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   Since I live in the District of Columbia and have no voting representation in Congress, I’ve decided to “adopt” a member of Congress, in this case, Zack Space from Ohio. Both my partner and I have family in his District, so I’m going to work with them to lobby him. Space is listed as having an unkown position on DADT repeal so I’m going to start there. It seems to me that those of us who live in large metro areas where our elected officials are likely with us could use a similiar strategy. “Adopt” a Member of Congress from where your family is. Mobilize the most supportive members of your family to grassroots lobby and help them do it. Come on, Mom…you want full equality for your son/daugther…right?
Meeting #2 – Thursday, October 15th from 7pm – 9 pm This past weekend demonstrated that as a community, we have gone beyond infighting and we actually protest each other’s efforts. Plus, the “LGBT-Rights Industry” does not have a strategy or plan for our equality – even though we donate hundreds of millions of dollars. It’s broke. Let’s fix it. ANYBODY that is committed to full equality for the LGBT community is invited to attend. This important conversation is intended to create a cohesive strategy and a unified effort to obtain our equality. RSVP not required, just show up and bring your ideas. http://tinyurl.com/lgbtequality
CALL TODAY! “HIGH MAINTENANCE” SENATORS: NEED SPECIAL ATTENTION “LOW MAINTENANCE” SENATORS, BUT NEED A CALL For more specifics, CLICK HERE. If you’re not sure what to say, click here for a “Step-by-Step Script For Calling Legislators On ENDA.”
The National Equality March is over, and here we are waking up on a long holiday weekend. Now what? What next? Our next step in our federal agenda should be focusing on ENDA in the Senate. Of all our initiatives, that will affect the largest number of people in our community in the most important area of our lives: the ability to get and keep a job. And it’s achievable in the next few months. The House is practically on board, and the vote will happen in the next few weeks. My calculations, as shown in the Inclusive ENDA House spreadsheet, show 212 likely yes votes, with another 6 needed for passage. We’re 98% of the way there, so we mustn’t drop the ball now. (The ActOnPrinciples ENDA House Whip Count, which you can find here, doesn’t distinguish among the “leaning yes” votes, so its hard to tell how close we are. My count makes that distinction, though it is only my educated guess.) The real fight on ENDA is in the Senate, where there are only 49 confirmed yes votes. That’s only 82% of the way there. Another 7 are likely yes votes, but they’re not saying, so they need to be targeted. Even so, we’ll need to drag the river to find 4 more bodies to get ENDA passed. We can do it, if we as a community get focused on calling our Senators. (Calls are much more persuasive than emails.) Names and contact info of the Senators to target, and why: CLICK HERE. http://www.bilerico.com/2009/10/the_day_after_where_are_we_on_enda_now.php
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