All posts tagged "social justice"
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Kenya Hutton Named Interim CEO of Center for Black Equity
The current CEO and President Earl Fowlkes will retire in August, but plans to serve in an advisory role to his successor.
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Maulik Pancholy Responds to School District Canceling Him
"30 Rock" actor and children's author thanked fans for their support after he was disinvited from speaking at a middle school assembly.
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LULAC Lambda Awards Scholarships to 3 LGBTQ Scholars
Last month, LULAC Lambda, the local LGBTQ and Latinx advocacy organization, honored three college students as part of its annual scholarship program, which is intended...
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installs first transgender bishop
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America installed its first transgender bishop, the Rev. Megan Rohrer, to lead the Sierra Pacific Synod.
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Biden nominates lesbian rabbi of LGBTQ synagogue to religious freedom commission
President Biden has nominated Rabbi Sharon Kleinbaum, head of an LGBTQ synagogue, to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elects California pastor as its first-ever transgender bishop
California pastor Megan Rohrer has become the first transgender bishop in the Lutheran Church, and in a major U.S. Christian denomination.
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Task Force’s new leader Kierra Johnson on the future of the LGBTQ movement
Kierra Johnson, incoming executive director of the National LGBTQ Task Force, brings a wealth of social justice experience to the role.
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Creating Change 2021: Registration opens for LGBTQ leadership conference
Annual conference, focusing on racial and social justice, will be held virtually from Jan. 28-31
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Rea Carey to step down as head of National LGBTQ Task Force
Deputy Executive Director Kierra Johnson to replace Carey starting Feb. 1
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BHT Foundation awards emergency grants to racial justice and civil rights organizations
LGBTQ nonprofit vows to center social justice organizations or those working with marginalized populations in its grant process
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LULAC Lambda awards scholarships to three D.C. high school students
Recipients were honored for their academic and extracurricular success, as well as their commitment to social justice
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Study finds transgender people are more conservative than cisgender men
Study highlights need for more research into LGBTQ political attitudes
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Stephanie Sandberg becomes new executive director of LPAC
Taking a dig at the Trump administration, Sandberg says "we will not be invisible, and we will not back down"
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#BlackLivesMatter: Alicia Garza on privilege, justice and founding a movement
Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza on privilege, accountability and using social media to inspire a movement
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Advocates for LGBT youth call for ending “school-to-prison” pipeline
Mario Vasquez was only a freshman when a vicious rumor nearly got him expelled from his high school in Lancaster, California. “Someone made a false...
