{"id":224,"date":"2017-10-28T00:34:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T05:34:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2017-10-29T00:08:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-29T05:08:50","slug":"why-you-should-volunteer-for-gln-market-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gayliberation.net\/blog\/2017\/10\/28\/why-you-should-volunteer-for-gln-market-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Volunteer for GLN @ Market Days!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Originally published July 31, 2015<\/p>\n

From its start, the Gay Liberation Network has promoted justice issues long<\/u> before they became popular.<\/strong><\/p>\n

** Opposing the invasion of Afghanistan in September 2001, when few others would, publicly or privately. Now a solid majority of Americans agree that the U.S. should withdraw from there (yes, despite many declared “ends” of the wars, we’re still there as well as in Iraq).<\/p>\n

** Beginning in 2000, opposing police violence against LGBTQs, and others. Today we happily join in and support the #blacklivesmatters organizers who lead the movement against police violence.<\/p>\n

** Supporting equal marriage rights for LGBTs on the streets of Chicago long before the national organizations began mining the issue for donations.<\/p>\n

** Promoting “intersectionality” between LGBTQ and “other” issues long before anyone was talking about it — whether for racial or economic justice, supporting whistle-blowers like Chelsea Manning, and protesting the many wars and military attacks that the United States launches on a regular basis.<\/p>\n

On the weekend of August 8 & 9, we will be participating in one of our most important outreach activities of the year — Northalsted Market Days — and we need your help!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

You don’t need any experience or special skills — just the desire to help out!<\/strong><\/p>\n

We will be in booth #196, somewhere between Roscoe and Addison on Halsted Street. If you can help out, even for just an hour or two, please email Roger Fraser of GLN at rfraser4584@gmail.com<\/a><\/strong> with your name and telephone number. He’ll call you with all the info. you need.<\/p>\n

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Each year at Market Days we choose a theme to promote, and this year we are focusing on immigrant, asylee and refugee rights — for LGBTQs and others.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Both political parties have miserably fumbled on the issue:<\/p>\n

— the Democrats under President Obama by deporting a record number of immigrants and supporting oligarchies, such as the 2009 Honduran coup, which force so many to flee violence and poverty in their homelands<\/p>\n

— the Republicans who appeal to their reactionary Tea Party base by flagrant appeals to racism and nationalism, refusing to consider even the most milquetoast reforms.<\/p>\n

We will also be promoting the newly proposed “STOP Act,”<\/a>a measure initiated by #blacklivesmatters activists in Chicago. The STOP Act is designed to track and diminish the racist “stop and frisk” activities of the the Chicago Police.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent ACLU report<\/a> found that Chicago Police use “stop and frisk” on a far higher level than even the notorious levels recorded by the New York City Police Department.  <\/p>\n

So please join us Saturday, August 8 and \/ or Sunday, August 9 as we promote an intelligent, anti-racist response to these issues. Email Roger at <\/strong>rfraser4584@gmail.com<\/a> and choose a time to volunteer with GLN at Market Days.<\/strong><\/p>\n

More info about #blacklivesmatters activities during the month of August can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thanks!!<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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