The Equality Summit is a gathering of community leaders committed to winning back marriage equality in California to network, share information and resources, and plan next steps. It is open to community leaders, including new and emerging leaders, actively working to win back marriage equality in California. Because of space limitations, organizations are encouraged to send no more than two leaders. For interested people who could not come to Los Angeles, a video of the general session is posted below, and a Summit Liveblog is available at EQCA's blog, The California Ripple Effect.
Saturday, January 24
9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.
West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center, 1201 South Figueroa Street
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General Information
Registration is free. (You can support the Equality Summit by donating at www.eqca.org/equalitysummitdonation.) However, lunch, travel and lodging costs are not included. If you or your organization cannot pay for you to travel to the summit, Equality California and the ACLU are offering travel grants to activists from under-represented groups. For more information, contact Conrado Terrazas, Equality Summit Travel Grant Coordinator at 213.200.6161. For interested people who cannot come to Los Angeles, the general sessions will be posted shortly after each ends on YouTube and at www.eqca.org.
There will be press access at the entire summit for pre-registered members of the media. The deadline to apply for a press credential has passed. Please contact Vaishalee Raja if you have any questions.
Summit Goals
- To be inclusive of the entire coalition of people working for marriage equality, particularly reaching out to communities of color, people of faith, and straight allies.
- To build and strengthen relationships, so that affinity groups and working partnerships can form and thrive.
- To develop trust and create healing from the pain of electoral defeat and its aftermath.
- To disseminate information about what happened on the campaign, and what is currently happening in the movement.
- To nurture new leaders and organizations.
- To create space for activists and leaders to plan next steps and move forward with new projects in partnership.
Summit Agenda
7:45 AM Registration opens
Coffee, Pastries & Networking in Room 502
8:00 AM Shabbat services with Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami – Room 514
9:00 AM PLENARY - Looking Backward and Moving Forward – Room 502
Invocation by Rabbi Denise Eger and Reverend Jonipher Kwong
Welcome by State Assemblymember John A. Perez
Election ’08 Summary with:
Staff and Executive Committee of Let California Ring (Geoff Kors & Vaishalee Raja)
Staff and Executive Committee of, and Experts on, NO on 8 campaign and (Chad Griffin, Yvette Martinez, Sarah Reece, Lorri Jean, Kate Kendall, Geoff Kors, Delores Jacobs, Marty Rouse, Chris Maliwat, and Julie Davis)
Staff from Marriage Equality USA (Pamela Brown, Policy Director and Molly McKay, Media Director)
Proposition 8 Post-Election California Voter Survey, presented by David Binder, David Binder Research
Question & Answer Period, Moderated by Karen Ocamb, News Editor, IN Los Angeles Magazine
Introductory Remarks by Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
Keynote Speech by Eva Paterson, Equal Justice Society
11:20 AM break
11:30 AM BREAKOUT - networking & strategy sessions by interest/constituency
Group, Facilitator, Room
African American, Darnell Grisby, 504
Asian & Pacific Islander, Tawal Panyacosit & Doreena Wong, 506
Earned and Paid Media, Jo Hoenninger, 507
Faith Communities , Joel Kushner, 510
Families, Judy Appel & Meredith Fenton , 508A
Government/Elected officials/Legislative advocates, Alice Kessler, 512
Grassroots Community Organizing, Fernando Lopez, 502A
Labor, T Santora & Conrado Terrazas, 513
Latino, Coral Lopez, 505
Legal, Loren Javier, 514
Netroots/Web 2.0, Naomi Fine, 502B
Transgender, Al Miller, 516
Youth, Anthony Dietrich, 508C
12:30 PM Lunch Break (Food courts open and available)
12:50 PM David Binder Lunchtime Q&A Session (Optional) – Room 507
1:30 PM PLENARY - Race, Religion & the LGBT Movement – Room 502
Opening Comments by Senator Mark Leno
Introduction of Goals and Key Issues by Jan Adams, Bob Wing, Andrea Shorter, Marshall Wong, Luis Lopez, & Catherine Thienmann
Presentation and Q&A Prop 8 polling data analysis released by the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute, by Patrick J. Egan, Ph.D., of New York University, and Kenneth Sherrill, Ph.D., of Hunter College, CUNY
Small group discussion and report back facilitated by Jan Adams and Bob Wing
Closing Comments by Senator Christine Kehoe
3:00 PM break
3:10 PM BREAKOUT - networking & strategy sessions by region
Group, Facilitator, Room
Central Valley/Central Coast/Nor Cal/Sacramento, Lisa Cisneros, 510
Los Angeles Area, Daniel Gould, 502
National, Sarah Reece, 505
Orange County/Long Beach/Inland Empire, Laura Kanter, 508A
San Diego Area, Denise Serrano & Jose Letayf, 512
San Francisco Bay Area, Julie Davis, 504
Statewide, Shayna Gelender, 507
4:10 PM break
4:20 PM LARGE BREAKOUT – Next Steps – Room 502
Panel moderated by Assemblymember Mike Feuer
Legal Update by Kate Kendall, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Jenny Pizer, Lambda Legal, & Elizabeth Gill, ACLU of Northern California
Organizing lessons from the Obama campaign by Mary Jane Stevenson, California Field Director, Obama/Biden
How to Qualify a Ballot Initiative by John Henning, Love Honor Cherish
Ballot initiative Strategy Issues by Chad Griffin, Griffin Schake, Geoff Kors, Equality California, & Robin Tyler, The Equality Campaign
4:20 PM BREAKOUT – Various Rooms (simultaneous with large breakout above)
Rooms available for breakout sessions led by summit attendees
5:20 PM break, snacks
5:30 PM Open Space Strategy Groups – Meet in Room 502 to begin
Sessions proposed and led by summit attendees
6:45 PM PLENARY - What's Next?
Report back from breakout groups, facilitated by Lawrence Ellis
Closing Remarks from Equality Summit Planning Committee Co-Chairs
Closing Call to Action by Senator Gloria Romero
Summit Co-Chairs
From among the over 140 sponsoring organizations listed below, over 50 leaders volunteered for the planning committee, and have set forth the goals and agenda for the Summit. The planning committee selected 4 co-chairs to represent them and the Equality Summit:
- Andrea Shorter, And Marriage For All, San Francisco
- Darnell Grisby, CAP PAC, Sacramento
- Denise Serrano, ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties, San Diego
- Oren Shepher, Coalition for Equal Rights, Los Angeles
Major Donors
Benefactors: $10,000 and above
Equality California Institute
Patrons: $5,000 to $9,999
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
David Bohnett Foundation
National Center for Lesbian Rights
Sponsors: up to $4,999
ACLU of Northern California
API Equality-LA
Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss
Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel
Oren Shepher, Coalition for Equal Rights, Los Angeles
We have made a commitment to keep the Equality Summit free for attendees AND we are offering travel grants for leaders of limited means from under-represented groups. You can support the Equality Summit by donating at www.eqca.org/equalitysummitdonation. If your organization would like to join the list of major donors to the Equality Summit, please contact Sean Sullivan.
Sponsoring Organizations
ACLU of Northern California
ACLU of Southern California
ACLU San Diego & Imperial Counties
Advocacy Marketing Group
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
AIDS, Medicine & Miracles
Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club
Ambassador James C. Hormel
American Institute of Bisexuality
And Marriage for All
Anti-Defamation League
API Equality
API Equality-LA
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Asian Pacific Americans for Progress
Barbara Jordan/Bayard Rustin Coalition
Bay Area Lawyers for Individual Freedom
Being Alive San Diego
Beth Chayim Chadashim
Bienestar
California Faith for Equality
California Legislative LGBT Caucus
California NAACP
California National Organization for Women
California Nurses Association California Teachers Association
Californians Against Hate
California-Pacific Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
Center Advocacy Project (San Diego)
Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies in Religion and Ministry
Central American Resource Center
Central California Alliance
Chinese for Affirmative Action
Christopher Street West Association/LA Pride
Coachella Valley Marriage Equality Coalition
Coalition for Equal Rights
Coalition For Equality
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles
COLAGE
Community Organized for Liberty, Opportunity & Respect
Congregation Kol Ami
Courage Campaign
Crescent Heights United Methodist Church
David Bohnett Foundation
Democracy For Change
Diversity Center
Dolores Huerta Foundation
Elections Committee of the County of Orange
Equal Justice Society
Equal Rights Advocates
Equal Roots Coalition
Equality Action NOW
Equality California
Equality California Institute
Equality California PAC
Equality Camp
Equality Campaign
Equality Federation
Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund
F.A.I.R.
Family Equality Council
Feminist Majority
Freedom to Marry
FTM International
Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Gay And Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast
Gay/Straight Alliance for Equality (GSAFE)
Gays United Network
Gay-Straight Alliance Network
GLBT Alliance of Santa Cruz County
Harvey Milk Democratic Club
Honor PAC
Horizons Foundation
Human Rights Campaign
Immigration Equality
Institute for Judaism & Sexual Orientation
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
Jews for Marriage Equality
JoinTheImpact.com
Judaism & Sexual Orientation
Korean Immigrant Workers Alliance
Korean Resource Center
L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center
Lambda Legal
Latino Issues Forum
Libertarian Party of California
Liberty Hill
Log Cabin
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE)
Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti
Los Angeles City Councilmember Bill Rosendahl
Los Angeles City Councilmember Dennis Zine
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jack Weiss
Los Angeles City Councilmember Wendy Greuel
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Love Honor Cherish
Marriage Equality USA
Metropolitan Community Church Los Angeles
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund
Multi-Ethnic Immigrant Worker Organizing Network
National Association of Social Workers, California Chapter
National Black Justice Coalition
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Jewish Women
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
One Struggle, One Fight
Orange County Equality Coalition
Our Family Coalition
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
Out4Immigration
Pacific Pride Foundation
Parents, Families and Friends of Gays and Lesbians (PFLAG)
Peninsula Marriage Equality Coalition
Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California
Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
Planned Parenthood Los Angeles
Planned Parenthood Mar Monte
Planned Parenthood San Diego
Planned Parenthood Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo Counties
Pride At Work
AFL-CIO
Progressive Christians Uniting
Progressive Jewish Alliance
Progressive Project
Queerty
Sacramento Gay and Lesbian Center
Sacramento Stonewall Democratic Club
San Diego Democratic Club
San Diego LGBT Community Center
San Francisco LGBT Community Center
San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty
San Francisco Treasurer Jose Cisneros
Satrang
SEIU
California State Council
Service Employees International Union –
United Healthcare West
Somos Familia
South Asian Network
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Spectrum LGBT Center
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
State Assemblymember John A. Pérez
State Assemblymember Mike Feuer
State Assemblymember Tom Ammiano
State Senator Christine Kehoe
State Senator Mark Leno
Stonewall California
Stonewall Democratic Club of the Central California Coast
Stonewall Democrats of Ventura County
Stonewall Marriage Equality Committee
Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE)
Silver Lake Hollywood Echo Park Metropolitan Alliance (SHEPMA)
The Wall Las Memorias Project
Transgender Law Center
Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry
CA UNITE HERE
United Against H8
University of California San Diego LGBT Resource Center
USC LGBT Resource Center
Ventura County Rainbow Alliance
West Hollywood Councilmember John Duran
West Hollywood Mayor Jeffrey Prang
Wine Country for Equality
Women's Foundation of California
Zuna Institute
(Updated 1/23/09)
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