The Campaign for Southern Equality team is thrilled to be heading down to Mississipi next week for the #LGBTSouth Convening in Hattiesburg on Friday, October 9!
Join CSE, The Spectrum Center, AIDS Alabama South, Rainbow Gulf Coast LGBT Center, Open Arms Clinic, National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), GenderBenders SC, Family Equality Council and organizers from across southern Mississippi and Alabama for one day of making connections and discussing topics that impact the local LGBT* community. Check out the day’s agenda:
9:00 a.m. – Networking
9:30 a.m. – Welcome & Intros
10:15 a.m. – Breakouts
– Compiling Trans* Resources
– Building your Political Power
12:00 p.m. – Lunch & Panel Discussion: LGBT* Healthcare Rights & Resources
1:30 p.m. – Breakouts
– HIV/AIDS Education & Access to Care
– LGBT* Families: Beyond Marriage
3:30 p.m. – What’s Next?
4:30 p.m. – Closing
This event is free and open to the public. RSVP for the Oct. 9 #LGBTSouth Convening in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
We are also excited to announce that we will be holding a round of the Southern Equality Fund for convening attendees! The Fund is a grantmaking initiative designed to direct resources to grassroots LGBT groups and elevate LGBT leadership across the South, especially in small towns and rural areas. Awards will go to projects that respond to the theme of the upcoming convening — LGBT* Health and Well Being.
Click here to download the application packet.
We’ve designed the form to be short and easy to complete. Grant proposals will only be accepted October 9-10, 2015.
If you have additional questions please do not hesitate to contact Chloe Stuber at chloe@southernequality.org.
