Sunday, April 2nd marked the grand opening of offices to be shared by Equality California (EQCA) www.eqca.org and the Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) www.gsanetwork.org here in Fresno. To celebrate the opening, a Warming Party/Mixer/BBQ was held at the site of the office, located at 928 North Van Ness Avenue. A large, enthusiastic crowd attended to make […]
O.U.T. L.O.U.D. stands for Open and Understanding Team, Loving Ourselves and Uniting Diversity. Starting in January of 2006, O.U.T. L.O.U.D. began its planning phases with seven members. The inspiration for O.U.T. L.O.U.D. began several years prior to the actual establishment of the group by those who had aged-out of GSA Network and other community advocacy
Al Franken came to Fresno this week to do a live broadcast of The Al Franken Show, http://shows.airamericaradio.com/alfrankenshow/ his weekly segment on Air America Radio http://airamericaradio.com/ . When I heard about it I also heard that the 400 available tickets were free and the live broadcast would be from 9AM-Noon on a Thursday. I couldn’t
EQCA and GSA’s Joint Office Warming Party and Mixer Representatives from some of the leading human rights organizations are touring California meeting and discussing strategy with local leaders with the goal of building more powerful and connected networks around the state. Come meet up with them on their Fresno stop and meet and greet with
Al Franken will broadcast his nationally syndicated Air America talk show LIVE from Fresno on Thursday, March 30 from 9am – 12noon! You can pick up your FREE tickets at the KFPT Studios, Radio City, at 1071 W. Shaw (at Palm in Fresno) Monday-Friday from 8:30am-5:30pm. Questions? Call (559) 490-7900 Meet up with us by
The Advocate, the largest and most respected gay magazine in the country, has published a two part special investigation into the death of our own Nathan Christofferson, who died suddenly and for unknown reasons late last year. The articles, “Faith of His Father” and “What Would Nathan Do” appear in issues dated March 14th &
The Gay Officers Action League (GOAL) of California’s executive board and membership have unanimously opened its membership to include not only Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Law Enforcement Personnel, now will allow membership to all Public Emergency Service Personnel and Military personnel Active or Retired living or stationed in Central California. GOAL of California is a mirror Fraternal
PROJECT: MALE FIGHTING AIDS IN FRESNO COUNTY Friday the 13th is thought of as a day of bad luck and disaster, basically a not so good day. Well that’s what it was for CHAANGE on Friday January 13th. That was the day that I had received a phone call telling me that the CHAANGE
On Saturday, March 4th Central California Alliance (CCA) hosted it’s second annual Comedy Night. The laugh filled event took place at Fagan’s Irish Pub on Kern street in downtown Fresno. The valley’s own Amy Shuklian, who has also appeared on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing”, hosted the evening with her own trademark wit, touching on
On Sunday February 26th Central California Alliance hosted a House Party fundraiser for Equality California. The event was attended by about fifty supporters of LGBT equality. There was a screening of the film “Tying the Knot” a touching film on the struggle for marriage equality. Comedian and activist Robin Tyler was a guest speaker. The
