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Tomorrow is Harvey Milk Day – See what’s going on around Los Angeles to honor this hero

http://amadeo.blog.com/repository/1876991/4049736.jpgHarvey Milk Day is a new day of recognition across California as of this year and it has been a long time coming.

It will happen every May 22, which was Harvey’s birthday.

Some background: Milk was one of the first openly gay people elected to public office; he served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. His life and legacy were commemorated in the Hollywood film Milk that came out about a year ago. Through a bill sponsored by Equality California and authored by Senator Mark Leno, the California Legislature passed and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill creating a state commemorative day for Milk last year, making 2010 the first year that Harvey Milk Day will be celebrated.

Lots more on this site tomorrow on Harvey Milk and his legacy.

Here are some of the events going on this weekend to mark the day:

SATURDAY: Tomorrow morning at 10 am, over 100 volunteers will go door-to-door in neighborhoods that supported Prop. 8 to build support for marriage equality through one-on-one conversations.

http://dymsum.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dustinlanceblack.jpgRight at 10 before the volunteers depart, a number of speakers will talk to the crowd, including United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta, Assemblymember Hector de la Torre, Assemblymember Kevin de Leon, LA City Councilmember Jose Huizar, and Dustin Lance Black (pictured, left) Oscar-winning screenwriter of the film Milk about Harvey’s life.

The event will be at the East Los Angeles Service Center, 133 N. Sunol Dr., Los Angeles. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113422325362958&index=1#!/event.php?eid=121143514572717

http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Obama+Honors+Sixteen+Congressional+Medal+Freedom+nlq6AxgwwZ0m.jpgTomorrow afternoon, Sharon and Kelly Osbourne will open their home for a celebration for Harvey Milk Day. Harvey Milk’s nephew Stuart Milk (pictured with President Obama last year) and California Senator Mark Leno will also be in attendance.

The event is a fundraiser for Equality California’s Political Action Committee, which endorses candidates who are 100 percent for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. http://www.eqcaevents.org/calendar/events/index.php?com=detail&eID=82

SUNDAY: In the afternoon from 1-4 pm in Brentwood, there will be a family BBQ and picnic to celebrate Harvey’s life. This event will kick off the creation of EQCA’s Families Advisory Council, a group of LGBT and allied parents who will help EQCA to develop effective messaging and strategies to build support among parents of young children. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113422325362958&index=1

UPDATE: If you want to get involved, Karen Ocamb has an extensive post on what is going on tomorrow and where. Check it out at LGBT POV!

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  1. Outrageously though, there won’t be Harvey Milk Day at Kern high schools: http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/94279744.html

    Alas, it ain’t unconstitutional to make your students feel like they’re going to school in a possibly unsafe environment, dominated by bias.

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