2008 Night Parade
Saturday, June 14, 2008
8:00 PM - 10:00 PMBrooklyn Pride is proud to be honoring the following as our Grand Marshall's for the 2008 Night Parade. The Brooklyn Community Pride Center - In April, 2007, during a meeting of the Stonewall Democratic Club at The LGBT Community Center in Manhattan, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, an invited guest speaker, was asked why there wasn’t an LGBT Center in Brooklyn. “There definitely should be one” was his response and when Marty says there should be something, he makes it happen. Read more... The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center/Bruce Anderson - Bruce Anderson has been a member of the board of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center for seven years, and Board president since 2004. He has a long history with the Center, which began with volunteering in the early years of GMHC when they called the Center home, and then in the Center’s Mediation Program. His professional background is social work; specifically in the areas of HIV/AIDS and low income housing. Read more... Regina Shavers - GRIOT’s late Executive Director, had a long history of community involvement and activism. As co-chair of District Council 37 she advocated for workers’ rights, and served on the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Lesbian and Gay Rights Advisory Board. She played an active role in the Campaign for and Inclusive Family Policy, the citywide coalition that negotiated with Mayor David N. Dinkins to obtain Domestic Partner benefits for New York City employees. She also helped to found Pride At Work, a constituency group of the AFL-CIO that focuses on the rights and unionization of LGBT workers. Read more... |
