David Mariner

The Center Oscar Party THIS SUNDAY!

Help elect a gay man to Congress that we can be proud of…

Please join us Tuesday, September 4th at 8:30 to 9:30 PM at HALO to spend an evening with openly gay Congressional candidate for Colorado’s second district.

Jared Polis has served six years on the Colorado State Board of Education and seven years on the Colorado Democratic Party Executive Committee from 2000-2007. He is a succesful business man, a proven leader. With your help, he can become the next openly gay Democrat elected to Congress and be a powerful voice for our issues.

Please join us THIS TUESDAY NIGHT at Halo to meet Jared and to find out more.

David Mariner

PS: Jared was recently endorsed by Equality Giving. I’ve included their endorsement below.

Equality Giving Endorsement Message on Jared Polis

Jared Polis is running for Congress in Colorado’s 2nd district for the seat that will be vacated by Representative Mark Udall who is running for US Senate. If Polis wins, he would be the first openly gay man elected to Congress as a freshman.

Polis supports all the Equality Goals including marriage equality. We could count on Representative Polis voting for Employment Non-Discrimination, Hate Crimes, repeal of "Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell," and repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act and any other pro-equality bills that would come his way.

Polis needs to win the Democratic primary in Colorado next year in August. The winner of the primary is likely to win the general in this heavily Democratic district that includes Boulder. While his opponents have strong credentials as well, Polis has out-fundraised them so far, indicating he has a great shot of winning. His fundraising must continue to be strong for him to remain competitive.

Polis is a successful entrepreneur and businessman, a proven community leader, a loyal Democrat and dedicated citizen. Additionally, Polis has been very active in improving education in Colorado and created the Jared Polis Foundation, founded the New America High School, and co-founded the Academy of Urban Learning in addition to serving on Colorado’s State Board of Education for six years.

Please give what you can today to help Polis become just the 3rd openly gay politician in Congress, joining Representatives Tammy Baldwin and Barney Frank.

For up to date information on the LGBTQ equality positions of all candidates running for US President, please go to our website, www.eQualityGiving.org under politicians.

10 Things You Can Do to Fight HIV in DC

We had a great DC Fights Back Meeting last night. We’re working on four great events: 1. The Bird Dogging Training which will take place on August 30th; 2. The AIDS Walk on October 6th - we have a great DCFB AIDS Walk Team you can join; 3. An HIV/AIDS Resource Fair which will take place on October 16th; and finally 4. We’ll be working with the Metropolitan Washington Public Health Association to conduct a Speak Out and Neighborhood March on November 3rd and will also be part of the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. You can click here to download a cool flyer which describes all four events.

DC Fights Back is doing a great job I want to stress, however, that we can’t do it without your help. Here are TEN quick and easy things you can do to make a difference right now.

10 Things You Can Do to Fight HIV in DC

1. Please download this flyer and put it up somewhere in your community like your local coffee shop, place of worship, bar, or school, or wherever we can reach new people.

2. If you haven’t already please join the DC Fights Back Announcement list at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dcfightsback so that you can stay in the loop.

3. Take just one minute today and send a welcome message to Dr Hader, the new Director of the HIV/AIDS Administration. Dr. Hader needs to hear the concerns of our community, and she needs to know that we are engaged, that we are organized, and that we expect measurable progress.

4. If you can help organize the October 16th HIV/AIDS Resource Fair, click here to contact Cherie Lindsay and volunteer.

5. Join the DC Fights Back AIDS Walk Team and walk with us on October 6th.

6. Take just 30 seconds today and help raise the visibility of HIV in DC by adding Fight HIV in DC to your list of friends on: Myspace, Friendster, or YouTube.

7. If you can help organize the November 3rd Speak Out and Neighborhood March, click here to contact Karen Pomerantz and volunteer.

8. Be a YouTube Star - Record a video documenting your experience with HIV in DC and we’ll add it to our youtube page. If you don’t have a camera, let me know, and we’ll put you in touch with someone who does.

9. Add the DC city-wide HIV/AIDS Calendar to your website or myspace page. The folks at Metro Teen AIDS just added the calendar to their Metro TeenAIDS MySpace Page, which I’m excited about. To learn more, click here or just ask me.

10. Come to the next DC Fights Back Meeting on August 28th at Our Place DC at 6pm at Our Place DC, 801 Penn. Ave SE. Washington, DC 20003 Suite 460.