Tag: Creating Change
Hundreds ‘converge’ to end stigma
Messages of hard work ahead, the need to end stigma and hope for the future rang clear at “Convergence: Forging the Path,” which delved...
Out performer Alex Newell talks Trump, trans visibility
When out performer and former “Glee” star Alex Newell came to Philadelphia, he said it was “amazing” and “brilliant” to be around other LGBT...
Demonstrations for black trans lives take over Creating Change
Lourdes Hunter began a demonstration for more than 100 people on the fourth floor of the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott. “We hear...
At Trans United event, supporters discuss sharing resources and funding nationwide
Swathed in purple, Andrea Jenkins ascended the podium at Philadelphia City Hall Jan. 19 to recite her original work “A Requiem for the Queers...
N.C. preacher tells Creating Change attendees to focus on the South
At a Moral Monday gathering in North Carolina aimed at calling attention to voting rights, the movement’s founder the Rev. William J. Barber II met...
Locals turn out for Latinx Institute at Creating Change
Members of Philadelphia's LGBT Latinx community joined 250 other Latinx individuals from around the country at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott for a national traveling...
Racial Justice Institute opens Creating Change Conference
Sue Hyde, the director of the National LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Conference, began a chant for thousands of conference attendees during the opening...
Editorial: Creating change
As PGN goes to press, up to 4,000 people are flooding into Philly to address LGBT equality. The timing couldn’t be more significant, as...
Trans United Fund to hold City Hall event
Local and national transgender leaders and allies will gather at Philadelphia City Hall this week to address the need for coordinated, comprehensive advocacy for...
Find community, culture in Philly’s Gayborhood
For those of you in town for the Creating Change Conference, welcome to Philly! (Oh, and apologies in advance about the traffic and high...
Five to be honored at Creating Change Conference
A group of individuals and organizations from throughout the region will be recognized at the largest annual LGBT conference, held next weekend in Philadelphia....
Trump to be ‘on everyone’s mind’ at Creating Change
The looming presidential inauguration is expected to play a significant role at the largest annual gathering of LGBT-rights activists.
More than 3,500 people are anticipated...
Philly’s must-sees for Creating Change
Creating Change Conference attendees, welcome to Philadelphia! We know something about creating change in this town as Philadelphia; the United States’ birthplace played a...
Day in the Life of: Creating Change 2017 Host Committee co-chairs
While the public will enjoy the Creating Change Conference for five days next week in Philadelphia, four individuals have been working for almost a...
Conference inspired LGBT organizer to create PA Youth Congress
On a whim, Jason Landau Goodman decided to travel to Dallas in 2010 for Creating Change, the annual conference hosted by the National...
Philly folks respond to institute on transgender economic equality
When transgender people are job hunting, they don’t have the luxury of time, said Daye Pope, transgender-rights organizer with Equality Pennsylvania. ...
Full room for GALAEI workshop on LGBT youth engagement
Manny Coreano, a youth mentor at GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization, emphasized the importance of circles at a workshop he helped lead Friday on...
New alliance of Philly orgs focuses on sex work safety
Naiymah Sanchez of GALAEI: A Queer [email protected] Social Justice Organization struck up a conversation Thursday with representatives from the Illinois Department of Health. She...
Equality PA comparing notes with other statewides on nondiscrimination
Equality Pennsylvania executive director Ted Martin plans to spend his time at Creating Change with colleagues from the Equality Federation, a national network of...
LGBT college centers talk info sharing, racial justice at Creating Change
Zaneta Rago-Craft started a #TalkAboutItTuesdays campaign this year on the Facebook page for the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals, a group of...
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