Civil Rights Archive

  • September Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    September Co-Chair Column by Bentrish Satarzadeh

    Netroots Nation, an organization dedicated to providing progressive voices with a national forum, recently held its fifth annual convention, during which Speaker Nancy Pelosi was asked about ENDA and her thoughts on its eventual passage. “I can’t give you a time. But I can tell you that it is a priority and it had been [...]

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  • August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    August Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Constant Struggle How about that Alice Breakfast? I confess, I can’t stop talking or thinking about it. I find excuses to bring it up with people. In fact, when I see someone who attended the breakfast, I will usually start the conversation by asking, “How about that breakfast?” Over 415 people attended our event this [...]

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  • May 22 – Harvey Milk Day of Action

    May 22 – Harvey Milk Day of Action

    What better way to honor Harvey Milk’s legacy than by talking with people who are not yet supportive of marriage equality and LGBT rights? We’ll be going door to door to build support for LGBT rights by sharing our stories. Help us make May 22 the largest LGBT day of action in state history. Local [...]

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  • Help us Overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

    Help us Overturn Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

    Dear Members of Alice: It is a critical time for our civil rights and specifically the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Please cut and paste the text below and send it in an email to Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, by no later than this weekend. It is important to send your emails right [...]

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  • May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    May Co-Chair Column by Charles Sheehan

    Holding Elected Officials Accountable It’s 2010, and the year is exploding. Slate cards are abounding, the Alice breakfast train is leaving the station (June 27, mark your calendars now), ballot measures both locally and statewide threaten to bring about the end of civilization as we know it and candidates both locally and statewide are running [...]

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