Telling America’s Story: Creating Equality in the National Park System
Event Information
Description
Join the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) for an evening speaker series event: Telling America’s Story, Creating Equality in the National Park System. NPCA is teaming up with renowned African American lesbian feminist, Boston Public Radio’s “All Revved Up” commentator and syndicated columnist Rev. Irene Monroe to convene a discussion about the need to celebrate and recognize the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in the national park system.
Rev. Monroe and others will share their Stonewall stories and give voice to the riots that inspired LGBT communities throughout the country to organize in support of their civil rights. To honor this important part of our American history, NPCA, along with our many partner organizations, are calling for a national park for Stonewall, in New York City’s Greenwich Village.
Rev. Monroe has been described in O, the Oprah Magazine, as “a phenomenal woman who has succeeded against all odds.”
Can't join the event? Support this effort online by signing the petition to President Obama: http://parkb.it/1Fdn32b.
Event Details
WHAT: Speakers Series and Discussion - Telling America’s Story: Creating Equality in the National Park System
WHEN: Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Lecture from 7:00-8:30 pm, Q&A from 8:30-8:45 pm.
WHERE: Campion Ballroom located within Campion Tower, Seattle University, 914 E Jefferson Street, Seattle, WA 98122
WHO: National Parks Conservation Association, Seattle University, Rev. Irene Monroe, and YOU!
OTHER: Admission to the lecture is free. The entrance to Campion Ballroom is on the North side of the Campion Tower, along 11th Avenue. During this event, community members will have the opportunity to tell their Stonewall story and participate in a Q&A session designed for a broader community disucssion that includes multiple perspectives.
Questions? Contact Graham Taylor at GTaylor@npca.org or 360-688-0917.
Sincere thanks to our generous event sponsors: Ellen Ferguson, Seattle University, Carter Subaru, Pride Foundation, Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA), Entre Hermanos, Out for Sustainability, The Wildrose Tavern, Equal Rights Washington and Rebar.
