for people. In order to be understood by as many people as possible, speak at a moderate volume and pace. Practice active listening by asking and responding to questions and giving both verbal and non-verbal cues that you are still engaged in the conversation. Becoming scent-free is an important step toward access for people with disabilities and/or chronic illnesses and is a skill you can practice everywhere. If you are not accustomed to going scent-free, it is important to think carefully about all the products you use in your day. You can either not use shampoo, soap, hair prod-
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FroM tHe diSability JuStiCe ColleCtive

ucts, perfume, essential oils, skin lotion, shaving cream, makeup etc., or use fragrance-free alternatives that are available in many drug stores. If you must use scented products please sit or stand as far away as possible from areas designated Scent Safer areas. During plenary sessions, scent-safer spaces are designated in the Dallas Ballroom and in Dallas Ballroom A1. If scents and chemicals present a barrier for you, please know that Creating Change is not yet a scent-free conference. If you need to find a scent-safer area while at the conference please check with the accessibility table adjacent to the conference registration area outside of the Dallas Ballroom. If you smoke (or hang around people while they smoke) please do so only in the designated areas and away from entrances. When inside please sit or stand as far away as possible from those areas designated Scent Safer areas. at the disability-related workshops at Creating Change. Then, please join the many hardworking allies who are working to respond appropriately to ableist situations. Please stop by the accessibility table adjacent to the conference registration area outside the Dallas Ballroom for: Programs in Braille and large print. Electric scooters and wheelchairs. Viewing a large print grid schedule of events. More information about communicating with people who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, or to pick up an Assisted Listening device.
Conference attendees utilizing ASL interpreting services can meet interpreters at the accessibility table in the area outside the Dallas Ballroom. Challenge your assumptions. Some disabilities If you want or need a place to hang out with are less visible than others. Everyone has a right disabled people, visit the Disability Hospitality to use the accommodations they need without Suite. Check the conference grid schedule for being criticized or questioned. exact room number. Disability Access Coordinators will be on site during the Creating Change Conference. If you have questions, concerns or need assistance regarding access, please stop by the Accessibility Table adjacent to the conference registration area to contact an Access Coordinator: Barbara Satin and Frank Ceraolo. If the Access Coordinator is not available, please seek assistance at the conference registration area. Please listen to the needs and stories of disabled people when they are volunteered; yet please respect peoples privacy and boundaries by not asking unnecessarily intrusive questions. Many disabled people deal with daily curiosity about our bodies and find it exhausting. Educate yourself through books, web sites, and The Disability Justice Collective has worked in partnership with the Task Force to create educational programming about disability justice, ableism, and access at Creating Change and to further integrate anti-ableism into the Task Forces intersectional anti-oppression framework. In addition, the Disability Justice Collective has identified concrete ways in which the Creating Change Conference can be more accessible to people with a range of disabilities. This work is ongoing. Disability Justice Collective: Patricia Berne, Eli Clare, Sebastian Margaret, Mia Mingus Access Coordinators: Barbara Satin and Frank Ceraolo
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exHibitorS
American Language Technologies Americans United for Separation of Church and State Campus Pride Cathedral of Hope Dallas Voice Dignity USA Drug Policy Alliance Family Acceptance Project Family Diversity Project Funders for LGBTQ Issues GIFT Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training GLAAD Haymarket Books Iliff School of Theology Lambda Legal Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, Inc. National Center for Transgender Equality National Coalition for LGBT Health National Gay and Lesbian Task Force National Youth Advocacy Coalition North Texas Association of Unitarian Universalist Societies Out & Equal Out for Work Point Foundation Pride Institute Resource Center Dallas SAGE Soulforce The Trevor Project US Census Bureau
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plenary prograMS
Mistress of Ceremonies
Kate Clinton, the LGBT movements funniest and smartest political commentator, hosts each of the plenary programs at Creating Change. Kate vlogs, blogs, and slogs through our political movement, and all the while, keeps us moving forward by keeping us laughing. Kate hosts the Creating Change plenary stage for the third year in a row. Kate seizes every moment with keen insights and hilarious observations. In addition to performing comedy all across the U.S., Kate writes her award-winning blog, CommuniKate, and posts at the Bilerico Project, the Huffington Post, Olivia Connect, and The Progressive.
lady Ha Ha kate Clinton
thomas a. Saenz
President and General Counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
rea Carey
Comprehensive immigration reform

Thursday, February 4 8:00pm 9:30pm
Thomas A. Saenz, President and General Counsel of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF), a national organization whose mission is to promote the civil rights of Latinos in the United States, delivers the opening keynote address at Creating Change. Previously, Mr. Saenz was Counsel to the Mayor of the City of Los Angeles, where he served as a member of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosas fourmember Executive team and provided legal and policy advice to the mayor. Mr. Saenz also practiced civil rights litigation at MALDEF where he served as Vice President of Litigation, overseeing MALDEFs efforts nationwide to pursue civil rights in the areas of education, employment, political access, immigrants rights, and public resource equity.
State of the Movement address

Friday, February 5 1:30pm 2:45pm
An annual and much-anticipated event at Creating Change, Rea Carey presents the annual State of the Movement Address, reviewing accomplishments of our movement and delivering an uncompromising call to action. Rea Carey has served on the Task Force staff since 2004 as the deputy executive director and was appointed Executive Director in 2008. She has worked extensively in HIV/ AIDS prevention and in the LGBT community as one of the co-founders of Gay Men and Lesbians Opposing Violence, and the founding executive director of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition. In 1999, the Advocate named Carey on of its Best and Brightest for individual contributions to the LGBT rights movement. Generously supported by Sid and Lorraine Sheinberg.
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kai Wright
Writer and Editor Moderates a panel discussion
young leaders Speak: out loud proud

Saturday, February 6 1:30pm 2:45pm
Kai Wright, a writer and editor in Brooklyn, NY, whose work explores the politics of sex, race, and health, moderates a plenary panel of LGBT youth of color at Creating Change. He is senior writer for TheRoot.com. Kai has reported from all over the world for independent and community-based media, ranging from Mother Jones to Essence magazines. He is the author of Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York. Kai also writes and edits a series of monographs exploring the AIDS epidemic among African Americans, published by the Black AIDS Institute. Kai is the author of two books of African-American history: Soldiers of Freedom: An Illustrated History of African Americans in the Armed Forces, which explores Americas struggle with race as it has been dramatized by the need to staff a viable military; and The African-American Archive: The History of the Black Experience Through Documents.
vogue evolution dallas is burning!

Closing Plenary with Brunch Sunday, February 7 11:30am 1:30pm
Vogue Evolution rocks the house at the closing session of Creating Change. Fresh and fierce from Americas Best Dance Crew, Vogue Evolution aims to be in the forefront of bringing vogue and house/ ball culture to ever wider audiences. Vogue Evolution is comprised of some of New Yorks most respected and creative figures in the House/Ballroom scene. Vogue Evolution has since moved beyond just a dance company to become an envoy committed to effectively changing the lives of the LGBT community through the art of dance. Vogue Evolution works to empower Black and Latino gay youth by increasing self-esteem, educating the community about HIV/AIDS awareness, and encouraging everyone to get tested.
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aWard HonoreeS
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has the great privilege to present awards recognizing the hard work and dedication of colleagues in our LGBT movement. These awards are generously funded by the Anderson Prize Foundation, administered by Allen Schuh; the International Court System; the AIDS Community Action Foundation; and Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE). We thank these funders for lifting up activists who express their passionate commitments to social justice in many important ways.
the Susan J. Hyde activism award for longevity in the Movement
Grace Sterling Stowell is a transgender woman who has been an activist and leader in the social justice and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer communities for over 35 years. As a gender non-conforming child growing up in the 1960s, Graces personal experiences of discrimination and violence served as a catalyst for her understanding of her own oppression and that of broader movements for social justice. In 1980, Grace joined the founders of the newly formed Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Youth (BAGLY). As BAGLYs first executive director, Grace led youth and adult leaders in the expansion of BAGLY from a Boston-based, all volunteer, grassroots social support group, to an established non-profit organization which also coordinates the GLBT Youth Group Network of Massachusetts. Celebrating its 30th anniversary, BAGLY is a nationally recognized model of GLBTQ youth leadership and community development, having served over 30,000 youth. Grace was also an early activist in counseling, advocacy and research on behalf of transgender and gender non-conforming youth and young adults. Grace is particularly honored to be known as Mother (and now Grandmother!) by three generations of GLBTQ youth.
Hardy Haberman has been active in LBGT politics since the mid 1970s. First becoming a member of the Dallas Gay Political Caucus and later part of the Dallas Gay and Lesbian Alliance, he has worked for and spoken out for LGBT people. Currently he serves as a member of the board of the Stonewall Democrats of Dallas. Hardy is a member of many BDSM/Fetish organizations including Leather Rose Society, National Leather Association-Dallas, Discipline Corps and a founding member of Inquisition-Dallas. He is the author of four books on various aspects of BDSM including his latest, Soul of a Second Skin - The Journey of a Gay Christian Leatherman, Nazca Plains Books. His documentary, LEATHER, has won numerous awards and appeared in festivals around the world; his video, Out of the Darkness, The Reality of SM, is used by mental health care professionals around the world. Hardys blog, Dungeon Diary, focuses on progressive politics with occasional forays into alternative sexuality and spirituality; he is a regular columnist for the Dallas Voice.
the leather leadership award
the paul a. anderson award for youth leadership
Aiden Aizumi, 21, is Transman activist currently studying to become a firefighter/paramedic. Aiden is an active member of PFLAG and is currently a member of the Pasadena PFLAG Executive Board and participates in informational panels with PFLAG to educate local high schools and colleges about the LGBTQ community. Aiden volunteers with LifeWorks mentoring at the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center which offers mentoring opportunities for LGBT youth ages 12-24. Aiden serves on the Youth Advisory Council (YAC) of The Trevor Project and has a leadership role in the youth leadership of the organization. He facilitates educational programming of the Lifeguard Workshop and conducts outreach in parts of Los Angeles often overlooked by other social service agencies. Aiden is an Administrator for TrevorSpace, helping to provide a safe and enjoyable social networking site for his LGTBQ and allied peers. As his friends at the Trevor Project say, When theres nowhere else to turn, Aiden Aizumi is there.
the aidS Community action award, sponsored by the aidS Community action Foundation
Sharon M. Day, Ojibwe, is enrolled in the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe. She is the one of the founders of the Indigenous Peoples Task Force (IPTF), formerly known as the Minnesota American Indian AIDS Task Force. IPTF began in 1987 as a volunteer organization, hiring its first staff in 1988. Sharon was hired as the Executive Director in May 1990 and has served in that role ever since. IPTF has strived to ground its services in the culture of American Indian people. Sharon is 2nd degree Mdewiwin and follows the spiritual path of the Anishinabe people. She is an artist, musician, and writer. She is an editor of the anthology Sing! Whisper! Shout! Pray! Feminist Visions for a Just World (Edgework Books, 2000). Sponsored by the AIDS Community Action Foundation.
the Sage advocacy award for excellence in leadership on aging issues
Joyce Pierson, M.A., has been a professional activist in Californias aging services network for over thirty years. Joyce joined the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) in 2000 to develop its LGBT Elder Law Project. Prior, Joyce served as Program Director for the New Leaf Outreach to Elders, retiring in 1999. In 1975, Joyce trained to be an Elder Law Paralegal and worked in the El Dorado County (CA) Legal Assistance for Elders until 1979, when she was tapped to lead the Countys new Area Agency on Aging. Legends Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon recommended her to lead NCLRs LGBT Elder Law Project. Just 66, she seized the opportunity to join NCLR and to strengthen elder law education and senior empowerment. Her expansion of the Elder Law Project built bridges between the established mainstream elder services and the evolving LGBT aging movement. Joyce recognizes that her work succeeds because of collaboration and inspiration from colleagues in the movement and the support of family and friends. Generously supported by Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE).
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reCeptionS MeetingS SpeCial eventS Wednesday, February 3

the Consortium of Higher education lgbt resource professionals annual business Meeting Funders reception in Honor of 2009-10 21st Century Fellows Cohort
San Antonio B Conference Center Third Floor 6pm 8pm The 21st Century Fellows Program, managed by the Pipeline Project, is a year-long program for people of color managers currently working at national and international LGBT human rights, service and advocacy organizations that are current grantees of the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the Arcus Foundation and the Gill Foundation. For the inaugural cohort, over 40 nominees were vetted for 20 domestic slots. The 2009-10 Cohort also includes 2 international fellows. This reception is open to all, however, RSVPs are strongly encouraged: info@lgbtpipeline.org.
City View 3 Sheraton Hotel Fourth Floor 7pm 8pm First-Timers Welcome 8pm 10pm Annual Meeting
The Consortium is a national organization of professionals who provide support and services to LGBTQA students, staff and faculty at colleges and universities and who educate campus communities about sexual orientation and gender identity issues. The Consortiums Annual Business Meeting is free and open to anyone interested in joining the Consortium and learning about LGBTA issues at colleges and universities.
thursday, February 4
american prayer Hour at Creating Change: protest the Family and the ugandan lgbt death penalty bill
Dallas Ballroom A1 7am Join us for a time of fasting and prayer to protest the National Prayer Breakfast being held on this day in Washington DC and sponsored by the anti-LGBT group The Family. The event will also raise our voices in protest against the notorious proposed Ugandan legislation that includes the death penalty for LGBT persons. The Family is an international Christian fundamentalist organization whose nefarious anti-LGBT work in Uganda provoked the drafting of the draconian Ugandan legislation that may also be considered in Rwanda. Concurrent alternative Prayer Hours will be held throughout the country to raise awareness of The Family and its anti-LGBT work around the world. Rev. Dr. Stephen Sprinkle of Brite Divinity School will moderate and a Ugandan man seeking asylum in the US will tell his personal story. A panel will respond.
academy for leadership and action reception
San Antonio A Conference Center Third Floor 6:30pm A gathering and social networking event for faculty and attendees of the Academy for Leadership and Action trainings at Creating Change. Come by to meet your trainers and peers. Learn more about the Task Force Academy for Leadership and Action!
Welcome to dallas!
Grand Hall/Exhibit Area outside the Dallas Ballroom 7pm Meet, greet and eat! Gather with Creating Change family for a no-host reception; mingle with our Exhibitors; make new friends and find your old pals. A casual reception before the Opening Plenary session. Sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
poly/nonmonogamy Speed greeting

Dallas Ballroom A2 After Opening Plenary Session
Join the Poly/Nonmonogamy community at Speed Greeting. This program is provided to offer an informational and david bohnett CyberCenter reception welcoming opportunity to meet people and learn more about Chaparral Ballroom Sheraton Hotel 38th Floor this diverse community. Small group settings and one on one 6pm 8pm conversation offer an opportunity to ask questions, share inJoin our fun and casual reception to chat about the David terests, swap contact info, network, and organize across the Bohnett CyberCenters: there are now 60 at LGBT Community room and across the country. Participation is flexible and evCenters from coast to coast. This event is for LGBT Commu- eryone is welcome to attend inclusive of all identities and life nity Center leaders who already host a David Bohnett Cyber- experience. Depending on attendees, more discussion groups Center or for LGBT Center leaders who want to learn more based on age, region, and interest may be developed. Proabout this innovative program. gram hosts will also be on hand to answer questions and help with resources.
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breakfast and Conversation with the arcus Foundation Staff rockwood leadership institute reception
8:30pm
A graduate of Rockwood Leadership Institutes programs, with an urge to reconnect with fellow alumni? New to Rockwood San Antonio A Ballroom Conference Center Third Floor and want to learn more about our upcoming programs (includ8am ing our 2010 Fellowship)? Join Rockwood staff and alumni The Arcus Foundation welcomes you to join us for breakfast for an evening of refreshments, reflections and informationand conversation at Creating Change. We will introduce you to sharing! new staff members, share our program goals and strategies, and discuss upcoming activities for 2010. Join in a question profo Homo reception: networking for and answer session where you can tell us about your move- those working professionally in the lgbtQ ment building work. Everyone is welcome to this free event. (etc.) movement - past, present or Future Continental breakfast served at 8 AM followed by conversation. 8:30pm
researchers breakfast
8:30am 10:30am Hosted by Jaime Grant, Director of the Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force.
national religious leadership roundtable Meeting

City View 2 9:00am 12:15pm Session open to members of National Religious Leadership Roundtable only, please.
Working for an LGBT organization means coming out every time someone asks you where you work, even if you arent a full-time activist. Are you part of the queer career sector? Ever wonder if you could become gay for pay? Interested in finding out what your professional peers are doing in their LGBT community centers/equality federations/youth or senior programs? Join other profo homos and get your networking mojo going! Sponsored by SAGE (Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders), CenterLink, The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE), Out & Equal, Renna Communications, and Somjen Frazer Consulting.
Saturday February 6
unid@S reception
8:30pm City View 2 Come join UNID@S, the National Latin@ LGBT Human Rights 6:30pm Organization for our first ever Creating Change reception. Meet our Board of Directors and learn about our current ef- Mas-Queer-ade forts, upcoming programs, mission and vision! Dallas Ballroom 8pm Midnight
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time for a Check in! Queer youth Community Meeting

8:30pm
Much of the National Youth Advocacy Coalitions work is to serve LGBTQ youth and youth service providers and as the atmosphere for young people and nonprofits are rapidly changing, its time to check in! We talk about and vent the needs of queer youth organizations and young people around the country. Does your organization need money? Legislation? Leadership development? Strategies? NYAC wants to hear from you: LGBTQ young people, youth of color, youth service providers, youth organizers and organizations - all are welcome. What resources can we share and what networks and connections do you need to do the important work that you are already doing? Come to this reception to talk openly and seriously about whats next for LGBTQ youth and to meet and network with other folks doing this work everyday. This NYAC Community Meeting is made possible thanks to support from Legacy and individual supporters of the National Youth Advocacy Coalition.
The 2010 Youth Hospitality Subcommittee Presents MasQueer-Ade Ball headlining Vidur Kapur and Kit Yan. OUTmedia honors your activism and brings you: international comedy sensation, Vidur Kapur and internationally renowned trans slam poet Kit Yan. Vidurs credits include MTV LOGO, NBCs Stand Up for Diversity. Vidur has moved South Asians and LGBTQ students from the margins and into the campus core. Kit is a Curve Magazine favorite, OUTmusician of the Year nominee, and a speaker at the National Equality March. The event will also feature local queer youth artists, singers, and dancers. This is an alcohol and drug free event for all ages. A dance party for guests under age 24 will follow the performance.
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Friday, February 5 Saturday, February 6
Straightlaced: How Genders Got Us All Tied Up

Friday, February 5 3:00pm Dallas Ballroom A1
Straightlaced: How Genders Got Us All Tied Up takes a powerful and intimate look at how popular pressures around gender and sexuality are shaping the lives of American teens. The film proudly showcases the diverse and unscripted voices of more than 50 youth from a wide range of high schools, who speak with breathtaking honesty, insight, and humor about gender roles, homophobia and their struggles to be who they really are. From girls confronting popular messages about culture and body image to boys who are sexually active just to prove they arent gay, the students in Straightlaced illustrate the toll that deeply held stereotypes and rigid gender policing have on all of our lives. Their courageous stories also model the possibility of dialogue and action, offering both teens and adults a way out of anxiety, fear, and violence and toward a more inclusive, empowering society. 65 mins. Groundspark, directed by Debra Chasnoff, produced by Debra Chasnoff and Sue Chen, distributed by New Day Films (USA, 2009).
Papers
Saturday, February 6 3:00pm Dallas Ballroom A1

Papers is the story of undocumented youth and the challenges they face as they turn 18 without legal status. Currently there are more than 1.8 million undocumented children who were born outside the U.S. and raised in this country. 65,000 undocumented students graduate every year from high school without papers and find the door to the future slammed shut. In most cases, it is against the law for them to go to college, work or drive. Yet they have no path to citizenship. These are young people who were educated in American schools, hold American values, know only the U.S. as home and who, simply by virtue of turning 18, become illegal immigrants. Papers is a moving story about coming of age, a human eye on the current immigration debate and a look at how the long-time custom of scape-goating continues to haunt America. 90 minutes, Graham Street Productions, Rebecca Shine and Anne Galisky (USA, 2009).
Outrage
Saturday, February 6 4:45pm Dallas Ballroom A1

Academy Award nominated filmmaker Kirby Dick (This Film Is Not Yet Rated) delivers a searing indictment of the hypocrisy of closeted politicians who actively campaign against the LGBT community they covertly belong to. Outrage boldly reveals the hidden lives of some of our nations most powerful policymakers, details the harm theyve inflicted on millions of Americans, and examines the medias complicity in keeping their secrets. A discussion with Mike Rogers about the film and outing will follow the film. 90 minutes, Magnolia Pictures (USA, 2009).
Two Spirits
Friday, February 5 4:45pm Dallas Ballroom A1

Two Spirits interweaves the tragic story of a mothers loss of her son with a revealing look at the largely unknown history of a time when the world wasnt simply divided into male and female and many Native American cultures held places of honor for people of integrated genders. Fred Martinez was nadleehi, a male-bodied person with a feminine nature, a special gift according to his ancient Navajo culture. He was one of the youngest hate crime victims in the modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16 by a young man who bragged to friends that he had bug-smashed a fag. Two Spirits explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl and the essentially spiritual nature of gender and sexuality. The films makes the case that in the 21st century, we need to return to traditional values. A discussion with the director will follow the film. 60 minutes, Say Yes Quickly Productions, Lydia Nibley and Russell Martin (USA, 2009).
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act on principles: Whipping legislation, blogging equality, and bringing the dallas principles to life
Friday, February 5 4:45pm 6:15pm The Grand Hall (outside the Dallas Ballroom)
On May 15-17, 2009 in Dallas, Texas twenty-four thinkers, activists, and donors gathered to discuss the immediate need for full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender people in the United States. Collectively we prepared The Dallas Principles. Now is the time for full civil rights for the LGBT Community. No Delays! No Excuses! www.thedallasprinciples.org www.actonprinciples.org Presenters and Moderators: John Bare, Andy Szkeres, and Paul Yandura (3 of the 24 Dallas Principles co-authors) and Special Guests
lgbt History: its impact on 2010 and beyond

Saturday, February 6 3:00pm 4:30pm The Grand Hall (outside the Dallas Ballroom)
The Equality Forum with WHYY/PBS co-produced Gay Pioneers about the start of the organized gay and lesbian civil rights movement with Annual Reminders each July 4th in front of Independence Hall and Liberty Bell from 1965 to 1969. The Annual Reminders laid the groundwork for Stonewall and future activism. We suggest screening Gay Pioneers, a 30-minute documentary, will be screened. The film highlights, among other Gay Pioneers, Frank Kameny and the late Barbara Gittings. This seminar includes GLBT History Month, the 124 Icons (31 Icons each year from 2006 to 2009) that are archived on the Equality Form web site and how the Icons reflect the progression of the movement from 1969 to 2010. The seminar will focus on how this history has informed the present and impacts our future. Presented by: The Equality Forum
live large tHink big
an interactive Climate lecture based on al gores An Inconvenient Truth

Saturday, February 6 4:45pm 6:15pm The Grand Hall (outside the Dallas Ballroom)
Todd Howard has been trained by Al Gore to educate the public about climate change. The Climate Project consists of more than 3000 dedicated volunteers worldwide. The goal of The Climate Project is to raise the awareness of people about the climate crisis and inform them about potential solutions. All of us together can preserve the climate balance on which humanity and our planet depend. Presented by: Todd Howard, an Al Gore Climate Lecturer
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Creating Change proudly presents a full menu of Day Long Institutes that provide in-depth teaching and learning in each important topic area. Topics range from anti-racism and people of color leadership to youth leadership, board of directors training, aging advocacy, community centers and campus programs, health care organizing, transgender advocacy, marriage advocacy, training for queer youth workers, family advocacy, sexuality and faith. Please check the grid schedule for room assignments.
Finding our kin Folk: people of Color organizing institute for new activists
Specifically for people of color who would like to explore their life experiences as LGBT people of color. This Institute is for people of color who want to name, share and strategize about the issues of identity and community that impact our lives. This is a multiracial people of color space and so issues facing people of color within and between communities will be discussed. This session will focus on skills for community building.
WedneSday, February 3
Institute Sessions 9:00am6:00pm anti-racism, racial Justice and people of Color organizing institutes
A series of simultaneous Day Long Institutes, details below, offers opportunities to improve skills to address institutional racism, fully integrate racial justice into LGBT organizational action plans, and learn with and from colleagues of color about deepening LGBT organizing in communities of color. The Task Force is proud to partner with the First Nations Collective, the Disability Justice Collective, Audre Lorde Project, Southerners on New Ground, and Queers for Economic Justice to develop content and to cofacilitate these Institutes. The day begins with a special opening gathering of all participants in the Wednesday Day Long Institute sessions.
building bridges across our Communities: people of Color organizing institute for intermediate activists
This Day Long Institute is intended for people of color who have considerable experience organizing in and with communities of color and want to deepen their work in our own community (ies) and/or build stronger bridges across communities of color. This Institute will focus heavily on both identity-based (e.g. Brown/ Black; light skinned/dark skinned) and issue-based (e.g. war; reproductive justice; colonialism) organizing strategies. We will also be addressing issues of privilege and how all forms of oppression connect. Intended to create a multi-racial people of color space and, as a result, issues facing people of color within and between communities will be discussed. Intended for people of color who have 2-5 years of organizing experience.
opening plenary/gathering: access, Sovereignty, liberation! 9:00 aM

For the past five years, The First Nations Collective, The Disability Justice Collective, the Audre Lorde Project, Southerners on New Ground and Queers for Economic Justice have been working in partnership with the Task Force to build the Racial Justice Institutes. Our goal has been to offer a curriculum and conversations that deeply and intentionally connect issues, identities and communities with a particular emphasis on ensuring that disability justice and Sovereignty are included in our racial justice organizing work. Join us to learn more about this collective work and why we think that access and sovereignty are two major cornerstones to achieving true liberation for our LGBT communities.
access(ing) our liberated bodies

This is an advanced session for seasoned anti-oppression organizers and trainers. Session attendance will be by application only. Applications will be available in October/November. This is a multi-racial, multi-gendered, cross-class, cross-issue and disability justice session. This session will focus on the question of how we organize for the liberation of our collective and individual bodies in a culture where colonialism, classism, ableism, sexism and racism are daily lived realities. Bring your organizing strategies, best thinking, new ideas and vision for building a movement that is inclusive of all of our complex bodies. Each and every body is welcome! Attendees must have submitted an application to attend this Institute.
Challenging and transforming White Supremacy in our Work: our vision, our roles
This Institute will focus on white folks working in building liberation movements. What are the systems and analysis we need to do this work? How are we reflecting individually and collectively on our work with other white folks and with folks of color? How are we creating and sharing tools to build anti-racist and anti-imperialist work as white LGBTQ activists across lines of ability, race, class, culture, gender, sexuality, and all other identities? Come engage with us.
lgbtQ youth of Color organizing Summit

FIERCE will host the first annual LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing Summit, which will bring together thirty youth from across the country. The summit will build the grassroots organizing skills of LGBTQ youth of color who increasingly face homelessness, lack of safe public spaces, and violence. Since LGBTQ youth are more than just recipients of services, we hope to share approaches for how organizations can build the political power of LGBTQ youth of color through membership-led grassroots organizing campaigns and leadership development. Participants will experience an interactive training space that covers the fundamenNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010
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tals of youth organizing, including base-building and campaign strategy development. We will also engage in strategic dialogues about the direction of LGBTQ youth organizing and its relationship to the LGBTQ movement and other movements for social justice. Participants must be pre-registered with FIERCE in order to attend this Institute. Faculty: Danielle Askini, MSW, National Program Manager, GayStraight Alliance Network, San Francisco, CA; Kylar W. Broadus, Esq., Associate Professor of Business, Lincoln University, Board Chair, National Black Justice Coalition, Jefferson City, MO; Donna Cartwright, Co-President, Pride At Work, AFL-CIO Baltimore, MD; Masen Davis, Executive Director, Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA; Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality, Washington, DC; Shane Morgan, Chair, TransOhio, Columbus, OH; Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Tobias Packer, New Media Manager, Equality Florida, Miami, FL; Gunner Scott, Executive Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition, Boston, MA; Jaan Williams, Transgender Equality Organizer, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Washington, DC; Bamby Salcedo, Transgender Harm Reduction Project Coordinator, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Jazmin Sutherlin, National Center for Transgender Equality, Washington, DC; Brian Watson, Transgender Health Empowerment, Inc., Washington, DC; t. aaron hans, Advocacy Program Manager, GSA Network, San Francisco, CA
Institute Sessions 9:00am6:00pm old and Fearless: aging, ageism, and the lgbt Community
tHurSday, February 4
This Institute is designed for LGBT people confronting homophobia in the mainstream senior-serving community and aging issues in the LGBT community. We will address getting ready to make change as we age, and using our lifetimes of skills and experience to effect change in our lives. Learn how aging services are funded and delivered in your communities, incorporating LGBT equality into the discussion, and making your voice heard. This Institute welcomes fearless people of all ages. This Daylong Institute is sponsored by SAGE. Organizers include members of the Community Center institute National LGBT Aging Roundtable, representing advocacy groups This Institute for community center staff, boards and volunteers from around the country. will focus on enduring and growing during challenging economic Faculty: Karen Taylor, Director of Advocacy & Training, SAGE; times. Well start off the day with a panel discussion of the chalLaurie Young, Aging Policy Analyst, The National Gay and Les- lenges and opportunities that centers are experiencing, followed bian Task Force; Joyce Pierson, Elder Law Project Consultant, by three break-out sessions designed to provide practical tools National Lesbian Resource Center; Loree Cook-Daniels, Execu- and templates for all levels of center leaders. Resource Center tive Director, Transgender Aging Project; Bill Serpe, Executive Di- Dallas will be hosting us at their fabulous facility. Transportation rector SAGE/Milwaukee; Henry Ramirez and Kee Holt, Resource and lunch will be provided. The Community Center Institute is Center of Dallas; Hawk Stone, Board of Directors, The National proudly presented by CenterLink: The Community of LGBT Centers. Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Jan Greisinger and Shaba Barnes, Board of Directors, Old Lesbians Organizing for Change; Monita the Familiar Made Strange: McGhee of the Dallas Area Agency on Aging
tranS rigHtS noW: building a Strong transgender Movement
integrating disability politics into racial and economic Justice Work
A successful movement depends on dedicated and empowered activists working in strong organizations at all levels, from the local to the national. The trans/allied movement needs people working in rural and urban areas, in formal organizations and in informal groups we need the support of everyone from political organizations in Boston to support groups in rural Kansas to Facebook groups. To successfully achieve our goals, we also have to manage our relationship(s) with the rest of the LGB(T) movement and their organizations and work with other social movements, whether they are single-issue organizations or groups focused more on one area of advocacy (such as racial inequality, classism, Faculty: Disability Justice Collective and Queers for Economic disability rights, or the environment). Join a cross section of trans/ Justice allied movement leaders in this Institute as we feature problemsolving, skills building, strategy sharing, and lively discussion of the difficult questions facing the trans/allied movement today.
The politics of disability, economic, and racial justice are inseparable in the lived experiences of poverty, the struggles of First Nations peoples for sovereignty, work-related injuries, homelessness, gentrification, sterilization, immigration, the closure of mental health support systems, and on and on. Come join activists from the Disability Justice Collective and from Queers for Economic Justice as we explore the ways ableism and disability impact our various communities and our activism. The first half of this Day Long Institute will focus on the fundamentals of building a Disability Justice framework. During the second half, we will explore the many connections between disability, class, race, queerness, and social justice work.
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Moving Marriage Forward: the tools to keep Winning
Working a Room. How the pros make it seem effortless: 20 tips to being a great ambassador. day-long inStituteS
Over the last year, weve shifted the landscape of the marriage Powered by realChange Partners, presented by Mickey movement with advances in numerous states. Now, we turn to MacIntyre, President & CEO, realChange Partners, LLC the next stages of the work and take this opportunity to discuss key strategies to keep the momentum going to achieve the freedom to marry nationwide. We will present the latest findings on best practices for Queer youth Work: how to foster conversations which move people to support mar- transforming Strategies for youth riage equality and the best ways to deliver these messages. We participation will also highlight how new media can be utilized to expand mesAs movement leaders committed to social justice our work must saging capabilities. be inclusive of the experiences and expertise of queer youth... Faculty: Evan Wolfson, Freedom to Marry, New York, NY but are our organizations ready? This Institute is geared towards adults who are interested in increasing their ability to effectively mobilize, engage and collaborate with youth in movement buildbeing a board Star ing efforts. We will highlight research and initiatives related to LGlearn what you need to BTQ youth, introduce tools to assess organizational readiness be the best darned board and consider approaches to increasing organizational capacity to member in the universe do long term movement work that is inclusive of young people. How on earth did my job get so hard? Dont worry, well explore By the end of the day you will have improved your understanding what you need to do (and what you dont) to be a stellar board of the ways in which adultism halts effective youth/adult partnermember. Well build your confidence, sharpen your skills and give ships, articulated the forms and levels of youth participation in you the tools to shine brightly. Our trajectory to get your stars your organization and gained language to support you in establishing healthy personal/organizational boundaries with and for aligned: youth. Right Constellation of Board R&R Stars: Faculty: Jessica Flaherty, Director of Programs, The Boston AlThats Roles & Responsibilities (not rest & relaxation) liance of GLBT Youth, Boston; Lara Crutsinger-Perry, Deputy Di Why Boards Exist its a charming story (some might say a rector, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Washington DC; Yascostume drama). What the Law Says your three duties, the ones you have to meen Perez, Leadership Development Director, FIERCE!, New York City; Veronica Tirado, FIERCE!, New York City do, scouts honor. 3 Plus 1 Starring Roles what the world really wants from you. Critical Condition or Constituent Compliant different organiFocus on our Families: defining a zations mean different leadership. North Star: Set Policy and Ensure the Public Trust Planning for the future your most important work, really. Hiring the right chief executive its when your job really starts. Approving annual budget your second most important board service. Expanding Star: Ensure Resources for the Policy You Set Monitor the annual budget can you read financial statements? Capitalize fundraising and development programs. Model fundraising and giving for volunteers and donors yes, you have to do it. Rising Star: Building the Board Getting Better Every Time Setting a simple board structure less is more. Identify, recruit and mentor potential board members theyre all around you. Board accountability and evaluation the key to succession success. ONE EXTRA STAR: The Shining Star Be the Ambassador Showing Up Isnt Enough Youve got to achieve one of the other Stars. Learning to C.A.R.E. A system that focuses on them.
vision for the inclusion of families in the movement for equality
In the first half of this two-part institute, participants will explore whether there are core interests and principles in the movement for LGBT family equality that can guide family-inclusive efforts in the broader movement for LGBT equality. What constitutes a family? What does it mean to run a family-inclusive campaign for LGBT equality? How do we ensure that all kinds of LGBT families are included in both LGBT-specific and broader legislation impacting families, such as healthcare reform? From these conversations, participants will develop a set of family principles to guide and amplify our collective efforts to ensure family-inclusion is part of the broader movement for LGBT equality. The second half of this institute will focus on one specific area in which the voice of the LGBT family movement can play an important role - messaging about the impact LGBT equality will have on children, particularly in schools. From Anita Bryants Save Our Children crusade in the 1970s to marriage equality efforts in Maine, California and beyond, debate about the impact LGBT equality will have on children has challenged our progress on every issue from parenting to nondiscrimination to marriage. Recently,
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LGBT inclusion in schools is a particular hot-button issue and rallying cry for the right-wing. Participants from the family movement and the safe schools movement will come together to discuss how we can shift this debate. How might our newly developed family principles help guide our work in future campaigns? Faculty: Stephanie Hazen, Family Equality Council, Minneapolis; Kara Suffredini, Family Equality Council, Boston; Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York City; Tey Meadow, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York; Cathy Renna, Renna Communications, Washington, DC; Betsy Smith, Equality Maine, Portland, Maine; Judy Appel, Our Family Coalition, San Francisco; Lee Swislow, Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders, Boston; Jenny Pizer, Lambda Legal, Los Angeles education models and the presentation of strategies for change. In the end, our goals are both personal transformation and concrete action planning to address the personal and the systemic. Faculty: Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, Director of Institute for Welcoming Resources, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Minneapolis, MN
bisexual/pansexual/Fluid organizing institute
(Allies are welcome! Help make your group/community more bifriendly/inclusive.) Spend a focused, fun, productive day with bi/pan/fluid leaders to learn how to grow bi and bi-friendly groups and communities at the local, regional and national levels. Youll identify issues, brainstorm solutions to challenges, set goals, pinpoint strategies, develop media skills/campaigns and special projects, target funding, learn a little history (BiNet USA turns 20 and the Bisexual Resource Center is 25) and network with others. Plus it wont all be work: were planning some playful socializing surprises in a supportive, safe environment. Yes, you can come out as bi, fluid, pansexual or bi-friendly! Were especially eager to train younger activists, elders, people of color, and folks who dont feel they quite fit in with other groups, queer or otherwise. Help plan and lead the next wave of bi activism!
Sexual liberation institute
The modern movement for LGBT liberation was touched off by a rebellion against police-abuse aimed at gender expressions and sexual practices that were deemed deviant by the dominant culture. Our movement was founded by outsiders who refused to be marginalized, targeted and victimized for their sexual practices and their gender non-conformity. Fast forward to 2009. We have many gains to be proud of as we look back and assess the modern movement legal, social and cultural leaps that were unfathFacilitators: Angel Fabian, Denise Penn, Ellyn Ruthstrom, Esomable in the cramped quarters of queerness in 1968. But as we traven, Faith Cheltenham, Gary North, Luigi Ferrer, Matt Goodlook around at our fierce battles to win marriage rights, establish man, Penelope Williams, and Robyn Ochs and protect our families, and secure the economic well-being of our diverse households, one is struck by the near-erasure of LGBT sexuality in these struggles, and by the silencing of frank dialogue lgbt Campus administrators institute about sexual diversity and sexual practices in our communities. The Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource ProfessionDo we still believe that LGBT people have a unique contribution als (the Consortium) hosts a day of professional development, to make in American life in the areas of sexual liberation and sexskills building, and networking for those who have a professional ual expression? Or is our desire irrelevant to the quest for equalrole supporting LGBTQ issues on college and university campusity? This years Sexual Liberation Institute will focus on desire es and people wishing to assume such a position on a college our individual desires: how we have shaped them and how they campus. Topics to be covered include: successful educational have shaped us. The personal is still political. Come to this workand developmental programming, developing supportive infrashop and find out how to connect the dots between claiming structures and administrations, meeting the needs of students of your power in the bedroom and seizing power in the streets or color and creating an anti-racist environment, skill building, and the halls of justice. working with student groups as advisors and developers of leadFaculty: Facilitated by Jaime Grant, with Kenyon Farrow, Tristan ership. There will also be time for administrators to network and Taormino, Cary Alan Johnson, Monique Meadows, Amelie Zurn, meet with others from their regions to discuss common concerns Justin Tanis, Sassafras Lowrey, MBwende Anderson, Jack and specific challenges. This Institute is intended for graduate Harrison, Amy Andre, I.G. Rivera, Suzanne Pharr students or campus administrators/faculty who engage in or plan to engage in LGBT work on college campuses. This Institute is for Consortium members with limited space for nonmembers who are interested in attending. To learn more about the Consorempowering people of Faith tium, please visit our web site at www.lgbtcampus.org. This Day Long Institute is geared towards religious leaders, spiritual activists and those wanting to deepen their work with faith based Faculty: Gabe Javier, University of Michigan Spectrum Cencommunities. Our focus will be on racial justice and how faith com- ter, Ann Arbor, MI; Sara Bendoraitis, GLBTA Resource Center, munities can frame work to both address racism and to achieve American University, Washington DC; Matthew Bruno, GLBTA racial justice in their own congregations and in the broader LGBT Resource Center, American University, Washington DC; Debbie communities. The structure of the day will employ both popular Bazarsky, Princeton University LGBT Center, Princeton, NJ
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voice & action: young adult leader institute
Vision change. Dig deep. Take action. Young adult leaders from across the country will learn valuable strategies for empowering their voices and being advocates for social justice. This Day Long Institute explores the skills and resources necessary for successful leadership, coalition building and tackling issues within your college campus or your local community. Presented by Campus Pride, www.campuspride.org.
new Media training institute

Do you want to harness the power of digital media and social networking? Maybe you have a Facebook page or a Twitter account, but you want to figure out if or how you can integrate them into your campaign plans. Or maybe you use the grassroots organizing capacity of social networking technologies with some success, but have decided its time to take it to the next level.
Join GLAAD and new media experts from the progressive and political worlds for an interactive day of training aimed at exploring Faculty: Jessica Pettitt, Campus Pride; Shane Windmeyer, how you can utilize digital media and online community-building Campus Pride strategies to enhance your organizations engagement, public education and direct action goals. Whether you want to mobilize and leverage the power of your base, reach and engage digging deeper for racial Justice persuadable audiences or counter an opponents attacks, youll learn tools, strategies and practical tips to extend the reach of Activists who commit to racial justice work inevitably encounter your work. significant challenges. Sometimes these challenges are personal, other times they are communal, often they are both. Every chal- We will break into two boot camps: one for first timers, and anlenge, however, is an invitation to understand more fully ourselves other for those who want to increase the scope, reach and efand the world around us: to dig deeper for racial justice. To re- fectiveness of work already in progress. Participants create plans spond to this invitation, to get beneath surface responses and scaled to their organizations capacity, learn how to utilize a vatoil more meaningfully in the fields of racial justice, we need em- riety of new media tools to advance programmatic goals, and powerment. We need information a sense of the terrain and the discuss how social networking can expand brand awareness methods we will apply and we need appropriate tools. These and development opportunities. Guest presenters will include exneeds will guide our work in this session. Designed for those perts in digital platforms and social media who will provide best who have already been introduced to racial justice theory and practices, case studies and hands-on technical expertise to help practice, we will explore some of the deeper personal and com- participants gain the most out of this Institute. munal questions that arise over the course of long-term racial justice work. We will also explore the published visions of our racial justice heroes and sheroes, as a toolset for digging deeper into these questions, and as a toolset for guiding our activism. Faculty: Paul H. Hawkins and Nat Martin
Health Care for all: Health as a tool for Social & economic Justice
With the election of President Obama and a majority Democratic Congress, we have the best chance ever at enacting health care reform that will make a real difference in the lives of LGBT citizens and their families. What should our priorities be, and what is our strategy to be most effective? Well look at the history and lessons of womens health organizing and HIV/AIDS activism, our successes and challenges in Washington, DC, and the current action plans that are in play. Combining new strategies with proven organizing successes, this Institute will address this key challenge: Creating and Advancing an LGBT Health Agenda on a federal, state and local level. We will deconstruct the current reality and explore health on an individual level as a community phenomenon and as a vehicle for social change. We will discuss how to build organizational and movement buy-in, identify pressing issues and advocacy ideas, and energize participants for moving this plan into action! Join us to learn more about this key frontier of LGBT organizing.
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Friday, February 5
Academy Session 1 9:00am12:15pm Academy Session 2 3:00pm6:15pm Workshop Session 1 9:00am10:30am Workshop Session 2 10:45am12:15pm Workshop Session 3 3:00pm4:30pm Workshop Session 4 4:45pm6:15pm Caucuses/Networking 1 6:30pm7:30pm
Adult Faith-Based Organizing for Change in the Church: Building Relationships (Session 1) Academy 1 Fundamentals Bridging the Gap Between Kumbayah and Just Do It!: 3 Methods to Uncover Shared and Core Values, and Put them to Work! Academy 1 Advanced More $, More Power: Asking for What We Need and Getting It! Academy 1 All Audiences Personal Ecology: A Commitment to Effectiveness as a Leader (Repeated on Saturday) Academy 1 All Audiences Program Evaluation for Practical People: Understanding and Utilizing Evaluation Techniques for Programs, Services and Movement Building Academy 1 All Audiences Transgender Inclusion at LGBT Orgs: Mastering the Basics Academy 1 Fundamentals Adult Faith-Based Organizing for Change in the Church: Building Relationships (Session 2) Academy 2 Fundamentals Are You Curious ... enough? Using Genuine Curiosity in Voter and Volunteer Engagement Academy 2 Intermediate Build Win Build: Building Power in a Movement Moment Academy 2 Intermediate Guides for existing and new Aging Service Providers - Follow the Money Academy 2 Intermediate Intentional Leadership: Self Awareness in Service of Breakthrough Social Change Academy 2 Intermediate Its Not What You Know: Relationships Matter Most Academy 2 Intermediate Transgender Inclusion at LGBT Orgs: Finishing the Journey Academy 2 Intermediate Are We a Community or a Market? A Movement or simply Gay, Inc.? Academy 3 Advanced Bespoke: Masculine of Center Identities at the Intersection of Race, Class and Gender Academy 3 Intermediate
Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panther Movement (Session 1) Academy 3 All Audiences Maybe It Really Isnt About Me, After All: Values and Leadership for EDs Academy 3 Intermediate
Saturday, February 6
Academy Session 3 9:00am12:15pm Academy Session 4 3:00pm6:15pm Workshop Session 5 9:00am10:30am Workshop Session 6 10:45am12:15pm Workshop Session 7 3:00pm4:30pm Workshop Session 8 4:45pm6:15pm Caucuses/Networking 2 6:30pm7:30pm
The New Beginning Initiative Academy 3 Intermediate transACTION A Transgender Curriculum for Churches and Religious Institutions Academy 3 Fundamentals Whats Stop-Starting Me? Internalized Oppression and Supremacy Academy 3 Intermediate Advocacy in Communities of Color: Cultural Competency as One of Your Strongest Organizing Tools Academy 4 Advanced Flipping Votes for Equality: Case Studies on Effective Grassroots Lobbying from Massachusetts and Maine Academy 4 Fundamentals Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panther Movement (Session 2) Academy 4 All Audiences Organizing at the Intersection of Race and FaithStrategizing for the Future Academy 4 Advanced Personal Ecology: A Commitment to Effectiveness as a Leader (Repeated Session) Academy 4 All Audiences Train the Trainer: Teaching Transgender Inclusion for LGBT Orgs Academy 4 Advanced Value-Driven Governance: Building Movement through Better Boards Academy 4 Intermediate Values Based Advocacy Planning, Organizing, and Leadership Development through Appreciative Inquiry Academy 4 Intermediate
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Fundamentals Basic/entry level for new staff, board members, volunteers and activists, or existing staff, board, volunteers and activists with new responsibilities. Typically 0-1 year of experience in the topic area. Content covers terminology, basic theory and building essential skills. Intermediate 2-5 years experience. Content includes putting theory into practice, and practical application. Sessions deal with serious challenges or barriers to being effective. Some time is devoted to problem solving. Advanced 5+ years of experience. Sessions tailored for lead volunteers and organizers, board chairs, executive directors and senior managers, and experienced lobbyists. Content includes advanced theory, organizational management, and best practices. In addition, advanced sessions can include case study examinations and high-level problem solving. All Audiences Session is suitable for participants at all skill levels
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Organizational Excellence: Building Organizations in a Movement Moment Academy 3 Advanced
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Advancing Equality for LGBT Elders Session 1 All Audiences The SAGE Model: What Is It, Why Use It, and How to Start an Affiliate Session 3 Fundamentals Learning to Be Allies in the LGBT Aging Movement Caucus 1 The National LGBT Aging Roundtable: A Report on Activities Caucus 2
art & Culture

Theater for Social Change: Tell Your Story Change Your World Session 2 Fundamentals Making music, building the future Session 3 All Audiences Visual Voices: Latino GLBTQ Artists, Art and You! Session 8 All Audiences
CoMMuniCationS, Media and MeSSaging

Building Your Online Presence Session 1 All Audiences Integrating New Media Into Your Organizing Strategy Session 2 All Audiences The Greening of LGBT Business and Travel: Voluntourism with Sweet Session 2 All Audiences
biSexual CoMMunity
Getting Bi & Passing It On: Learning to Teach Bisexuality with a Free Curriculum Session 6 All Audiences Bisexuality and Political Issues Caucus 2
aidS/Hiv
HIV As We Grow Older: Policy Needs Session 2 All Audiences Change we can believe in? LGBT equality and HIV/AIDS policy under the Obama administration Session 4 Intermediate Enhancing HIV/STD Prevention Outreach to Diverse Communities: African-Americans, Hispanics, and Men Who Have Sex with Men Session 5 Intermediate HIV and Young Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Women: Promoting Support Session 6 All Audiences Advocacy, Community Mobilization and Outreach, Participation and the Rest of the Mess in HIV Clinical Research: Whats the Deal for Populations Most Impacted? Session 7 All Audiences HIV, Race and Generational Differences Session 7 Intermediate
Reaching Out to the Blogosphere Session 4 All Audiences Online to Offline Engagement Session 5 All Audiences Did They Just Say That? Responding to the Rights Lies Session 6 Fundamentals Publicity and Awareness: Linking the GLBT community and the media Session 7 Fundamentals Put the Fire Out: Dealing with Crisis Situation in the Media Session 7 Intermediate Small-Dollar Online Fundraising Session 7 All Audiences From Inclusive to Intersectional: the Joys and Challenges of Diverse Online Communities Session 8 Intermediate Preaching to the Choir? Moving Your Message Through Communities of Color Session 8 Intermediate
CaMpuS
Ally Training Session 1 All Audiences Creating Transgender-Inclusive College Policies and Practices Session 2 All Audiences LGBT Oral History Workshop Session 2 All Audiences Building Anti-Racist Campus Alliances Session 3 Intermediate Building Coalition: Strategies for Success Session 4 All Audiences Creating a Safe Zone Program on Your Campus. Case Study- Aggie Allies at Texas A&M University Caucus 1 Model for Civic Engagement through Campus LGBT Resource Centers Session 5 Intermediate Creating Change in your Community A Toolkit for LGBTQ Campus Activism Session 6 All Audiences Reinvigorating Your LGBTQA Campus Organization Session 7 All Audiences The State of Higher Education for LGBT People: 2001-2009 Session 7 Fundamentals Using Monologues as an Educational Tool Session 8 All Audiences College Student Caucus Caucus 2 How LGBTQA History Informs Current Activism Caucus 2
anti-violenCe/ biaS reduCtion

Responding to Bias in Our Communities: Strategies Adopted from A Guide to Community Rapid Incident Response Session 1 All Audiences Victim Advocacy with LGBTQ Clients Working Across Systems Across Time Session 2 Intermediate Being Safe OUTside the System: LGBTSTGNC Communities of Color Ending Violence Without Law Enforcement Session 5 All Audiences Building LGBT Domestic Violence Coalitions: It Takes A Village Session 8 All Audiences
CoMMunity CenterS
Centralizing Your Community: Why & How To Start or Expand Your LGBT Community Center Session 5 All Audiences
CoMMunity organizing
The Art of the Schmooze Session 1 Fundamentals Uniting Communities Session 1 & 2 All Audiences Making Strides Even in a Less Than Welcoming Environment Session 2 All Audiences Keeping the Peace: Conflict Mediation Training Session 4 All Audiences
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Taking the Mystery out of Nonprofit Marketing: Use Your Mission, Build Your Brand, Achieve Your Goals Session 3 & 4 All Audiences
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40 Years After Stonewall: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Activist Timeline Caucus 1 Finding Our Voice at the Table: Advocating for Emerging and Less Popular Issues in the LGBT Communities Caucus 1 Running A Womens Group Caucus 1 Spiritual Self-Defense Session 7 All Audiences Faith and LGBTI Equality: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk Session 8 Intermediate LGBTQ Jewish Caucus Caucus 2 Using Social Media to Build a Movement Pink Menno Campaign Caucus 2
iMMigration
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Why We Need All of It and How To Make Sure It Is LGBT-Inclusive Session 1 All Audiences
international iSSueS
United Nations and International LGBT Issues Session 5 Fundamentals What it Means to be an LGBT Asylee & How You Can Help Session 6 All Audiences
diSability JuStiCe
From Access to Inclusion to Justice: An Introduction to Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism Session 3 & 4 All Audiences
eleCtionS, ballot MeaSureS and CaMpaignS

A Debrief of LGBT Initiative Campaigns from 2009 Session 2 All Audiences Skills for Surviving Anti-LGBT Politics Session 3 All Audiences The Race for Equality Includes YOU! Session 4 Intermediate Winning Washington: How One Womans Story Became Key in a Major Movement Victory Caucus 1
Creating Diverse Coalitions around Family Definition Session 5 Intermediate Queerspawn Caucus Caucus 2
legiSlative/legal reForM and publiC poliCy

LGBT Youth and Federal Policy Issues Session 3 All Audiences What To Say When We Get There Session 3 All Audiences Working Effectively with Partisan Organizations Session 4 Advanced Passing Good Legislation or Fighting Bad: Using Research for Good Session 5 Intermediate WTF is Going On with Congress? Session 6 All Audiences LGBT Families Count! How to Mobilize Your Community Around the 2010 Census Session 8 All Audiences
FundraiSing
The Older Americans Act and Getting Your Moneys Worth into Your Community Session 1 Advanced Gaybingo: Unity, Fun and Money Session 6 All Audiences What Do Funders Want? Developing Your Grant Proposal Session 6 Fundamentals
FaitH & Spirituality

Would Jesus Discriminate? Shifting the Discourse on Faith-Based Prejudice Session 1 All Audiences Love Won Out: The Marketing, Messaging and Manipulation Inside the Million-Dollar Machine Session 2 All Audiences Homophobia in the Black Church Session 3 All Audiences Mending Covenants: Strategizing for Transgender Equality in Faith Communities Session 3 Intermediate Mobilizing Catholic Support for LGBTQ Equality Session 3 Intermediate Standing on the Side of Love Session 4 Intermediate Gays God and the Workplace: SANE Conversations and TFR Love Session 7 Advanced
gender iSSueS
How Homophobia Affects Straight People... and the REST OF US Session 4 Fundamentals Transitioning Beyond the Boxes Caucus 1 Butch/Femme: A Feminist Conversation between Lovers Caucus 2 SOFFAs Supporting Each Other Caucus 2
Marriage
Moving Voters on Marriage!: A Door-to-Door Voter Persuasion Model Session 6 All Audiences
MoveMent building
Story-Telling for Social Change: Gathering LGBTQ Personal Stories Session 3 All Audiences Advanced Movement Building through Lifelong Sexuality Education Session 4 Intermediate How to Become Gay for Pay- Inroads to a Queer Career Session 4 All Audiences How Straight Spouses of LGBT Partners Become Allies: How YOU Can Help Session 4 Intermediate
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Health as a Tool for Social Justice Organizing Session 1 Intermediate Trailblazing for Transgender Health Session 2 Intermediate Beyond the Meth Monster: Queer Strategies for Ending the War on Drugs Session 3 All Audiences Breast Cancer Impacts on the LGBT Community Caucus 1
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State of the queer movement through the historic lens of other social movements Session 4 Intermediate Old Lesbian caucus - lesbians 60 and over Caucus 1 Queer Activism in Spanish Caucus Caucus 1 What Does the A Stand For Again? Caucus on the Place of Straight Allies Within the Movement Caucus 1 Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality Session 5 All Audiences Promise and Peril: Managing a statewide coalition and public funding for LGBT health and human services Session 5 All Audiences Qu Dijeron?/What Did They Say? Creating Multilingual Spaces Session 7 & 8 All Audiences King & King Redux: Beating The Use of School Curriculum as a Wedge Issue Session 7 & 8 Fundamentals Learning to be Allies to Support Old Pride Session 8 All Audiences Working in Coalition - How a committee of LGBT organizations from across the state are able to do coalition work together Caucus 2 Transforming Leadership: Approaches to Developing & Sustaining Trans Leaders Session 7 Intermediate Executive Directors Roundtable Session 7 & 8 All Audiences
raCial JuStiCe
Class Matters Session 1 Intermediate Serving low-income LGBT people: Challenges and Strategies for Success Session 2 All Audiences Are You Ready? Moving Racial Justice in LGBT Organizations Session 5 & 6 Fundamentals Welfare Warriors: Surviving Violence, Fighting Injustice and Building Community Session 6 All Audiences
people oF Color
Latino (LGBT) Community Outreach 101 Session 1 All Audiences Immigration and Indigenous Borders Session 1 & 2 All Audiences Going back to the beginning, Aprendiendo del pasado Session 3 All Audiences Were here! Were queer! We eat paneer! Mapping LGBTQ AAPI Organizing for Social Change Session 3 All Audiences Elders Speak, GRIOT still the only LGBT Elders of Color organization, why? Session 4 All Audiences Perspectives and Experiences of Queer Southeast Asians in LGBTQ Organizations Caucus 1 QPOC Organizing on College Campuses Caucus 1 Queer Activism in Spanish Caucus Caucus 1 Land, Desire and Culture: Two Spirit People and the LGBT Movement Session 6 All Audiences House/Ballroom Scene 101: A Hands-On Workshop on the History of Ballroom Culture for LGBT People of Color Session 8 All Audiences Caucus/Networking of LGBT Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) Caucus 2 Intercountry & Transracial Adoptees Caucus Caucus 2 Latin@s: Estamos Presente Caucus 2 The Alphabet Soup of Sexual Minority Youth Caucus 2 Weaving the Nations Together: First Nations Community Dialogue Caucus 2
reSearCH and poliCy

National Reporting and Data-Driven Advocacy: Ending Anti-LGBT Violence By the Numbers Session 2 Intermediate Numbers Matter: The Importance of the Census for LGBT Americans in 2010 and Beyond Session 2 All Audiences Strengthening the Connection: Racial Justice and LGBT Rights Session 3 All Audiences Communicating at the Intersection of Race and Sexuality: Ideas on How To Build Bridges with African Americans Session 5 Intermediate Data for a Change Session 5 Intermediate You Lie! Right-Wing Race Backlash: What it Means for Queers Session 5 All Audiences The National Transgender Discrimination Survey: A Talk on Preliminary Findings Session 6 All Audiences Outing Age 2010: Research and Policy Session 7 Intermediate Designing Usable Research Caucus 2
Military/veteranS iSSueS
Telling: Dan Choi and Knights Out Session 2 All Audiences
organizational developMent
Can You Believe It? Three Tools for Reducing Drama in the Workplace Session 1 Intermediate Recruiting, Retention & Succession Planning; Building Sustainable Leadership Teams Session 1 All Audiences Lessons on Inclusion from the Pipeline Project: A Panel Discussion on Work Being Done, Best Practices and Lessons Learned Session 4 Intermediate The Volunteer Connection: Maximizing Your Organizations Potential by Creating an Amazing Volunteer Experience Session 6 Intermediate
SCHool iSSueS
Supporting Local Schools and GSAs Through Community/University/ School Partnerships Session 1 All Audiences How To Get What We Want: Understanding and Utilizing the U.S. Education System to Create Safer Schools Session 2 All Audiences Thats so gay! School-based interventions and classroom homophobia Session 3 Intermediate
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Trans Youth & Safe Schools: Advocacy & Policy Session 4 All Audiences Life as the unofficial Campus Queer Caucus 1 King & King Redux: Beating The Use of School Curriculum as a Wedge Issue Session 7 & 8 Fundamentals The Pursuit of Bully-Free Schools: Innovative Approaches to Improve School Climate for LGBTQ Kids Session 8 All Audiences
tranSgender CoMMunity & iSSueS

No Retreat Session 1 All Audiences Building Community Beyond the Binary Caucus 1 Caucus for State and/or Local Transgender Advocacy, Legal, and/or Political Organizations/Activists Caucus 1 Dont Call Me a Tranny Chaser Caucus 1 Getting to Know You Caucus 1 The Cutting Edge in Trans Rights: Healthcare, Prisons, and ID Documents Session 5 All Audiences Staying Safe While TRANSitioning Session 6 All Audiences The Journey from Laws to Jobs For Trans People Session 6 Intermediate The National Transgender Discrimination Survey: A Talk on Preliminary Findings Session 6 All Audiences Transforming Leadership: Approaches to Developing & Sustaining Trans Leaders Session 7 Intermediate Forget the Polite Conversation: Getting Real About FTM Transition Caucus 2 Transgender Religious Leaders Network Reception Caucus 2
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When Under Your Wing Smells Like Under Your Armpit: A Youth Centered Guide To Navigating Ageism In Todays Social Revolutions Session 1 Fundamentals What Your Parents Never Taught You About Sex Session 2 All Audiences LGBT Youth and Federal Policy Issues Session 3 All Audiences A Dialog with Youth: Talking About Sex and Sexual Freedom Session 3 & 4 Fundamentals LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing Summit Caucus Caucus 1 Protecting Ourselves Against Our Own Bodies Caucus 1 Queer Youth Caucus Caucus 1 Reading: Sassafras Lowery reads from Kicked Out Caucus 1 Aging Out - Facilitating Healthy Transitions Session 5 Intermediate Sex[+] More than the Birds and the Bees Session 5 All Audiences Working Against Elitist Activism: A Discussion with Youth Activists Session 6 All Audiences Culturally Sensitive Practice with LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Care Session 7 All Audiences Engaging Queer Youth in Your Advocacy Efforts Session 7 Fundamentals Talkin Bout My Generation: Intergenerational Storytelling & Dialogue Session 8 All Audiences The Pursuit of Bully-Free Schools: Innovative Approaches to Improve School Climate for LGBTQ Kids Session 8 All Audiences The Trevor Projects Lifeguard Workshop Session 8 All Audiences Youth Led Youth Groups: The Benefit of Youth Helping Each Other Session 8 All Audiences
Creating Communities of Resistance/Change through Innovative Sex Organizations and Businesses Session 1 All Audiences Sexual Liberation as a Framework for Change Session 3 All Audiences Intersex Workshop Session 4 All Audiences Talking About Sex in Communities of Color Caucus 1 Young and Poly Caucus 1 Equity, Fidelity and Sustainability Session 5 All Audiences Mapping Your Desire Session 6 All Audiences Kink, Race and Class Session 7 All Audiences Talking About Sex in the Trans and Trans Allies Community Session 7 All Audiences Our Common Cause- A place for polyamorous/non-monogamy communities in the LGBTIQA movement Session 8 All Audiences The Future of Sexual Orientation Session 8 All Audiences Leather Caucus Caucus 2 Polyamory/Nonmonogamy Caucus Caucus 2 Sex Workers Caucus Caucus 2
WorkplaCe
Engaging Employee Participation in LGBT Activities Caucus 1 Building An Employee Resource Group (ERG) With Impact Session 5 All Audiences From Front Line to Bottom Line: Engaging Corporate Social Responsibility Makes Cents Session 6 Intermediate Workplace Equality for Public Employees Caucus 2
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Friday, February 5
Academy Session 1 9:00am 12:15pm Academy Session 2 3:00pm 6:15pm Advanced 5+ years of experience. Sessions tailored for lead volunteers and organizers, board chairs, executive directors and senior managers, and experienced lobbyists. Content includes advanced theory, organizational management, and best practices. In addition, advanced sessions can include case study examinations and high-level problem solving. All Audiences Session is suitable for participants at all skill levels. We are pleased to offer the following Academy sessions for 2010. Note: You must be pre-registered for Academy sessions in order to attend. Academy registration is available in the conference registration area.
Saturday, February 6
Academy Session 3 9:00am 12:15pm Academy Session 4 3:00pm 6:15pm The Academy for Leadership and Action was created by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in 2008 in response to a shortage of qualified candidates to fill local, state and national positions of significant responsibility in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) movement. In partnership with our colleagues across the Task Force, we believe that a truly transformed society will mean that movements, communities, organizations and individuals need to be interdependent, interconnected and working to ensure that all individual and collective bodies are liberated. The Academy sessions at Creating Change 2010, developed by Task Force staff with input from key community organizations, leaders and activists focuses on the following themes: The ability to develop and transform worldview Activating key beliefs, values, convictions; linking our issues to a broader agenda; shaping public debate and thinking; challenging and shaping the dominant worldview. The ability to demonstrate radical welcome Invitation, inclusion and re-invention of power structures at every level of organization, decision making, partnerships, and coalitions. The ability to build capacity and infrastructure Base building, organizing, fundraising, leadership development, creation and growth of strategic alliances, coalition unity. The ability to make immediate political change Organizing in electoral and legislative campaigns, policy change, direct action, mass mobilization. At the Task Force we place great emphasis on developing strategic partnerships with individuals and organizations that are known as the best trainers in their fields across political and social justice movements. To ensure the needs of participants are appropriately met, Academy for Leadership and Action sessions are designated as follows: Fundamentals Basic/entry level for new staff, board members, volunteers and activists, or existing staff, board, volunteers and activists with new responsibilities. Typically 0-1 year of experience in the topic area. Content covers terminology, basic theory and building essential skills. Intermediate 2-5 years experience. Content includes putting theory into practice, and practical application. Sessions deal with serious challenges or barriers to being effective. Some time is devoted to problem solving.
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Adult Faith-Based Organizing for Change in the Church: Session II Building Relationships (Session 1)
Fundamentals This Academy session is designed to incorporate the insights of faith-based community organizing to change churches at the congregational, regional and denominational levels to become more welcoming to LGBT people. We are specifically targeting young adults as the future of the church and the ones who are leaders now and will be the leaders of the future. We will focus on relationship-building, effective storytelling and the positive use of theology for change. The various denominationally-based programs with which the Institute for Welcoming Resources works have tended to focus on middle-age to older adults. If true and lasting change is to come in churches, it will be dependent on young adults to carry it through into the future and in turn, if we want a just society, we must raise up just leaders. This session seeks to give these future leaders concrete skills to go about creating change in the churches. Learning Objectives That there are tools and techniques which will affect lasting change in churches for the full inclusion of LGBT persons. This session seeks to give these future leaders concrete skills to go about creating change in the churches. Faculty: Vicki Wunsch, Trainer, Institute for Welcoming Resources
Transgender Inclusion at LGBT Organizations Mastering the Basics

Fundamentals The Task Force and the National Center for Transgender developed the informative guide Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People: The Nine Keys to Making LGBT Organizations Fully-Inclusive. Join the authors for an overview of the nine keys and how to apply them in every day organizational life. Covering dos and donts, we will explain the different steps and levels of trans-inclusion, as well as the common barriers and plateaus that you will experience in what will be your organizations successful journey to full transgender inclusion. Learning Objectives gain a working knowledge of the basics of transgender inclusion
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become comfortable advocating for transgender inclusion in LGBT organizations gain ability to analyze the language LGBT organizations use and how it is perceived as trans-inclusive learn the importance of consistent and unwavering trans-inclusion in LGBT organizations learn how to engage and involve more trans people with LGBT organizations Faculty: Justin Tanis, National Center for Transgender Equality; Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, The Task Force
Personal Ecology A Commitment to Effectiveness as a Leader (Repeated on Saturday)

All Audiences Leaders often think of making an investment in our health and well being as improving our individual quality of life. We believe that personal ecology is directly related to your effectiveness as leaders. We define effectiveness as the quality of presence, the quality of intelligence, creativity, and ability to focus, solve problems and respond to life. All too often, we see leaders who are impeccable with work agreements sacrifice their commitments to family and to themselves in support of the important mission of your organization. In this workshop, we will assess your current state of effectiveness and quality of life. Our hope is to provide you with the tools and skills to be able to sustain a lifetime of work creating a better community and world for ourselves and the people we love. Objectives: Must be willing to take a long loving look at current reality and take action to improve your work and your life. Must be able to remain awake long enough to participate in the entire session. To assess how you are managing the multiple responsibilities in your work and personal life and determine the level of effectiveness and resourcefulness you bring to life. To provide participants with the tools, resources and plans for a lifetime of activism. Faculty: Michael Bell, Rockwood Leadership, Faculty for National LGBT Leaders Cohort, Southern Leaders, Art of Leadership
Bridging the Gap Between Kumbayah and Just Do It!: 3 Methods to Uncover Shared and Core Values, and Put them to Work!
Advanced Trainers extraordinaire Mickey MacIntyre and Martha Vail reveal secrets of the trade! This train-the-trainer workshop introduces three interactive methods to surface common values within and between diverse groups. Well then explore the practical advantages to your organization (Just Do It!) of identifying shared and core values (Kumbayah). If you work with other people, or if your organization collaborates, this session is for you! Learning Objectives Participants understand why core and shared values matter as individuals, groups and organizations build the movement for equality Participants are able to facilitate three exercises that surface and explore individual, group or organizational values Faculty: Mickey MacIntyre, realChange Partners; Dr. Martha Vail, The *Doctor is In
More $, More Power: Asking for What We Need and Getting It!
All Audiences Ever feel like money is the thing holding your group back from achieving your goals? Worry that youll turn people off by asking by fundraising? Feel like our movement feeds into classist, racist and ageist assumptions about money? Youre not alone. By raising money in a different way, we can reinvent the power structure of our movement. Lets break down the barriers of anxiety and assumptions about asking and giving. No gimmickslive conversations with real people work. Well arm you with tried and true methods, examples and tools to make asking feel great and the money roll in. Learning Objectives Change WHO funds the LGBT movement (not just white, gay men) Tackle classism & uncomfortability around asking head on Move fundraising from scary possible empowering Help to re-invent the power structure by teaching EVERYONE to raise $ Raise not just little, but big $ so organizations can be bigger, support more leaders, lift goals and buy and pay for needed things Direct asking puts $ in the bank NOW Faculty: Trina Olson, Senior Field Organizer, The Task Force; Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, The Task Force; Win Chesson Development Manager, Immigration Equality
Program Evaluation for Practical People: Understanding and Utilizing Evaluation Techniques for Programs, Services and Movement Building
All Audiences Evaluation is important to understanding what works and what doesnt in your organizing, social service or other program efforts. Funders increasingly require hard data to prove a need for funding or to show funding was used as promised and yielded results. This session is for those who are planning/ implementing programs or movement strategy and/or assessing programmatic outcomes, and want to use evaluation techniques. Learning Objectives Participants will learn the different types of program evaluation and when they are appropriate to use Methods of conducting program evaluation Strategies for using data effectively to leverage funding, plan programs, and do movement building Options and opportunities for partnerships to carry out program evaluations Faculty: Somjen Frazer, Senior Policy Analyst, The Task Force; Alex Kent, Program Manager, SAGE
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Friday, February 5 3:00pm 6:15pm cus on middle-age to older adults. If true and lasting change is to come in churches, it will be dependent on young adults to carry it through into the future and in turn, if we want a just society, we must raise up just leaders. This session seeks to give these future leaders concrete skills to go about creating change in the churches. Learning Objectives That there are tools and techniques which will affect lasting change in churches for the full inclusion of LGBT persons. This session seeks to give these future leaders concrete skills to go about creating change in the churches. Faculty: Vicki Wunsch, Trainer, Institute for Welcoming Resources
Build Win Build: Building Power in a Movement Moment

Intermediate Do we dare build a movement around a bolder vision for the social change we want? We are too often caught in an endless cycle of defensive and shortterm fights, leaving little room to focus on what we are really after - LGBT liberation within a broad context of social, racial, and economic justice and what it will take to get there. Meanwhile, despite Obamas election, the corporate-conservative Rights agenda still governs our country, dedicates our movements agenda, and impacts the range of possibilities for our organizations. Taken together, the many state and national organizations that serve the LGBT community are often referred to as the movement. Yet, many of these organizations would not explicitly say that their mission is to further build the movement. The focus of many of our LGBT organizations is on advancing issues or winning campaigns while the work involved in building an inclusive and dynamic movement is articulated as an important but secondary goal. After a generation of domination by the Right, we are in the midst of a regime change and possibly a progressive movement moment in history. In this workshop, will explore what it means to shift the political debate, expand what is possible, and strengthen our ability to contribute to building power and a new movement for social change in this movement moment. Learning Objectives: Deepen understanding of social movements and how the everchanging political context has significant influence on the development of organizers, organizations and movements over time Clarify the current framing of the GLBTQ movement and explore alternative frames for the next wave of movement activity. Learn about the Three Faces of Power and how to concretely utilize each type of power to build a movement Learn about the implications of this movement moment for organizations and policy development Faculty: Beth Zemsky MAEd, LICSW currently works as a consultant specializing in multicultural organizational development with organizations working towards social change and movement building. Beth is former co-chair of the Board of Directors of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force.
Its Not What You Know: Relationships Matter Most

Intermediate No matter what facet of social change work you are doing, it is all about relationships. Creating, building, nurturing and repairing relationships is one of the most important skill sets an activist has in their repertoire. Contrary to popular belief, most people who are what author Malcolm Gladwell would call connectors are not simply naturals. This academy session, geared towards intermediate and advance participants, will explore how to establish, nurture and leverage relationships using values-based principles, best practices taken from real-life experience of activists with literally thousands of relationships in their respective fields. Learning Objectives This session is for individuals in diverse leadership positions in organizations, with a primary focus on communications. We expect participants to have some level of skill related to building relationships and interacting with others in an official capacity. Participants should come in with basic outreach and relationship skills and a rolodex that they are interested in growing and diversifying. Faculty: Cathy Renna, Renna Communications; Leah McElrath Renna, Renna Communications
Intentional Leadership Self Awareness in Service of Breakthrough Social Change

Intermediate Discover why we do the things we do! Some people are so easy to work with and some people are just so challenging! What human impulses move us to work the way we do fast or slow, directive or inclusive, measured or spontaneous? Develop greater self-awareness of your leadership style, tune in to how your style impacts others, and commit to creating a more generative and effective movement. Participants will discover their archetypal strengths and shadows and how these manifest in community, as well as the workplace. How can we leverage our natural styles to build more inclusive coalitions as well as more dynamic forms of leadership ultimately building a more diverse and powerful base for the movement? Using an assessment tool, paired and group dialogue, and journaling, participants will reflect on their unique leadership styles, explore areas of vulnerability as well as confidence, and dialogue about the implications of this new self awareness for moving through barriers to movement building.
Adult Faith-Based Organizing for Change in the Church: Session II Building Relationships (Session 2)
Fundamentals This Academy session is designed to incorporate the insights of faith-based community organizing to change churches at the congregational, regional and denominational levels to become more welcoming to LGBT people. We are specifically targeting young adults as the future of the church and the ones who are leaders now and will be the leaders of the future. We will focus on relationship-building, effective storytelling and the positive use of theology for change. The various denominationally-based programs with which the Institute for Welcoming Resources works have tended to fo-
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Learning Objectives: Leave with a new understanding of our leadership style and how our style impacts self and others. Build self-awareness about archetypal strengths and shadows and how these manifest in groups and organizations. Develop strategies for leveraging natural styles and tendencies to build more inclusive spaces and coalitions as well as more dynamic forms of leadership. Faculty: Gita Gulati-Partee and Evangeline Weiss, OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc., Durham, NC Understand how to overcome psychological or emotional barriers to trans-inclusion Be able to talk persuasively with naysayers about the importance of trans inclusion to the success of the organization Understand institutional and structural barriers to trans-inclusion and how to overcome them Learn ways to renew organizational energy to address barriers to trans inclusion Faculty: Justin Tanis, National Center for Transgender Equality; Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, The Task Force
Are You Curious ... enough? Using Genuine Curiosity in Voter and Volunteer Engagement
Intermediate Being curious, asking questions and listening are effective tools that community and electoral organizers use to build volunteer teams, identify our supporters, find new collaborators, build coalitions and persuade undecided voters. But are we curious enough to discover the whats and whys that could strengthen our movement and build people power to win our campaigns and create lasting change? In this workshop we will explore incidents when we can be more curious and develop skills to be more curious to discover potential volunteers, supporters and coalition partners. This is an intermediate level session; participants should have some organizing experience. Learning Objectives Develop skills to be more curious to discover potential volunteers Gain knowledge about talking to voters, supporters and coalition partners. Faculty: Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trina Olson, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Guides for Existing and New Aging Service ProvidersFollow the Money
Intermediate This Academy level training will provide attendees with two important tools for those who are looking to fund or add LGBT aging services in their communities. We will present a new guide to the intersections of Aging and LGBT anti-discrimination laws in each of the 50 states along with funding information for service providers. In addition we will present an up to date (Vol. II) of the federal guide Finding the dollars you Deserve, describing all the federal funding for all aging services and how to apply for funds. This will be interactive and we hope to share some success stories from the previous year. Learning Objectives: Acquire an enhanced understanding of LGBT elders, who we are, how we live, and how to advocate or create the services we need. An interactive conversation about how to promote and identify local state-of-the-art aging services. Be prepared to utilize the date and materials in Outing Age to advocate for funding from federal resources, as well as state and local funding opportunities. Acquire an enhanced strategy to fight LGBT ageism. Faculty: Laurie Young, Aging Policy Analyst, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Transgender Inclusion at LGBT Organizations Finishing the Journey

Intermediate Most LGB(T) groups have embraced transgender people and issues, but many groups have done so with incomplete results. Whether your LGB(T) organization is an advocacy, faith-based, support, or direct services organization, there are common principles that can help you fully integrate transgender people into your organizations mission, power structure, and work. Drawing on the resources of Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People, a joint publication of the Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality, the authors of the publication help participants apply these principles in challenging situations. This academy covers the higher level trans-inclusion issues such as creating written policies, dealing with resistance amongst LGB/allied leaders of the organization, addressing the health care needs of trans staff, understanding on a deeper level the internal conflict of the role of a trans ally, and getting over those final organizational barriers to transgender-inclusion. Learning Objectives Leave with concrete actions to take back home to advance true trans inclusion within their organization, such as policies to adopt, and specific methods to utilize
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Organizational Excellence: Building Organizations in a Movement Moment

Advanced A movement organization is not a contradiction in terms, but it is, by definition, in tension. It is always a compromise between the ideals by which it judges itself and the realities of its daily practices (Ferree & Martin, 1995, p. 8) Working within social justice movements adds complexity to building organizational capacity because movements (and the issues they address) are always in flux. Strengthening a movement organization requires an understanding of the local and national political context and the historical trajectory of the social movement in which our organizations are situated. How can we use these changing times to move beyond reactive politics toward more purposeful, transformational social change? How do we shape the nature and direction of social change, instead of reacting to, or running to catch up with it?
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As our organizations try to negotiate the compromise that Ferree & Martin (1995) describe, we often ask ourselves hard questions about who we are, what we do, how we do our work, and with whom we are doing it. Organizations often ask such questions during a strategic planning process. What is different about this moment in history is that it is important for organizations to now ask these questions in a way that intentionally links our work to the development of a broad movement for progressive social change. In this workshop, we will build on the framework for building long-term power and capitalizing on the movement moment discussed in Session 1 to explore organizational strategies that reflect and move us toward our transformational goals. We will explore what roles organizations need to play in order to take advantage of this moment and strengthen our organizations ability to contribute to building movement power. This workshop is for those interested in linking their organizations strategic plan with the strategic development of a movement for fundamental social transformation. Learning Objectives: Understand where the GLBTQ movement is in our movement lifecycle and determine what are the most useful frames, strategies and tactics to move forward. Learn about the implication of this movement moment for organizational development. Learn how to you align your organizations strategic plan with strategic movement building. Analyze what your organization is best equipped to do to facilitate the growth of your organization and the broader movement. Faculty: Beth Zemsky MAEd, LICSW currently works as a consultant specializing in multicultural organizational development with organizations working towards social change and movement building. Beth is co-author of the recent article Building Organizations in a Movement Moment Social Policy, July 2008 www.socialpolicy.org
transACTION A Transgender Curriculum for Churches and Religious Institutions

Fundamentals transACTION is designed to help churches and religious institutions address the issue of understanding and welcome by providing step-by-step training about the needs, apprehensions and fears of transgender people as they seek to find a connection to a church community. transACTION is a three part curriculum designed for churches and religious institutions that want to be welcoming to transgender people but dont have a clue as to how and where to start. Learning Objectives Well start by developing a basic understanding of gender identity and presentation and how that differs from sexual orientation; next, how to build congregational acceptance by exploring the biblical references to transgender persons and using a variety of scenarios to understand the issues faced by transgender congregants; finally the curriculum provides meaningful ways for churches and religious institutions to build an environment that is welcoming to transgender persons and also offers ways to take that welcome beyond the doors of the congregation or institution. Participants will learn about the varieties of gender identities and expressions and how to offer a welcoming environment to all transgender persons who walk through the doors of your church or religious institution. Faculty: Barbara Satin, Institute for Welcoming Resources, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force aCadeMy SeSSionS
Whats Stop-Starting Me? Internalized Oppression and Supremacy

Intermediate With the complexities of identity and social justice work, many of us find ourselves in spaces where we occupy both marginalized and mainstream identities. What are some of the social messages we have taken in and accepted, messages of both supremacy and oppression? How can we interrupt some of this programming in order to actualize our power, be more true to our selves, and bring a more just voice to the forefront of our work? This workshop is for participants who desire to confront some of the ways in which we get in our own way by taking in and on messages that limit everyones ability to be fully human. Join us to share with others about your journey, to explore your own messages more deeply, and to locate your voice of confident humility for social change. Learning Objectives: Recognize aspects of personal identity that carry messages of supremacy or oppression and how these influence our professional work. Explore specific examples of how internalized messages are validated and acted out in community. Demonstrate skills for seeing these messages more clearly. Imagine and practice interrupting internalized supremacy and oppression in our own thinking and behavior. Faculty: Gita Gulati-Partee and Evangeline Polly Weiss, OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Inc., Durham, NC; Calvin Allen, OpenSource Leadership Strategies
Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panther Movement (Session 1)
All Audiences Part one of this session will focus on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which is often described as the most sophisticated organizing campaign waged in the Civil Rights Movement. How did they win? How did the organizers do it? How did Dr. King inspire a community to do what no one believed was possible in Alabama? Come and hear the real story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and connect these lessons to the campaigns and issues that our progressive community cares about. Learning Objectives Truths and myths of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panthers. How strategies and tactics they employed can connect and apply to present-day campaigns and issues we care about. Faculty: Moof Mayeda, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trystan Reese, Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Darryl Watson; Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trina Olson, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
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Bespoke: Masculine of Center Identities at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender
Faculty: Laurie Young, Aging Policy Analyst, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Brad Jacklin, Program Coordinator, New Beginning Initiative of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
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In this workshop we will explore how our Masculine of Center identities are intertwined with our race, gender, and class identity. Linking our identity to these intersections helps us develop a deeper and more complex understanding of ourselves and our MOC brothers and sisters. We will discuss tools and life experiences that have become essential to navigating a gender conforming world, mentoring and providing leadership for younger MOC folks, and building community around the country. Through case studies of the Brown Boi Project and web 2.0 resources we will explore some of the ways that MOC folks are reshaping masculinity around the country and creating alternative narratives to the traditional butch narrative, deepening it, expanding it, and uncovering new ways to bridge and build on the fabric of who are and who we can become. This space is designed to be open to all participants and will have a strong emphasis on race and class. Learning Objectives: We will discuss tools and life experiences that have become essential to navigating a gender conforming world, Mentoring and providing leadership for younger MOC folks, and building community a We will explore some of the ways that MOC folks are reshaping masculinity around the country and creating alternative narratives to the traditional butch narrative, deepening it, expanding it, and uncovering new ways to bridge Build on the fabric of who are and who we can become. This space is designed to be open to all participants and will have a strong emphasis on race and class. Faculty: Cole B. Cole MSc, Seven Generations Consulting; Patricia St. Onge, Seven Generations Consulting
Maybe It Really Isnt About Me, After All: Values and Leadership for EDs
Intermediate Even when he or she isnt the actual founder, an executive directors personal values can dominate an organization. Martha Vail and Mickey MacIntyre join forces to guide executive directors and prospective executive directors in an exploration of value-based leadership. Discover how your own values are reflected in your leadership style, and how your leadership practice can affect organizational development. Learn how to identify core organizational values and to put those values to work in strengthening your agency. Learning Objectives: Participants understand the interdependence of their lived personal values, their organizations leadership needs and the movement for GLBT equality Participants can shape their leadership practice to support their agencys organizational development, build its organizational capacity and enhance its ability to advance the movement Participants develop strategies to address complex organizational issues such as: succession planning, delegating work and sharing power with a board of directors Faculty: Mickey MacIntyre, realChange Partners; Dr. Martha Vail, The *Doctor is In
Are We A Community or a Market? A Movement or Simply Gay, Inc?

Advanced The swift growth and progress of our movement in the past few decades has been both exciting and challenging. While we have experienced major cultural and attitudinal shifts on LGBT issues, the institutionalized bias that could be reduced via legal and policy change still lags. In addition, some segments of our community have evolved into more of a market than a movement, which has had an impact on the way many LGBT organizations function. As our organizations grow, we sometime see practices that are disturbing: groups follow the money and pander to donors more than they follow their passion or mission. Professionalization and corporatization seem to become code for the creation of self-sustaining bureaucracies and create roadblocks for more diverse staffing and programs, as well as making organizations generally less confrontational and risk-averse. What impact is this having on how the world sees us? How can we take a values-bases approach to our work and still be effective, particularly around framing messages and increasing visibility for all the issues our communities need to advance? This academy session will look at the current state of the movement through this lens, offer the opportunity for discussion and create an atmosphere for solution and goal-oriented discussion of this vital part of our communities future progress toward equality. Learning Objectives With at least 2 years of experience in the movement as either a volNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010
The New Beginning Initiative

Intermediate The Task Force and coalition partners in the New Beginning Initiative will talk about our plans to work within Federal Agencies and the executive branch of government to leverage our resources and bring about change in rules and regulations affecting the lives of LGBT people. Learn from the experience of the last year about how to work on changing policies without having to work through legislative processes. There is more than one way to bring equality and fairness to the LGBT community on a variety of local and state regulations that impact our lives. Participants will learn about our successes and lessons learned as the New Beginning Initiative moves forward. Learning Objectives: Participants will learn new and creative ways to work within state, local and federal levels of government to change policies without changing laws. Participants will exchange ideas and strategies that have worked in their home communities and states for bringing about changes in policy within agencies. We will share the role of coalitions in educating and reaching out to key decision-makers who can affect changes in the guidance of their programs and regulations to improve the lives of LGBT people.
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unteer, leader or staff person at an organization, with a good grasp of national, state and local organizing issues and strategies Good level of knowledge of the big picture issues being addressed in the session Faculty: Cathy Renna, Renna Communications; Leah McElrath Renna, Renna Communications executive director, especially as they relate to advocacy Participants develop a values-based rubric for undertaking advocacy activities Participants acquire strategies for embedding organizational values in all aspects of board work Faculty: Mickey MacIntyre, realChange Partners; Dr. Martha Vail, The *Doctor is In
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Values Based Advocacy Planning, Organizing, and Leadership Development through Appreciative Inquiry
Intermediate Join us for a highly interactive session where you will experience the power of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and gain awareness of how AI can be used to further your work in advancing freedom, justice, and equality. We will present case studies and lessons learned while facilitating an AI process using multiple group exercises. This process will expose participants to the AI tools that can be used to build our movement and develop leaders and organizations. Learning Objectives Participants leave with a new model for change that is purposefully positive, discoverers and builds on current strengths, creates shared vision, designs the future state, and drives their destiny. Participants leave understanding the 10 principles of the appreciative inquiry change process. Participants leave with a four phase model for change that can be used in a number of contexts such as strategy development and implementation, organizational culture change, organizational renewal, and community organizing, Participants also leave with hope, excitement, and renewed commitment to change Faculty: Hope A. Wisneski, LCSW, Deputy Executive Director, The GLBT Community Center of Colorado; Terry Hildebrandt, Independent Consultant
Flipping Votes for Equality: Case Studies on Effective Grassroots Lobbying from Massachusetts and Maine
Fundamentals In Massachusetts and Maine in 2007 and 2009, the Task Force partnered with MassEquality and EqualityMaine to launch smart and hard-fought campaigns to secure significant legislative victories for the freedom to marry. In the end, mass constituent contacts to fence-sitting and even anti-equality legislators made the difference between winning and losing. Legislators received thousands of calls, emails, and face-to-face visits from concerned voters making the case for marriage equality. If you want to build more effective advocacy campaigns for any issue you care about, this session is for you. Participants walk in knowing basic concepts about the legislative process and about how to lobby a legislator, or a decision maker, on a bill or issue. Learning Objectives Participants will leave understanding how to apply a variety of grassroots organizing techniques to advocacy campaigns, including: Phonebanking, door-to-door canvassing, and event canvassing to generate large numbers of constituent contacts Growing a base of identified constituents who are willing to meet with legislator face-to-face Developing a power analysis of a legislator to understand their political self-interest and their vulnerabilities Mobilizing key community, business, and civic leaders to lobby on behalf of your issue Faculty: Dan Hawes, Director of the Academy for Leadership and Action; Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trina Olson, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Train the Trainer Teaching Transgender Inclusion for LGBT Organizations

Advanced Does the organization you are involved with, or those in your community, want to be trans inclusive but arent totally there yet? Do you think you have mastered the b basics of trans inclusion? Do you have it in you to lead trainings? We have been training LGBT leaders on how to integrate trans people and issues into their organizations, and have a lot to share about how to teach folks. Grab a potential co-trainer (we recommend a pair of folks, ideally one trans identified person and one non-trans ally) and come learn how to train! The curriculum for this session is based on Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People: the Nine Keys to Making LGBT Organizations Fully Trans-Inclusive, a free, joint publication of the Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality. Learning Objectives Learn how to teach the 9 Keys Learn how to lead an organization through a conscious evaluation of trans-inclusion in its programs Learn how to sensitively deal with training participants on the harder parts of trans-inclusion. How to approach these subjects and lead
Value-Driven Governance: Building Movement through Better Boards

Intermediate What is the role of boards of directors in a movement for equality? Its got to be more about more than approving minutes and/or reading reports! Agents provocateurs Mickey MacIntyre and Martha Vail challenge board members (and executive directors) to re-invent board work as movement, as well as organizational, leadership. By focusing on advocacy in its many manifestations, and acting upon an articulated set of organizational values, boards can truly add value to their organizations and to the movement. Learning Objectives Participants understand the respective roles of the board and the
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boards or leaders of their organization through these self-evaluations. Faculty: Justin Tanis, National Center for Transgender Equality; Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, The Task Force This workshop is advanced and intended for people of color engaged in organizing and advocacy work for at least 4-5 years. The workshop focuses on cultivating skills across multiple issues and movements. Faculty: Cole B. Cole MSc, Seven Generations Consulting; Patricia St. Onge, Seven Generations Consulting
Organizing at the Intersection of Race and Faith Strategizing for the Future
Advanced Since the passage of Proposition 8, the pro-LGBT movement has begun to recognize some of the concrete ways in which we continue to lose important legal, legislative, policy and organizing efforts along the intersections of race and faith. In the 1960s, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, churches were at the forefront of revolutionary change. Yet, with the rise of fundamentalism across faith traditions over the past 30 years a deeper divide between secular and religious progressive communities has made it more difficult for organizers across movements to move our progressive work together. The passage of Prop 8 deepened the secular/religious as well as the racial divide within the LGBT community. This Academy session is designed for advanced racial justice and faith organizers committed to building the secular/religious divide from a racial justice perspective. Learning Objectives Articulate a shared analysis of the current state of the movement regarding the intersection of faith and race. Identify shared strategies for bringing the communities that are marginalized in the LGBT movement to the center, including our cultures, organizing strategies, ways of community building and community based issues. Begin to outline a shared plan of action for not only bridging the secular/secular divide but also for building a pro-LGBT and faith movement that is intentionally inclusive along all lines of difference. Faculty: Mandy Carter, Mandy Carter Consulting; Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, IWR and Faith Work Director, The Task Force; Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz, Director of Capacity Building, The Task Force Academy for Leadership and Action, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Lessons from the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panther Movement (Session 2)
All Audiences Part one of this session will focus on the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which is often described as the most sophisticated organizing campaign waged in the Civil Rights Movement. How did they win? How did the organizers do it? How did Dr. King inspire a community to do what no one believed was possible in Alabama? Come and hear the real story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and connect these lessons to the campaigns and issues that our progressive community cares about. Learning Objectives Truths and myths of the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Black Panthers. How strategies and tactics they employed can connect and apply to present-day campaigns and issues we care about. aCadeMy SeSSionS Faculty: Moof Mayeda, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trystan Reese, Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Darryl Watson; Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Trina Olson, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Personal Ecology A Commitment to Effectiveness as a Leader (Repeated Session)

All Audiences Leaders often think of making an investment in our health and well being as improving our individual quality of life. We believe that personal ecology is directly related to your effectiveness as leaders. We define effectiveness as the quality of presence, the quality of intelligence, creativity, and ability to focus, solve problems and respond to life. All too often, we see leaders who are impeccable with work agreements sacrifice their commitments to family and to themselves in support of the important mission of your organization. In this workshop, we will assess your current state of effectiveness and quality of life. Our hope is to provide you with the tools and skills to be able to sustain a lifetime of work creating a better community and world for ourselves and the people we love. Objectives: Must be willing to take a long loving look at current reality and take action to improve your work and your life. Must be able to remain awake long enough to participate in the entire session. To assess how you are managing the multiple responsibilities in your work and personal life and determine the level of effectiveness and resourcefulness you bring to life. To provide participants with the tools, resources and plans for a lifetime of activism. Faculty: Michael Bell, Rockwood Leadership, Faculty for National LGBT Leaders Cohort, Southern Leaders, Art of Leadership
Advocacy in Communities of Color: Cultural Competency as One of Your Strongest Organizing Tools
Advanced This workshop is designed for organizers of color to deepen your skills and capacity to work across communities of color. Through advocacy we will explore issues of communication like developing culturally competent messages, community based participatory research, direct action, and strategies for building alliances and support with unlikely allies across communities of color. The workshop will draw on insights from the recently released book, Embracing Cultural Competency: A Roadmap for Nonprofit Capacity Builders. Building cultural competency is an ongoing journey that nonprofit leaders choose to take because they know the end result will be a more inclusive, connected, and effective organization. As People of Color led organizations, we come to the table with both shared and unique histories and experiences that can strengthen the LGBTQ and other social change movements. Learning Objectives We will discuss sustainability, power, building strategic alliances, and the challenges and opportunities of working in collaboration.
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When Under Your Wing Smells Like Under Your Armpit: A Youth Centered Guide To Navigating Ageism In Todays Presenters: Ryan Kroening, MN; Anne Phibbs, Systemwide Director, GLBT Programs Office, University of Minnesota, MinneSocial Revolutions
Youth Fundamentals This session will introduce participants to the concept and practical application of an equitable youth-adult partnership model. Participants will be able to explore the need for and benefit of these partnerships as it relates to todays advocacy work involving youth. Session participants will able to learn and discuss practical applications of this model of partnership for todays social and political movements and gain some useful tools overcome perceived institutional barriers. Presenters: Ernesto Dominguez
tems of gender and sexuality, heterosexual and gender conforming privilege, strategies of being an ally, and ways in which we can all confront GLBT oppression. This session is presented by the Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance.
apolis, MN; Alfonso Wenker, PFUND Foundation, Minneapolis, MN
Building Your Online Presence
Communications, Media and Messaging All Audiences T his session gives an overview of the new media ecosystem that we find ourselves in, and how organizations can make the best use of new tools, reach out to new supporters, and move their work forward. This is an introduction to how your organization or your cause can benefit from using new media such as blogs and social networks, and will cover an overview of online organizing tools and strategies. Presenters: Jerame Davis, The Bilerico Project, Indianapolis, IN; Heather Cronk, New Organizing Institute, Washington, DC
Would Jesus Discriminate? Shifting the Discourse on Faith-Based Prejudice

Faith & Spirituality All Audiences In 2009, billboards in Dallas generated media and international internet conversations. Rather than addressing the clobber passages from a defensive position, we will explore techniques used to shift the discourse to impact the moveable middle. Participants will practice tips for moving beyond personal reactions to advancing a positive, loving, thought-provoking message through media or with individuals such that people will re-examine faith-based prejudice. Participants will leave with tools to respond more effectively to faith-based prejudice. Presenters: Rev. Colleen Darraugh, Would Jesus Discriminate? Campaign / Metropolitan Community Church of Greater Dallas, Dallas, TX
Can You Believe It? Three Tools for Reducing Drama in the Workplace
Organizational Development Intermediate O kay, so drama is not all its cracked up to be and sometimes, we just want to get through the day unscathed. With so many personalities and needs, how can we transform teamwork from a haphazard free-for-all to more intentional practice where all voices can be heard, decisions are made efficiently, and feedback is actively sought out rather than avoided? Join us and learn three concrete tools for breakthrough teamwork. Presenters: Evangeline Weiss, OpenSource Leadership Strategies, Durham, NC Friday SeSSionS
Advancing Equality for LGBT Elders

Aging All Audiences This workshop starts with an overview of Americas elders and the key issues they face today, examines how these issues are different for LGBT elders, and then delves into how we, as a community, can undertake political and community action to make a difference. Attendees will break into working groups to discuss actions they can take in their organization or community. Presenters: Ineke Mushovic, Movement Advancement Project; Catherine Thurston, SAGE
Class Matters
Racial Justice Intermediate Using Story Circles as a method for self exploration and dialogue, we will consider how class differences can make organizing in the LGBT community challenging. By addressing the issue of class on an individual level and engaging in cross-class dialogue, participants will be able to do their part to build stronger social justice movements. Presenters: Gabriel Atchison, College Park, MD
Ally Training
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Why We Need All of It and How To Make Sure It Is LGBT-Inclusive
Immigration All Audiences Is the fight for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) important to the LGBT community? Yes! CIR has to potential to directly improve the lives of thousands of LGBT families and individuals in many ways, from the undocumented to LGBT immigrant youth
Campus All Audiences A lly Training aims to give participants the tools, resources, and skills needed to be intentional allies to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals and communities. Participants will discuss GLBT and ally history and culture, myths and stereotypes, sys-
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to mixed status families to transgender immigrants mistreated in ICE detention. As a nation of immigrants, we are all affected by how we ensure protections for everyone, regardless of generations in the country. However, ensuring LGBT binational families and Uniting American Families Act are included in the immigration legislation currently under debate in the Congress will require work by advocates all over the country. This interactive workshop will familiarize activists with the importance of LGBT advocacy for CIR, as well as equipping them with successful strategies for lobbying Congress, raising awareness, and building coalitions with other immigration advocates. Presenters: Ben de Guzman, Co-Director for Programs, National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Washington, DC; Jesse Garcia, President, LULAC 4871 - The Dallas Rainbow Council, Dallas , TX; Julie Kruse, Immigration Equality, Thomas Saenz, President, MALDEF tify common ground that respects the intersection of our histories, shared legacies and strategies in an effort to transcend borders for an inclusive movement for liberation. This is an open session for First Nations / Two Spirit / Indigenous folks & allies. Presenters: Coya Artichoker, First Nations Collective, Minneapolis, MN; Lucia Leandro Gimeno, Audre Lorde Project, Brooklyn, NY; Paulina Hernandez, Co-Director, Southerners on New Ground, New Market, TN; Melissa Hoskins, First Nations Collective
Latino (LGBT) Community Outreach 101

People of Color All Audiences In the past ten years, the US Latino population has both grown, as well as migrated to states that had not previously seen Latino communities. This workshop is designed to help LGBT activists and organizations begin and/or strengthen their Latino outreach efforts. Lets increase your capacity to both meet the needs of LGBT Latinos, as well as, collaborate and build relationships with your larger Latino communities. Note: Workshop not intended for Latino/a LGBT activists.
Creating Communities of Resistance/Change through Innovative Sex Organizations and Businesses

Sexual Freedom All Audiences
Innovative sex businesses are popping up all over. Cutting-edge Presenters: Francisco Dueas, Proyecto Igualdad Coordinator, sex educators and retailers are changing the face, offerings and Lambda Legal, Los Angeles, CA quality of sex commerce. Come meet sex entrepreneurs and learn about how sex-positive businesses are on the forefront of creating No Retreat resistance to right wing repression in their communities, and imTransgender Community & Issues All Audiences portantly, are helping us embody a healthier, more vibrant sexuality. Transgendered people have no place to retreat. Society literally Presenters: Tristan Taormino, Sex Educator, Author, Entreprefunnels them into the bottom of the prison system. The struggle neur; I.G. Rivera, Sex Educator, Principal, Poly Patao Productions for transgendered equality is only beginning and the last great Civil Rights struggle remaining to be fought in the Land of the Free. Health as a Tool for Social Justice Organizing Learn how to become involved in this struggle and ways that you Health Intermediate can be an effective ally to trans people in your community. Help to This interactive workshop will explore how good health and ac- create a nurturing society where we can all be healed and grow cess to high-quality healthcare that values and promotes our over- and fulfill our potentials. all well-being are issues that cut across multiple diverse identities Presenters: Dani Williams, T.G.I.Justice Project, San Francisco, CA and affect all members of the LGBT community. After discussing some of the many facets of health and healthcare, participants Recruiting, Retention & Succession Planning; will brainstorm strategies for addressing health issues facing the LGBT community by mobilizing the community around these is- Building Sustainable Leadership Teams Organizational Development All Audiences sues in pursuit of health equity and social justice. This workshop will provide information and implementable tools Presenters: Kellan E. Baker, Policy Associate, National Coalifor attendees around the critical organizational areas of recruittion for LGBT Health, Washington, DC; Rebecca Fox, Executive ing, retention and succession planning. The session will feature a Director, National Coalition for LGBT Health, Washington, DC panel of experts in a moderated discussion and allow attendees to pose questions specific to their organizations and to share best Immigration and Indigenous Borders practices. Participants will gain exposure to market-leading thinkPeople of Color 3 Hour Session All Audiences ing from the expert panel and engage in a robust exchange of Some immigration activists call for the dissolution of all national practical experience with their peers in the movement. borders. But what does this mean for current sovereignty strugPresenters: Eliza Byard, Executive Director, GLSEN, New York, gles of Indigenous nations? How do First Nation peoples who NY; Kevin Chase, McCormack & Associates, Toluca Lake, CA; have been colonized by immigrants and some who have had their Joe McCormack, McCormack & Associates, Toluca Lake, CA; nations divided by colonial borders (e.g. US-Mexico) view the curGregg Passin, Principal Mercer Consulting, New York, NY rent forces of imperialism that have created a global population of migrant workers? Join us as we take a collective journey to iden-
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Responding to Bias in Our Communities: Strategies Adopted from A Guide to Community Rapid Incident Response The Older Americans Act and Getting Your Moneys Worth into Your Community
Fundraising Advanced As LGBT community organizations build capacity, finding resources to support those efforts is always a priority. This session will offer insights into an often overlooked funding source for an often overlooked part of our community: aging. Presenters: Loree Cooke-Daniels, Transgender Aging Network; Joyce Pierson, National Center for Lesbian Rights ; Catherine Thurston, SAGE ; Laurie Young, The Task Force, Washington, DC
Anti-Violence/Bias Reduction All Audiences LGBT communities are far too often the targets of hate- or biasmotivated violence incidents. How can we, as activists and advocates effectively develop responses to violence that bring healing, justice, and public awareness? We will utilize tips and strategies from A Guide to Community Rapid Incident Response developed by the NYC Anti-Violence Project in coalition with NCAVP members, while building upon the collective knowledge of participants. This interactive workshop will empower and encourage activists to take action against bias violence wherever it may occur. Presenters: Maryse Mitchell-Brody, National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs/NYC AVP, New York, NY; Rebecca Waggoner-Kloek , Minneapolis, MN
Uniting Communities
Community Organizing 3 Hour Session All Audiences
The Uniting Communities Toolkit is a brand new manual for advancing LGBTQ issues within organizations of color. Built on work done in Oregon, The Toolkit features workshops, case studies, assessments, activities, and exercises that help organizations of color Supporting Local Schools and GSAs Through look at the issues they work on thru an LGBTQ lens, shift organizaCommunity/University/ School Partnerships tional culture to be more inclusive of LGBTQ community members, School Issues All Audiences and work to become public allies to the LGBTQ community. This This interactive workshop will present and explore ways in which session will help participants from LGBTQ organizations learn how innovative collaborations between community organizations, col- to use The Toolkit, best practices, and strategize with one another leges/universities and local schools can enhance the develop- about advancing racial justice and LGBTQ equality. ment, effectiveness and sustainability of gay/straight alliances and Presenters: Kalpana Krishnamurthy, Western States Center, similar secondary school-based programs geared towards sup- Portland, OR porting LGBTQA students. Facilitators will present on Philadelphia-based collaborations as a launching point for discussion but WorkSHop SeSSion 2 the workshop will focus on strengthening participants programs Friday, February 5 10:45am 12:15pm and ideas, by sharing programmatic objectives, challenges and best practices. Youth are welcomed and encouraged. Presenters: Allison Buehler, Mazzoni Center, Philadelphia, PA; Quincy Greene, Educational Justice Coalition, Philadelphia, PA; Nina Harris, Penn LGBT Center, Philadelphia, PA
A Debrief of LGBT Initiative Campaigns from 2009
Elections, Ballot Measures and Campaigns All Audiences Overall, 2009 marked a year of electoral progress for the LGBT community. Four communities faced LGBT ballot initiatives on a myriad of issues, from protecting LGBT people from job and housing discrimination in Gainesville, Florida and Kalamazoo, Michigan, to upholding domestic partnership rights in Washington state, to protecting the freedom to marry for same-sex couples in Maine. Of these measures, the LGBT community won three, in Gainesville, Kalamazoo, and Washington State. These victories, however, were tempered by the communitys disappointing loss in Maine, where the passage of Question 1 repealed the states law extending marriage equality to same-sex couples. As the LGBT community prepares to organize against additional initiative attacks in 2010 and beyond, what lessons can we glean from these campaigns? LGBT leaders from Maine, Washington, and Kalamazoo will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of their respective campaigns to offer lessons for the community. Presenters: Joshua Friedes, Advocacy Director, Equal Rights Washington, WA; Daniel Hawes, Director, Academy for Leadership and Action, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Jon Hoadley, Campaign Manager, One Kalamazoo; Betsy Smith, Executive Director, Equality Maine, Portland, ME
Community Organizing Fundamentals Now that youre at Creating Change how do you make the most of it? Does it make sense to attend every activity and be the last one to leave? Does handing out 1000 business cards really work? Whats the best way to start a conversation? How do you end conversations so you can keep circulating? Attend this interactive workshop to learn tips and tricks to help you work a room, approach prospective donors and steward supporters. All skill levels welcomed. Presenters: Robbie Samuels, MSW, Somerville, MA
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Creating Transgender-Inclusive College Policies and Practices
Campus All Audiences
Integrating New Media Into Your Organizing Strategy
Communications, Media and Messaging All Audiences
This session walks through how to assess all the tools at your This program will discuss strategies for adding gender identity/ disposal and ensure that your supporters understand a compreexpression to campus nondiscrimination policies and the effects hensive and inclusive narrative arc, while moving you closer to of this change. Using efforts to create trans-inclusive nondiscrimi- accomplishing your organizational goals. This workshop will cover nation policies at Texas colleges as a case study, the session will ways to maintain your tried and true communication streams, give participants the opportunity to discuss strategies, challenges, while also adding in tested new media components that will bolstarting points, and other aspects of advancing change in a re- ster your overall organizing strategy. sistant institutional system. We will conclude by presenting the Presenters: Waymon Hudson, The Bilerico Project, Ft. Lauderfindings of the first large-scale study of the extent to which cam- dale, FL; Jenna Lowenstein, Feministing, New York, NY pus transgender-inclusive policies have led to other transgendersupportive policy changes, such as providing gender-neutral faLGBT Oral History Workshop cilities, health insurance coverage for transitioning students, and Campus All Audiences transgender-related programming. This hands-on workshop will introduce the techniques of oral Presenters: Genny Janiczek Beemyn, Director, Stonewall Center, history as a grassroots, inter-generational way of preserving the Amherst, MA; Katy Stewart, Aggie Allies, Bryan, TX; Josephine LGBT past. The workshop will cover the nuts and bolts of interTittsworth, Texas Transgender Nondiscrimination Summit, TX viewing, a quick overview of oral history ethics and methods, and some considerations when talking about sex and sexual identiHIV As We Grow Older: Policy Needs ties. Participants will explore the uses of oral history and will come AIDS/HIV All Audiences away with practical tools for launching an oral history project. This presentation will offer a multi-disciplinary review of HIV in old- Presenters: Kelly Anderson, Smith College, MA er adults. Research findings and health information will provide the foundation for the deeper discussion: how current HIV policy does Love Won Out: The Marketing, Messaging and and does not address the greying of the HIV epidemic. A review of a recent strategy session held in DC with policy makers and activ- Manipulation Inside the Million-Dollar Machine ists in the aging field and in the HIV fields will be presented, and a Faith & Spirituality All Audiences discussion will follow. Love Won Out, the traveling ex-gay roadshow of Exodus International and Focus on the Family, draws thousands of people Presenters: Jim Campbell, National Association on HIV Over to its conferences across the country. Attendees are plied with Fifty, Boston, MA; Ernest Hopkins, Director of Federal Affairs, promises of how to be good Christians and love your LGBT family San Francisco AIDS Foundation, San Francisco, CA; Nathan member. However, their methods are anything but about family Schaefer, GMHC, New York, NY; Dan Tietz, Executive Director, values. Learn from those who have attended the conference how ACRIA , New York, NY LWO is expanding its work, constantly modifying its messages and what to do when they come to your community. School Issues All Audiences Presenters: Elizabeth Fregiato, PFLAG National, Washington, DC; Jean-Marie Navetta, PFLAG National / Straight for Equality, Washington, DC Friday SeSSionS
How To Get What We Want: Understanding and Utilizing the U.S. Education System to Create Safer Schools
Want to combat anti-LGBT bias in schools? Frustrated with schools lack of commitment to these issues? This interactive Making Strides Even In A Less workshop will help you understand the mindset of those working in schools and shaping education policy (e.g., teachers, princi- Than Welcoming Environment pals, politicians). Become familiar with their concerns and learn Community Organizing All Audiences how to speak their language. Practice using this information suc- This workshop will give attendees insight on how to make progcessfully and take away new skills and resources. ress towards full equality even in a less than welcoming environment. This will be done by sharing real life experiences from Presenters: Shawn Gaylord, Director of Public Policy, GLSEN, current and past community leaders. Whether the effort is fully Washington, DC; Ellen Greytak, GLSEN, New York , NY successful or not, progress can always be made if approached correctly with the right plan, execution and outlook. Participants Immigration and Indigenous Borders (Continued) will leave understanding that even though the challenges can be People of Color 3 Hour Session All Audiences great, the rewards are even greater. Presenters: Erin Moore, Stonewall Democrats, Dallas, TX
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National Reporting and Data-Driven Advocacy: Ending Anti-LGBT Violence By the Numbers
Research and Policy Intermediate Participants will learn how to craft broad-range, data-based advocacy messages on anti-LGBT hate violence and Intimate Partner Violence. They will be guided through ways that these messages can and have been used in organizing community responses to violence, media campaigns, Legislative Awareness Days, funding proposals, and policy papers and then encouraged to partner with other workshop participants with similar interests to strategize ways to create their own initiatives using these data driven advocacy tools. Presenters: Kim Fountain, Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy, NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project, New York, NY; Maryse Mitchell-Brody, National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs/NYC AVP, New York, NY; Roberta Sklar, Roberta Sklar Communications, New York, NY; Terry Slavin, Lead Staff Attorney Legal Services, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA
Telling: Dan Choi and Knights Out

Lieutenant Dan Choi and other founding Board members of Knights Out will review messaging and media strategies of their work to allow gays, lesbians and bisexuals to serve openly in the military. LGBT West Point grads and their allies formed Knights Out in March, 2009, and gained attention when Dan Choi came out on The Rachel Maddow Show. Since then, Knights Out members have spoken their truth across the country: that DADT violates their honor, disrupts unit cohesion, and is bad for the Army. We will discuss: why military service is a tip of the spear issue; changing the conversation: dont let your opponents define the terms of the debate; going one-on-one with opponents like Elaine Donnelly; and after DADT: Why coming out in the military will still be an issue, and what we can do about it. Presenters: Dan Choi, West Point 03, Spokesperson, Knights Out; Sue Fulton, West Point 80, Communications Director, Knights Out; Dan Manning, West Point 04, Board Member, Knights Out
Sweet, an eco friendly travel company for lesbians, discusses how LGBT business owners, trend-setters, and community leadI n July of 2009, after months of lobbying by LGBT groups, the ers can help their companies and organizations make a difference Census Bureau announced that it would begin counting same-sex while still making a dollar. Discussion will include topics like niche married couples for the first time. Join experts from the Task Force marketing, website promotions and pr, green business principles, Policy Institute, UCLAs Williams Institute, and the U.S. Census Bu- carbon offsetting, and voluntourism, or volunteer travel. reau for a panel discussion on what the census tells us about our Presenters: Shannon Wentworth, SWEET, Emeryville, CA communities, the impacts of this policy change, and plans to advocate for increased LGBT inclusion in future censuses and surveys. Research and Policy All Audiences Presenters: Gary Gates, Senior Research Fellow, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA; Jaime M. Grant, Director of the Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Tim Olson, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, DC
Numbers Matter: The Importance of the Census for LGBT Americans in 2010 and Beyond
The Greening of LGBT Business and Travel: Voluntourism with Sweet
Theater for Social Change: Tell Your Story Change Your World
Art & Culture Fundamentals
Serving low-income LGBT people: Challenges and Strategies for Success

Racial Justice All Audiences People of color and low-income people who are LGBT have been underserved by both LGBT organizations and organizations providing services to low-income people. Increasingly, LGBT organizations and legal services organizations are creating specific projects to meet the needs of LGBT people who are low-income and of color. This workshop will address the legal services needs of low-income LGBT individuals by examining current models and how LGBT and service organizations can collaborate effectively. Presenters: Natalie Chin, Lambda Legal, New York, NY; Lisa Cisneros, Student, Brown University, Providence, RI; Cathy Sakimura, Equal Justice Works Fellow, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA; Terry Slavin, Lead Staff Attorney Legal Services, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA
Basic theater skills can help make speakers more confident, messages more artful, and audiences more emotionally connected to your work. In this interactive workshop participants will learn basic LGBTQ activist performance principles to apply to their activism work. Participants will learn to use theater exercises, writing prompts and group discussion to explore personal stories and how they can inspire constructive community dialogue. Presenters: Logan Ferrero, Boston, MA; Evelyn Francis, The Theater Offensive, Cambridge, MA
Trailblazing for Transgender Health

Health Intermediate Ensuring good health care for transgender people takes engaged community members, health care providers, allies, and advocates. Through Project HEALTH: Harnessing Education, Advocacy, and Leadership in Transgender Healthcare, Lyon-Martin Health Services, Transgender Law Center and Equality California are embarking on an innovative program to expand access to healthcare. Come learn how to bridge gaps between community and providers, engage people in advocacy efforts, support clinics,
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and educate providers. Presenters: Daniel Gould, Equality California, Los Angeles, CA; Kara Nostrand, San Francisco , CA; Kristina Wertz, San Francisco, CA es. And yet, current organizing being done on the impact criminalization of drugs has on poor and working class queer communities, especially queers of color, is largely invisible (often the only reference to queers and the war on drugs is to meth use among white gay men). This roundtable will feature an intergenerational dialogue from experienced queer organizers from the Stonewall Era to the present, about their work organizing against repressive drug policies in poor and low-income queer communities, past and present. Presenters: Miss Major, Advisory Board Member, TGI Justice Project, San Lorenzo, CA; Gabriel Sayegh, Director, State Organizing and Policy Project, Drug Policy Alliance, New York, NY; Laura Thomas, San Francisco Drug Policy Alliance , San Francisco, CA; Jay Toole, Queers for Economic Justice, NY
Victim Advocacy with LGBTQ Clients Working Across Systems Across Time
Anti-Violence/Bias Reduction Intermediate This highly interactive workshop will provide a broader understanding of the social barriers that may affect how LGBTQ victims of violence respond to traumatic events such as hate crimes, domestic violence, sexual assault or harassment. In this workshop we will address how these types of events affect LGBTQ individuals or communities considering past experiences of marginalization, discrimination or underrepresentation. Participants will learn from real life based scenarios and will be encouraged to share their own. Presenters: Amanda Escamilla, Fenway Health, Boston, MA
Building Anti-Racist Campus Alliances

Campus Intermediate
Integrating racial justice work into all campus organizing and social justice activism is crucial to creating change. Not only do LGBT campus activists need to build coalitions with students doWhat Your Parents Never Taught You About Sex ing racial justice work, we need to integrate it into existing work. Youth All Audiences This workshop will allow participants to share strategies and approaches to building an anti-racist movement as well as challenge This session will discuss safe sex practices in todays society, social responsibilities, as well as HIV/AIDS and STD training. We will identify us to think about how these approaches manifest in our own lives. the communities and demographics that are the most at risk and Presenters: Sheri Atkinson, Director, LGBT Resource Center, how to promote responsible sex practices in local communities. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA; Monroe France, NYU, Office of LGBT Student Services, New York, NY Presenters: Ernesto Dominguez; Andrew Striker
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From Access to Inclusion to Justice: An Introduction to Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism

Disability 3 Hour Session All Audiences Join multi-issue disability activists for a lively roundtable dialogue about disability justice and anti-ableism work, followed by small group discussion. Why is it important to talk about ableism (disability-based oppression) in our movements as LGBT/Queer activists? How does disability need to be integrated into a larger vision of liberation? What and who do we lose when disability justice isnt part of progressive multi-issue political agendas. Come ready to engage with these questions and more.
A Dialog with Youth: Talking About Sex and Sexual Freedom

Youth Fundamentals
Presenters: Jeannie Beeson, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Washington DC; Greg Varnum, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Washington, DC
Going back to the beginning, Aprendiendo del pasado

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Beyond the Meth Monster: Queer Strategies for Ending the War on Drugs
Health All Audiences
This workshop will explore our history as leaders within a Latino context and the different ways in which we have held leadership over time. We will use that exploration to enhance our listening, leadership and consensus building skills as we discover new forms of leadership which speak to a truth in accountability and transparency. This will be a bilingual workshop.
F rom Prohibition to the present day, the war on drugs has adversely Presenters: Jorge Cestou, Chicago, IL; Gabriel Gonzalez, impacted the LGBT community through the policing and raiding of Omaha, NE; Cristina Martinez, Pearland, TX; Lisbeth Melendez queer spaces, resulting in disproportionate arrests for drug offensRivera, Principal, Intersections Consulting, Washington, DC
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This thought provoking and important workshop will create a space for youth to address how sexual freedom issues, both their own sexuality and broader public issues, impact LGBTQI youth. We will completely shift the adult/youth power dynamic for this youth-led academy where LGBTQI youth activists (ages 22 and younger) will discuss the importance of including youth in the dia- Presenters: Sebastian Margaret, Community Activist; Mia logue of LGBTQI issues in order to effectively address the issues Mingus, New Voices Fellow, Georgians for Choice, Atlanta, GA that are most important to them.
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Homophobia in the Black Church
Faith & Spirituality All Audiences M any of our brothers and sisters are suffering from the destructive homophobia that afflicts society at large as well as the African American community. Too often, gay people within our own communities are treated without respect. Too often our churches are a source of and not a refuge from the intolerance and discrimination they experience in the world. Homophobia makes our churches fertile ground for those who seek to set us against one another, who seek to promote discrimination and unequal treatment in pursuit of their own political power. It is time that we Speak Until Justice Comes and lift up a gospel of home and love for one another. It is time for us to challenge discrimination that harms our brothers and sisters, our families, and our communities. Presenters: Mycroft Holmes, Interfaith Coalition for Transgender Equality and ,Boston MA ; Richard Juang, Cambridge, MA; Chris Paige ; Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, IWR and Faith Work Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Minneapolis, MN
Mobilizing Catholic Support for LGBTQ Equality

Faith & Spirituality Intermediate Catholics represent the largest religion denomination, and the highest proportion of religious voters in the US. While Catholic Church officials lead the fight to maintain discrimination, the majority of Catholics in the pews support equality for our community. This session will focus on how to identify and connect with pro-LGBTQ Catholics, and on the messages found to be most persuasive to them. Presenters: Marianne Duddy, Executive Director, DignityUSA, Washington, DC
LGBT Youth and Federal Policy Issues
Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy All Audiences
Mending Covenants: Strategizing for Transgender Equality in Faith Communities

Faith & Spirituality Intermediate A lthough the lunacy of the Westboro Baptist Church catches the medias attention, the more sober forms of the religious rights antiLGBT and anti-progressive activism have much more long-term influence in society and the law. This workshop opens up conversations for LGBT activists in faith communities, with a focus on the question of the role of faith and faith communities in the transgender movement. The workshop will review important developments in law, public policy, the media, and demography, and major changes in denominational policies, doctrines and theologies. We will then open up to conversations about developing a long-term national strategy for transgender faith activism. This is the first of a series of national strategic movement-building discussions.
Executive Director, Queers for Economic Justice, New York; Debanuj DasGupta; Jaime Grant, Director, Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC
Skills for Surviving Anti-LGBT Politics
Elections, Ballot Measures and Campaigns All Audiences This workshop offers concrete information for surviving anti-gay politics, such as the current nationwide battle over same-sex marriage. It will help you make sense of the psychological toll of such campaigns. Information from this workshop has helped people who have been impacted by anti-gay rhetoric, and it offers others new skills to protect themselves in the face of current or future campaigns. Not only can we survive these campaigns, we can use them to become stronger as people and as activists. Presenters: Glenda Russell, Louisville, CO
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This workshop will provide an overview of the many federal policy issues currently affecting LGBT youth. Panelists will briefly discuss Sexual Liberation as a Framework for Change the policy issues affecting LGBT youth including safe schools, Sexual Freedom All Audiences comprehensive sexuality education, housing, and federal data L GBT people have had to cross treacherous terrain in order to find collection. Participants will then develop and share effective advoand claim our desires, and this valuable force remains a razor-sharp cacy messages and actions related to these issues. reminder, deep within our hearts, of who we really are-and of evPresenters: Rebecca Fox, Executive Director, National Coalierything we truly can be. We have been shaped, deformed and libtion for LGBT Health, Washington, DC; Sean Gaylord , Director erated by the sexuality we have dared to claim. Because of that of Public Policy, GLSEN, Washington, DC; Donald Hitchcock, journey, we know that sex and desire are political. Liberation moveDirector of Public Policy, Advocates for Youth, Washington, DC ments in our country often suppress or fail to understand the power this political fact exerts on shaping our worldviews, our definitions of oppression and freedom, our sense of what is possible. Leftist, femiMaking music, building the future nist, labor, civil rights and transnational freedom movements all suffer Art & Culture All Audiences from lacking an integrated view of sexuality as essential to a vision Imagine a world where music makes everyone equal. Two of the for liberation. Sadly, fighting right wing backlash at the ballot-box has countrys leading Choruses work with youth to build community and had the same effect on the LGBT movement. Which brings us to the challenge homophobia. Heres your chance to see - and hear - how. question of the day: are we still a movement for sexual liberation? Presenters: Dominic Gregorio, Gay Mens Chorus of Los Presenters: Amber Hollibaugh, Chief Officer of Elder and LBTI Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan Palant, Artistic Director, Womens Services, Howard Brown Health Center, Chicago, IL; Turtle Creek Chorale, Dallas, TX; Hywel Sims, Gay Mens Chorus John DEmilio, Historian and Professor of Gender Studies, of Los Angeles, Los Angeles , CA University of Illinois in Chicago, Chicago, IL; Kenyon Farrow,
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Story-Telling for Social Change: Gathering LGBTQ Personal Stories Thats so gay! School-based interventions and classroom homophobia
School Issues Intermediate This workshop assists teachers, students, and service providers (working in schools) in creating educational strategies that challenge anti-LGBT attitudes in classrooms. Participants will review campus climate results from a large urban school district, research on teachers attitudes on LGBT-inclusive instruction, and discuss the creation of pragmatic and applicable educational strategies that may lead to improved school climate. Participants will leave with knowledge and tools to address these issues in their teaching and engagement of students. Presenters: Erik Martinez, San Francisco LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA; Roberto Ordenaa, Director of Community Programs, San Francisco LGBT Community Center, San Francisco, CA
Movement Building All Audiences
W hy is telling your personal story so important and so challenging? The stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer lives reveal histories untold and discrimination overlooked. Our community needs to tell these stories and our society needs to hear them. Your story is critical to advancing our movement. Yet, story collection is a challenge faced throughout the LGBT movement. The purpose of this workshop is to attain the skills to collect and tell our personal stories. We will focus especially on stories of healthcare denied based on family configuration and experiences of hate violence. This participatory workshop will guide participants through story collection methods to hands on storytelling and gathering within the workshop. It will also provide guides for story dissemination. Presenters: Roberta Sklar, Roberta Sklar Communications, New York, NY
As older activists look for places in our community that include them, the SAGE model is often the answer. This workshop will This workshop will focus on the current and potential role of the describe how SAGE affiliates are created, provide examples of the racial justice movement in supporting LGBT rights and constituen- advocacy and services different SAGE affiliates offer, and outline cies, work already underway across the country. The Applied Re- methods for advocates and organizations to work together to cresearch Center will lead a discussion about how L/G/B/T constituen- ate inclusive spaces for older LGBT people. cies and issues are positioned in todays racial justice movement. Presenters: Rick Brennan, Sherrill Wayland, Tom Weber, all from We will present early findings from our national study, funded by the SAGE Arcus Foundation, of racial justice organizations and leaders and welcome feedback to strategize around the findings. Research and Policy All Audiences Presenters: Kalpana Krishnamurthy, Director, Racial Justice & Gender Justice Program, Western States Center, Portland, OR; Rinku Sen, Executive Director, Applied Research Center, New York, NY
Strengthening the Connection: Racial Justice and LGBT Rights
The SAGE Model: What Is It, Why Use It, and How to Start an Affiliate
Aging Fundamentals
Were here! Were queer! We eat paneer! Mapping LGBTQ AAPI Organizing for Social Change
People of Color All Audiences
Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) LGBTQs are organizing like never before. This workshop will give an overview of the nations LGBTQ AAPI groups, and Taking the Mystery out of Nonprofit Marketing: will provide comparative information about their infrastructure, caUse Your Mission, Build Your Brand, Achieve Your Goals pacity, and challenges. Presenters will showcase local multilingual Communications, Media and Messaging 3 Hour Session education campaigns to counter anti-gay bias and organizing All Audiences campaigns for immigrants rights and marriage equality. RepreWhen an organizations mission drives its communication, the sentatives of some of the nations leading LGBTQ AAPI organizamessages become clear and passionate, empowering clients, vol- tions will provide current information and on-the-ground analysis unteers, donors and staff. This workshop will help not-for-profits of their work. raise public awareness, engage supporters, use resources more Presenters: Joyce Gabiola, Queer & Asian, Houston, TX; Alice efficiently and grow through periods of diminished resources. This Hom, Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy, Los Anthree-hour workshop will introduce the mission-ing system foungeles, CA; Glenn D. Magpantay, Co-Chair, Gay Asian and Pacific dations (research, positioning, strategy development, messaging, Islander Men of NY (GAPIMNY), New York, NY; Tawal Panyacommunications planning, evaluation and fiscal management). cosit, Director, API Equality Then, participants will work in teams to solve real-life problems. Presenters: Stephanie Blackwood, Double Platinum, New York, NY; Arthur Korant, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Double Platinum
What To Say When We Get There
Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy All Audiences President Obama cant singlehandedly deliver the equality measures that we demand and a call for action has been made for us
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to begin lobbying elected members of Congress. But what do we say when we get to their office or get them on the phone? Faith In America will present a 90-minute workshop on best- messaging to elected officials who may feel a pro-equality vote will have negative consequences with their religious-minded constituents. This is messaging we can give to the parents, community leaders, clergy and everyday Americans who are making calls on our behalf. Presenters: Mitchell Gold, Faith In America, Hudson, NC Presenters: Laura Burrow, Southwestern University; Mary Gonzalez, Austin, TX; Christopher Ray, Southwestern University; Kamna Tripathi, Southwestern University
Change we can believe in? LGBT equality and HIV/AIDS policy under the Obama administration
AIDS/HIV Intermediate This workshop will provide an update about developments in federal lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and HIV policy under the Obama administration. Participants will discuss the status of key policy issues including a national HIV/AIDS strategy, defunding abstinence only programs, the HIV entry ban, employment nondiscrimination, and family recognition. Presenters: Randall Ellis, Houston, TX; Ronald Johnson, AIDS Action Council , Washington, DC; Lyndel Urbano, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), New York, NY
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Elders Speak, GRIOT still the only LGBT Elders of Color organization, why?
People of Color All Audiences The power point presentation was taken over a five year period of over 451 elders of color in New York City. GRIOT looked at health, income, family, housing and isolation. Presenters: Glen Michael, Executive Director, GRIOT Circle, Brooklyn, NY
From Access to Inclusion to Justice: An Introduction to Disability Justice and Anti-Ableism (Continued)
Disability 3 Hour Session All Audiences
Presenters: Christopher White, Director of Education and Training, San Francisco State University NSRC, San Francisco, CA
How YOU Can Help
Movement Building Intermediate How do straight spouses, whose husbands or wives come out as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender, move from shock and anger to become allies fighting for equality? Amity Buxton, Straight Spouse Network founder, describes the process with personal stories in text and film told by diverse spouses who became social justice advocates. Participants will devise and practice ways to help spouses become allies and design local advocacy projects they and straight spouses could achieve together.
Building Coalition: Strategies for Success

Campus All Audiences
Historically, coalitions have been powerful in the struggle for social change. This interactive workshop examines the historical and current issues surrounding coalition building, as well as barriers and opportunities when developing coalitions. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine their own identities and discuss how social identities intersect and play a significant role when building coalitions around LGBT issues. Attendees will leave with practical Presenters: Amity P. Buxton, Founder, Straight Spouse Network, Oakland, CA knowledge and strategies on coalition building.
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Homophobia is often understood as an irrational fear of homosexuals, however when changing this definition to an irrational fear of intimate same-sex relationships, we discover a whole new realm Advanced Movement Building through of social dimensions of which to explore. What we find uncovers Lifelong Sexuality Education many ways in which homophobia affects our whole world and can Movement Building Intermediate address a plethora of issues from the marriage debate, to the lack This workshop is for advanced activists and educators who wish of young men entering college, to the way in which fathers and to explore and develop radical sexuality education programs de- sons interact. Join us as we explore the ways that homophobia signed to further LGBT social justice movements by promoting has shaped our society and what we can do to overcome this irlifelong healthy sexuality and well being including desire, pleasure, rational fear that has oppressed our LGBT community. and sexual happiness (sexual literacy). This is an interactive expePresenters: Ryan Ubuntu Olson, Center for Artistic Revolution, riential workshop and will focus on developing concrete and pragLittle Rock, AR matic strategies for implementing progressive sexuality education programs. Prior knowledge of needs assessments, program deHow Straight Spouses of LGBT Partners Become Allies: velopment, implementation, and evaluation is required. Youth Fundamentals
A Dialog with Youth: Talking About Sex and Sexual Freedom (continued)
How Homophobia Affects Straight People... and the REST OF US

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How to Become Gay for Pay- Inroads to a Queer Career
Movement Building All Audiences Whether youre a young person just beginning your career, or a working professional looking to shift your work to a new arena, if youve ever contemplated a career in the LGBT movement this workshop is for you! Through practical information and tips as well as personal stories of how some of us working in the movement now have gotten here, well help you to recognize your options, decide whether a queer career is right for you, and begin to develop a personal action plan for reaching your goals. Bring your questions and your resumes! Presenters: Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York, NY; Alex Kent, SAGE: Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders , NY; Clarence Patton, Executive Director, The Pipeline Project; Terry Stone, Executive Director, CenterLink, Washington, DC sion of this ground-breaking work, attendees will learn some best practices and strategies around racial diversity and inclusion now being developed and applied within our Movement. Presenters: Sue Doerfer, Executive Director, Equality Ohio, Cleveland, OH; Valarie Larabee, Utah Pride Center, UT; Clarence Patton, Executive Director, The Pipeline Project; Guido Sanchez, National Manager of Membership and Development, CenterLink
Reaching Out to the Blogosphere
Communications, Media and Messaging All Audiences Blogs can be powerful engines of information sharing and places of substantive conversation, but only when people actively engage with you and your blog. This workshop focuses on the culture(s) of the blogosphere and gives concrete strategies for engaging bloggers in your work, whether youre an organizational staff person or an individual activist.
Presenters: Bil Browning, The Bilerico Project, Indianapolis, IN; Mike Rogers, Page One Q, Washington, DC; Michael Crawford, Sexual Freedom All Audiences The Bilerico Project, Washington, DC; Jenna Lowenstein, FemiI ntersex is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which nisting, Washington, DC a person is born with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesnt fit the typical definitions of female or male. This will be an informa- Standing on the Side of Love tional/educational workshop about intersex, including: a brief his- Faith & Spirituality Intermediate tory of intersex and the medicalization of intersex bodies, and the Standing on the Side of Love is a grassroots public advocacy issues with current standards of treatment and care for intersex campaign, designed to help local communities respond to inindividuals. cidents of violence, oppression, and exclusion. GLBT activists Presenters: Gina DeVries can use the campaign to build coalitions with other communities which are oppressed, excluded, or violated. While primarily designed for people of faith anyone may use the campaigns tools, Keeping the Peace: Conflict Mediation Training found at standingonthesideoflove.org. This workshop will explore Community Organizing All Audiences how to do this work most successfully. This workshop will focus on providing participants with the necessary tools for basic conflict mediation. Attendees will have the op- Presenters: Meg Riley, Director, UUA, Boston, MA portunity to improve their conflict mediation skills through a series of activities modeling situations that may be encountered in daily State of the queer movement through the life. This workshop will help attendees become more familiar with historic lens of other social movements the process of conflict mediation and how it relates to community Movement Building Intermediate organizing. Participants will leave with skills instrumental in susThis workshop will help attendees examine their activism through taining community and working towards social justice. the historic lens of other social movements, and help to contexPresenters: Siche Greene-Mitchell, Womens Center, Eugene, tualize the queer movement on the continuum of a rights only OR; Erin McGladrey, Womens Center, Eugene , OR; Arielle Reid, based approach to equality. The workshop will offer participants Womens Center, Eugene, OR; Tiffany Wong, Youth Leader, an opportunity to explore alternative models for achieving equalRainbow Revolutionaries Youth Group, Honolulu, HI ity through culture change versus strictly legal political change. Participants will engage in a dialogue that will help to inform their Lessons on Inclusion from the Pipeline Project: current activism and grassroots organizing efforts.
Intersex Workshop
A Panel Discussion on Work Being Done, Best Practices and Lessons Learned
Organizational Development Intermediate
Presenters: Julie Davis, Face Value, SF, CA; Anne Marks, Face Value, SF, CA; Timothy McCarthy, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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This workshop will present a panel discussion on racial diversity and inclusion work happening through Pipeline Project program- Taking the Mystery out of Nonprofit Marketing: Use Your ming. With Community Center recipients of our Organizational/ Mission, Build Your Brand, Achieve Your Goals (Continued) Environmental Change curriculum participating in a panel discus- Communications, Media and Messaging 3 Hour Session All Audiences
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The Race for Equality Includes YOU!
Elections, Ballot Measures and Campaigns Intermediate This session is meant to raise awareness and increase excitement about the opportunities and challenges of running as an openly GLBT candidate for every level of elected and appointed office. We will set a framework for asking important questions as you decide whether or not running for office is right for you. Presenters: James Dozier, Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund, Washington, DC; Shawn Werner, Field Director, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute, Washington, DC
Breast Cancer Impacts on the LGBT Community

Health Lesbian, gay, bisexual women and transgender people have a greater risk of breast cancer than other women. This interactive workshop will dispel the myths around breast cancer and sexual orientation while raising awareness and providing practical ways participants can mobilize and advocate for equal access to care and treatment for all. Presenters: Philip Deitch, Susan G. Komen for the Cure LGBT National Advisory Council, Dallas, TX
Trans Youth & Safe Schools: Advocacy & Policy

School Issues All Audiences Through fun, immersive, and engaging exercises this workshop will help participants to identify the key barriers and challenges that transgender and gender non-conforming youth face in schools. We will discuss administrative, physical, and mental health aspects of transitioning in schools. We will then shift our attention to examining some model policies and finding innovative advocacy and policy solutions to meet those challenges head on. Participants will leave with a solid game plan for helping transgender and gender non-conforming youth in schools. Presenters: Danielle Askini, GSA Network, San Francisco, CA; T. Aaron Hans, Consultant/Activist, RISE Consulting, Marina, CA; DJ ODonoghue, Steering Committee Member, MA Transgender Political Coalition , Boston, MA
Building Community Beyond the Binary

Transgender Community & Issues This caucus will explore ways to build community for those who live between and outside the boxes marked male and female. Themes will be exploration of gender-neutral language: whats out there, whats missing and how do encourage its use; and looking at what community looks like for us currently and what our hopes are for community in the future. Participants will share their knowledge, make connections with others, and leave with hope for a stronger community. Presenters: Shane Whalley, Austin, TX
Caucus for State and/or Local Transgender Advocacy, Legal, and/or Political Organizations/Activists
Transgender Community & Issues
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Creating a Safe Zone Program on Your Campus. Case Study - Aggie Allies at Texas A&M University
Campus
A re you part of a GLBT and allies safe zone program at your University? Would you like to work with other people engaged in safe-zone This caucus will feature speakers from the early LGBT Rights work to arrive at something better for all of us? Join us in a caucus Movement in America. They will talk about what things were like designed to look at what is currently being done in Texas and across then and how they feel things have progressed. Sharing and the country and help us decide what we can each do better. questions from the audience encouraged. Presenters: Katy Stewart, Aggie Allies, Bryan, TX Community Organizing
40 Years After Stonewall - A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Activist Timeline
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This caucus is for transgender activists working on the state/local level advancing transgender equality. Facilitated by members of Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy Advanced the Coalition of State/Local Transgender Advocacy/Political OrEmployment non-discrimination, hate crimes, marriage, school ganizations, which works to bring together transgender led orgabullying, etc. Across the nation, were working on many equality- nizations for networking and resource sharing. Activities include: based issues and that sometimes means we need to work with capturing a snapshot of the local transgender advocacy work that local and state parties as well as the LGBT partisan organizations, was done in 2009 through group activity and small group discuswhether they be at the local, state or national level. This brings to- sions based on policy areas in order to share strategies, resourcgether members of the Stonewall Democrats and Log Cabin Re- es, and skills with fellow participants. publicans to discuss how nonpartisan and partisan groups may Presenters: Masen Davis, Executive Director, Transgender Law strategically join forces. Center, San Francisco, CA; Tobias Packer, Co-Founder, Florida Presenters: Kyle Bailey, GLBT Caucus Vice-Chair, Young DemoAction Coalition for Transgender Equality, FL; Pauline Park, Cocrats of America, Atlanta, GA; Kris Banks, Houston Gay Political chair, New York Association For Gender Rights Advocacy , New Caucus; Christian Berle, Log Cabin Republicans ; Ted Jackson York, NY; Gunner Scott, Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Boston, MA
Working Effectively with Partisan Organizations
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Dont Call Me a Tranny Chaser
Transgender Community & Issues This caucus will provide an opportunity for people (both transidentified and not) who love transgender folks to meet and discuss our experiences with stigmatization in the LGBTQ community as tranny chasers. We will explore the diversity of our identities and discuss how the phrase tranny chaser has affected our feelings of inclusion in transgender affirming spaces and the overall LGBTQ community. Join us for productive discussion and community building opportunities! Presenters: Mel Goodwin, The Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Learning to Be Allies in the LGBT Aging Movement

Aging I nterested in aging issues, but unsure where to begin? Wondering if youre too young to get involved? Maybe youre helping to care for aging parents, or your friends are older and youd like to learn more about how to advocate with and for them. Join us for this caucus of LGBT elders and allies to discuss ageism and advocacy. Presenters: Rev. Shaba A. Barnes, Emeritus Co-Director, Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, Albuquerque, NM; Jerry Hoose, New York, NY; Alex Kent, SAGE: Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders , NY
Engaging Employee Participation in LGBT Activities

Workplace This session will focus on ways to create awareness and a positive impression towards your companys LGBT resource group in ways that are fun, inclusive and non-threatening. Well share challenges, expectations, and lessons learned from a conservative business environment. This will be followed by recommendations for planning a successful event and reaching your employee base. Well have time for open discussion and for attendees to share their success strategies. Presenters: Donna Barlow; Brook Bennett; Katy Krekler, First American Corporation, Westlake, TX
LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing Summit Caucus

Youth FIERCE will host a LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing Summit Caucus to reconvene the participants of Wednesdays summit. This safe space will be a facilitated open discussion about the experiences of LGBTQ youth of color at Creating Change. The caucus space is also open to skill shares, identifying goals for next years LGBTQ youth of color organizing summit, or other topics identified by the participants. The caucus is only open to participants of the LGBTQ Youth of Color Organizing Summit. Presenters: Glo Ross, FIERCE, NY
This caucus is designed for individuals doing LGBT education & advocacy but are not employed specifically to do so. Caucus attendees will share ideas for programs, educational sessions, adSome of the issues facing LGBT communities are well understood and well funded; others are just emerging, struggling for accep- vocacy, and other best practices in addition to sharing tips on tance and financial support. This caucus will be an opportunity for how to obtain buy in from other faculty and staff. Attendees with people organizing around new or less popular issues to meet and leave this session with ideas and tools that can be implemented strategize about ways to educate the community, create coali- on their campus. tions with other groups, share strategies for engaging potential Presenters: Matthew Le Brasseur, Tampa, FL funders and use new media, like twitter, for outreach. Community Organizing

Finding Our Voice at the Table: advocating for emerging and less popular issues in the LGBT communities
Life as the unofficial Campus Queer

School Issues
Presenters: Liz Margolies, National LGBT Cancer Network, New York, NY
Old Lesbian caucus - lesbians 60 and over

Movement Building A time for lesbians 60 and over to gather to share movement building stories, change strategies, personal support .
Getting to Know You
Presenters: Rev. Jan Griesinger, Co-Director - Old Lesbians This workshop will help attendees become familiar with and im- Organizing for Change, Athens, OH prove their existing advocacy skills with Transgender Community issues. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions to panel Perspectives and Experiences of Queer Southeast participants in an effort to improve their advocacy and messaging Asians in LGBTQ Organizations talents to include issues that encompass Transgender individuals. People of Color Attendees will hear directly from Transgender individual and leave with practical advice and tools for their own advocacy situations. This caucus is an opportunity for queer Southeast Asians and their allies to share their experiences and views on advocacy in Presenters: Marla Compton, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; LGBTQ organizing on college campuses and the larger commuMaeve OConnor, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Mo Snow nity. Presenters and participants alike will share their own initiatives
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and struggles to integrate advocacy and support for other queer gotten stories of some of our nations most vulnerable citizens. Southeast Asians around racial, economic, and social justice. Diverse contributors share stories of survival and abuse with poignant accounts of the sanctuary of community and the power Presenters: Beng Chang, MN; Kohei Ishihara; Sarah Suong; of creating chosen families. Kicked Out highlights the nuanced Kevin Xiong perspectives of national organizations such as The National Gay & Lesbian Task Force and The National Alliance Against HomelessProtecting Ourselves Against Our Own Bodies ness and regional agencies, including Sylvias Place, The Circus Youth Project and Family Builders. This anthology, introduced by Judy Remember your first time going to the gyno? Never been? Come Shepard, gives voice to the voiceless and challenges the stereochat with other young women about strategies and terminology typical face of homelessness. about your body. This 60-minute caucus will leave you with all Presenters: Sassafras Lowrey, Author, Kicked Out the information you may need to be comfortable at your doctors. Have a great time educating yourself about your body. Presenters: Stephanie Robinson, BAGLY, Inc., Boston, MA
Running a Womens Group

Community Organizing
Presenters: Francisco Dueas, Proyecto Igualdad Coordinator, Lambda Legal, Los Angeles, CA
Transitioning Beyond the Boxes

Gender Issues
H ow is your gender identity defined by you? By society? In what ways do you conform to gender norms? In what ways do you challenge them? Move beyond the gender boxes! This caucus will Come one, come all to this wonderful networking opportunity for young people to meet the leaders of our movement and vice versa. explore gender identity and expression against the backdrop of the mainstream gender binary system. Share your thoughts, feelPresenters: Greg Varnum, Executive Director, National Youth ings, stories, and ideas on how gender is questioned, accepted, Advocacy Coalition, Washington, DC shaped, and challenged in our community and in our society. Youth
Queer Youth Caucus
Reading: Sassafras Lowery reads from Kicked Out

Youth I n the U.S., 40% of homeless youth identify as LGBTQ. Kicked Out published by Homofactus Press brings together the voices of current and former homeless LGBTQ youth and tells these for-
Presenters: Anne Hodson, St. Paul, MN; Shawyn Lee, Assistant Director, University of Minnesota GLBTA Programs Office, Minneapolis, MN
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This workshop will help attendees increase attendance of women in their GLBT centers and womens groups. Participants will comPeople of Color pare and analyze types of meetings and advertising methods from QPOC Organizing on College Campuses is intended for those their own experiences. Attendees will leave with practical guidewho identify as queer people of color. This caucus will focus on lines for when women will participate, meeting ideas, and adverdiscussing issues relevant to QPOC community building on col- tising skills unique to women. lege campuses, such as: the importance of politicization in QPOC Presenters: Jennifer Owens, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, spaces, strategies for fostering political analysis while maintaining TX; Sandy Thornton, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX a safe, supportive space; the incorporation of class-based and ability-based discourses into QPOC spaces; how to relate QPOC Talking About Sex in Communities of Color college organizing to larger social justice movements. Sexual Freedom Presenters: Ajanli Jaiman; Luis Penate; Watufani Poe; Sasha Doing the nasty just isnt a polite conversation topic, but for SLGWijeyeratne BT activists of color, laughing about what really happened on Saturday night with your friends is normal. By extension, being able to Queer Activism in Spanish Caucus engage others both inside and out of your immediate community Movement Building in honest discussions about sexuality should be just as normal. I n most Queer Latino activist efforts English is the default language Join us as we address ways to accomplish this by charting some that is used. However, many Latino community members are of the effective ways African American, Asian, Hispanic and white Spanish-dominant and prefer to engage civic and cultural issues LGBT activists have held positive conversations on sexuality in in Spanish. This caucus is designed as a Spanish-language LGBT communities of color. activist gathering. We hope to share resources, best practices Presenters: Yoseio V. Lewis, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, and confer around the needs of LGBT activism in Spanish. San Francisco, CA
QPOC Organizing on College Campuses
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What Does the A Stand For Again? Caucus on the Place of Straight Allies Within the Movement
Movement Building T his is not about how to get people to become allies. This is not about ooey-gooey talk of how the best thing you can do is be there. How can allies harness their particular status to contribute to the movement in unique ways? Where do we need to involve more allies, and where do we need separatist space? What does the ideal ally look like (perhaps within specific contexts)? Presenters: David Phinney, CA
Are You Ready? Moving Racial Justice in LGBT Organizations
Racial Justice 3 Hour Session Fundamentals When it comes to race and racism, many LGBT organizations have trouble walking their talk or even talking their talk. But like individuals, organizations evolve, change and grow. In this interactive workshop, participants will develop an understanding of how racism operates within their organizations own walls, assess where their organization fits in the four stages of Anti-Racist Organizational Development, identify steps to move forward, and share fears, struggles and best practices in this work. Presenters: Jeana Frazzini, Executive Director, Basic Rights Oregon, Portland, OR; Aubrey Harrison, Field Organizer, Basic Rights Oregon, Portland, OR; Alejandro Juarez, Basic Rights Oregon, Portland OR; Jessica Lee, Youth Organizer, Basic Rights Oregon, Portland, OR
Winning Washington: How One Womans Story Became Key in a Major Movement Victory
Elections, Ballot Measures and Campaigns
Charlene Strong, of the film For My Wife, became a key proponent of the Washington State comprehensive domestic partner legislation. Charlenes compelling story of a family tragedy helped Being Safe OUTside the System: LGBTSTGNC Communito propel the victory in November 2009 on Referendum 71 that ties of Color Ending Violence Without Law Enforcement cemented most rights of marriage for same-sex couples in WashAnti-Violence/Bias Reduction All Audiences ington. L GBTSTGNC (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans, and Presenters: Charlene Strong, For My Wife, Seattle, WA Gender Non Conforming) people of color face hate violence and police violence on a daily basis. However due to the prevalence of Young and Poly state based violence LGBTSTGNC people of color are unable and Sexual Freedom unwilling to rely upon law enforcement to ensure our safety. In a highly interactive workshop members of the Audre Lorde Projects Polyamory being one of the more marginalized identities of our S.O.S. Collective will support participants in creating strategies to community, young people need a safe space to be validated reduce violence against LGBTSTGNC communities of color. within their truths. Being young and poly even in the queer community is impacted by a hetero-normative model of family Presenters: Ejeris Dixon, Audre Lorde Project, Brooklyn, NY and relationships. This caucus is not designed as a poly 101 but is designed for young people that identify on the poly spectrum Beyond Binaries: Identity and Sexuality to voice shared experiences and learn from one another. Movement Building All Audiences Presenters: Daunasia Yansey, BAGLY, MA Like snowflakes, no two people are exactly alike. How do we assign labels to our complicated and unique experiences? What WorkSHop SeSSion 5 generational changes are we experiencing around labeling? We will discuss uses and limitations of the Kinsey scale and other Saturday, February 6 9:00am 10:30am measures of sexual orientation, with attention to factors such as sex, gender, time, and more. We will conduct a short, anonymous Aging Out - Facilitating Healthy Transitions study, and examine the data. Finally, we will consider the implicaYouth Intermediate tions for our activism. This engaging workshop provides much This workshop provides a forum for youth and adults at youth- food for thought. serving organizations to discuss contemporary practices and policies regarding age-limits, aging out and facilitating supported Presenters: Robyn Ochs, Editor, Bisexual Resource Guide, transitions for youth. Participants will learn about contemporary Jamaica Plain, MA aging out models being employed by other organizations. Youth and adult attendees will dialogue about their respective needs as Building An Employee Resource Group (ERG) With Impact individuals and organizations. Participants will depart with tools to Workplace All Audiences evaluate their own organizations and strategies for building a fully The corporate world has been a leader on progressing LGBT supportive aging out policy. equality by recognizing that their employees can be more productive if they can bring their whole self to work each day. This workPresenters: Heather Lenox, Texas GSA Network, Austin, TX; shop will provide those attending insight on starting, building and Andie Lyons, The LGBT Community Center of Colorado, growing LGBTF Employee Resource Groups within their company. Denver, CO; Trevor Wright, Board of Directors, The Boston Although each topic is touched, the session emphasis will be on Alliance of Gay and Lesbian Youth (BAGLY), Boston, MA
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how to help develop your ERGs standing within the company and Data for a Change the community. ERGs with real influence on corporate policies can Research and Policy Intermediate have a lasting positive impact on LGBT employees for many years. Data about transgender communities is sorely lacking. Time and Presenters: Jeff Snook, Dallas, TX time again, we see that the lack of data about our communities hinders our efforts to make change. But there is good news: recent surveys have begun to fill in research gaps. Come learn how to use Centralizing Your Community: Why & How To Start or existing data on transgender discrimination issues, conduct similar Expand Your LGBT Community Center surveys in your area, how to determine the implications of the data, Community Centers All Audiences and how to use the data for policy advocacy. We will use examples LGBT centers serve over 40,000 people weekly in 48 states, and from the Transgender Law Centers State of Transgender California this workshop will help organizers and others to consider the report and the Task Force and the National Center for Transgendirection of their local community relative to the formation of an der Equalitys National Study of the Prevalence of Discrimination LGBT center and to learn the tools necessary to take that first against Transgender and Gender Non-conforming People. leap. The content will assist those who are considering beginning a center, those who have started a center, and those with existing Presenters: Masen Davis, Executive Director, Transgender Law Center, San Francisco, CA; Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and centers looking at building their presence in the community. Lesbian Task Force, New York, NY; Kristina Wertz, San FranPresenters: Kendall Clawson, Executive Director, Portland Q cisco, CA Center, Portland, OR; David Kilmnick, Executive Director, Long Island Gay & Lesbian Youth, Bay Shore, NY; Guido Sanchez, Enhancing HIV/STD Prevention Outreach to Diverse National Manager of Membership and Development, CenterLink; Communities: African-Americans, Hispanics, and David Stocum, New Mexico LGBT Centers,NM
Men Who Have Sex with Men

AIDS/HIV Intermediate
Communicating at the Intersection of Race and Sexuality: Ideas on How To Build Bridges with African Americans
Research and Policy Intermediate
This workshop will offer a research-based discussion of how communications can be strengthened between the LGBT movement and African American communities. The workshop will draw upon research conducted by the Arcus Foundation and others to articulate the complex intersections of sexuality and race with the goal of how these lessons can help activists create greater public support and message effectively when engaging African Americans. This session is for advocates, policy makers and lead- Presenters: Mikael Andrew; Jai Makokha; Ruben Ramirez, ers who are sincerely engaged in organizing and communication Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX across the lines of race and sexuality. Presenters: Cornell Belcher, Brilliant Corners Research and Strategy; Rashad Robinson, Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, NY; Donna Victoria, Victoria Research and Consulting
This workshop will assist attendees become familiar with and understand a variety of organizational and interpersonal dynamics involved in outreaching to diverse communities, including African-American, Hispanic, and MSM populations for HIV/STD prevention. Participants will exchange best outreach practices, techniques and strategies with outreach professionals of effective local and statewide health promotion campaigns. Attendees will leave with some essential outreach knowledge and skills to further develop their HIV/STD prevention programs.
Equity, Fidelity and Sustainability

Sexual Freedom All Audiences
How do we create equitable agreements in our sexual encounters and relationships? Does equity require symmetry in sexual practices and rules? How do divergent needs get met equitably? What Creating Diverse Coalitions around Family Definition is fidelity? Is it sexual exclusivity? Is it honesty? Is it both or neiFamilies Intermediate ther? How are we creating sustainable practices and frameworks This workshop will help participants understand the ways in which in our relationships? How do we measure success? Is longevity LGBT advocates can find common ground around family defithe measure of a successful relationship? Or vibrancy? Or somenition issues with immigrants rights, women of color, economic thing else? This lively discussion will feature panelists who are justice, and other social justice advocates and organizations. Parembodying and exploring these values and concepts in greatly ticipants will leave this workshop with concrete tools they can use varying ways. to create model coalitions based on a broad definition of family. Presenters: Amelie Zurn, Jack Harrison, Kenyon Farrow Presenters: Kellan E. Baker, Policy Associate, National Coalition for LGBT Health, Washington, DC; Veronica Bayetti Flores, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health , NY; Rebecca Fox, Executive Director, National Coalition for LGBT Health, Washington, DC; Miriam Yeung, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Womens Forum, New York, NY
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Model for Civic Engagement through Campus LGBT Resource Centers Sex[+] More than the Birds and the Bees
Youth All Audiences For the past eight years, federal funded abstinence-only programs have been teaching that: Young persons may sense affection and even infatuation for a member of the same sex. This is not the same thing as being homosexual. Any same sex sexual experimentation can be confusing to young persons and should be strongly discouraged. (FACTS Middle School, Teachers Edition, p. 72) Abstinence-only before marriage programs have failed to equip young people with the information needed to make healthy and informed decisions about sex. Sex education is a necessary and vital piece of young peoples education one that impacts our decisions, our health and potentially our whole lives. Regardless of peoples beliefs, we deserve truthful, medically accurate information that speaks to our real, diverse experiences and trusts us to make informed decisions. In this workshop, were going to delve deeper into the issue that America loves and hates to talk about sex and sex education. Were going to look at a brief history of sex education in this country and the abstinence-only culture shift of the last decade. Through the use of pop culture, PowerPoint and interactive discussion, we will talk about the dangerous impacts of abstinence-only-until-marriage curricula and discuss our vision for sex education that speaks to diverse experiences of all young people.
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University-based LGBT Resource Centers can do more than they might think for the social justice movement. In this workshop we will trace the development of our LGBT Resource Center in a conservative part of the country including its effective civic engagement strategies. Participants will develop their own strategies for institutionalizing advocacy. By leveraging the power of the university, enormous change can be created in our communities. Presenters: Milt Ford, Director, LGBT Resource Center, Grand Valley State University ; Matthew Mokma, Graduate Assistant, LGBT Resource Center, Grand Valley State University ; Colette Seguin Beighley, Assistant Director, LGBT Resource Center -Grand Valley State University
Online to Offline Engagement
I ts great to drive people to your website, but if you cant move them to take offline action in the flesh world, you havent done your job. This session will cover how to move supporters from online support to offline activist, including some case studies from Presenters: Kierra Johnson and Edith Sargon, ChoiceUSA, some of the most successful organizations in the U.S. Washington, DC Presenters: Michael Crawford, The Bilerico Project, Washington DC; R. Fureigh, New York, NY
public funding for LGBT health and human services

Movement Building All Audiences
This session will help attendees become familiar with and improve their advocacy skills around securing funding for LGBT health and human services. We will present a model for collaboration between statewide LGBT advocacy organizations, local community based health and human service providers and state officials and offer participants practical tools for creating and managing collaborations in their own states. Presenters: Daniel Gould, Equality California, Los Angeles, CA; Jonathan Lang, Empire State Pride Agenda, NY; Carmen Vazquez, AIDS Institute, New York, NY
United Nations and International LGBT Issues

International Issues Fundamentals Bruce Knotts, with 23 years experience in the State Department and 2 in the Peace Corps (Ethiopia), was instrumental in the first inclusion of LGBT issues by the UNs Human Rights Council. Join as he details the UNs work on civil rights on the international stage, and how we as individuals can help our cause in other countries as well as our own. Presenters: Bruce Knotts, Unitarian Universalist United Nations, New York, NY
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Transgender rights are rapidly evolving. There have been great victories in some states and localities and some losses in othWant to pass an anti-discrimination ordinance in your city? Trying ers. Whether fighting for insurance coverage for gender transition, to fight an adoption ban? This session will give you an opportunity fighting for better jail/prison treatment, or for accurate IDs there is to talk about upcoming legislative and policy initiatives (the good plenty cutting edge advocacy going on. Come hear about efforts and the bad) and learn how to use cutting edge public policy re- in various states and localities, and even the national level, and what you can do where you are to make a difference. search to accomplish your goals. Presenters: Simon Arnoff, Community Educator, Lambda Legal, Presenters: M.V. Lee Badgett, Research Director, The Chicago, IL; Daniel Gould, Equality California, Los Angeles, CA; Williams Institute, Amherst, MA; Angie Buhl, Equality South Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, National Dakota; Naomi Goldberg, Williams Institute, Los Angeles, CA; Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Gunner Scott, Christopher Ramos, Williams Institute, Los Angeles, CA Director, Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition (MTPC), Boston, MA; Harper Jean Tobin, Policy Council, National Center Promise and Peril: Managing a statewide coalition and for Transgender Equality, Washington, DC Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy Intermediate
Passing Good Legislation or Fighting Bad: Using Research for Good
The Cutting Edge in Trans Rights: Healthcare, Prisons, and ID Documents
Transgender Community & Issues All Audiences
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You Lie! Right-Wing Race Backlash: What it Means for Queers
Research and Policy All Audiences What do Teabaggers, Birthers, and town hall gun-totin screamers have to do with LGBTQ equality? Sit in on a strategy session about race politics in the age of Obama and its implications for our work. Presenters: Pam Chamberlain, Political Research Associates, Somerville, MA
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Are You Ready? Moving Racial Justice in LGBT Organizations (Continued) Creating Change in your Community A Toolkit for LGBTQ Campus Activism
Campus All Audience
Racial Justice 3 Hour Session Fundamentals
Are you a student who wants to see change but doesnt know where to start? Have you been engaged in campus activism for a while but need a few new ideas? Join us for an interactive stepby-step process to creating change on your campus or in your community. Well discuss the spectrum of activism, how to build an inclusive movement, and the dynamics of power, privilege, and intersectionality. Lets learn from and share with each other! Presenters: Joy Messinger, Rochester, NY
Did They Just Say That? Responding to the Rights Lies

Communications, Media and Messaging Fundamentals F ind yourself screaming at the TV when someone says something totally false about the GLBT community? Learn how to neutralize GLBT rights opponents arguments and what to say in response. This session will use actual materials put out by GLBT rights opponents. Participants will learn the skills to respond with current and accurate research. Presenters: M.V. Lee Badgett, Research Director, The Williams Institute, Amherst, MA; Gary Gates, Senior Research Fellow, The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law, Los Angeles, CA; Naomi Goldberg, Williams Institute, Los Angeles , CA; Christopher Ramos, Williams Institute, Los Angeles, CA
From Front Line to Bottom Line: Engaging Corporate Social Responsibility makes cents
Workplace Intermediate This workshop will help attendees become familiar with and improve their existing advocacy skills in corporate relationships. Participants will learn a variety of strategies for talking to corporations and how to translate activist-speak into corporate social responsibility. Connecting the important impact that corporations
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have on the LGBT equality movement and expanding that influence will be a main focus. Participants will develop skills to create long term mutually beneficial relationship with corporations to further social change. Presenters: Pat Baillie, Associate Director of Training , Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, San Francisco, CA; Stephen Gould, Associate Director of NETWORKS, Out and Equal Workplace Advocates, San Francisco, CA
Land, Desire and Culture: Two Spirit People and the LGBT Movement
People of Color All Audiences Join us in a session geared for collective learning about sovereignty, Two Spirit people, and our shared legacy, as well as our expanding analysis and identities. Some of our discussion will revolve around what Two Spirit peoples inclusion in the LGBTIGNC movement has to offer, how the larger movement can align itself to issues of sovereignty, and how a movement inclusive of Two Spirit leadership, issues and their intersections would contribute to the liberation of us all. This is an open session for First Nations / Two Sprit / Indigenous folks & allies. Presenters: Coya Artichoker, First Nations Collective, Minneapolis, MN ; Paulina Hernandez, Co-Director, Southerners on New Ground, New Market, TN; Melissa Hoskins, First Nations Collective ; Melissa Pope, Coordinator, Gender and Sexuality Center, Oakland University
Gaybingo: Unity, Fun and Money

Fundraising All Audiences This workshop will assist participants learn basic operations and event management of a monthly fundraiser that attracts GLBTA friends and family to your agency. Presenters: Henry Ramirez III, Center Programs Manager, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
Getting Bi & Passing It On: Learning to Teach Bisexuality with a Free Curriculum
Bisexual Community All Audiences Bisexuality doesnt just have 2 parts. Come get an overview about an exciting, free, inter-active, 4-part curriculum that you can take back to your community to teach them about the ins & outs of bisexuality, pansexuality & the other names it goes by these days. Program confronts myths & misconceptions, provides queer definitions, discusses the intersection of gender identities in relation to sexual orientation, and addresses single & multiple partner relationships. Presenters: Dana Dwinell Yardley, Interweave Continental, Montpelier, VT; Allyson Diane Hamm, Interweave Continental, Allentown, PA
Mapping Your Desire
Sexual Freedom All Audiences Desire matters. Claiming and acting on our desires creates a more healthy, sustainable life path for all of us. Fully embodying our desire gives us an integrity and fierceness that we take into our families, our communities, and our work for social change. Creating the sexual life you deserve requires an understanding of your desire, which can be found by mapping your sexual path to date. The key treasure trove of information concerning what turns you on, what keeps you interested, and what touches you most deeply lies in your unique sexual story. In any persons life, 5 or 10 key points on our sexual map or biography jump out at us these are the moments when we learned something crucial about ourselves, or when we felt most vulnerable, most excited, or most true to our desires. Points on our Desire Map are important guideposts for our lives; ignoring them saps us of our sexual vibrancy and our creative resistance. This workshop will provide an introduction to Desire Mapping, and a tool for your life-long journey toward sexual empowerment and a more just world. Presenters: Jaime M. Grant, Director of the Policy Institute, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Amelie Zurn, Lesbian Health Activist and Therapist, Washington, DC, Monique Meadows
AIDS/HIV All Audiences
Nearly three in five new HIV infections occur among gay and bisexual men. Young Black and Latino gay men are disproportionately affected. Family acceptance and LGBT-affirming interventions correlate with lower HIV risk behavior. How can we encourage greater collaboration between public health and education policy makers? How can we promote family support? How can youth involvement, social marketing and the internet be harnessed to address this growing problem? Presenters: Francisco Roque, Institute for Gay Mens Health, Gay Mens Health Crisis , New York, NY; Caitlin Ryan, Family Acceptance Project, San Francisco, CA; Lyndel Urbano, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), New York, NY
Moving Voters on Marriage!: A Door-to-Door Voter Persuasion Model

Marriage All Audiences This workshop will help you think differently about how to move voters to be supportive of marriage equality. Since January 2009, Vote for Equality has been developing a new model of in-person, door-to-door voter persuasion. Learn how to use the tools that have been developed and how to analyze the data that has come out of having over 5,000 conversations at the door with voters in swing and unsupportive areas in California.
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HIV and young gay and bisexual men and transgender women: Promoting Support
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Presenters: Kathleen Campisano, Senior Field Organizer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Los Angeles, CA; Regina Clemente, LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles; Jay Darling, LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA; Laura Gardiner, LA Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Volunteer Connection: Maximizing Your Organizations Potential by Creating an Amazing Volunteer Experience
Organizational Development Intermediate Learn the basics of creating and maintaining the support necessary for a volunteer program that results in thrilled volunteers and greater productivity for the agency. The workshop will provide the necessary tools to support a volunteer program and to effectively utilize volunteers. Attendees will learn the basics of volunteer management, from recruiting, communicating to and recognizing volunteers. Information applies to volunteer coordinators and other staff at all levels, from beginner to experienced. Presenters: Deborah Cavazos, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
Staying Safe While TRANSitioning
Transgender Community & Issues All Audiences While going through the transition from female to male or male to female staying safe while having sex becomes more complicated. This workshop will go over different ways in which one can protect themselves and their identity. Instead of putting the power in the hands of your sexual partner, take it back and protect yourself. Presenters: Conor Lipchus, Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth, Boston, MA
The Journey from Laws to Jobs For Trans People

Transgender Community & Issues Intermediate With the help of tireless activists, more jurisdictions are passing laws protecting transgender people from workplace discrimination. Still, many transgender people remain marginalized and continue to experience discrimination in hiring and on the job. Local activists have turned their attention to creating comprehensive workforce development programs focusing on the unique needs of transgender job seekers. This workshop will help you pass nondiscrimination laws, and begin to work toward enforcement. Well discuss ways to create, fund and implement workforce development programs designed especially for transgender and gender non-conforming job seekers. Presenters: Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC; Kristina Wertz, San Francisco, CA
Welfare Warriors: Surviving Violence, Fighting Injustice and Building Community

Racial Justice All Audiences This interactive workshop led by low income LGBTGNC members of Queers for Economic Justice will focus on sharing the resistance and resilience strategies that low income queer, trans and gender non conforming people use to navigate poverty related violence and build strong self determining communities. The Welfare Warriors project utilizes participatory action research (PAR), in which all members of the collective participate at each step of the research. The session will be an opportunity to learn about PAR as a mechanism for raising critical consciousness around structural violence against queers of color and how QEJ has incorporated research into our on going campaigns. This workshop will screen the documentary of the Welfare Warriors Research Collaborative, a project of Queers for Economic Justice. The half hour documentary captures on screen how low income LGBTGNC fought back against injustice, created liberating communities and survived poverty related violence in New York City. We will share how this media project has become a strategy of the Welfare Warriors to challenge discrimination, homophobia and transphobia in New York City.
The National Transgender Discrimination Survey: A Talk on Preliminary Findings

Research and Policy All Audiences
Presenters: Reina Gossett, Queers for Economic Justice, New From November 2008-March 2009, The National Center for York, NY Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force fielded the largest study of transgender discrimination ever What Do Funders Want? Developing Your Grant Proposal undertaken in the U.S. Nearly 6,500 respondents have provided a Fundraising Fundamentals striking portrait of the tremendous barriers to employment, hous- Will foundations fund your organization? Should you even bothing, health care, public and family life that transgender and gender er to apply? Who should you apply to? What makes a proposal non-conforming people face in every day life due to bias. Come strong and fundable? Arent foundations cutting back because here preliminary findings from this historic study. of the recession? These and other questions will be explored in Presenters: Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York, NY; Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality, Washington, DC depth by staff from the two largest LGBT foundation funders, Arcus and Gill. This session will benefit beginners and those at an intermediate level. Presenters: Dave Montez, Associate Program Officer, Gill Foundation, Denver, CO; Cindy Rizzo, Director of Grant Making Programs, The Arcus Foundation, New York, NY
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What it Means to be an LGBT Asylee & How You Can Help
International Issues All Audiences
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Saturday, February 6 3:00pm 4:30pm This workshop will walk attendees through the LGBT asylum seeking process and give first hand accounts of what it is like for LGBT Qu Dijeron?/What Did They Say? people in countries where they are persecuted. Attendees will have Creating Multilingual Spaces the chance to learn about the ways religion has often been the basis Movement Building 3 Hour Session All Audiences for oppression and the ways many churches are fighting and taking a stance against that oppression. Participants will leave with practi- Why do I have to use this equipment? Repeating everything into cal tools for supporting LGBT asylum seekers around the country. another language makes the meetings take twice as long! If they dont understand, they should bring someone to interpret for Presenters: Rev. Judith Hanlon, LGBT Asylum Support Task them. Any of these sound familiar? Language is a powerful tool Force, Holden, MA; Angela Knapton, LGBT Asylum Support that can be used to achieve different political goals. It can be used Task Force, Worcester, MA; Sean Martin, LGBT Asylum Support to silence voices of marginalized communities to oppressively Task Force, Worcester, MA; Lisa Laurel Weinberg, Lutheran maintain privilege; or it can be used to create spaces for new Social Services, LGBT Human Rights Protection/Political Asylum community voices in ways that transform race relationships and Representation Project, Worcester, MA empower marginalized groups. Organizing is about relationships, so is movement building. But how can we do either if we cannot talk to one another? A commitment to Language Justice and to Working Against Elitist Activism: creating multilingual political spaces is an important component A Discussion with Youth Activists of SONGs (Southerners on New Ground) organizing work. SONG Youth All Audiences has been developing its Language Justice analysis and practice This discussion-based workshop will address the conflicts and bar- for several years and successfully effected its first fully linguistiriers created by the down-er than thou mentality that often leads cally integrated Organizing School in Virginia in August 2009. This to feelings of exclusion and grudges in social justice organizing. workshop will cover the why and the how of creating multilingual Speaking specifically to youth and student organizers, this ses- spaces. The workshop is highly interactive and based on a popusion will discuss and then outline strategies to build communities of lar education model. strong organizers instead of alienating one another with destructive judgments. In an effort to create sustainable activism, we will devel- Presenters: Roberto Tijerina, Board of Directors, Southerners on New Ground, Durham, NC op real methods for confronting the effects of judgmental conflict. Presenters: Jeannie Beeson, National Youth Advocacy Coalition, Washington, DC; Vincent Villano, Campus Progress, Washington DC
Advocacy, Community Mobilization and Outreach, Participation and the Rest of the Mess in HIV Clinical Research: Whats the Deal for Populations Most Impacted?
AIDS/HIV All Audiences Common words in the field of HIV/AIDS work, regardless of ones title, Community Member, PI/Researcher, Community Educator/ Recruiter etc., are used in an almost drowning fashion. Is it fatigue, boredom or something else? While finding a safe and effective vaccine that works for everyone, to prevent the spread of HIV is our worlds best long-term hope for controlling the AIDS epidemic, there is more out there in the abyss of health and wellness! HIV clinical research is also essential in the fight against HIV along with prevention, treatment, care and its in-laws advocacy community mobilization and outreach. People are tired and in the US more focused now than ever on other environmental factors. Added on top of that yummy cake, there are still a lot of myths, misunderstanding, and historical challenges that prevent persons most impacted, specifically Blacks and Latinos, from participating in research, accessing care or at the basic level, really caring at all. The Gay Mens Health Agenda and the National Coalition for LGBT Health have outlined a clear road and approach to an improved health and wellness. This workshop will provide the space to identify areas of collaboration for the individual and at the organizational level to ignite the fire for a resurgence of passion, hope and care for our collective well being. Come join us and contribute
WTF is Going On with Congress?
Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy All Audiences Our LGBT agenda is getting bogged down in Congress, or is it on the brink of passage? We have had a victory or two, but what does it take to get the rest of our priorities passed? Join national advocates for a frank discussion of the status and expectations on various bills, including the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the Uniting American Families Act, the Safe Schools Improvement Act, Military Readiness Enhancement Act, Education Non-Discrimination Act, and the Respect for Marriage Act. Be prepared to be told what individuals and local/state organizations need to be doing to get these bills moving as the real key to passing these priorities is in the hands of the grassroots and dont be surprised if we ask you to call your Representative/Senator in the middle of the workshop. Presenters: Mara Keisling, Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality, Washington DC; Stacey Long, Federal Legislative Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC Julie Kruse, Policy Director, Immigration Equality, New York, NY; Sue Fulton, Communications Director, Knights OUT; Kara Suffredini, Esq., Director of Public Policy and Community Engagement, Family Equality Council, Boston, MA
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your thoughts, ideas, and passion while we drive toward action Presenters: Kendall Clawson, Executive Director, Portland Q Center, Portland, OR; Marjorie J. Hill, Chief Executive Officer, Gay steps of hope. Mens Health Crisis, New York, NY; Lorri L. Jean, Chief Executive Presenters: Chris Bartlett, Executive Director, LGBT Leadership Officer, L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Los Angeles, CA; Kate Initiative, Chester, PA; Russell Brewer, Program Manager, Center Kendell, Esq., Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian on AIDS and Community Health, Washington, DC; Kaijson Rights, San Francisco, CA; Mike McKay, Executive Director, Noilmar, Legacy Project Coordinator, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX Seattle, WA
Culturally Sensitive Practice with LGBTQ Youth in Out-of-Home Care

Youth All Audiences This workshop will discuss distinct challenges faced by LGBTQ youth in the child welfare, juvenile justice and homeless systems of care, where they are often subject to discrimination, harassment and violence. Participants will learn about the ways LGBTQ youth enter these systems, the risks they are subject to once there and the principles that guide culturally competent work with LGBTQ youth. Participants will also learn about innovative laws and policies and available resources to improve care for these youth. Presenters: Flor Bermudez, Lambda Legal, NY; Dennis Coleman, Lambda Legal, Dallas, TX; Judith Dumont, Youth First Texas, Dallas, TX
Gays God and the Workplace: SANE Conversations and TFR Love
Faith & Spirituality Advanced C orporate America provides a radical example of progress toward equitable treatment for LGBT-identified individuals. Since 1991, more than 95% of the Fortune 500 has adopted non-discrimination policies and two-thirds offer Domestic Partner Benefits. The most vocal opposition to these policies has come from religious extremists who claim Biblical authority for condemning LGBT equality. This workshop will provide a model for SANE conversations that can lead to relationships based on TFR (*Truth, Forgiveness and Reconciliation). Presenters: Susan Gore, Mentor Group, Dallas, TX
HIV, Race and Generational differences

AIDS/HIV Intermediate
Engaging Queer Youth in Your Advocacy Efforts

Youth Fundamentals
Gay and bi men are a small minority in the U.S., but nearly three in five new HIV infections. Black gay/bi men are hardest hit. Infections among gay/bi men are increasing. Has HIV prevention Wondering how to get those youth from the marches and rallies policy failed? How do preventionists address the striking race and you see on TV to your organizations advocacy events? Wishing age differences among HIV+ gay/bi men? How will we handle the you had more young people participating in your advocacy work? graying of AIDS, with a third of HIV+ people 50+? Join us for a presentation and discussion on solving these riddles. Presenters: Kenyon Farrow, Executive Director, Queers for Presenters: Greg Varnum, Executive Director, National Youth Economic Justice, New York, NY ; Ronald Johnson, AIDS Action Advocacy Coalition, Washington, DC Council , Washington, DC; Francisco Roque, Institute for Gay Mens Health, Gay Mens Health Crisis , New York, NY; Lyndel Executive Directors Roundtable Urbano, Gay Mens Health Crisis (GMHC), New York, NY Organizational Development 3 Hour Session All Audiences I f you are the staff leader (Executive Director, CEO, etc.) of a nonprofit organization, this is the session for you! Being a nonprofit CEO can be a lonely job, especially if you are working in the LGBT or AIDS realms. Plus, in this economy, organizations are facing unprecedented challenges. Opportunities rarely exist to interact with, help and learn from colleagues in similar positions. This three-hour session will provide current EDs with an opportunity to do just that. Led by a group of seasoned EDs/CEOs at a variety of organizations across the country (larger, smaller, national, local), this session will focus on managing through difficult times, including specific tactics and strategies for maintaining and increasing fundraising. Large and small group interactive discussions (as the attendees desire) will address subjects such as effective relationships between an ED and his/her Board, stress management, maintaining staff morale, etc. The session concludes with a reception to provide an opportunity for EDs/CEOs to network with their colleagues and share ideas and best practices.
King & King Redux: Beating The Use of School Curriculum as a Wedge Issue
Movement Building 3 Hour Session Fundamentals Our opposition has enjoyed considerable success in leveraging fear of children [being] taught about same-sex marriage in schoolto shift publicand explicitly voteropinion against same-sex marriage in both California and in Maine marriage equality campaigns. This workshop will engage attendees in interactive information and strategy exercises to evaluate the Rights use of school curriculum as a wedge issue and our best responses to them. We will delve into the oppositions strategies and available public opinion research data and work together to develop effective public education campaigns and collaborate broadly within different communities. Presenters: Judy Appel, Executive Director, Our Family Coalition, San Francisco, CA; Amy R. Simon, Goodwin Simon Strategic Research, Oakland, CA; Betsy Smith, Executive Director, Equality Maine, Portland, ME
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Kink, Race and Class
Sexual Freedom All Audiences How does race/racism/classism play into our kink? As a person of color in the kink world, can we leave some of our identities at the door? Are queer play parties and kink worlds accessible to poor people? Why? Why not? Do kinksters operate in a political vacuum? Is it possible to be kinky and political? How can we respect one another and continue to navigate within the kink sphere? (Kink may encompass bondage and discipline, domination and submission, sadism and masochism, power exchange play, fetishes, multi-partner encounters or relationship configurations, etc.) Presenters: I.G. Rivera, Sex Educator, Principal, Poly Patao Productions eratively develop real-life, workable solutions. Attendees will gain hands-on experience during the workshop, and will leave with tools to begin their own crisis communications planning. Presenters: Laura McGinnis, Account Manager , Renna Communications, Washington, DC; Cathy Renna, Co-Founder and Principal, Renna Communications, Washington, DC
Reinvigorating Your LGBTQA Campus Organization

Campus All Audiences This workshop will help attendees identify problems with their LGBTQA campus organizations and come up with solutions for those problems. Participants will brainstorm ideas on how to reinvigorate their organization through small groups and large group discussion. Participants will then use these ideas to create an action plan for the following year on how to strengthen their organizations. Presenters: Laura Graving, Dayton, OH; David Topping, Kalamazoo, MI
Outing Age 2010: Research and Policy

Research and Policy Intermediate
In 2000, the Task Force released an historic document on research and policy issues affecting LGBT older adults. The 2010 Small-Dollar Online Fundraising update includes new findings, more research, and key policy rec- Communications, Media and Messaging All Audiences ommendations as we prepare for the reauthorization of the Older We cant ensure that youll raise $500 million like the Obama camAmericans Act in 2011. paign, but we can help you parse out how to create an effective Presenters: Sunny Bjerk; Loree Cooke-Daniels, Transgender small-dollar online fundraising program. This session gives some Aging Network; Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and Lesbian stats on why email is still the killer fundraising app, how to include Task Force, New York, NY; Laurie Young, The Task Force, your supporters in your fundraising asks, and how to ensure that Washington, DC your asks are part of a meaningful theory of change.
Publicity and Awareness: Linking the GLBT community and the media
Presenters: Julia Rosen and Andy Szekeres
Communications, Media and Messaging Fundamentals This workshop will help attendees formulate and develop a variety of strategic GLBT communications messages and effectively communicate those messages to print, broadcast and social media. Participants will learn who to message, how to message and about specific cases where messaging achieved desire results. Attendees will leave with practical advice and tools for messaging success. Presenters: Rafael McDonnell, Resource Center Dallas, Dallas, TX
Spiritual Self-Defense
Faith & Spirituality All Audiences LGBT people and their allies dont have to be at the mercy of those who preach condemnation. We can empower ourselves and recapture our connection to God. In her workshop Spiritual Self-Defense pastor and author Candace Chellew-Hodge teaches: How to answer hatred or condemnation; How to avoid pointless religious debates; Learn to see opponents as Gods gift; Spiritual practices to reclaim your authentic self. Presenters: Rev. Candace Chellew-Hodge
Put the Fire Out: Dealing with Crisis Situation in the Media
Communications, Media and Messaging Intermediate What happens when the news catches wind of something you wish stayed under wraps? For those times when crawling under a rock isnt an option, this interactive workshop will give participants useful tools that can actually make a bad situation better, or at least mitigate the fallout. By addressing the steps that define a communications crisis and identifying effective strategies to deal with unforeseen challenges - before they occur, this workshop will prove to be a vital asset to organizations of all sizes. Participants who are currently encountering communications challenges and those who just havent had to deal with a crisis - yet - will come together to share experiences with fellow colleagues and coop-
Talking About Sex in the Trans and Trans Allies Community

Sexual Freedom All Audiences H ow do we talk about sex in the transgender community with our friends and partners? How about with our allies? We probably dont. And if we cant talk about sex with our intimate friends and our activist allies, how will we ever have these important discussions with legislators and policy makers? We talk about equality (very important conversation!), and we talk about issues with identification documents, and we talk about workplace discrimination, but do we talk about our fundamental human right to sexual freedom - to freedom of sexual expression? And do we talk about how those documents and that discrimination violates our funNational Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010
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damental human right to our personal autonomy? No - we often dont. But we will here. How do these conversations take place? Whats important for our community and for our allies to know about how we live our lives as sexual beings...as human beings? What are the discussions we need to have with each other to demystify the issues around sex and sexuality in our community? Join Yosenio Lewis for this interactive discussion as he leads participants through a series of exercises that will help create concrete tools for individuals to use in their every day lives to facilitate and engage in these important discussions.

Building LGBT Domestic Violence Coalitions: It Takes A Village

Anti-Violence/Bias Reduction All Audiences While domestic violence within the LGBT community has received more attention, resources to assist survivors are limited, making Coalition-building essential. Attendees will leave with ideas on how to begin their own coalition, people and resources to contact and ideas on how to gain attention and membership to the coalition. Attendees will leave with tools and ideas on whom to contact within their communities and how to best create collaborations. Presenters: Kitty Olde, Plano, TX; Heidi Pyron, Dallas, TX
Presenters: Yoseio V. Lewis, Woodhull Freedom Foundation, San Francisco, CA
The State of Higher Education for LGBT People: 2001-2009

Campus Fundamentals In a 2003 study the climate on college campuses was found to be less than welcoming for LGBT people (e.g., 42% were the target of harassment). In 2009, a follow-up study re-examines the campus climate for LGBT people. Given the increase in LGBT inclusive policies, curricular and co-curricular programs, and services, has the climate changed? This program will engage participants, reviewing the results and brainstorming recommendations to address the challenges unearthed in the report. Presenters: Somjen Frazer, The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, New York, NY; Sue Rankin, Assistant Professor of Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Executive Directors Roundtable (Continued)

3 Hour Session All Audiences
Faith and LGBTI Equality: Talking the Talk and Walking the Walk
Faith & Spirituality Intermediate The intersection of faith communities and the LGBTI movement is groundbreaking territory for our justice movement. In this session, years of valuable experience in this work are combined to offer effective methodology both for organizing supportive communities of faith and for training secular LGBTI and ally organizers to speak the language of and work with communities of faith. You will value this workshop if you are a faith leader who wants to learn how to engage other religious leaders in organizing within your own faith community, and/or a secular LGBTI or ally organizer who wants to learn how to organize more effectively with people and communities of faith.
Transforming Leadership: Approaches to Developing & Sustaining Trans Leaders
Organizational Development Intermediate
Presenters: Kerry Chaplin, California Faith for Equality, West This collaborative session will focus on key approaches to develop- Hollywood, CA; Sharon Groves, Deputy Director Religion and ing and sustaining Trans leaders in the movement. From identifying Faith Program , HRC, Washington, DC; Harry Knox, Director, and recruiting, to tackling organizational priorities around trans is- Religion and Faith Program, HRC, Washington, DC sues, to sustaining and developing leadership; this workshop has it all. Participants will leave with a solid understanding 6 key principals From Inclusive to Intersectional: The Joys and in developing and sustaining trans leaders in the movement. Presenters: Danielle Askini, GSA Network, San Francisco, CA; Pauline Park, Co-Chair, New York Association For Gender Rights Advocacy , New York, NY; Kim Pearson, AZ; Jaan Williams, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco, CA
Challenges of Diverse Online Communities
Communications, Media and Messaging Intermediate Multi-contributor blogs are virtual platforms where writers with different identities, experiences, and politics come together. In this workshop, editors and contributors from The Bilerico Project and Feministing will examine the challenges of creating inclusive communities for marginalized voices and issues. How do we create spaces where diverse perspectives are heard and nurtured? Based on real life case studies, this workshop will engage participants in dialogue about best practices for nurturing intersectional analyses and building new coalitions, online and off. Presenters: Bil Browning, Bilerico Project, Indianapolis, IN ; Miriam Perez, Feministing.com, Washington, DC; Paige Schilt, Bilerico Project, Austin, TX; Jos Truitt, Feministing.com
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Qu Dijeron?/What Did They Say? Creating Multilingual Spaces (continued)
Movement Building 3 Hour Session All Audiences
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House/ Ballroom Scene 101: A hands-on workshop on the history of ballroom culture for LGBT people of color
People of Color All Audiences For decades, the LGBT House/Ballroom circuit has nourished itself throughout the country in the shadows of urban life. Dating back to the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, LGBT House/ Ballroom sensibilities and practices have been on the cutting edge of pop culture ever since, influencing everything from American fashion, music, entertainment and beauty industries. In spite of the scenes ubiquitous presence, mainstream audiences have yet to accredit the origins of its influence on so many arenas of culture. In light of media exploitation, and the scenes rapidly increasing popularity, it is important to educate our communities about the LGBT House/Ballroom scenes structure and its tremendous significance in LGBT history. Presenters: Vogue Evolution
Our Common Cause - A place for polyamorous/ non-monogamy communities in the LGBTIQA movement
Sexual Freedom All Audiences As LGBTIQA movements strive for society to recognize and embrace a spectrum of gender and sexual identities, the polyamorous/non-monogamous (poly/NM) communities are working to gain recognition and equity within these movements. This workshop is aimed at people who are interested in having a dialogue regarding poly/NM issues in broader LGBTIQA movements. We will examine issues of outness, inclusion in LGBTIQA movements, and strategies for raising poly/NM concerns within your own work. Presenters: Timothy Gardner, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Robin Nussbaum, SUNY, NY
This workshop will help attendees move their LGBT messaging into the challenging minority media market. By identifying typical obstacles encountered by LGBT organizations in minority media, Learning to be Allies to Support Old Pride and encouraging participants to share the real-world challenges Movement Building All Audiences they have recently faced, the workshop will openly discuss and This workshop for people of all ages will explore and practice generate workable solutions to working effectively with minority ways we can work together across the age divide to celebrate media outlets. getting older/old. Participants will get information on ageism, the Presenters: Laura McGinnis, Account Manager, Renna myths of aging, the ways young and old are divided from each Communications, Washington, DC other. They will then be asked to practice challenges to ageist policies and treatment and to list some specific things they can do Talkin Bout My Generation: to make change at home. Movement Building 3 Hour Session Presenters: Rev. Shaba A. Barnes, Emeritus Co-Director, Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, Albuquerque, NM; Rev. Jan Griesinger, Co-Director - Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, Athens, OH
King & King Redux: Beating The Use of School Curriculum as a Wedge Issue (Continued)
Preaching to the Choir? Moving Your Message Through Communities of Color
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Intergenerational Storytelling & Dialogue

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Young people often feel left outside of the mainstream LGBTQI movement, while seasoned activists experience their own set of challenges aging in a youth-centric LGBTQI community. This session aims to bridge that generation gap through personal storytellLGBT Families Count! How to Mobilize ing. Participants will improve their abilities to build effective coalitions Your Community Around the 2010 Census and communities by cultivating meaningful relationships across Legislative/Legal Reform and Public Policy All Audiences generations - relationships that hinge not on ageist assumptions, T his workshop will train activists and community leaders on ways but rather on common ground as explored through dialogue. Parto promote the 2010 Census in their communities, and mobilize ticipants of different age groups will be partnered so please come their communities around the Census. It will include a training and with an open mind and heart, ready to listen and to share. discussion on how to form LGBT Complete Count Committees, Presenters: Susan Gore, Mentor Group, Dallas , TX; Moonhawk which are local, community-driven efforts to educate and engage River Stone, Task Force Board Member; Co-Chair, Empire State LGBT people around the Census, with a goal of getting a com- Pride Agenda Foundation; Ending Disparities Committee, Niskaplete count of LGBT Americans in 2010. yuna, NY; Vincent Villano, Campus Progress, Washington, DC Presenters: Lanette Swopes, United States Bureau of the Census, Philadelphia , PA; Matt Weinstein, United States Bureau of the Census, Northridge , CA
The Future of Sexual Orientation

Sexual Freedom All Audiences As the gender revolution proceeds, LGBT sexual behavior and partnerships appear to be aligning less and less with identities based on traditional, binary gender categories. How do we think
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about this? What does lesbian gay or bisexual mean today? The emergence of homoflexible, heteroflexible, queer, and pansexual sexual orientations in community discussions and on social networking sites reveals shifting identities. Additionally, some sexual communities and identities are forming principally around what we do in bed, i.e. based on sensation, power relationships or specific fetishes. Other communities are forming based on how we configure our relationships, i.e., serial or life-long monogamy, polyamorous family configurations, swinging, or long-term single life. The question arises: What is the future of sexual orientation? Presenters: Justin Tanis, Tristan Taormino, Amy Andre
Visual Voices: Latino GLBTQ Artists, Art and You!

Art & Culture All Audiences Sabrina Zarco, Chicana Two Spirit artist, will lead a discussion spotlighting some U.S. GLBTQ artists of Latino heritage. Participants will gain a better understanding of how these artists use the visual as a tool for activism. Explore how these artists address social realities such as poverty, discrimination, religion, family, and the legacy of machismo, a gender differentiation found in most Latin American cultures. Take a look at how these artists found a visual voice to challenge racism and heterosexism and discover how you can also find your visual voice. Presenters: Sabrina Zarco, Organizer, Dos Locas Productions, Little Rock, AR
The Pursuit of Bully-Free Schools: Innovative Approaches to Improve School Climate for LGBTQ Kids
Youth All Audiences on the most recent information on bullying and cutting-edge bullying prevention programs. Participants will leave the presentation with an understanding of the best practices for bullying prevention and the tools to promote safe and friendly schools. Participants will also learn about ways to build community-based partnerships that foster respect and acceptance among youth of different backgrounds. Presenters: Carol Bresnahan, Ewing , NJ; Professor Robert Salem, University of Toledo College of Law, Toledo, OH; Professor Michelle Stecker, Ewing, NJ
Youth Led Youth Groups: This interactive presentation will bring participants up to speed The Benefit of Youth Helping Each Other
Youth All Audiences More often than not, the time in life when growing up is the hardest is even harder if youre growing up queer. Unfortunately there arent a lot of good ways to deal with it. To make it worse, this seems to be a time when adults seem to forget, causing difficulty when trying to relate to todays kids. This is what makes youth led youth groups so successful. This seminar will outline a successful youth led youth group, as well as a successful relationship between youth, youth leaders, and adult guides. Presenters: Samantha Iwen, Boston Alliance Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth, Boston, MA
The Trevor Projects Lifeguard Workshop

Youth All Audiences
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Saturday, February 6 6:30pm 7:30pm Join The Staff from The Trevor Project to learn more about how you can become a lifeguard and save the lives of your LGBT and questioning friends who may be going through an incredibly tough Bisexuality and Political Issues time because of the way they are treated in their homes, commu- Bisexual Community nities, schools, and religious institutions. The Bisexual Political Caucus is open to individuals who would like to share their views on what issues the Bi/fluid/pansexual movePresenters: Kelli Peterman, Trevor Project, New York, NY; ment should focus on. We will discuss personal political beliefs Dave Reynolds, The Trevor Project, Los Angeles, CA; Phoenix from a non partisan perspective and how we can best work colSchneider, The Trevor Project, Los Angeles, CA; Michael Vacha lectively to achieve equal rights. Jr., Trevor Project, Los Angeles, CA
Using Monologues as an Educational Tool

Campus All Audiences Learn about a different way to start conversations about LGBTQ identities and issues. The Gender and Sexuality Center at The University of Texas at Austin started a peer facilitation program that uses student written and performed monologues as a way to educate and start dialogues around LGBTQ identities. This workshop will talk about their model; students in the program will perform monologues and talk out their experiences with the program. Presenters: Shane Whalley, Austin, TX
Presenters: Matt Goodman, BiNET USA, Dallas, TX
Butch/Femme: A Feminist Conversation between Lovers

Gender Issues This session will be a public conversation between Kelly Anderson and Carmen Vazquez who have been in a relationship for three years and have had many a private conversation about feminism and queer liberation, butch and femme and the evolution of those identities and their place in lesbian culture; about how sexual and gender identity self determination represents the democratization of intimate identities in our culture, not just in queer culture but the broader culture as well. In the intimacy of their relationship to each other and to past lovers, they have experienced how butch/
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femme conforms to and defies the stereotypes and how it has managing emotional and physical changes in a non-self-destrucshaped the content of their erotic lives. Following the conversa- tive manner? Are all FTMs full of anger and aggression? How do tion, the session will be open to Q/A and commentary. we create or re-negotiate our support networks? Where can we find mentoring and safe, reliable information? These are all imPresenters: Kelly Anderson, Smith College, Northampton, MA; portant questions that come up as we transition. This workshop Carmen Vazquez, AIDS Institute, New York, NY will create the space for participants to speak openly and frankly about their personal identity, transition, fears (and joys) of transiCaucus/Networking of LGBT Asian Americans, South tioning from Female-to-Male.
Asians, Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs)

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Presenters: Shane Morgan, TransOhio, Columbus, OH
Join other LGBT Asian Americans, South Asians, Southeast How LGBTQA History Informs Current Activism Asians and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) to tell about your organiza- Campus tions, share strategies, and plan for a National Queer Asian Pacific This caucus will be an opportunity to learn about LGBTQA ActivIslander Alliance. ist History in the Heartland and how it relates to national issues Presenters: Ben de Guzman, Co-Director for Programs, and the LGBTQ rights movement of today. Lets dialogue about National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance, Washington, DC; ways to find out about our history, share stories and experiences, Liz Thompson, API Pride of Chicago, Chicago, IL and how to use this information for inspiration and ongoing social change in the work we are doing today!
College Student Caucus

Campus
Student leaders on college campuses rarely have a chance to breathe, let alone work with, support, and learn from student on other college campuses. This is disappointing given the fact that these students are involved in such amazing work on their home campuses. This caucus will bring together student leaders from campuses across the country to identify common issues; learn new program strategies and program practices; and create collaborative relationships with other students. Presenters: Elizabeth Elkins, Emory University Office of LGBT Life, Atlanta, GA; Michael Shutt, Emory Office of LGBT Life, Atlanta, GA
Presenters: Pat Tetreault, Sexuality Education Coordinator, University Health Center, Lincoln, NE
Intercountry & Transracial Adoptees Caucus

People of Color An informal discussion and networking session for all transracial and intercountry adoptees and people of color raised in foster care.

Presenters: Shawyn Lee, Assistant Director, University of Minnesota GLBTA Programs Office, Minneapolis, MN; Pauline Park, Co-Chair, New York Association For Gender Rights Advocacy , New York, NY
Designing Usable Research

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This Latino LGBT caucus Latin@s: Estamos Presente will allow activists from around the country to connect, network, hear and This years research caucus will focus on how to insure that a research project is useful for activists. We will discuss issues of share the status of the Latino LGBT movement in the U.S.A. and design, reporting, timeliness, and accessibility/formats most help- Puerto Rico. Join us to discuss the state of the Latino LGBT movement and where its headed. ful to activists. Presenters: Pam Chamberlain, Political Research Associates, Somerville, MA Presenters: Jorge Cestou, Chicago, IL; Cristina Martinez, Pearland, TX
Forget the Polite Conversation: Getting Real About FTM Transition

Leather Caucus
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Whatever your kink come meet your peers fetishists of every stripe, the tippity tops, the brash bottoms, the doms and domL ets drop the polite conversations and lets talk bluntly. Lets talk about our experiences growing up and being socialized as female. mes, the bois, the high femmes, the givers and takers, the lovers What kinds of changes do we experience in our community once of pain and pleasure. Well all be here, queer and fabulous. we transition or come out as transgender? How does transition Presenters: Jaime M. Grant, Director of the Policy Institute, affect our sexuality and relationships? What are the golden pieces National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Washington, DC of information that you know now, that you didnt know before? What are realistic expectations to have about testosterone and
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LGBTQ Jewish Caucus
Faith & Spirituality Calling all LGBTQ Jews, activists for LGBTQ inclusion, and folks who want to support LGBTQ Jews! This session is an opportunity to connect, share plans and experiences, and learn with LGBTQ Jews and their allies. Presenters: Gregg Drinkwater, Co-Director, Mosaic: The National Jewish Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity, Denver, CO; Andrea Jacobs, Jamaica Plains, MA; Vanessa Prell, Washington, DC
The Alphabet Soup of Sexual Minority Youth

People of Color L atino Gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) youth face tremendous difficulties in a society and culture where heterosexuality often seems the only acceptable orientation, homosexuality is regarded as deviant, and variation from cultural concepts of machismo often evokes hostility or violence. Through this workshop, participants will be introduced to the various sexual minority groups in society and gain a greater understanding of the concept of the sexuality spectrum. Through an interactive exercise and presentation, this workshop seeks to act as a catalyst for greater understanding of sexual minority groups and the many youth who identify themselves as queer.
Polyamory/Nonmonogamy Caucus
Sexual Freedom
The Polyamory/Nonmonogamy Caucus provides an important af- Presenters: Ariel Cerrud, Advocates For Youth, OR; William finity group for those who arent monogamous. The session pro- Dennis, Advocates for Youth, Washington, DC vides a safe, non-judgmental space for folks to meet, network with others, ask questions, and share ideas. Presenters: Timothy Gardner, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA; Robin Nussbaum, SUNY, NY
The National LGBT Aging Roundtable: A Report on Activities

Aging
This caucus will offer a report-out and update on the activities of the National LGBT Aging Roundtable. The Roundtable is facilitatFamilies ed by SAGE is includes representatives from LGBT organizations As folks with LGBTQ parents we often act as ambassadors for around the country that are doing key work in aging services and the queer community - educating peers and teachers, represent- advocacy. ing the real face of the LGBTQ family, and being advocates for Presenters: Lisa Krinsky, Boston, MA; Karen Taylor, SAGE/ change. At the same time, living in a world that treats our families Queens, New York, NY; Laurie Young, The Task Force, differently can be isolating or challenging. This caucus will bring Washington, DC together folks with one or more lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer parent/guardian for community building and Transgender Religious Leaders Network Reception empowerment as queerspawn activists. Transgender Community & Issues Presenters: Monica Canfield-Lenfest, COLAGE, San Francisco, Join leaders from the Transgender Religious Leaders Network to CA; Bethany Lockhart, COLAGE, San Francisco, CA learn about our organizing within and around diverse faith traditions, including an emerging speakers bureau and other networkSex Workers Caucus ing resources. Both secular and faith -based allies are encouraged Sexual Freedom to join us for this time of relationship building and getting to know A space for all people who work or have worked in the sex indus- one another. try to discuss our role and needs within the larger queer/LGBTQ Presenters: Lauryn Farris, United Church of Christ Transgender community. Collective; Richard Juang, Cambridge, MA; Chris Paige Presenters: Gina de Vries, San Francisco, CA
Queerspawn Caucus
SOFFAs Supporting Each Other

Gender Issues Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies of transpeople face a unique set of issues that are rarely addressed within dialogues around sexual orientation or gender identity. This will be a space for SOFFAs, particularly lesbians partnered with FTMs, to discuss maintaining ones identity while affirming ones partners, combating misconceptions about orientation and gender and how to take care of oneself emotionally. This is not trans 101. Presenters: Daunasia Yansey, BAGLY, Boston, MA
Using Social Media to Build a Movement Pink Menno Campaign

Faith & Spirituality The Pink Menno Campaign focused on creating a visible presence of LGBTQ individuals and allies at Mennonite Church convention. The successful movement relied heavily on social networking. This session explores strategies and tools employed by Campaign organizers. Participants will leave with increased understanding of the role Ning, Facebook, Twitter and texting played. Participants will have the opportunity to work together to identify tools and strategies that make sense within the communities they seek to impact. Presenters: Luke Yoder, Pink Menno Campaign, Denver, CO
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Weaving the Nations Together: First Nations Community Dialogue
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This is an internal dialogue for self-identified First Nations folk to build community and connect Two Spirit organizing occurring across North and South America. As part of this dialogue, we will share the ongoing work of the First Nations Collective and discuss the next steps as we struggle for inclusion in the overall movement for LGBT equality. This session for First Nations / Two Spirit / Indigenous - identified people only. Presenters: Coya Artichoke; Paulina Hernandez, Co-Director, Southerners on New Ground, New Market, TN; Melissa Hoskins; Melissa Pope, Coordinator, Gender and Sexuality Center, Oakland University
Working in Coalition - How a committee of LGBT organizations from across the state are able to do coalition work together.
Movement Building This caucus will detail how one coalition of organizations doing LGBT aging work from across NYS came together to do advocacy and create a standardized cultural competency training. This caucus will provide the opportunity for participants to share their own experiences of working in coalitions and provide some useful how-tos to make that successful. Presenters: Glen Francis, GRIOT Circle, Brooklyn, NY; Jonathan Lang, Empire State Pride Agenda, NY; Tom Weber, SAGE
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Workplace Equality for Public Employees

Workplace P ublic Employees Caucus. Join fellow public employees at the local, state, and national levels, as we devise a plan to ensure equality and inclusion of LGBTQ employees and their partners. Presenters: Kayci Barnett, Denton, TX
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We extend a heartfelt thanks to our Leadership Council members for their continued support of the Task Force Foundation and the Task Force Action Fund. Leadership Council members make an annual gift of $1,500 or more and give the Task Force the flexibility to build grassroots lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender political power across the nation. The donors listed below reflect gifts or pledges from June 1, 2008 through December 31, 2009. If we have inadvertently omitted or incorrectly listed your name, please contact Jose Lugaro, director of major and annual gifts, at 646.358.1477. presidents Circle
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Anonymous Anita May Rosenstein Foundation vice presidents Circle

$50,000 to $99,999
Anonymous Jon L Stryker Henry van Ameringen executive Circle

$25,000 to $49,999
AT&T Fund in the Sun Foundation Steven Holley Miami Beach Visitor and Convention Authority Stanley Newman & Brian Rosenthal Mark M. Sexton & W. Kirk Wallace Sid & Lorraine Sheinberg Charlene Strong ambassadors Circle
$10,000 to $24,999
Anonymous Brinker International, Inc. Burger King Martin Burley & Robert Meza Dade Community Foundation Jeffrey Dunn William Forrest & Mark Smithe Liebe Gadinsky & Seth Gadinsky Suzanne Goldstein & Dana S. Greenwald, D.D.S. Craig Hoffman, Jr. & Albert G. Lauber, Jr. James C. Hormel Linda Ketner Amy Mandel & Katina Rodis Michael H. Morris & Richard Blinkal National Education Association Loren S. Ostrow & Brian Newkirk Charles S. Paul James G. Pepper Daniel Renberg & Eugene Kapaloski Emily Rosenberg & Darlene Demanicor
Anonymous AIDS Community Action Foundation Akerman Senterfitt Mika Albright John M. Allen & Stephen P. Orlando Ralph Alpert Susan E. Anderson, M.A. & Jo Ziemet Alan J. Bernstein & Family Margaret A. Burd & Rebecca A. Brinkman Bradley Carlson & Aurelio Tine Suman Chakraborty Pamela H. David & Cheryl Lazar Julie R. Davis Robert P. Denny Karen K. Dixon & Nan Schaffer Jeffrey Dunn Law Office of Kevin J. Farrelly Matt Foreman & Francisco De Len Greenberg Traurig, P.A. Tim Hosking & Audrey Sokoloff Jeremiah F. Kelly, M.D. & Paul G. Oostenbrug Charlotte M. Kinlock & Anne E. Stanback Jon & Tina Kislak Daniel Ling & Lee J. Obrzut Mario Magcalas & Thomas F. Ruzicka Carlos Medina & Denis Cagna Merrill Lynch Henry D. Messer, M.D. & Carl House Andrew Ogilvie & Cary Davidson Loren S. Ostrow & Brian Newkirk Ken Persel Lee Rubin & Jim Walker Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) Elliott R. Sernel Andrew I. Shore Stephen Taylor & Luciano Bruno Jim Tyrrell & Jay Richard DiBiaso & Roger Thomson Time Warner Cable Andrew Tobias & Charles Nolan Eric von Kuersteiner & Anthony M. Roncalli Leonie A. Walker & Katherine A. OHanlan Wet International advocates Circle
$2,500 to $4,999
American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO Eleanor D. Acheson
Alberto A. Arias & Wood Kinnard Astraea Foundation Steven K. Aurand & Mathias Dadou Alison Baird Robert Bacigalupi & David Schwing Alvin Baum, Jr. aussieBum C. David Bedford Frank Benedetti & Thomas G. Trowbridge Bruce Bergamini Bruce Berger Diane Bernard Alan Bernstein Gary Boston & Charles Lee Anthony H. Broadus Gregory N. Brown & Linton Stables Rea Carey & Margaret Conway David W. Carlson Jerry S. Chasen & Mark F. Kirby City of Miami Beach David A. Clark Alex Collett David da Silva Cornell Pamela H. David & Cheryl Lazar Scott Davenport & Timothy M. Fisher Julie R. Davis Joseph Evall & Rich Lynn Gilmour-Jirgens Fund Sandi Greene Peter Grigsby & George Weeks Stephen E. Herbits Sally Heyman Sue Hyde & Jade McGleughlin Brian A. Johnson Timothy Kasunic & Paul Jednak Michael Koetting & Steven Saletan Thomas A. Lehrer Michael A. Leppen Jose H. Lugaro Mickey MacIntyre Carol Master & Sherry Mayrent Babak Movahedi Neusteter Colorado Company Northern Trust Rex ONeal & Steve Lee Edward Pascoe Stephen Peck & John M. Messer Jay Petterson Lawrence S. Pidgeon Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. Nancy D. Polikoff & Cheryl Swannack Robert Raben Daniel Rabinowitz & Ann Thomas Reynolds Family Foundation Russell David Roybal Paul Rubenstein
Christopher A. Russell & Mario Acosta, Jr. Joan Schaeffer Eliott Sernel Curtis F. Shepard & Alan Hergott Sanford & Doris Slavin Foundation, Inc. Robert J. Smolin Peter Staley Michelle Stecker & Carol Bresnahan Frank Stiriti Sid Stolz & David Hatfield Gene C. Sulzberger/BNY Mellon Wealth Management Linda Swartz & Jessica Seaton Janice E. Thom & Mary Ann Moran Russell C. Tolley & Scott N. Habermehl The Trevor Project United Food and Commercial Workers Gus Van Sant Urvashi Vaid & Kate Clinton Elizabeth Warren James L. Whipple & Leonard Wilkinson Clay Williams & David Groff Hope Wine, Psy.D. & Mary Prado Dr. Myron Wojtowycz Paula R. Zeman delegates Circle
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Matthew Adler Mark D. Anderson Anonymous Alberto A. Arias and Wood Kinnard Marc L. Baum Matthew Beaver Mark Bergamini R.D. Skip Bermudes David A. Bjork & Jeff Bengstson Bernie & Ginger Bopp Marsha C. Botzer & Kim Harms Robin Brand Timothy Broadbent Jim Brodsky & Phil McCarthy David C. Bryan Carol Cantor & Patricia Cantor Jorge Cao & Donald C. Thomas Joyce L. Carter Vincent Carrafiello Michael Cevarr Julie A. Childs & Sara Speargas Daniel C. Cochran & Greg Sutphin Colgate Darden John DEmilio & Jim Oleson Chris DiAngelo Michael Dively John R. Dreyer & Jonathan D. Cutler Joseph Falk & Mark Scott Charles Fleck & Lyndon M. Thomas Kevin F. Foley & Stephen Littell Dwight Foley
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Jason S. Forman & Brett A. Snyder Barbara Frank and Veronica McCaffrey Robert W. Funk & William V. Weber Jack Gallon Craig Gold Ruben J. Gonzales & Joaquin Tamayo Peter Gordon & Terrence Dalton Michael D. Graubert Sarah Gustafson Bill Hahne Edward H. Haertel & Andrew Oman Laura Hart Lori Haskell Gary Hennes Marjorie J. Hill, Ph.D. & Stacey Bridgeman Steven C. Hill & Jonathan Herz Jim Hooker Ernest C. Hopkins Robert Horvath & Patrick Lyden H.S. Huizenga David W. Husch Lawrence R. Hyer Michael Isbell Harold L. Ivey Adrea L. Jaehnig Donald W. Johnson Kent Johnson & Cody Blomberg Woody Kay Jeff Kerzman Rick L. Kramer Mark T. King & Jonathan D. Lubin Robert W. Kuhn & Steven Geyer Kathy Levinson/Lesbian Equity Foundation Stuart L. Leviton & Herb K. Schultz Debra Lobel & Beverly Dash Richard Lynch Stephen Lyon Richard Lynn Hermes Mallea & Carey Maloney Donna Marburger James D. Marks & Mark Scott Steven Melov & James A. Goddard Charles R. Middleton, Ph.D. & John S. Geary Scott Mitchell & Ed Neppl David Mezener & Arturo Carrillo Katharine Moore Thomas D. Murdock Michael Muska & Evan Sweet A. Dale Nally Shilplen Patel, M.D. Avi Pemper & Mark Rabiner Richard N. Peterson & Waynde T. Bradley Chris Pomeroy & Frank Frattaroli Mary F. Powers & Judith A. Jones Marj Press David Price & Juan C. Rodriguez Albert G. Primo & Marcos Faryniuk Dean M. Prina Raymond James & Associates
Michelle Riley Safe Schools South Florida Joe Savnik & Mark Ross Joan Schaeffer Elizabeth F. Schwartz Marianne G. C. Seggerman Thomas Shevlin Alex Simms Bruce T. Sloane Ed Snyder Daniel Spring & Jean Marc De Silva Linda Swartz & Jessica Seaton Bill Takacs & Dan Crow Kenneth Thompson Samuel Thoron & Julia Thoron Michael Tobin & Leslie Tobin Anora Tracy Marie Valenzuela & Debi Grey Felisa Vanoff Rebecca Voelkel & Maggie S. George W Fort Lauderdale Hotel and Residences Richard Wall Marla Weigert Merle Weiss & Dan Weiss Richard Wharton James Whipple & Leonard Wilkinson Rosemary Wilder & Karen Costello Jennifer Williams Doug Wingo & Tim Legg Vincent Wong David H. Young & Scott M. Bernstein Beth Zemsky Robert Zimmerman Harvey Zuckman & Phillip Oxman The following individuals have named the Task Force in their estate planning: David Abramson Dixie Binning Ross W. Draegert & Robert J. Starshak, M.D. Luke Farrell Richard Fremont-Smith Stephen Glassman, AIA Sharon Gomes John A. Hubschmitt Jerrold J. Hagerty Steven Dale Kaeser Marilyn Lamkay Lester H. London John H. Moe Charles W. Robbins, CFRE William Ryan Fred B. Schaefer, Jr. Claudia Scott Roy Glenn Wood
FoundationS $1,000,000 and above Anonymous Arcus Foundation Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund $300,000 to $999,999 Ford Foundation Gill Foundation $50,000 to $99,999 Calamus Foundation E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation Gill Action Fund Open Society Institute The Unitarian Universalist Veatch Program at Shelter Rock Wells Fargo Foundation $25,000 to $49,999 David Bohnett Foundation Johnson Family Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Anderson Prize Foundation Kicking Assets Fund of the Tides Foundation
legaCy CirCle beQueStS In fond memory of Legacy Circle donors: $1 Million and up Estate of Ric Weiland (2007) Estate of Clarence E. Anderson (2002) $150,000 to $999,999 Estate of Lawrence J. and Salina Messenger (1997) Estate of Harry R. Rowe, M.D. (1989) Estate of Thomas F. Talley (1994) $25,000 to $149,999 Estate of Bertram H. Behrens (2005) The Estate of LeClair Bissell (2009) Estate of Stephen D. Clover (2001) Estate of James A. Davidson (1997) Estate of Richard D. Evans (1993 Estate of Robert L. Kehoe (2004) Estate of John R. OLeary (1993) Estate of Lee S. Ross (2005) Estate of Glenn Strutz (1995) Estate of John Shelby Topp (1994) Estate of Morgan Thomas (1996) Estate of Donald E. Watson (2009) $5,000 to $24,999 Estate of Jack E. Aaronson (1990) Estate of William T. Bebermeyer (1992) Estate of Warren W. Berger (1993) Estate of Paul Blackwood (1997) Estate of Paul R. Cahir (1992) Estate of Robert F. Diem (1997) Estate of Jeffrey A. Ferst (1993) Estate of Scott Fisher (1993) Estate of Ronald D. Good (1998) Estate of Charles O. Hall III (1995) Estate of John R. Hoffman (1995) Estate of Miles R. Jacobs (1987) Estate of Kenneth E. Kesselring (1997) Estate of Craig H. Lindhurst (2001) Estate of Donald K. Morgan (1989) Estate of James R. Perry (1991) Estate of George Nemeth (2006) Estate of Thomas A. Roeder (1991) Estate of William Sabella (1992) Estate of William Samuel (1994) Estate of Dale N. Shaw (1996) Estate of Allan B. Truax (1995) Estate of Catherine and Josef Van der Kar (2006) Estate of Tripp Van Woodward (1993) Estate of Craig J. Witt (1997) Estate of Morgan Young (2006) Estate of Jaroslav Zivney (2001) If you intend to name the Task Force in your estate plans, or would like to learn more about planned giving options, please contact Jose Lugaro at jlugaro@theTaskForce.org or 646.358.1477.
a big tHank you to all our donorS

national Corporate partnerS We extend our thanks to the following companies for their generous support:
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The mission of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force is to build the grassroots power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community. We do this by training activists, equipping state and local organizations with the skills needed to organize broad-based campaigns to defeat anti-LGBT referenda and advance pro-LGBT legislation, and building the organizational capacity of our movement. Our Policy Institute, the movements premier think tank, provides research and policy analysis to support the struggle for complete equality and to counter right-wing lies. As part of a broader social justice movement, we work to create a nation that respects the diversity of human expression and identity and creates opportunity for all.
board of directors
officers Marsha Botzer* Lee Rubin*
Co-Chair (Seattle, WA) Co-Chair (Chevy Chase, MD)
Staff
executive Rea Carey
Executive Director
policy institute Jaime Grant

Director
Creating Change Sue Hyde

Director
Julie Childs
Board Liaison
Executive Assistant
Somjen Frazer Jack Harrison

Vaid Fellow
Senior Policy Analyst
Marta Alvarado
Program Coordinator
Hans Johnson
Vice Co-Chair (Los Angeles, CA)
Ellen Kitzerow program departments Darlene Nipper

Deputy Executive Director
Moonhawk River Stone

Vice Co-Chair (Albany, NY)
Tey Meadow
Vaid Fellow
NYU Georgette Bennett Fellow
development David Alexander Michael Bath
David da Silva Cornell

Secretary (Miami Beach, FL)
Robert Valadez public policy and government affairs Laurie Young

Interim Director
Director of Institutional Giving Special Events Manager
William Forrest
Treasurer (Chicago, IL)
Cliffie Bailey
Alan J. Bernstein* Pam David
Executive Assistant
Alex Breitman
Special Events Manager
Member at Large (West Hollywood, CA) Member at Large (San Francisco, CA)
Frank Ceraolo David Cook
Michelle Stecker
Member at Large (Ewing, NJ)
academy for leadership and action Dan Hawes

Director
Development Assistant Development Coordinator
Bradley Jacklin
Program Manager
R. Peter Wharton
Member at Large (Miami Beach, FL)
Becca Ahuja
Stacey Long Lisa Mottet
Cynde Horne Jose Lugaro
Assistant Director of Major Gifts Director of Major and Annual Gifts
Jeff Adler (New York, NY) John M. Allen* (Detroit, MI) Sydney Andrews (Denver, CO) Anthony Aragon (Denver, CO) Margaret A. Burd* (Thornton, CO) Jerry N. Clark (Washington, DC) Julie R. Davis (San Francisco, CA) Liebe Gadinsky (Miami Beach, FL) Suzanne Goldstein (Washington, DC) Mario Guerrero (Sacramento, CA) Craig Hoffman** (Washington, DC) Duane C. Ingram** (Philadelphia, PA) Kierra Johnson (Washington, DC) Eric von Kuersteiner* (New York, NY) TJ Michels (Long Beach, CA) Nicole Murray-Ramirez (San Diego, CA) Andrew Ogilvie (Los Angeles, CA) David J. Price (Miami Beach, FL) Robert Salem (Toledo, OH) Andrew Solomon (New York, NY) Ken Thompson (Seattle, WA) Hope Wine, Psy.D. (Miami Beach, FL) Vince Wong (Los Angeles, CA)
*Serves on National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and Task Force Action Fund boards **Serves on Task Force Action Fund board only
Senior Field Organizer
Federal Legislative Director Transgender Civil Rights Project Director
Kathleen Campisano
Senior Field Organizer Field Organizer
Janice Thom Ezra Towne
Rodrigo Lehtinen David Lohman Moof Mayeda Trina Olson

Project Director Field Organizer IWR and Faith Work Coordinator Senior Field Organizer Senior Field Organizer
Director of Operations for Development Membership Manager
external relations Russell Roybal

Deputy Executive Director
Dorrit Walsh
Andrew Machado
Executive Assistant
Senior Web Manager
Sarah Reece Trystan Reese Barbara Satin

IWR and Faith Work Coordinator
Communications Inga Sarda-Sorensen

Director
Finance & administration Brian Johnson

Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Kennedy
Sandra Greene Michael Lloyd

Accounting Manager
Interactive Media Coordinator
Director of Administration
Rebecca Voelkel
Pedro Julio Serrano

Communications Manager
Institute for Welcoming Resources Program Director
Jorge Taveras
Charles Matiella Barney Thomas

Finance Associate
Lisa Weiner-Mahfuz
Communications Coordinator
Senior Technology Manager
Director of Capacity Building
Henry Woodside
Database Administrator
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In Memoriam
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force remembers and honors colleagues and friends whom we have lost in the past year.
Martin Delaney
January 2009 AIDS Activist, Founder Project Inform
E. Lynn Harris
July 2009 Best-Selling Author
Antonio Pagn
January 2009 New York City Council Member
Merce Cunningham
July 2009 The Worlds Greatest Choreographer; Life Partner of His Collaborator, John Cage
Municipal Court Judge John Paul Barnich

February 2009 Houston AIDS Activist; First openly gay city court judge in Texas
Robert Hilferty
July 2009 ACT UP Chronicler, Filmmaker, Music and Film Critic
Thea C. Spyer
February 2009 Clinical Psychologist; Married to her spouse, Edith Windsor, after 41 years of living and loving together
Allen Thornell
August 2009 Executive Director of Georgia Equality, 2002 - 2004
G. Donn Teal
February 2009 Founding member, Gay Activists Alliance, New York City
Senator Ted Kennedy

August 2009 Standard Bearer and Standard Setter for LGBT Equality and Dignity
Jack Wrangler
April 2009 Legendary Porn Star and Icon
Larry Frankel
August 2009 Lobbyist and Advocate; Legislative Director ACLU-Pennsylvania
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick

April 2009 Queer Theorist and Ally
Albert L. Gordon
August 2009 Decriminalized Consensual Homosexual Acts in California
Virginia Prince
May 2009 Coined the term transgender; Iconoclastic Thinker and Advocate
Howard Jacobs
November 2009 HIV/AIDS Advocate and Champion for LGBT Youth
Octavia St. Laurent

May 2009 House Ball Legend and Icon; Fierce Fighter for Transgender People and Youth
Mike Penner/Christine Daniels

November 2009 Transgender Sports Writer, Los Angeles Times
Rodger McFarlane
May 2009 Visionary Organization Builder; Hero to All; Perpetual Smart Ass
Dennis deLeon
December 2009 Latino Commission on AIDS, New York City
Dr. Joel Weisman

July 2009 Leader and Advocate for AIDS Research, Treatment, and Prevention
Mary Daly
January 2010 Feminist Catholic Theologian; Challenged the Church Patriarchy
The Task Force family grieves with and for our loved ones who suffered attacks, some resulting in loss of life, motivated by hatred and bigotry. Those of us who are young, gender non-conforming, and people of color are especially vulnerable in a society that devalues our lives. We commit to building a world where all of us can thrive and live our full selves without fear.
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Welcome letters Live Large

Conference events Think BIG

institutes, academy, Sessions, & Caucuses

HoSpitality Suite SponSorS

national gay and lesbian task Force

live large tHink big SCHedule at a glanCe

thursday, February 4, 2010

Friday, February 5, 2010

Caucuses and Networking Sessions

Cyber CaF HourS

Saturday, February 6, 2010

exHibit area HourS

Caucuses and Networking Sessions

Sunday, February 7, 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

Welcome to the 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change!

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

From the Conference Host Committee

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

two Spirit open letter to the Creating Change Community

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

We love your Feedback

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

Meditation room /Quiet room

the Calling of the names: We remember

engaging the Spirit: an interfaith gathering

HoSt CoMMittee ServiCeS

bisexual Hospitality Suite

transgender Hospitality Suite

elder Hospitality Suite

disability Hospitality Suite

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

Creating SaFe SpaCe For everyone!

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

FroM tHe diSability JuStiCe ColleCtive

lady Ha Ha kate Clinton

Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force

Comprehensive immigration reform

State of the Movement address

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

young leaders Speak: out loud proud

vogue evolution dallas is burning!

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

the Susan J. Hyde activism award for longevity in the Movement

the leather leadership award

the paul a. anderson award for youth leadership

the Sage advocacy award for excellence in leadership on aging issues

reCeptionS MeetingS SpeCial eventS Wednesday, February 3

academy for leadership and action reception

poly/nonmonogamy Speed greeting

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

reCeptionS MeetingS SpeCial eventS Friday, February 5

national religious leadership roundtable Meeting

time for a Check in! Queer youth Community Meeting

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Creating Change 2010

Straightlaced: How Genders Got Us All Tied Up