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PROGRAMS
Tides Foundation Awards SAVE and O.U.T. $150,000
SAVE Foundation is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $150,000 grant in collaboration with O.U.T. Federation by Tides Foundation's State Equality Fund, a philanthropic partnership that includes the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, the Gill Foundation, and anonymous donors.
The grant will fuel SAVE Foundation's End Discrimination Training, which plans to bring about statewide civil rights protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. The 3-year initiative aims to amend the Florida Civil Rights Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity under its protected groups, protecting LGBT Floridians from discrimination in employment, public housing, accommodations, and services.
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CJ ORTUNO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Where the rubber meets the road
Last week I along with fifteen
volunteer constituents attended a meeting with Laura Fatovic, Regional
Director for Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) to urge the Senator to support
ENDA. An hour before the meeting, we gathered at the Coral Gables
Chamber of Commerce to collect our thoughts.
Click here to read the full article.
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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT
Allison Grisham
SAVE
Dade applauds the humanitarian work of volunteer Allison Grisham and
her inspiring and ongoing effort to break down barriers between the
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and faith-based communities.
Click here to read the full article.
SAVE Dade meets with congressional delegates! Click here to read the story on our Facebook page
SAVE Dade is seeking volunteers, click here to get involved. We
really need you and your time. We are in a battle for our Civil Rights! Please help. Contact our community coordinator Joseph Mooradian, (305)
751-7283 or e-mail him at joseph@savedade.org. |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Abby Corbett
 SAVE Dade would like to openly welcome our new board member and treasurer, Abby Corbett, into our family. Abby is an attorney in the Miami office of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., where she specializes in complex commercial litigation. Prior to joining Stearns Weaver, Ms. Corbett served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Paul C. Huck of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Before her clerkship, Abby was an Associate in
the Washington, D.C. office of Covington & Burling LLP where she
was a member of the corporate, real estate, and election law groups.While at Covington, she assisted several corporations and political candidates with federal election law issues.
"Abby brings a wealth of knowledge about LGBT
issues from a legal perspective," said SAVE Dade Executive Director
C.J. Ortuno.
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VOLUNTEER
Candidate endorsements
SAVE Dade is gathering momentum for two significant political races that will take place in the City of Miami and the City of Miami Beach this fall. We're calling on volunteers from both cities to help us ensure that LGBT-friendly officials are elected into office.
Click here to read the full story.
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SAVE Dade is looking for your help in creating the fiercest and most frightening ASYLUM Miami-Dade has ever seen! Get involved in the Planning Committee and bring your best and creepiest ideas to the table, or get right in the middle of the action and volunteer for the day of the event. It's already promising to be the craziest SAVE Dade event yet! Don't miss out! To find out more about ASYLUM and volunteering, contact Community Coordinator Joseph Mooradian at joseph@savedade.org or call (305)751-7283 ext 303.
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MEMBERSHIP
Thank you to our newest members
SAVE would like to thank the following individuals who have recently become members or have renewed their memberships:
Guardian Champion - $10,000 - Renewing Members
Messrs. Joseph Falk & Mark Scott
Guardian Angel - $5,000 - Renewing Members
Messrs. Dennis Edwards & Mark Steinberg
Messrs. Alberto Arias & Wood Kinnard
Commissioner Sally Heyman
Messrs. Richard Milstein & Eric Hankin
Mr. & Mrs. Seth & Liebe Gadinsky
Guardian Soldier - $2,500 - Renewing Members
Messrs. Thomas L. Gantt, Jr. & Juan del Hierro
Messrs. Don Hayden & Michael Mertens
Messrs. Michael Inesta & Carlos Ivan Tirado │ Mr. Damian Pardo
Mr. Javier Reynaldos
Guardian - $1,200 - Renewing Members
Mr. Brian Adler │Ms. Alicia H. Apfel │Mr. Heriberto Brito
Messrs. Jerry Chasen & Mark Kirby │Mr. Larry Hyer
Messrs. Carlos J. Martinez & Marc Puccinelli
Messrs. Juan Talavera & Jeff Ronci │Mr. Eddie Padilla
Ms. Liz Schwartz
Guardian - $1,200 - New Members
Ms. Monica Cepero │ Ms. Abigail Elyse Corbett
Mr. James Dunn│ Messrs. Kirk J. Fordham & Mike Cevarr
Ms. Rosie Hernandez │ Mr. Robert T.Watson
Other New Members
Messrs. Juan Acosta & Roger A. Pelletier │ Mr. Chris Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. David & Katie Caldwell │ Messrs. Mario Acosta & Roger A. Pelletier Mr. Carlos A. Quinones │ Mr. Jesse Walters
Mr. Jeff Vessels │ Mr. Niklas Lifors
Join SAVE Dade by calling, 305-751-SAVE (7283) or click here |
STATE WIDE
Be a Part of
History...
In the last few months, you've heard a lot about
redistricting, the once-a-decade process in which  state legislators get to
redraw the lines of Congressional and legislative districts in Florida. With no
guidelines or standards in the Florida Constitution for drawing these districts,
legislators have used the system to rig the districts in order to preserve and
perpetuate their own power. It's a
process the Orlando Sentinel recently called "the dirty little secret of modern politics." (Orlando Sentinel, 3/18/09)
Click here to read the full story.
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DOJ Statement on Gay Parenting: An Impact on Florida Adoption Case? As noted earlier, the U.S. Department of Justice took a strong stand today for LGBT equality in at least one portion of its brief in Smelt v. United States, the portion related to LGBT parenting.
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Young, Black, Gay and Running for Congress
Earlier this year, Sean Penn and Dustin Lance Black received Academy Awards honoring their work in the film Milk, which chronicled the life of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. |
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Portraits of Black Trans Men
Exclusion is something Kortney Ryan Ziegler does not tolerate. An accomplished blogger and filmmaker, Ziegler (pictured here) noticed that movies about transgender people ignored the stories of Black people. "Trans films are predominantly white. |
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Press Release
Chairman Joe Sanchez voices strong support for Non-Discrimination Policy in U.S. Armed Forces
(Miami, FL)- City Commission Chairman Joe Sanchez introduced a resolution -- passed unanimously at today's City Commission meeting urging President Barack Obama... |
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Senate Adds Death Penalty Amendment to Kill Hate Crimes Legislation
On Friday, the Senate passed the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as an amendment to the fiscal year 2010 Department of Defense authorization bill. But today, the Senate passed an amendmen... |
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Backers of Gay Marriage Rethink California Push
LOS ANGELES - Discouraged by stubborn poll numbers and pessimistic political consultants, major financial backers of same-sex marriage are cautioning gay rights groups to delay a campaign to overturn California's ban on such unions until at least 2012. |
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Include gays, lesbians in anti-bias act
Forty years ago, when I first came to the U.S. Senate, it was entirely possible for an employer to fire workers because of their sexual orientation, and that remains true today in 30 states. In 38 states, it is true for gender identity as well. |
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Debate over Florida's gay adoption ban heats up
Proposed legislation introduced by state Rep. Mary Brandenburg [D-West Palm Beach] earlier this month could potentially repeal a ban on same-sex couples from adopting children that has been a source of deep contention in the Sunshine State for more than three decades. |
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Why the Gay Rights Movement Has No National Leader
Every so often, the American social order is reshuffled. And that upheaval is typically accompanied by a prominent face. |
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About SAVE Dade
Safeguarding
American Values for Everyone (SAVE Dade)
advocates for equal rights for all people regardless of their sexual orientation or gender
identity,
and educates the community about human rights with an emphasis on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgender (LGBT) issues. Established in
1993, SAVE Dade accomplishes this mission through
education initiatives, outreach, grassroots
organizing, and advocacy. Starting with the landmark
passage of Miami's Human Rights Ordinance in 1998
to recent enactments of domestic partner benefit policies, SAVE Dade continues to
lead the fight for LGBT equality in Miami-Dade County.
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SAVE Dade is a not-for-profit organization supported by financial and voluntary
contributions from the community.
 
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