Act OUT: the National Family Conference ::
Over 200 people gathered in
> hone our messaging strategy
> practice telling our stories
> connect with other families dedicated to love, justice, family, and equality.
Family Pride was proud to collaborate with COLAGE on this conference and to provide the much needed space for adult COLAGErs to explore their role in the social justice movement. COLAGE was also on-hand to work with youth ages 9 and up with their innovative youth programming.
If you attended Act OUT, please be sure to fill out your speaker’s profile so that we are able to provide you with our most up-to-date tools to fight for equality. Also, please take the Act OUT survey.
OUR EXHIBITORSIN THEIR OWN WORDS:
Cat’s Original Booktales
Handcrafted bookmarks made of bead, bone, stone, shell and beaded accessories.
Family to Family is a Texas-based adoption agency that prides itself in giving time and attention to each family and birth mother. The personal touch is what provides most of our parents with a match and placement within a year.
www.fam2fam.org
Human Rights Campaign
The HRC Family Project is working to ensure that GLBT families achieve full equality under the law.
www.hrc.org
Nickname Press
Nickname Press is a Canadian independent publisher of gay/les-positive, diversity-friendly children’s books.
heatherjopling@nicknamepress.com
Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.
No matter what kind of legal situation your family faces, you can depend on Pre-Paid Legal Membership to save you money and worry. Get the legal help you need when you need it without worrying about the cost.
debramatthews@prepaidlegal.com
Scouting for All
Scouting for All is a 501(c)(3) non-profit reaching out to GLBTQ youth in our attempt to get the Boy Scouts of America to stop its discrimination against gay and atheist youth and adults.
www.scoutingforall.org

The Rainbow Babies
TheRainbowBabies.com is a new and exciting website for and about LGBT families featuring professionally written articles on art, adoption, foster care, pregnancy and childrearing.
www.therainbowbabies.com
The Sperm Bank of
www.thespermbankofca.org
Two Lives Publishing
Your source for books for your LGBT family.
www.twolives.com