Alameda County has become home to the first transgender trial judge in the country as Victoria Kolakowski won the race to fill an empty seat on the county’s Superior Court bench. With 100 percent of precincts reporting results, Kolakowski held 50.2 percent of the vote against Deputy District Attorney John Creighton, who had 48.7 percent. […]
Archives for November 2010
Soulforce Symposium panelist release paper on intersectional justice
Vincent Cervantes, a participant on the intersectional justice panel at the Soulforce Symposium: Philadelphia: 2010, released a paper entitled "Critical Witnessing and Multilingualism: Building the Counter Movement." We invited you to download Vincent’s paper and use it to inform your organizing and activism strategies. Vincent’s paper is the first of many resources which Soulforce will […]
Soulforce to hold rally in Philadelphia
by Matthew E. PileckiEDGE Media NetworkOriginal article LGBT activists from across the country will gather in Philadelphia on Friday, Nov. 5, to rally against homophobia in support of subjugated LGBT youth.Soulforce, a non-profit that hopes to end political and religious oppression against LGBT people through nonviolent resistance, will sponsor the ‘Life Rally’ in Love Park. […]
Symposium is three days away!
We are super excited to soon be convening in Philadelphia for the Soulforce Symposium. We hope that you will join us for two important events prior to the Symposium on Friday November, 5th. The first of these two events will take place at The William Way Community Center in Center City Philadelphia. There will be […]
Mel White honored as GLBT Icon
Our co-founder Mel White was recently honored by GLBT History Month as one of the 2010 Icons. The organization named a different person as an icon for each of the days during GLBT History Month. Mel’s inclusion was accounced this weekend along with Rufus Wainwright and Emanuel Xavier. To view the full list of 2010 […]