In response to a rash of attacks that have claimed Black lives, including the brutal killing of George Floyd by white police officers in Minneapolis, Equality Florida will host a virtual town hall with Black LGBTQ leaders on Wednesday, June 3 at 6:00 PM ET. The event will be live-streamed on Equality Florida’s Facebook Page and YouTube channel. Xfinity X1 and Xfinity Flex customers can watch the Town Hall by simply saying “Pride” into their remote. Panelists Include:* Nadine Smith, Equality Florida Executive Director;* Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign President; * Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council Vice President;* Michele Rayner, Civil Rights Attorney;* Imani Rupert-Gordon, National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director.The Town Hall comes as more than 400 LGBTQ organizations from across the country have signed onto a letter condemning racial violence and committing to the fight against it: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-BLM-letterThis dialogue also comes on the heels of the murders of seven black transgender women in Florida in less than two years, the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery by white vigilantes in Georgia, and the weaponizing of race by a white woman against Christian Cooper, a black, gay man birdwatching in Central Park, and the disturbing questions raised in the police shooting death of Tony McDade, a Black transman in Tallahassee days ago - all stark reminders of the need for LGBTQ movement leaders to speak out against the systemic racism and hate violence claiming Black lives.
Panelists Include:
* Nadine Smith, Equality Florida Executive Director;
* Alphonso David, Human Rights Campaign President;
* Andrea Jenkins, Minneapolis City Council Vice President;
* Michele Rayner, Civil Rights Attorney;
* Imani Rupert-Gordon, National Center for Lesbian Rights Executive Director.
The Town Hall comes as more than 400 LGBTQ organizations from across the country have signed onto a letter condemning racial violence and committing to the fight against it: https://bit.ly/LGBTQ-BLM-letter
This dialogue also comes on the heels of the murders of seven black transgender women in Florida in less than two years, the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery by white vigilantes in Georgia, and the weaponizing of race by a white woman against Christian Cooper, a black, gay man birdwatching in Central Park, and the disturbing questions raised in the police shooting death of Tony McDade, a Black transman in Tallahassee days ago - all stark reminders of the need for LGBTQ movement leaders to speak out against the systemic racism and hate violence claiming Black lives.