April 7 Funder Webinar: New Tools for Racial Equity and LGBT Equality

Author: Kalpana Krishnamurthy
Publication Date: March 29, 2010

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Western States Center and Basic Rights Education Fund (BREF) have launched a collaborative project to lay a critical foundation for ongoing, long term alliance building, education and leadership development between and within the racial justice and the LGBT movement. We would like to extend an invitation to you to join us for a special introduction of our new tools for movement building that are a product of a decade-long collaboration between our two organizations – Uniting Communities: The Toolkit and Standing Together: Coming Out for Racial Justice.



During the analysis of the Proposition 8 fight in California, many funders and organizations began to ask what meaningful engagement between communities of color and LGBT communities would look like. We believe that Uniting Communities and Standing Together provided much needed tools for organizations within each movement to begin the internal dialogue and conversation that allow for true and deep engagement in one another's struggles.

An Introduction of Uniting Communities: The Toolkit &

Standing Together: Coming Out for Racial Justice

What: Webinar presentation led by Western States Center and Basic Rights Education Fund

When: Wednesday, April 7th 10-11am (Pacific Time)

Please RSVP by April 5th to: kalpanak@wscpdx.org or juan@basicrights.org



Join us to learn more about these toolkits, how funders can support organizations to use the toolkits, and the exciting plans we have for work ahead. We look forward to having you participate in this important conversation –

Kalpana Krishnamurthy (Western States Center) and Jeana Frazini (Basic Rights Education Fund)

Category(s): Philanthropic Sector

Focus(es): Focus on Bisexuals, Focus on Gay Men, Focus on Lesbians, Focus on Transgender People

Topic(s): People of Color/Ethnic Communities