Nearly 150 LGBTQ community leaders will gather in San Francisco for the Equality California Institute's fifth annual Fair Share for Equality policy event Friday, October 25th at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center. Equality California Institute is the educational arm of Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. California Secretary of State Alex Padilla will deliver a keynote address at approximately 1P during which he will make an announcement about LGBTQ voters & the 2020 election. Labor & civil rights icon Dolores Huerta will also deliver a keynote address at approximately 1:30P & California State Controller Betty Yee will speak at a 5P post-convening reception. Assembly members David Chiu (D-San Francisco) & Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) will speak on a 2P panel about policy & budget priorities for the 2020 legislative session. Some of the topics discussed will include: mental health,
transgender civil rights, immigration, safe & supportive schools & HIV & AIDS.
Equality California Institute’s Fair Share for Equality brings together LGBTQ progressive, business & community leaders, elected officials & issue experts to discuss the disparities in health & well-being that LGBTQ people continue to face & to ensure that a “fair share” of resources is dedicated to California’s LGBTQ community. Equality California is the nation’s largest statewide LGBTQ civil rights organization. They bring the voices of LGBTQ people & allies to institutions of power in California & across the United States, striving to create a world that is healthy, just & fully equal for all LGBTQ people. They advance civil rights & social justice by inspiring, advocating & mobilizing through an inclusive movement that works tirelessly on behalf of those they serve.
For More Info: eqca.org
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