What a year it's been in the fight against Prop 8. What a year it could be.
In California, Courage Campaign has led the fight to repeal Prop 8, starting off with live-blogging the trial at Prop8TrialTracker.com (the #1 Google result for "Prop 8 Trial") and bringing the trial and LGBT stories into Americans' homes through the Testimony: Take A Stand project.
This month, in response to the California Supreme Court's announcement that it would drag its feet for another 6-9 months on the case, Courage Campaign collected 430 stories of couples who are forced to wait while this drags out, and started putting them on TV so the Court and public knows the human consequences of delay. Later this week, we'll be filing an amicus curiae letter to the California Supreme Court, telling some of their stories, so the Court understands: for some couples, marriage literally can't wait.
To fund and support all of that work (and to take a break and party), we're having a shindig with the help of our friends at MoveOn.org, along with Moby, Shepard Fairey, The Crystal Method, and other great folks in music and entertainment. Deets:
Who: The Courage Campaign Institute, MoveOn.org, Moby, Shepard Fairey, The Crystal Method, DJ Dan, Heather Graham, Paul Haggis, Jason Bentley, Cleve Jones, Lisa Edelstein and others.
What: Dance for Equality benefiting Courage Campaign and our work to fight Prop 8 and restore marriage equality in California
When: Wednesday, March 2nd, 8 PM-2 AM
Where: Avalon, 1735 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA
Why: A good party for a good cause!You can buy tickets by clicking the graphic above, or by clicking here.
You can also RSVP on Facebook here.
Disclosure: I am proud to work for Courage Campaign as Director of Online Programs.
