Winning Campaigns for International LGBT Rights
Event Information
Description
501 Tech NYC: Connect. Learn.
Change the world!
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
6:00p.m. - 6:30p.m. Socializing
6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m. Discussion
In 77 countries it is a crime to be gay; in 10 it can cost you your life. All Out is mobilizing millions of people and their social networks to build a world where no person will have to sacrifice their family or freedom, safety or dignity, because of who they are or who they love.
Co-hosted by 501 Tech NYC and Purpose, join All Out’s Co-Founder and Executive Director Andre Banks as he shares stories from the front lines of digital campaigning for International LGBT rights. Learn how All Out is mobilizing millions of people around the world to take action and win key victories to protect the rights LGBT people everywhere. He will share how All Out uses creative tactics—online and offline—to capture the attention of the global media, world leaders, and global organizations.
Presenter:
Andre Banks, Co-Founder & Executive Director, All OutAndre Banks has spent most of the last decade harnessing the power of storytelling and technology to build innovative social movements in the US and around the world. He is the co-founder and executive director of All Out, an organisation that mobilises millions to build a world where no person has to sacrifice their family, freedom, safety or dignity because of who they are or who they love.
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Your co-organizers are:
Jereme Bivins, The Rockefeller Foundation
Hosted at Purpose, generously sponsored by Douglas Gould & Company, and with thanks to Broadway Cares for recording!
Organizer 501 Tech NYC
Organizer of Winning Campaigns for International LGBT Rights
501 Tech NYC is the NYC chapter of NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network.
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