Creating Change, Day 2: Issues, Issues, Issues!

[Shana A]

Creating Change, Day 2: Issues, Issues, Issues!
Filed by: Waymon Hudson
January 29, 2009 8:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2009/01/creating_change_day_2_issues_issues_issu.php

The second day of the Creating Change Conference in Denver has been packed full of amazing sessions and discussions. The toughest part about today was choosing where to go, since all the topic where so important and interesting.

CIMG1343.JPGI popped in most of the sessions, but really got drawn into the "Invisible Families: LGBTQ Families at the intersection of Race, Class, and Gender" institute. As a parent, it was a truly amazing experience to sit in a room full of dedicated family advocates and discuss our experiences and how to improve the family movement.

The session included things ranging from the media stereotyping of LGBTQ families (white, rich people) to statistics and raw data on the diversity of our community's families. We also had the opportunity to talk about the economic disparity in our families, the lack of resources, poverty, and other issues dealing with race and class that effect LGBTQ families.

Some of the other AMAZING sessions that were held today included: