IT IS OFFICIAL - the Court will issue its Ruling this Tuesday May 26, 2009.
Please mark your calendar and bring all your friends to participate in this historic day for our community.
We
NEED volunteers for SF's Day of Decision. Please email volunteer
coordinator Dolores at d_lorlor101@yahoo.com. We need help with
peacekeepers, handing out stickers, postcards and chant sheets.
Here's a rundown of all of the activities in San Francisco -- please spread the word far and wide:
ON MONDAY MAY 25th - NIGHT PRIOR TO THE RULING:
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7:00pm to 8:30pm: Interfaith Prayer service at Grace Cathedral (1100
California St). All peaceful loving people are invited to come together
for this service, no matter what their position on the court case may
be.
On TUESDAY MAY 26 - THE DAY OF THE RULING:
- 8:30am to 9:15am: Service/Blessing at St. Francis Lutheran Church (152 Church St, across from Safeway).
- 9:15am to 10am: March from Saint Francis to Civic Center Plaza.
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9:30am to 10:30: California Supreme Court steps (400 McAllister St)
Everyone is invited to stand with us on the steps to receive the
ruling. If you are a couple that married, or wanted to marry and will
speak to media, please email your name, contact information, phone
number and story to media@marriageequality.org. Please bring your
families and allies with you.
- 10:30am: Circle of Care at Civic
Center Plaza. If the marriage ban is upheld, a group of Bay Area clergy
and congregants will engage in nonviolent civil disobedience
immediately after receiving the ruling go to
www.onestruggleonefight.org for details.
THE EVENING OF THE RULING - COMMUNITY GATHERING
Emceed by Stuart Gaffney, John Lewis, Lawrence Ellis, Molly McKay and Davina Kotulski
- 5:00pm to 6:00: Pre-March Rally at SF City Hall (speakers include Terry Stewart, Kate Kendell and others)
- 6:00pm to 7:00: March to MLK Memorial at Yerba Buena Gardens (4th and Mission, next to Metreon). Follow
http://twitter.com/stop8dotorgfor live updates from the march.
- 7:00pm to 8:30: Post-March Gathering at Yerba Buena Gardens, (speakers including Rev. Amos Brown , music, and next steps)
For more information visit www.marriageequality.org or dayofdecision.org
THE WEEKEND AFTER THE RULING:
- Meet in the Middle for Equality in Fresno:
http://www.meetinthemiddle4equality.com/- Saturday: March from Selma to Fresno, meeting at 6:30am and kicking
off at 7:50am
Buses leave from San Francisco - join your fellow love warriors for a road trip for justice you will always remember!
- Saturday: Rally in Fresno; warmup at noon, kickoff at 1pm