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2nd Annual Queer High School Youth March Scheduled for October 24th!

Thursday, 12 August 2010 23:16 Stephanie
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Equal Action is proud to announce that the youth organizers have decided upon a date and theme for our 2nd Annual Queer High School Youth March:

Ending the Silence, Onto the Streets!
Sunday, October 24th
Save the Date!

More details to come...

Youth Today: Walking for Equality, March 2009
Queer and ally youth and adults march at LA's first queer high school youth march, Youth Today: Walking for Equality. 2009. Marchers paraded through Chinatown and Olvera Street, ending with a rally at LA City Hall.

Queer and ally youth: There is still time to join our 2010 youth march organizing committee. No experience necessary!

Our next organizing session is on Sunday, August 22nd, 12pm at GSA Network near Downtown LA. To RSVP, please email Kimler at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the following information:

  • Full Name
  • Age
  • Phone Number
  • Zip Code
  • One sentence on why you want to help organize the queer youth march
All queer and ally youth 19 and under welcome!
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OUTspoken Feature for August 27: The JFP Experience

Tuesday, 10 August 2010 13:36 Kimler
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Equal Action is starting off its 2nd year of OUTspoken
Friday * August 27 * 6:30-9

with featured rap/violin duo
The JFP Experience
JFP & CNOTE are a Rap/Violin duo currently based in Long beach, CA. Partners in real life, JFP and CNOTE have been living and playing together for the past 6 years.  As a rapper JFP released her first album, Exodus, in 2007, prior to taking part in the Homorevolution Tour 2007, the first ever LGBT rap tour, which garnered national media attention fromThe AdvocateRollingStone.com, and Curve Magazine plus Bay Area coverage from East Bay Express, SF Weekly, and Out Spoken TV.  CNOTE, an accomplished classically-trained violinist, holds two Master of Music degrees and from 2005-2007 had the honor of serving as the Founding Music Director of Peninsula Metropolitan Community Church in San Mateo, CA.  In 2009 JFP & CNOTE released Never Disappear, a song about marriage equality, and continue to donate half of the proceeds to the Courage Campaign. In 2010 they performed on the first ever Trans-Awareness stage at Long Beach Pride, a true honor. Debuting in September JFP will be hosting a LGBT hip hop show called The Future on KBeach Global Radio, Cal State Long Beach's official student-run station. Curently JFP & CNOTE are in the studio recording a few mix tapes set to release in the fall and preparing for their sophmore release in 2011. This dynamic duo is on the rise, so stay in loop at TheJFPexperience.com and become a fan on Facebook.
Check out their music video for Never Disappear, a song about marriage equality
The JFP Experience will be joined by
spoken word artist LEX
other featured artists to be announced
and, as always
queer and ally youth sharing their voices and talents

arrive by 6:15 to sign up for an open mic slot
OUTspoken Sessions
an open mic and safe space for queer and ally youth 19 and under
every 4th friday
@ Radical Women's Solidarity Hall
2170 W Washington Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90018
between S Western Ave and S Oxford Ave 
street parking on S Oxford Ave
off bus lines 35, 207, 550
for more info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

OUTspoken Feature: Lex

Saturday, 07 August 2010 18:56 Stephanie
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Equal Action
proudly presents
OUTspoken Sessions
Friday * August 27 * 6:30-9

featuring
all the way from santa cruz, ca
Lex, Spoken Word Artist
LEX

Lex is a spoken word artist, educator, and activist dedicated to social justice and creative resistance.  In 2008, Lex began pursuing spoken word and education full time performing, presenting, and teaching dynamic and engaging poems and curriculum designed to address and confront an ever-evolving world.  Lex appears in the film, Shades Of Youth, and is using multimedia and poetry to engage youth and adults in forums and workshops around the U.S.   As a multiracial, transgender artist and activist Lex's work emphasizes the intersection of gender and race.  Lex is actively engaged in spiritual development with the intention of becoming a minister, engaging with spoken word as a spiritual practice and infusing this consciousness into creativity. 

Get a taste of Lex's spoken word at:

 

Lex will be joined on August 27th
by queer hip hop artist-violinist duo The JFP Experience
another featured artist to be announced
and, as always
queer and ally youth sharing their voices and talents

Stay tuned for the skinny on The JFP Experience and our other featured act

OUTspoken Sessions

an open mic and safe space for queer and ally youth 19 and under

every 4th friday

@ Radical Women's Solidarity Hall

2170 W Washington Blvd
 Los Angeles, CA 90018
 between S Western Ave and S Oxford Ave 
street parking on S Oxford Ave
 off bus lines 35, 207, 550

for more info: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
 

Next Youth March Organizing Session: Sunday, 08/08

Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:50 Stephanie
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Equal Action's 2nd Annual Queer High School Youth March
a march for LGBTQ Youth and Allies, by LGBTQ Youth and Allies
Coming October 2010

Next Youth March Organizing Session: Sunday, August 8th

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO JOIN!

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Youth organizers work together at an organizing session for
LA's first queer high school youth march, Youth Today: Walking for Equality. 2009.

Equal Action is looking for LGBTQ and Ally Youth 19 and under

who want to help organize LA's

2nd Annual Queer High School Youth March!

*No experience necessary

*Gain the skills and knowledge to organize your own action

*Join a community of supportive queer and ally youth activists from all around LA and beyond

All youth march organizing sessions take place in Downtown Los Angeles and Hollywood on the following Sundays:

Sunday, August 8, 12p-4p

Sunday, August 22, 12p-4p

Sunday, September 5, 12p-4p

Sunday, September 19, 12p-4p

Pre-March Meeting: To be determined by youth organizers (1 week before the march in late September or October)

March!: To be determined by youth organizers (October)

ARE YOU A YOUTH WHO WANTS TO GET INVOLVED?

Please email Kimler at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the following information:

  • Full Name
  • Age
  • Phone Number
  • Zip Code
  • One sentence on why you want to help organize the queer youth march
And then come to our next march organizing session on Sunday, August 8th, 12-4, at GSA Network near Downtown LA (1145 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90017)

"L-G-B-T-Q-I! The Queer Youth are in the Fight!"

queeryouthmarchdragon
 

Save the Date! Queer Youth March Coming October 2010

Friday, 30 April 2010 21:14 Stephanie
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***SAVE THE DATE***

Equal Action's 2nd Annual Queer High School Youth March

OCTOBER 2010 

from the same folks that brought you 2009's 
Youth Today: Walking for Equality
LA's first queer high school youth march
                                 
a march for LGBTQ Youth and Allies
by LGBTQ Youth and Allies

Funded in part by the David Bohnett Foundation

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Equal Action is in search of queer and ally youth to help organize the march

Check out the new meeting dates and info for queer and ally youth organizers!

PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

 

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