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 important to Terry? Because he serves [...]
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 Lisa is a fellow Ithaca [...]
The Invisibility of Atheists at Creating Change and Within The Queer Equality Movement
By the time Sharon Day and members of the First Nations Collective opened the opening plenary of Creating Change with a traditional prayer, faith had already played a big role in the conference. Early that Thursday morning, some participants had gathered as part of the American Prayer Hour, a protest against “The Family” and the [...]
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 to participate in that panel, [...]
Introducing The 2nd Faces For Equality Collection
At Creating Change last week, I had the opportunity to meet a ton of new people. I was able to interview nine of them to add to the Faces For Equality project here on the blog.
As Creating Change is a conference for many seasoned activists, the folks I met truly showcase the organizations they represent. [...]