Archive for the "Faces For Equality" Category

Faces For Equality: Vanessa Torres (Resource Center Dallas)

Name: Vanessa Torres Age: 29 Hometown: Dallas, TX Occupation: Admissions Representative, Aviation Institute of Maintenance Why I Found Her at Creating Change: Vanessa didn’t travel far to get to Creating Change, but she made up for it by working hard. Vanessa is one of many volunteers for the Dallas LGBT Center who gathered to help [...]

Faces For Equality: Terry Stone (CenterLink)

Name: Terry Stone Age: 59 Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, FL Occupation: Executive Director, CenterLink Why I Found Him at Creating Change: Terry came to Creating Change because it is an opportunity to network with community centers and be a part of a great conference to discuss equality and learn from each other! Why are community centers [...]

Faces For Equality: Lisa Tibbles

Name: Lisa Tibbles Age: 39 Hometown: Cortland, NY Occupation: Program Coordinator, Cortland LGBT Resource Center Why I Found Her at Creating Change: I have to say, as a personal note, that it was pretty awesome that I found Lisa at Creating Change. It was totally a random approach on my part, but it turns out [...]

Faces For Equality: Mara Keisling (NCTE)

Name: Mara Keisling Age: 50 Hometown: Washington, DC Occupation: Executive Director, National Center for Transgender Equality Why I Found Her at Creating Change: Like many seasoned activists, Mara returns to Creating Change for an annual recharge. She loves the opportunity to meet new people (LIKE ME!), learn a lot, and also share the work that [...]

Faces For Equality: Charlotte Park (BAGLY)

Name: Charlotte Park Age: 24 Hometown: Boston, MA Occupation: Engineering Student, Wentworth Institute of Technology Why I Found Her at Creating Change: I caught Charlotte just moments after she had finished participating in the queer youth of color panel at the Saturday plenary session at Creating Change. She had been specifically invited to the conference [...]