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January 16, 2009
Press Contact: Nii-Quartelai Quartey
Mobile: (925) 698-4373
Email: nq.quartey@gmail.com
HISTORIC FIRST: COALITION OF BLACK LGBT GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFICIAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY PARADE IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES
The Barbara Jordan/Bayard Rustin Coalition is leading the organizing effort of multiple Black LGBT community groups to march in the prominent Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade on Monday January 19th, 2009, for the first time in the parade’s history.
The Jordan/Rustin Coalition is the lead sponsor in the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade that will feature marchers from Black LGBT community organizations like the National Black Justice Coalition and the Here To Stay Coalition coming together as one for the first time to publicly celebrate the life and achievements of the nation's pre-eminent civil rights champion.
"We are pleased to partner with the National Black Justice Coalition and Here To Stay Coalition to form an openly LGBT delegation in our community's annual celebration of the great Martin Luther King, Jr." said Jordan/Rustin Coalition Board President Ron Buckmire. "This year's event is particularly poignant with Barack Obama's presidential inauguration occurring the very next day."
"The Here To Stay Coalition proudly stands on the shoulders of the many Black gay people who have been fighting to be included in King's Dream. We walk for and with them, we will no longer be invisible," said LaTrice Dixon of Here To Stay.
"We are encouraged by this historic first as a symbol of the progress our community is making in the new Obama era," said Jasper Hendricks of the National Black Justice Coalition.
The official Kingdom Day Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 19th and runs along Crenshaw Boulevard as far as Western Boulevard. The parade theme is "The Dream Lives on For Today and Tomorrow."
-About Barbara Jordan / Bayard Rustin Coalition-
The mission of the Barbara Jordan / Bayard Rustin Coalition (or Jordan/Rustin Coalition) is to empower Black same-gender loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and families in Greater Los Angeles, to promote equal marriage rights and to advocate for fair treatment of everyone without regard to race, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
-About Here To Stay Coalition-
Here To Stay is a coalition of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Intersex, friends, family and relatives, Los Angeles based organization committed to working within the Black community to end homophobia, fear, and hatred of same gender loving people. We have always been, and always will be, here to stay as change makers in our communities.
-About National Black Justice Coalition-
National Black Justice Coalition is a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Our mission is to end racism and homophobia. As America's only nationwide Black gay civil rights organization, we are the authoritative source on LGBT issues as they affect Black communities.
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January 16, 2009
Press Contact: Nii-Quartelai Quartey
Mobile: (925) 698-4373
Email: nq.quartey@gmail.com
HISTORIC FIRST: COALITION OF BLACK LGBT GROUPS COME TOGETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN OFFICIAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY PARADE IN SOUTH LOS ANGELES
The Barbara Jordan/Bayard Rustin Coalition is leading the organizing effort of multiple Black LGBT community groups to march in the prominent Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade on Monday January 19th, 2009, for the first time in the parade’s history.
The Jordan/Rustin Coalition is the lead sponsor in the 24th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Parade that will feature marchers from Black LGBT community organizations like the National Black Justice Coalition and the Here To Stay Coalition coming together as one for the first time to publicly celebrate the life and achievements of the nation's pre-eminent civil rights champion.
"We are pleased to partner with the National Black Justice Coalition and Here To Stay Coalition to form an openly LGBT delegation in our community's annual celebration of the great Martin Luther King, Jr." said Jordan/Rustin Coalition Board President Ron Buckmire. "This year's event is particularly poignant with Barack Obama's presidential inauguration occurring the very next day."
"The Here To Stay Coalition proudly stands on the shoulders of the many Black gay people who have been fighting to be included in King's Dream. We walk for and with them, we will no longer be invisible," said LaTrice Dixon of Here To Stay.
"We are encouraged by this historic first as a symbol of the progress our community is making in the new Obama era," said Jasper Hendricks of the National Black Justice Coalition.
The official Kingdom Day Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, January 19th and runs along Crenshaw Boulevard as far as Western Boulevard. The parade theme is "The Dream Lives on For Today and Tomorrow."
-About Barbara Jordan / Bayard Rustin Coalition-
The mission of the Barbara Jordan / Bayard Rustin Coalition (or Jordan/Rustin Coalition) is to empower Black same-gender loving, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals and families in Greater Los Angeles, to promote equal marriage rights and to advocate for fair treatment of everyone without regard to race, sexual orientation and gender identity or expression.
-About Here To Stay Coalition-
Here To Stay is a coalition of Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, Queer, Intersex, friends, family and relatives, Los Angeles based organization committed to working within the Black community to end homophobia, fear, and hatred of same gender loving people. We have always been, and always will be, here to stay as change makers in our communities.
-About National Black Justice Coalition-
National Black Justice Coalition is a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. Our mission is to end racism and homophobia. As America's only nationwide Black gay civil rights organization, we are the authoritative source on LGBT issues as they affect Black communities.
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