Archive for the ‘Advocacy’ Category
Equality Illinois Civil Union Lobby Day – Thursday, April 22, 2010
EQUALITY ILLINOIS CIVIL UNION LOBBY DAY IN SPRINGFIELD THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 2010  Join us at the Illinois State House as we lobby our legislators for passage of  SB 1716 - the Civil Union bill.  This FREE event is sponsored by Equality Illinois.  Buses will depart at 7am from:  Chicago The Equality Illinois office – 3318 N. Halsted [...]
April 17, 2010
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National Immigrant Justice Center – LGBT immigration equal rights
National Immigrant Justice Center 208 S. LaSalle, Suite 1818 Chicago, Illinois 60604 (312)660-1370 hrapp@heartlandalliance.org Contact: Hannah Rapp www.immigrantjustice.org Heartland Alliance’s National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) is dedicated to ensuring human rights protections and access to justice for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, through direct services, advocacy, and public education. NIJC’s National Asylum Partnership on [...]
April 13, 2010
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PFLAG at Wildman Harold Law Firm Affinity Group – by Wayne Adams
Wildman Harold Affinity Group Luncheon 2/25/10 On February 5th PFLAG Chicago was honored to speak at the Law Firm of Harold Wildman. They conduct quarterly luncheons for their LGBT Affinity Group. In attendance were 40 law firm employees; Attorney’s, paralegals , secretaries and 4 representatives from PFLAG; Lisa and Don Jaburek, Estella Acevedo and Wayne [...]
April 6, 2010
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Allied for Equality Outreach Newsletter – March 2010
Allied for Equality is a joint project of Equality Illinois (EQIL) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) – Northern Illinois PFLAG Council. As promised, your second installment of the Allied for Equality newsletter has arrived just in time for Spring! I wanted to take a slightly different approach and have guest [...]
March 10, 2010
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Prevent School Violence Illinois is looking for your stories
PFLAG Members & Friends: Hi, my name is Caitlin Bergh and I am contacting you from Prevent School Violence Illinois. Thank you for being a member of our coalition of individuals and organizations statewide who support SB3266, the Illinois Prevent Schools Violence Act, one of the Illinois State Board of Education’s legislative initiatives for 2010. [...]
March 6, 2010
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Equality Illinois Alert – Illinois’ non-discrimination law is in danger and we need your help now!
Illinois’ non-discrimination law is in danger and we need your help now! The State Senate is considering a bill (SB3447) to roll back some protections of the Illinois Human Rights Act, which currently prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The bill would carve out exceptions to the Act, allowing certain [...]
February 28, 2010
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Unite and Fight: Strategizining for LGBT Equality Conference – March 12-14, 2010
Unite and Fight: Strategizing for LGBT Equality Unite + Fight EAA Midwest Conference March 12–14, 2010 Chicago’s Columbia College On the weekend of March 12–14 activists from across the Midwest will gather to discuss and debate how to achieve full federal equality while forming a strong regional grass roots network. Proposed topics include: Why We [...]
February 28, 2010
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