Hey Everyone,

I wanted to write a brief re cap of my day here in Dallas Texas. The morning started a little later than what I wanted just to be honest  with you all. I started the day off in a informative yet not as productive space entitled Working with Low Income LGBT people. The conversation was very open and wide spread and allowed all ppl in the space to express their concerns as well as to give advice for particular situations. We discussed things like privledge as well as the way we reach out to low income communities. The realization that some strategies we use to outreach and spread messages are not inclusive of all communities. As well as the fact that there has been NO  conversation on how to bring low income people in around the National LGBT Movement by the Task Force. It was also brought to our attention that within the National LGBT Movement there is not discussion about the hardships low income LGBT people face and how to help allivate those hardships.

Next, I had lunch with some friends from DC then went to the State of the Movement Address, where Rea Carey ED of the Task Force gave an amazing opeing speech and set the agenda for this years action items for the Task Force. The telecast was on CSPAN live which was pretty amazing.

I then went to a session named The Black Church and Homophbia. This was an amazing session were we spoke on the issues of homophobia in the black church and what we can do to change that mind set. The issues of sexual health were brought up by a number of people and how that was also a big issue that continued to lead to the homophobic nature of the black church. The discussion in that space was very much needed for the people who attend church on a regular basis and allowed them to feel safe and to be able to express themselves with out fear of being shamed, hurt, bullied or made fun of.

Overall Day 2 was AMAZING and I am looking forward to the finally 2 days here at CC 2010.

Cheers,
W.