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NEXT MEETING! Monday, July 20, 2009 6:30 PM at Grady's Bar-B-Q 6510 San Pedro Ave in San Antonio (San Pedro & Jackson Keller) July Speaker: TBD August Speaker: Deputy Chief Jose Banales San Antonio Police Department's (SAPD) Liaison to the San Antonio LGBT Community September Speaker: Hon. Julìan Castro Mayor of San Antonio	SAVE THE DATE! Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio 3rd Annual Awards Banquet Celebrating Stonewall: 40 Years of Pride & Progress 7:00PM, Saturday, October 3rd, 2009 Hilton Palacio del Rio Keynote Speaker: Matt Foreman (wiki) Director of Gay & Lesbian and Immigrant Rights programs at the Evelyn & Walter Haas, Jr. Fund (Click here for details.)
June 28, 2009 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots From Wikipedia: "The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations against a police raid that took place in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969 at the Stonewall Inn, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City. They are frequently cited as the first instance in American history when gays and lesbians fought back against a government-sponsored system that persecuted homosexuals, and they have become the defining event that marked the start of the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world..." (read more)
SharedAgenda.org, "A project of Pride at Work and National Stonewall Democrats", is supporting ENDA - Employment Non-Discrimination Act (H.R.3685) and EFCA - Employee Free Choice Act (H.R.1409) (S.560). National Stonewall Democrats is also tracking H.R.1913, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009. The information provided at the links above is courtesy of OpenCongress.org.	Stonewall Democrats of San Antonio support the Bexar County Democratic Party! Our county party is in need of funds. Click the "Contribute" button below to make a secure online donation to BCDP that will be flagged as coming from SDSA.