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Campaign: Courage Campaign
Written by Lynn Casper on January 5, 2009 – 2:41 am -
the courage campaign's "Please don't divorce..." community photo project
Description: “Please don’t divorce…” is a community photo project put together by the Courage Campaign. The project contains hundreds of photos of same-sex and straight-ally couples who are voicing their opinions about Proposition 8. The passing of the proposition will nullify over 18,000 same-sex marriages in California.
Digital Activism Tools: Flickr
How These Tools Are Being Used: Over 500 people have taken photos of themselves holding signs with “Please don’t divorce us” or similar slogans. The photos are uploaded onto the Courage Campaign’s Flickr where they stream a slideshow of all the photos onto the action page on their website.
Outcomes: The project has gathered over 600 photos of people voicing their disagreement with Proposition 8. The project also puts a face on the thousands of couples in California who will be affected by Proposition 8.
Sources: Courage Campaign, Flickr
Tags: California, courage campaign, proposition 8, same sex couples, same sex marriage
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Campaign: Protests against Proposition 8
Written by Lynn Casper on November 24, 2008 – 3:34 am -
credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mvjantzen/
Description:
The approval of Proposition 8 outlaws same-sex marriages in the state of California, which only recently passed a law to allow same-sex marriages to be recognized. LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer) activists all around the country have been speaking out against this blatant form of hate and discrimination with protests, rallies and boycotts.
Digital Activism Tools:
Facebook
How These Tools are being used:
A group called Join the Impact has been organizing national Days of Actions all over the Country. Prior to the first call to action rally held cities all over America, Facebook groups and events popped up days leading up to the big event on November 15th. Almost immediately after the event on the 15th, I received another Facebook invite to the “Day without a Gay” event also organized by Join the Impact. The event which will take place on December 10th, is a direct action where over 100,000 LGBTQ people and allies will go on strike by calling out of work and not making any financial purchases. The Facebook event explains that “LGBT workers, business owners, consumers and taxpayers contribute over $700 billion to the American economy and we deserve the same rights as all other Americans.”
Boycotts have been increasingly popular in California since Californians Against Hate started a Dishonor Roll list of people, businesses, organizations and churches that donated large sums of money to Pro-Proposition 8 Campaigns. The Dishonor Roll includes, and boycotts and protests have been staged against, Cinemark Cinemas, A-1 Self Storage, Hoehn Motors, El Coyote and many, many Mormon Churches.
Outcome:
The LGBTQ movement has been re-energized and they are not going to sit back anymore. The numbers on these Facebook groups show that there is a huge movement going on and lots of support behind it. Join the Impact plans to keep this momentum going by providing actions and ideas for ways to create change.
Tags: join the impact, lgbtq, proposition 8, same sex marriage
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