Equality Camp

With an opening apology that I am WOEFULLY overdue in posting my recap and full video from last week’s conversation with Kate Kendell, Geoff Kors and Tawal Panyacosit.

It’s coming. I promise.

But in the mean time, here’s another tidbit to tide you over …

It was a last minute decision but I’m glad I opted to sit on in tonight’s call with California State Assemblymember, John Perez.  Six organizations that have arisen as key players in the marriage equality movement worked together to make this call happen. Those organizations were: Courage Campaign, Equality Network, Equal Roots Coalition, Postcards to the President, White Knot, & Won Together (apologies to the Won Together folks as several Google searches turned up empty for related web sites).

From his dining room in Los Angeles, Rick Jacobs, the Founder and Chair of the Courage Campaign, served as master of ceremonies. He welcomed everyone, introduced Assemblymember Perez and then handed moderation of the Q&A session to Sarah Polaro and Frank Voce (they were never properly introduced on the call so I don’t know from what organization they come or if that’s even the correct spelling of their names …).

I opted to start the recording a minute or two into Rick’s introduction so missed the first bit, and there are a few moments of technology clash when my attempt to interact with the call meant I had to take it off speaker phone … so there’s a bit of a content speed bump at the end, but you should get a pretty good idea.

So without further ado (or further disclaimer or apology) here is the discussion in (very close to) its entirety.

— Cathy