Civil Rights Front - Rochester

CALL TO PROTEST!

rochestercrf — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:38:00 +0000

Words matter. This month the LGBT community has seen the harvest of homophobia. There are reports of as many as 11 young people who have died by their own hand trying to escape the misery of anti-gay harassment. People like Carl Paladino add more fuel to the fire of ignorance and hate.

Meet us at 1900 Clinton Ave. at the Plaza entrance

this Thursday (the 14th) from 4:30-6 pm

WELL WE GOTTA PROTEST THIS SCHMUCK…

rochestercrf — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:19:33 +0000


http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/10/10/new.york.paladino.gays/index.html?hpt=T2

JOIN US AS WE MARCH ON WASHINGTON!

rochestercrf — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 15:26:26 +0000

One Nation Working Together is a social movement of individuals and organizations committed to putting America back to work and pulling America back together. Coming from a diverse set of backgrounds, experiences, beliefs and orientations, we are determined to build a more united country with good jobs, equal justice, and quality public education for all.

TODAY WE RALLY AND MARCH FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY

rochestercrf — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:04:17 +0000

HERE IS A LINK TO OUR MARCH ROUTE:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Liberty+Pole+rochester&daddr=43.158048%2C-77.604804+to%3AEast+Ave+to%3AUniversity+Ave+to%3ABachelor+Forum%2C+Rochester%2C+NY&hl=en&geocode=FdKPkgIdadtf-ykvEux5rLXWiTGfW2rzDxQQ9w%3B%3BFT54kgIdIhlg-w%3BFbqDkgIdOh9g-w%3BFYCCkgIdYSZg-yFO5xtCbnPsQin1irlYn7XWiTFB9IfNoahhMQ&mra=dpe&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&via=1%2C2%2C3&dirflg=w&sll=43.157124%2C-77.602143&sspn=0.006496%2C0.013797&ie=UTF8&ll=43.157109%2C-77.6021&spn=0.025984%2C0.055189&z=14

WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4th, WE RALLY!

rochestercrf — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 05:20:08 +0000

5 pm meet at the Liberty Pole to respond to the Prop 8 verdict from California!

A CALL TO RALLY!

rochestercrf — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:41:53 +0000

When California’s Proposition 8 was passed in November, 2008, it launched a tidal wave of reaction, producing a new stage in the movement for equal rights for LGBT people and a new generation of activists, known as “Stonewall 2.0.” In California and throughout the country, people took to the streets almost immediately to express their anger at the continual side-lining of equal rights for LBGT persons, and frustration at the failure of a non-confrontational strategy to win lasting change. Even here in Rochester, 300 people stood in the cold and rain to stand in solidarity with their brothers and sisters on the west coast.

In the wake of the passage of Prop 8, and the decision of the California Supreme Court to uphold it last May, grass-roots networks began to form, presenting an alternative path to equality based upon mass action. Last summer, a call was made to converge on Washington, DC, in a show of strength, and to present our demand for no less than full equality to the seat of power. The Civil Rights Front (CRF) formed in response to that call, and were among the more than 200,000 present last October 11. For those of us able to participate, it was a life-changing experience. Since that time, CRF has continued to organize, looking for opportunities to work locally to advance the cause of federal equality.

Judge Von Walker has said that he will announce his verdict “some time this summer.” We don’t know when that will be, but we do know that we need to be prepared to make our voices heard whatever the outcome. To that end, the CRF is asking you to join us on the day Judge Walker announces his verdict, at 6:00pm at the Liberty Pole. We will stage a rally of either celebration or protest, and from there we will march to the Pride Statues in front of the Bachelor Forum.

Whatever the verdict, we can be assured that this case will be appealed, and it is likely to reach the US Supreme Court by the end of next year. As closing arguments wrapped up, Judge Walker asked the attorney for our side, “Do we have a political tide here that’s going to carry the Supreme Court?” We need to show him that we are not going to allow the Supreme Court, or anyone else, to stand between us and equality. We need to show him that we are that tide.

rochestercrf — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:04:02 +0000

For more information about the Prop 8 trial in California check out this article:

http://socialistworker.org/2010/06/25/our-equality-on-trial

rochestercrf — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:32:36 +0000

RALLY WITH US ON THE DAY OF DECISION FOR PROPOSITION 8!

Judge Walker will be issuing his verdict any day now regarding the Perry v. Schwarzenegger trial in California which could overturn Proposition 8. Prop 8 (or the California Marriage Protection Act) was passed in November of 2008 and states that ”only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California”. The verdict in this decision will impact the LGBT community’s struggle for full federal equality in a powerful way. Here in Rochester, as well as many other cities across the country, we are planning to rally on the Day of Decision at 6pm. We will be meeting at the Liberty Pole and then marching 1 mile to the Bachelor Forum at 670 University Ave. Please join us in protest for not only marriage equality but for full federal equality for all Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer people! Contact us to have your email put on an announce list for the Day of Decision Rally.

rochestercrf — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:07:21 +0000

rochestercrf — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:55:40 +0000

Take back Pride! The first pride marches were demonstrations that demanded rights and celebrated who we are as human beings. More importantly, they served to inspire the widening activist movement in the late 60s and early 70s. Now is our time to take back our Pride events and bring them full circle to the reemerging LGBTQ civil rights movement. We are following the lead from Boston Pride, “From Riots to Rights” and building our own contingent demanding Full Federal Equality, Now!