Boston May 17 Solidarity Rally and March for Equal Marriage Rights and Against All Forms of Discrimination, Bigotry and Racism.
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Equal Marriage Solidarity
Friday, May 14, 2004
May 17, 2004 at 4:00 P.M.
Rally at JFK Building
6pm March to the State House
Celebrate Equal Marriage Rights in Massachusetts!
On the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, Say No to Boston School Resegregation! Defend Affirmative Action and Voting Rights!
Join with City Councillors Chuck Turner and Felix Arroyo and community and labor leaders and activists! Local endorsers and participants include Somos Latinos, Boston Area Gay and Lesbian Youth, Stonewall Warriors, Lesbian Avengers, Mass Transgender Political Coalition, Dyke March Organizing Committee, Gary Daffin, Mass Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus*, Gay and Lesbian Labor Activist Network AFL-CIO, Sen Dianne Wilkerson, Sen Jarrett Barrios, Janice Loux, President, ocal 26, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees*, Steven Gillis, President, USWA Local 8751 Boston School Bus Drivers' Union, Boston A.N.S.W.E.R., and many more.. (* = for id only)
- View Boston Flyer at:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org/pdf/Boston_M17_flyer.pdf
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- Momentum is growing for the May 17 Solidarity Actions for Equal Marriage Rights and Against All Forms of Discrimination, Bigotry and Racism. Over 450 individuals and organizations nationwide and around the world have signed on as endorsers.
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- To view plans around the country and download national and local flyers, go to:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org/events.cfm
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- View endorsers at:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org/index.cfm#endorsers
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- Read the call at:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org
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- To sign on as an endorser go to:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org
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- Or email equality@equalmarriagesolidarity.org
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- List of Local Actions for National Day of Solidarity on May 17, 2004: (in
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- Boston, MA: Monday, May 17th, 4:00 pm
- Rally at JFK Building, March to State House
- Contact: (617) 522-6626
- equality@equalmarriagesolidarity.org
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- Los Angeles, CA: Saturday, May 15th, 7:00 pm
- March for Equality, Sunset Junction, Silverlake
- Monday, May 17th, 11:00am
- Press conference for Equal Marriage Rights
- West Hollywood City Hall
- Contact: (213)487-2368 or may17losangeles@yahoo.com
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- San Francisco, CA: Monday, May 17th, 5:00 pm rally
- Powell & Market, march to City Hall
- (415) 821-6545
- May17@actionsf.org
- Seattle, WA: Monday, May 17th, 5:00 pm
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- Rally Seattle Central Community College (Broadway and Pine)
- (206) 325-0085
- seattle@internationalanswer.org
- Portland, OR: Monday, May 17th, 4:30 pm
- Terry Shrunk Plaza
- Contact: cecilprescod@hotmail.com
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- Chicago, ILL: Monday, May 17, 12 Noon
- Cook County Marriage License Bureau
- 118 N Clark
- (across the street from Daley Plaza)
- 773-209-1187
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- Cleveland, OH: Monday, May 17 5 PM
- Picket Line
- Old Federal Building
- Public Square
- 216-321-7358
- pfcenter@aol.com
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- Additional actions on and around May 17 will be held in:
- Northampton, Mass
- Austin, Dallas & Houston, Texas
- Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY
- Columbus, Ohio
- Davis, Calif
- Hartford, Conn
- Sioux Falls, S.D.
- Tucson, Ariz
- Tampa, Fla
- Washington, D.C.
- and other cities.
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- NATIONAL CALL FOR SOLIDARITY ACTIONS FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE RIGHTS AND AGAINST DISCRIMINATION, BIGOTRY AND RACISM ON MAY 17, 2004:
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- We the undersigned call for a National Day of Solidarity Actions for equal marriage rights and against all forms of discrimination, bigotry and racism on May 17, 2004, the day that equal marriage rights for couples of all sexualities, sexes and genders go into effect in Massachusetts.
- We call for social justice activists to organize press conferences, rallies and actions at city halls across the country on May 17th demanding marriage licenses be issued to same sex couples seeking to marry.
- We view the attack on same sex marriage as an attempt to divide communities of working and oppressed people. We will not be divided --trade unionists, civil rights organizations and community leaders have come forward, recognizing equal marriage rights as an issue affecting all workers and our benefits.
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- We see this as a struggle for health care rights for all. We call for universal health care, regardless of marital status, including healthcare that is sensitive to the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
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- We see the struggle for same-sex marriage as part the struggle for civil rights in the US. We call for an end to all forms of legal discrimination against all oppressed peoples.
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- We demand the decriminalization of all undocumented workers and the immediate halt to the mass racist roundups and secret deportations of Arab, Muslim, South Asian and Latino immigrants. We call for the end of racist police brutality towards Black, Latin and Asian communities.
- We demand LGBT immigrants have access to same sex marriage, with the full rights to naturalization and immigration afforded to opposite sex couples, when one partner is not a U.S. citizen.
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- We call on the US government to provide money for jobs, housing, schools, AIDS research and healthcare for all people, not to foster anti-LGBT bigotry, racism and war.
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- We call for unity across all nationalities, sexes, genders and sexualities in this and all struggles for civil rights. We are determined to take this struggle forward to both the National Democratic and Republican conventions this summer.
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- We will accept nothing less than full equality. Equal Rights for All Now!
- To see the Call to Action and view current endorsers online go to:
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- http://www.equalmarriagesolidarity.org
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- Endorsers as of May 11, 2004:
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- 1. Dianne Wilkerson, Mass. State Senator
- 2. Jarrett Barrios, Mass. State Senator
- 3. Chuck Turner, Boston City Councilor
- 4. Felix Arroyo, Boston City Councilor
- 5. Margaret Cho, Comedian
- 6. Audre Lorde Project, New York
- 7. Fr. Luis Barrios, St Mary's Episc. Church, NYC
- 8. Stephen Funk, recently released anti-war resister, SF, CA
- 9. National Lawyers Guild, Los Angeles
- 10. ACT UP East Bay
- 11. Richard Adams, City College of San Francisco*, Oakland, CA
- 12. M. Aga, Waipahu, HI
- 13. Sue Ahern, Portland, OR
- 14. Linda Alexander, San Francisco, CA
- 15. John Allan, San Francisco, CA
- 16. Emily Alma, Chico, CA
- 17. Tessany Alrich, Juneau, AK
- 18. Jerry Alvarado, Student, City College San Francisco*, CA
- 19. Valiollah Aminabadi
- 20. Chuck Anderson, Chairman, Peace & Freedom Party, Orange County
- 21. Virginia Anderson, Ph.D., Atherton, CA
- 22. Darla Anelli, San Jose, CA
- 23. Dina Angress
- 24. Irene Arnold, Plantation, FL
- 25. Caitlin Askins, Dominican University of California*, Nevada City, CA
- 26. Tracy Avent
- 27. Bryce Babcock, Retired, Cottonwood, AZ
- 28. Mark Badway, Physics Department Technician, Mount Holyoke College*, South Hadley
- 29. Susan Banks, Boston College School of Social Work*
- 30. Michael Bankson, Truth or Consequences, NM
- 31. Joyce Banzhaf, Santa Cruz, CA
- 32. Jo Barker, Reverend/The Spiritual Majority, Free Ministry
- 33. Beth Baron, Citizen of the World, East Bay Myofascial and Somatic Therapy, Oakland
- 34. Russell Bates, Veteran, Berkeley, CA
- 35. Lisa Roseman Beade, Parent/Teacher, Pawtucket, RI
- 36. Larry Beans, Retired Teacher, Moraga, CA
- 37. Mark Beauchamp, MD, Lovelace Health Systems*, Albuquerque
- 38. Diana Becker, San Francisco, CA
- 39. Micky Becker, Mother/Grandmother/Gr Grandmother, Coyote Moon
Meadow Ministry, Comptche
- 40. Bonnie Bell, San Jose, CA
- 41. Ron Bell, Southwestern Oregon Community College*, Coos Bay, OR
- 42. Beth Bellavance-Grace, Dyke, Wife, Mother
- 43. Linda Bender, Buena Park, CA
- 44. Jaiya benYuhmin, San Francisco, CA
- 45. Rachael Berman, Visual Artist, Brookline, MA
- 46. Shyla Black, Community Outreach, Women's Health Specialists, Butte Community College*
- 47. Tim Blackmore, Canada
- 48. Annye Bone, Co-Coordinator, San Francisco Chapter of Marriage Equality California*, San Francisco
- 49. Amy Bookbinder, Mother, Equal Rights Advocate
- 50. Lynne Bornheim, Oakland, CA
- 51. Boston A.N.S.W.E.R
- 52. Boston Lesbian Avengers
- 53. Boston Stonewall Warriors
- 54. Boston Women's Fightback Network
- 55. Peg Boucher Murphy, San Francisco, CA
- 56. John Bowman, Goleta, CA
- 57. Nan Singh Bowman, Boulder Creek, CA
- 58. Doreen Boxer, Lesbian American Citizen, Santa Cruz, CA
- 59. Barbara Boyd and Pat Chin, NYC
- 60. Abby Boyd, Student, Humboldt State University*, Arcata
- 61. Brian Bradberry, Lewiston, ID
- 62. Mary Brett, MSW,
- 63. La Wanza Brewington, Director, Discrimination Prevention Project*, Turners Falls
- 64. Richard Brinton, Laborer, SEIU 817*, Salinas
- 65. Gwendolyn Brody, Saint Joe, AR
- 66. Matthew Bronczek, Community Advocate, Charlotte, NC
- 67. Richard Brooks Alba, SEIU 790, SF/Labor Council for Latin American Advancement & SF/Pride At Work*
- 68. Tom Brown, Oakland, CA
- 69. William Buehlman, Counselor and Student, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, City College of San Francisco*
- 70. Elizabeth Burke, Oak View, CA
- 71. Marvin Burrows, Board Member, GLOBE (Gays & Lesbians Organized
for Betterment & Equality)*, Hayward
- 72. Rev. Dr. Daffne Burt, Assoc. Dean, Rockefeller Chapel, Univ. of Chicago*
- 73. Koren Butler, Easthampton, MA
- 74. Jan Cadoret, Founder, Women of DFA*, San Francisco
- 75. Nicholas Camerota, Professor of Philosophy & Political Theory, Springfield, MA
- 76. W. Brandon Lacy Campos, Chair, National Lavender Green Caucus, Green Party of the U.S.*
- 77. Araby Carlier, Executive Committee of Refuse & Resist!*, New York
- 78. Kim Carlson, San Francisco, CA
- 79. Melanie Carlson, President, Chico State Chapter of Amnesty International*, Chico
- 80. Nancy Carothers, San Carlos CA
- 81. Rev Dr. Victor C. Carpenter, Minister Emeritus Arlington St. Church, Boston, MA
- 82. Braegen Carroll, Healthy Life Supporter, San Francisco, CA
- 83. Merrill Carter, Citizen, Denver, CO
- 84. John Caruso, National Writers Union*, Braintree, VT
- 85. Dolita Cathcart, Instructor of American History, Wheaton College, Jamaica Plain
- 86. Mary Helen Chapman, Endwell, NY
- 87. Brad Chequer, San Rafael, CA
- 88. Ed Childs, Chief Shop Steward, HERE Local 26, Harvard Univ. Cooks*
- 89. Rick Childs, Lay Minister, Mendocino Unitarian Universalist Church*, Mendocino
- 90. Jennifer Clem, photographer, Denver, CO
- 91. Deborah Cole, Artist/Writer, Albuquerque, NM
- 92. Kimberly Colley, University of South Florida*
- 93. Gloria Coney, Consultant, GC Unlimited*, Roxbury
- 94. Danielle Conover, Sarah Lawrence College*
- 95. David Cook, M.D., Ret.Pediatrician & Forensic Psychiatrist, Hilo
- 96. Joel Cook, Business Owner, San Francisco, CA.
- 97. Alice Copeland-Brown, Dissident, MFSO: Military Families Speak Out*, Canton
- 98. Melinda Costello, San Francisco, CA
- 99. Esther Cover
- 100. Chuck Craig, PUSO2004*, Seattle, WA
- 101. Lillian Crist, Instructor, City College of San Francisco
- 102. Tim Crowley, Free Speech Seattle, Seattle, WA
- 103. Kimberly Curtin, Greenfield, MA
- 104. Chris Dale, Professor of Sociology, New England College*, Henniker
- 105. Chris Dale
- 106. "Skip" Danforth, Orleans United Methodist Church* (retired clergyperson), West Chatham, MA
- 107. Denise D'Anne, SF Labor Council Delegate, SEIU-Local 790*, San Francisco
- 108. Linda Danz
- 109. Shellee Davis, Cotati, CA
- 110. Robb de Vournai, Marketing, San Jose, CA
- 111. Don DeBar, Member, Peace Train Coalition, Ossining
- 112. Regina DeFalco Lippert, RN, Martinez, CA
- 113. Jon Degallier, Ohlone College*
- 114. Tony Delcavo, Castle Rock, CO
- 115. Wendy Denny, Sebastopol, CA
- 116. Wendy Denny, Sebastopol, CA
- 117. Christopher DiMaio, M.D.
- 118. David Dixon, Co-director, Action Center For Justice, Charlotte
- 119. Marion Dixon, Sacramento, CA
- 120. Donald Dodge, San Francisco, CA
- 121. Maria Helena Dolan, Author and QA Engineer, Decatur, GA
- 122. Ann Donnelly, Sarah Lawrence College*
- 123. Annamarta Dostourian, Social Worker/Artist, Oakland, CA
- 124. LeiLani Dowell, Peace and Freedom candidate for House of Representatives, San Francisco, CA
- 125. Niall Doyle, Attorney, Andover, MA
- 126. Ronnie Dudley, Scotts Valley, CA
- 127. Carl Dunbar, Medford, MA
- 128. Alison Duncan, New York City Lavender Greens,
- 129. Thomas Dunn, Member, First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco (UUSF) and UU-Interweave*, San Francisco
- 130. Jayeesha Dutta, Student Activist, San Francisco State University*
- 131. Dyke March Organizing Committee, Boston
- 132. Valerie Edwards, Mother/Student WSC, WMass. IAC/ANSWER, Chatham
- 133. Wilma Ellis, Orovile, CA
- 134. Tiffany Eng, Youth Worker
- 135. Ralph Eschenbach, Woodside, CA
- 136. Josh & Steph Evans, Mariposa, CA
- 137. Katherine Evans, Boston College*
- 138. Lena Evans, Activist-Patriot, Santa Cruz, CA
- 139. Joseph Fantozzi, Student, Central Catholic High School in Modesto*, Patterson
- 140. Leslie Feinberg, LGBT Caucus Steering Committee, National Writers' Union, UAW Local1981*
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