Operation Shine Washington D.C.

Hosted by Sasha Bruce Youthwork. 741 8th Street, SE.
Luncheon and workshops at 1 pm to 4 pm. Youth Lead / ALL ages welcome. “A community event
created to raise awareness of the homeless LGBTQ youth epidemic in America, and celebrates
the organizations that are empowering homeless and marginally housed youth.”
A march from Sasha Bruce Youthwork to the DC Capitol, west capitol lawn area, is scheduled

for 4 pm; local and national speakers begin at 5 pm.
Google Maps link to Youth March Route.

Saturday, October 10, 2009
IMPACT: Queer and Allied Youth Raise Their Voices!

• IMPACT Event #1 – Open Table Event @ Gallaudet University
Hosted by the Rainbow Society
8am -11am

A grassroots activist festival! This event will give youth activists a chance to collaborate, educate, gather feedback on their ideas, and empower one another. This event will also offer a GSA training, a Trevor Project training on suicide prevention, and a transgender awareness training.

On the Gallaudet Mall – By the Andrew Foster Auditorium
800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington D.C.

**SIGN UP FOR A TABLE! If you are a by-youth and/or for-youth organization working towards queer rights and/or well-being, we encourage you to REGISTER FOR A FREE TABLE AT THIS EVENT. SIGN-UP here**

• IMPACT Event #2 – Speak Out Event @ Gallaudet University
Hosted by the Rainbow Society
11am to 12noon

Youth and their supporters – Speak Out. Ten speakers from all over the United States have been chosen for this event. Come support the youth. Their passion and drive is what will take this movement to the next level.

Andrew Foster Auditorium
800 Florida Avenue, NE, Washington D.C.

• IMPACT Event #3 – Equality FlashMob @ Secret Location
Hosted by Jessi Carrier
12:30pm to 1:30pm

Youth lead / All ages welcome. We will be freezing in place for 5 minutes, expressing the phrase, “This Is What Equality Looks Like!” You may come and participate in this peaceful demonstration by “freezing” or by witnessing and/or documenting the event. We will be dropping a 12 foot banner as well.

Secret Location to be revealed on the day of the event.
(TEXT: equalitynow TO: 41411)
Please follow the instructions on the video below.
http://nemyouth.blogspot.com/

TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING

We know that transportation and housing can be tough on the pocket, so check out these deals:

Find and give help for travel to Washington, D.C.

Use our contact page should you need additional support.

SOME MORE TIPS:

VOLUNTEER WITH IMPACT

SPREAD THE WORD

HOW TO HELP:

1) Follow us on:

Tweet about us, blog about us, write a facebook note or share our link… you know the deal.

2) Email all your friends and link them to our webpage. Then get a group of friends together and join us in DC!

3) Forward our information to a local LGBTQ organization and ask them to spread the word to their members and send a group of youth to DC.

4) Organize – Do you go to a high school or university? If you have a GSA or LGBTQ organization on campus, set up a team to organize a group of students to represent your school at IMPACT. Appeal to your principal, your community center, your theme house, your alumni network, etc, to help you fund the trip. (Materials to help you do this are coming soon)
5) Write an op-ed about the National Equality March and IMPACT 2009 and submit it to your local newspaper.
6) Volunteer with us! Visit our volunteer section and fill out our form to get put on an action team.

7) Check out National Equality March promotional tools and web and print banners.

CONTACT THE IMPACT TEAM