Hey [ ], looks like you just can’t get rid of me! Ha. So, Senator Dabakis is hosting a “Compassionate Conversation” next week to help share the stories of LGBT people and their allies to some of his republican colleagues at the legislature. He specifically wanted me to reach out again and invite the [ ] GSA and its advisors to be in the room and hopefully share a little of why building welcoming spaces in our state is so important.
The meeting is next Wednesday @ 6pm in the Capitol. Would you and some of your students want to come down and attend?
Please let me know.
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| With Senator Dabakis I wish our whole group could have gone. |
This was a very special invitation to a historic event. There were about 12 people invited to speak, and our GSA student was one of them! Three of our faculty advisors, 5 GSA members, and I attended. It was wonderful and up-lifting. The stories of discrimination were heartbreaking, but the opportunity to be heard was heart-healing.
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| These are great souls. I would be proud to be any of their moms. |
These are links of local news coverage of the event:
sltrib - article, photos
Fox13 - article, video
2KUTV - article, video
ksl - article, video
ABC4Utah - article, video
And I'd like to add this link of my friend Ellen's post about last night, how it lifted her, and her positive impression of Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. >> "Utah State Senate Testimony Session."
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WE ARE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE A HISTORIC OCCASION-A JOURNEY OF 1000 MILES STARTS WITH A SINGLE STEP. Senators Steve Urquhart and Jim Dabakis will host the first ever conversation between the LGBTQ Community and Utah State Leaders. The Lt Governor of the State of Utah, Assistant Attorney General, the President of the Senate, legislative leadership, members of the House and Senate will gather to listen to the testimonies of twelve honored LGBTQ Utahns from every part of the state.
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