Selma and Stonewall: Setting the Agenda for Equal Rights in the 21st Century

June 22, 2010, 9:00am - 10:30am

Neither the mainstream LGBT community nor the mainstream African-American community has found a way to unite behind common issues of concern. While there has been some effort on the part of the organized LGBT community to support issues of importance to the African-American community and vice versa, it has not been sufficient.

This briefing will begin to reframe and broaden the current discourse on this topic, building on the Arcus Foundation’s work on messaging to the African-American community. We will discuss new polling data and other recent research to highlight issues common to black LGBT people and the broader black community, and discuss how more meaningful collaboration can occur to advance a broader equal rights agenda inclusive of LGBT equality.