Horizons Foundation's Fourth Annual
GIVERS & SHAKERS CONFERENCE
A content-rich day of learning, sharing, and exploring philanthropy with larger givers to the LGBT community
Saturday, April 16, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Registration starts at 9:00 a.m.
Wine and cheese reception to follow
Franciscan Room at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel
450 Powell Street, San Francisco
SCHEDULE
9:00-10:00 REGISTRATION and CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
10:00 WELCOME and OPENING REMARKS
Jeff Lewy, Chair, and Angela Berry, Vice-Chair, Horizons Foundation Board of Directors
Roger Doughty, Executive Director, Horizons Foundation
10:20 OPENING PLENARY
Lessons from the Front Lines:
What We Can Learn from the Repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
PANELISTS:
Aubrey Sarvis, Executive Director, Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Dr. Aaron Belkin, Director, Palm Center, UC Santa Barbara
Ty Walrod, Co-Director, OutServe
MODERATOR:
Cmdr. Zoe Dunning, USNR (Ret.)
When President Obama signed the repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in 2010, it was the culmination of years of work on the ground, in the courts, behind the scenes, and in the media. Examining how this victory came about-including the stumbling blocks along the way-can help the LGBT movement devise strategies for building towards success on other critical issues in our community.
11:50-12:00 BREAK
12:00 LUNCHEON
Keynote Address:
Rea Carey
Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
Introduction by Richard Davis, US Trust (Presenting Sponsor)
When Rea Carey became the Executive Director of the Task Force in 2008, she already had a long history of leadership in the LGBT community. As the keynote speaker at this year's Givers & Shakers Conference, she'll share her perspective on the state of the national LGBT movement today and how each of us can make a difference.
1:30 AFTERNOON PLENARY
Does "Forwarding" Move Us Forward?
The Role of New Media in Social Justice Movements
PANELISTS:
Leyla Farah, Founding Partner, Cause+Effect Public Relations
Eden James, Director of Organizing, Change.org
Scott Zumwalt, Project Manager, It Gets Better Project
MODERATOR:
Jenni Olson, Director, E-Commerce & Consumer Marketing, WolfeVideo.com, and Co-Founder, PlanetOut.com
Tweets, blogs, links, petitions…it seems we have an infinite number of ever-changing ways to share information about the issues we care about. How are these tools most effective at making change? Where do they still need to grow? Three leaders in the field will discuss the evolving landscape of social media and strategies to connect online activism with real-world results.
3:00 CLOSING REMARKS
Roger Doughty, Executive Director, Horizons Foundation
3:15-4:00 MINGLING OVER WINE AND CHEESE
PRESENTED BY
SPONSORED IN PART BY
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