On Saturday afternoon about 30 people rallied in front of the Community Alliance and Action Network community center then marched through Joliet distributing fliers to passers by and chanting slogans such as "We're here, we're queer, we're fabulous, get used to us" and "Hey hey, ho ho, homophobia/transphobia's got to go." Upon arriving at the Will County Courthouse the group heard a variety of speakers address issues such as the Illinois civil union bill, changes needed on the federal level, support from communities of faith, and the work being done to provide safe schools.
Everyone was encouraged to visit http://tinyurl.com/JolietAA to see the Joliet Action Alert that provides important information about making necessary changes at the federal, state, and local levels.
Quite a few bloggers and some of the LGBT press posted information about our event in advance. A reporter from the Herald News of Joliet did initially attend the event, but apparently no interviews were conducted, and we have no sign that a story was written.
Ryan Kolodziej, a photographer from ChicagoPride.com was on hand and stayed with us for the entire event. His photographs are available for viewing and download here. An article was written about the event and is available on ChicagoPride.com's website. Some photos and captions were also published in the Windy City Times. See page 8 of the pdf.
More great pictures and video are available for viewing. Kevin Zolkiewicz has posted a highlights video as well as Rick Garcia's speech and Erica Chu's. See his photos as well as these from Ellen Howell. For those on Facebook, Veronica Dratz has also posted some photos.
Thanks again to everyone who made this event possible. Be sure to take action at http://tinyurl.com/JolietAA.
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