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Forty years after the historic March on Washington in 1963, the son of slain civil rights leader- Martin Luther King, III announces a rally to commemorate King’s Dream and urge Americans to RETURN, REPAIR and RENEW together in the struggle for social justice in America.
The "I Have a Dream" Speech and the entire 1963 March on Washington galvanized America’s sympathy with the civil rights movement. America could no longer turn a blind eye to the horrors of racism. The March on Washington was a mighty wave that gave moral strength to the anti-Vietnam movement, the Women’s Right movement and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender movement. Today, the 2003 March on Washington is a coalition of more than 100 organizations, which includes HRC. Everyone is invited to come together for the events below.
Friday, Aug. 22
7:30 pm
Prayer Vigil at Lincoln Memorial
9:00 pm Spoken Word on Washington (Open Mic
Poetry) at Lincoln Memorial
Saturday, Aug.
23
11:00 am - 1:00 pm - Session I - Workshop Teach-In
1:00 - 3:00 pm Session II - Workshop Teach-In
Location: Lincoln
Memorial Reflecting Pool
3:30 - 5:30 pm Mass Rally at Lincoln
Memorial
G L B T E v e n t
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Washington DC
S c h e d u l e o f E v e n
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Thursday Aug 21st,
7:00pm
Queering the Color Lines:
LGBT Communities of
Color & Allies Organizing for Justice
A
Community Forum
Thurgood Marshall Center
1816 12th
Street, NW, Washington, DC
(Between T and S Streets--1 Block from U Street
Metro)
The focus of the forum will be on the activism of
the LGBT people of color and their allies. A panel of
organizers, largely from the DC area, will discuss the work they are doing and
the specific goals toward which they are working.
Friday Aug 22nd, 7:00pm
SONG/NGLTF
Screening of "Brother Outsider - the Life of Bayard Rustin" with special guests
and post-screening discussion. The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts 2700 F
Street, NW, Washington, DC
Pre-Screening Reception/Cash Bar, 6:00
PM
Saturday Aug 23rd
Bayard
Rustin Commemorative Rally (location and time TBA)
11am - 1pm Teach In Session I
1pm - 3pm Teach In Session
II
3:30 pm -5pm Main Rally
Book Reading/Signing of new
book "LOST PROPHET: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin" by John D'Emilio 6:00
pm at Lambda Rising Books, 1625 Connecticut Ave, NW, Washington DC
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