Creating Change Draws More Than 3,000 to Baltimore

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Creating Change Draws More Than 3,000 to Baltimore


by Michael K. Lavers, National News Editor | Monday Jan 30, 2012

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More than 3,000 activists from across the country descended upon Baltimore this past weekend for the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 24th annual Creating Change conference.

NAACP President Benjamin Jealous and Maryland First Lady Katie O'Malley officially opened Creating Change on Jan. 26 after more than 300 activists lobbied members of Congress on Capitol Hill to support the federal Employment Non-Discrimination Act and other LGBT-specific measures. Task Force executive director Rea Carey delivered her annual State of the LGBT Movement address the following day, while Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley closed the conference on Sunday.