Campaign for Southern Equality’s Fall events

As our whirlwind summer is coming to a close, the Campaign for Southern Equality is continuing our call for full equality for LGBT people in the South. Through several events this fall, we’ll continue our work of providing free legal services to LGBT families, and in a new effort work to make sure that LGBT voters in North Carolina are heard in the 2014 elections.

Here’s a look at our upcoming events:

The Campaign for Southern Equality is proud to offer a chance to complete a Health Care Power of Attorney document at two upcoming Pride events in North Carolina.

Community Law Workshop at Blue Ridge Pride
Pack Square Park in Asheville, North Carolina
Saturday, October 4, 12-4 p.m.
RSVP here

Community Law Workshop at Pride Winston-Salem
Downtown Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Saturday, October 18, 12-4 p.m.
RSVP here

The goal of a Community Law Workshop is to empower LGBT people in the South to protect our rights to the full extent possible under current laws. With the support of volunteer attorneys we were able to provide LGBT Southerners with thousands of dollars worth of legal work at no cost.

Voter Registration at Blue Ridge Pride

In partnership with The Mountain People’s Assembly we will also be registering voters at Blue Ridge Pride on October 4 at the following times:

• 11:45 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.
• 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
• 3:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m

Please go to at http://www.southernequality.org/hometown-organizing/gotv to signup for a single shift or as many as you can work. The CSE team will be in touch as the time approaches.

Early Vote Rally in Asheville on October 23
Pack Square Park in front of the Vance Monument, Asheville, North Carolina
Thursday, October 23 from 2 to 5:30 p.m.
RSVP here

Join the Mountain People’s Assembly, the Asheville-Buncombe NAACP and coalition partner Campaign for Southern Equality for an Early Voting ‘Moral March to the Polls’ to celebrate the first day of Early Voting on October 23. 

Meet at Vance Monument/Pack Square in downtown Asheville as we gather to march to cast our votes at the Board of Elections Office on Woodfin St. with the Hillcrest High-Steppin’ Majorettes & Drum Corps leading the way. Since the office closes at 5 pm, we encourage those who can to vote earlier in the day at the location of your choice. 

Then, with your ‘I Voted’ sticker, post a selfie to Facebook – along with a challenge to friends & family to VOTE!

p.s. Don’t forget to save the date for our 2015 LGBT* in the South Conference, set for April 17 and 18 in Asheville!