http://www.lafpdl.com A blog about humanity, equality, love, life, and family Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:56:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en UC Berkeley Scholarship: The Beverly Mullins Memorial Scholarship The Mullins family along with the UC Berkeley California Re-entry Alumni Chapter have come together to create a needs-based scholarship for Single parent re-entry students, doing full-time study at UC Berkeley. The Beverly Mullins Memorial Scholarship is in memory of Beverly Mullins, a ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=290 [caption id="attachment_409" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="J's drawing of the National Equality March "][/caption] We spend 9 days in Washington DC early October to attend the National Equality March. Though the march itself was amazing, it was the stories around the march that really brought it to life for me. @flygirlaviation -"barging it" in ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=408 We are very excited to announce the recipient of a new scholarship my family has created, Shannon Swan an Anthropology major at UC Berkeley. The Future Women Leaders scholarship was created out of a need to help support future women leaders that are dedicated to empowering and/or giving back to women ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=382 Tuesday Morning, 10:00 AM: I will be meeting the OneStruggleOneFight.org group at the Courthouse at 10:00 AM for a peaceful street blockade. They are coordinating with an interfaith group of clergy, and are acting in the spirit of nonviolent resistance. Look for their large sign "SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL" and ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=373 The Prop 8 Oral Arguments on March 5, 2009: The "peaceful" rally, as stated by most of the local news stations, was a very different experience for me. After watching channel 2, 4, 5 and 7 news I couldn't believe some of the stories they chose NOT to cover. [caption id="attachment_344" ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=332 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u95a3Kp8lkg[/youtube] http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=367 I will be streaming live eman's event this afternoon. He is raising money for St Baldrick's Foundation, a nonprofit organization that raises money for childrens cancer research.  EMAN WROTE: Here’s the story folks: I came across this article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/16/hm.shave.childhood.cancer/index.html?iref=newssearch and was inspired because I need a haircut really badly. I also came to realize that if ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=360 I just received this newsletter from the Sundance Institute and saw that many of the films i watched at Sundance 2008 and 2009 are being shown in theaters. Go to Sundance.org for detailed locations. For the east coasters who could not make it to Utah for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=354 [caption id="attachment_272" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Sundance Film Festival 2009"][/caption] The Sundance Film Festival was fantastic! Below is a recap of the films I saw in order of preference. The top 5 are "must see" films. At some of the films I was able to catch a Q&A on video. Those are stored on ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=264 I walked into the Queer Cafe on Main Street and found a great discussion happening upstairs with the cast and crew of La Mission. La Mission is a film dealing with homophobia in minority communities. [caption id="attachment_253" align="alignright" width="300" caption="La Mission - Sundance Film Festival"][/caption] Directed and written by Peter Bratt and ... http://www.lafpdl.com/?p=251