4/16/09

NGLTF Creating Change 2010 Dallas Co-Chairs at the Resource Center April 23


April 15, 2009

Creating Change 2010 Host Committee Co-Chairs Take the Stage!
Host Committee to Launch in Dallas on April 23

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force announces the Co-Chairs of the Dallas/Forth Worth Host Committee for The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change. The Creating Change conference (as it is affectionately known) will take place in Dallas, Texas February 3-7, 2010. The 22nd National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change is sponsored, organized and produced by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. The LGBT movement’s premier annual gathering will be held for the second time in Dallas; the 1994 Creating Change Conference was also hosted in Dallas.

“We are delighted with our Co-Chair team of four accomplished and experienced community leaders,” said Russell Roybal, the Task Force’s deputy executive director of external affairs. “We’re coming back to Dallas to host our annual movement family gathering and we look forward to a robust and visionary event in the heart of Texas. Our 2010 Creating Change attendees will be treated to real Texas hospitality. Let’s live large and think big at Creating Change!”

The Co-Chairs will convene the first Creating Change 2010 Host Committee meeting on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at 7:30 PM in the Rainbow Room at the Resource Center of Dallas, 2701 Reagan St. For directions or information, call (214) 521-5124.

The National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change is the premier national grassroots organizing and skills building LGBT conference. The 2009 Creating Change conference was held in Denver Colorado and attracted over 2000 LGBT rights advocates. The conference is well known for providing a unique environment where activists and leaders come together from diverse places and backgrounds to create a community that is both strengthening and inspiring to the participants.

To learn about the work of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, visit http://www.thetaskforce.org/.

For more information about the Creating Change conference, visit http://www.creatingchange.org/.

For more information about the Dallas/Forth Worth Creating Change Host Committee, please e-mail http://us.mc456.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=creatingchange@thetaskforce.org.

Meet the Co-Chair Leadership Team for the 2010 Creating Change Conference!


Allen Andrade Murder Trial Begins


Greeley - 4/16/2009

Alex Hannum Reports: After two days of jury selection, the prosecution and defense finally got the chance to present their opening statements in the murder trial of Allen Andrade.

Andrade is accused killing transgender female Angie Zapata last summer, after he found out she was biologically a male.

The prosecution claims Andrade waited more than 36 hours after he found out, before killing Zapata.

Original Article and clip showing opening statements at North Colorado 5.com