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Torie Osborn: The Fierce Urgency of Now
The Fierce Urgency of Now: Toward a New American Movement in the Obama Era
Torie Osborn, Senior Strategist, United Way of Greater LA
Forty years after Stonewall, marriage equality is rapidly gaining support, with more and more states legalizing gay marriage. To some people, the marriage issue no longer belongs only to the gay community, but is part of a broader social justice matrix. What is the new politics, and what does it mean for the LGBT movement and the marriage-equality struggle in California - now again headed for the ballot box in 2010?
MLF: LGBT
Location: SF Club Office
Time: 5:30 p.m. networking reception, 6 p.m. program
Cost: $8 members, $15 non-members
Program Organizer: Laurie Wagner
July 15, 2009