Inspired and initiated by the National Equality March on Washington, LGBTQ people are taking to the streets and coming together to forge a national grassroots movement. They’re tired of corporate-dominated organizing strategies and pleading hat-in-hand to politicians and recognize the need for an activist movement with groups rooted firmly on campuses and in communities. That’s what Equality Across America (EAA) is building.
On May 17th, The International Day Against Homophobia, EAA calls for a week of local actions to culminate on Harvey Milk’s Birthday, May 22nd. The Harvey Milk Day Action will be complemented by a series of regional conferences where activists from Seattle to Gainesville will debate out political questions, discuss strategy and tactics of our movement and begin the process of developing a broad new leadership.
“Because LGBT people come from all racial, ethnic, national, class and other backgrounds,” says Aiyi’nah Ford a member of EAA’s Interim National Governing Board, “we believe that winning full equality is inconceivable without building a broad grassroots network of people—regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. We encourage all grassroots activist groups that support full LGBT equality to affiliate with EAA. In unity there is strength!”
Visit our newly refurbished website at www.equalityacrossamerica.org to learn more about our network or to share actions from your own local organizations and organizers.
About Equality Across America: Equality Across America (EAA) is building a national network of grassroots activists to fight for full federal equality in all matters of civil law in all 50 states for all LGBT people. EAA aims to provide a strategy, common calls to action and support for existing and newly forming groups in all 435 congressional districts.