| Honorary Host Committee |
Commissioner Maria Anderson
Mayor Matti Bower
Mayor Kevin Burns
Mayor Al Davis
Mayor Manny Diaz
Commissioner Victor Diaz
Mayor Eugene Flinn
Councilman Scott Galvin
Representative Luis R. Garcia
Senator Dan Gelber
Mayor John Hornbuckle
Mayor Cindy Lerner
Daniella Levine & Robert Cava, MD
Commissioner Jerry Libbin
Commissioner Valerie Newman
Commissioner Tomas Regalado
Commissioner Joe Sanchez
Ruth & Richard Shack
President Donna Shalala
Vice-Mayor Donald Shockey
Commissioner Ed Tobin
Mayor Paul Vrooman
Commissioner Deede Weithorn |
| Host Committee |
Brian Adler
Juan & Ken Ahonen-Jover
Michael Aller
Alberto Arias & Wood Kinnard
Cindy Brown & Michelle Simons
Jerry Chasen & Mark Kirby
Dennis Edwards & Mark Steinberg
Joseph Falk & Mark Scott
Edison Farrow & Nestor Paz
Kirk Fordham & Michael Cevarr
Liebe & Seth Gadinsky
Jeff Gibbs
Michael Inesta
John King
Bill Kress
David Lawrence
Lorenzo Lebrija & Troy Elder
Steve Leidner
George Lindemann
Rebecca Mandelman
Peter Medvin
Richard Milstein & Eric Hankin
Jeff Morr
Babak Movahedi
Derek Newton
Eddie Padilla
Damian Pardo
José Luis Peré & José Vilanova
Marcos Regalado
Richard Sherman
Howard Simon
Gene Sulzberger
Juan Talavera & Jeff Ronci
Bill Warren
Robert Watson
Trae Williamson & Red Carter
Jay Windsor & Joel Riveron
David Young
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SAVE Board Members
Orlando Gonzales, Chair**
Mike DeCossio**
Juan Del Hierro*
Joe Falk
Georg Ketelhohn, Chair Elect
Liz Regalado, Secretary
Kim Stone
Pamela Sweeney
Mark Trowbride
*SAVE Foundation
** Both SAVE Foundation and SAVE Dade, Inc.
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The SAVE Dade Board of Directors is pleased to announce the 2009 recipients of the SAVE Dade Champions of Equality Awards
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception, Awards & Silent Auction
Karu & Y Ultralounge
71 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136
RSVP and Purchase Tickets by Monday, May 18, 2009
at www.savedade.org/champions.html$75.00 per person
Business Attire or Casual Chic
Valet $10.00/Metered street parking available
2009 Honorees
County Commissioners
After many months of work in the community and with county officials, SAVE Dade rejoiced when the Domestic Partners & Family Health Coverage Ordinance, passed into law by the Miami-Dade County Commission on May 20, 2008 in a historic 8 to 4 vote. Voting in favor of the ordinance were Commissioners Bruno A. Barreiro, Chair, Audrey M. Edmonson, Carlos A. Gimenez, Sally A. Heyman, Barbara J. Jordan, Dennis C. Moss, Katy Sorenson, and Rebeca Sosa and signed by Mayor Carlos A. Alvarez. Because of the leadership of these elected officials Miami-Dade County now provides much needed basic rights to domestic partners.
Heddy Peña, former Executive Director of SAVE Dade
Heddy Peña will be honored for her role in securing passage of the Domestic Partners & Family Health Coverage Ordinance in 2008 and her many years of service to the LGBT community. Heddy Peña started her involvement with SAVE Dade as a volunteer in 1997, going on to become the co-chair of the historic and successful "No to Discrimination" campaign to protect the county Human Rights Ordinance from repeal in 2002. Subsequently, under her leadership as Executive Director, SAVE Dade achieved many successes, including the passage of a domestic partner registry, gender identity discrimination protection and a procurement ordinance in Miami Beach, and inclusion of gender identity in the anti-discrimination provisions of the City of Miami Bill of Rights.
UM for Equality
Despite the disappointing passage of Amendment 2 to the Florida Constitution last year, some good things did emerge from the campaign against the Amendment. There was a groundswell in community activism, exemplified by UM for Equality, a new student group at the University of Miami. University of Miami students did an incredible job of organizing against Amendment 2, fielding dozens of phone banks, going door to door, and fielding 75 students on Election Day to talk to voters at the polls. UM for Equality led this effort on campus in partnership with SAVE Dade. UM for Equality has continued its leadership after the November election, partnering with SAVE Dade and other student groups around the state to help defeat an anti-gay charter amendment on the ballot in Gainesville.
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