State & national figures to participate in first-ever EqualityNC Conference

by Matt Comer, September 15, 2007, 1:06 am

ENCconferenceEqualityNC, a state-wide LGBT lobbying, advocacy & education organization, has released the schedule for its first-ever state-wide conference on LGBT equality and activism.

The schedule includes an evening gala, keynote speakers and various break out sessions, all of which will be attended by widely respected and well-known LGBT leaders and figures from around the State of North Carolina and nation.

Some of the highlights of the EqualityNC Conference & Gala – which recently opened up online registration – include the various break out sessions. LGBT leaders slated to moderate some of the sessions include President of the Log Cabin Republicans Patrick Sammon, Executive Director of Faith in America Jimmy Creech, local Greensboro advocate Gary Palmer, the Reverend Reggie Longcrier (the Pastor of Exodus Missionary Outreach Church in Hickory, NC, and of CNN/YouTube Democratic Debate fame), Owner of PamsHouseBlend.com Pam Spaulding, and many more.

Other featured guests include North Carolina Representative Rick Glazier, GLAAD Executive Director Neil Giuliano and Alabama Representative Patricia Todd.

The theme for the conference is “Our State, Our Rights.”

Get more info on the conference at www.equalitync.org/conference

P.S. – Yours truly will be moderating the session for college students: “Campus Catalysts for Change: Strengthening College Organizing in North Carolina”

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