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Millennium March on Washington : the trip thus far
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MaiENKioM March
OK Washington
for Equauty
Apru 30
2000
The Millennium
March on Washington
for Equality — the
fourth national March
on Washington in the
history of the GLBT
movement — is quickly
approaching. This over
view of the first year of
planning covers the his
tory of the event as well as provides the latest
developments in the undertaking.
• A meeting was held in Washington, DC
in June of 1998 to which 45 state, regional and
national GLBT organizations sent representa
tives. These participants represented hundreds
of thousands of grassroots activists across
America. Participants affirmed that a March on
Washington would be held April 30, 2000.
• Participants at the June meeting created a
Millennium March on Washington (MMOW)
Board of Directors and established board goals
of a minimum membership of 50 percent
people of color as well as gender parity. These
goals have been achieved and exceeded.
• There are 15 members of the MMOW
Board of Directors. Nine are women (60 per
cent). And for the first time in the history of
the Marches on Washington, 60 petcent of the
Board members are people of color, including
33 percent Latino/a, 20 percent African Ameri
can and seven percent Asian American.
• At this writing, 75 state, regional and na
tional GLBT organizations have endorsed the
Millennium March on Washington, among
them Rock The Vote, PFLAG, National Orga
nization for Women, Gay & Lesbian Bands of
America, Human Rights Campaign, InterPride,
The Feminist Majority, National Center for
Lesbian Rights, College Democrats, and the
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Commu
nity Churches among a host of others.
• Four members of the MMOW Board of
Directors were named co-chairs of the event:
Duane Cramer (The NAMES Project AIDS
Memorial Quilt), Ann DeGroot (OUTFront
Minnesota), Nicole Murray-Ramirez (National
Latino/a Lesbian and Gay Organization), and
Donna Red Wing (Human Rights Campaign).
• Robin Tyler Productions was retained to
produce the March. Robin was intimately in
volved with the three previous Marches on
Washington, producing the main stage rallies.
• The Board of Directors established an
MMOW Leadership Council. The Leadership
Council consists of one representative from each
endorsing organization and two at-large mem
bers from every state and Puerto Rico.
• A work plan was designed and submitted
to the Board of Directors, including a detailed
budget. This plan was approved.
• The Board of Directors approved plans to
conduct “GLBT Vote 2000” to register voters
and mobilize GLBT voters to the polls for the
presidential election in November of 2000.
MMOW will coordinate efforts with Jesse
Jacksons voter registration drive and with the
election efforts of “Rock The Vote.”
• The Board approved “town meetings” and
public forums across the US to facilitate local
input and organizing. Public meetings have
been held in Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis,
Pensacola, Philadelphia and San Diego. The
Board will also conduct massive Internet poll
ing, allowing every grassroots activist in the
country to vote on the platform of the March.
This level of grassroots participation will use
the latest Internet technology and capabilities
to make the March the most democratic, par
ticipatory March in GLBT history.
• In the first 13 months, (March 98-April
1, 99) $13,152 was raised and $13,004 was
spent on expenses, including advertising, travel,
postage, office supplies, printing, telephones
and related expenses.
• PlanetOut signed on as a corporate spon
sor of the March with a commitment to pro
vide $250,000 cash — and a total of more than
$1 million in cash and in-kind services.
• In an historic first, plans were announced
to cybercast the March to the world via the
Internet. It will be translated into Spanish,
French, Chinese, Italian and other languages.
• March organizers held a national press
conference at the National Press Club in Wash
ington, DC on April 30, 1999 to announce
GLBT Vote 2000, PlanetOut’s $ 1 million spon
sorship, the creation of the March’s official
website, and the launching of a series of town
meetings across the US.
• The Board of Directors affirmed that all
MMOW Board Meetings will be open to the
public and the press and will include an open
comment period for the public.
• Several polls show overwhelming grassroots
support for the March. The Advocates Internet
Poll shows 84 percent of respondents support
the Millennium March. The DataLounge Poll
shows more than 85 percent support. The
UFMCC Poll consistently shows more than 90
percent support by grassroots UFMCC mem
bers. And the PlanetOut Survey shows that
more than 60 percent of the GLBT commu
nity wants to attend the Millennium March.
• The Board of Directors retained veteran
activist Ginny Foat to serve as the March’s as
sociate producer and Jim Birkitt to serve as
communications director.
• A significant portion of the profits from
the Millennium March will be distributed to
people of color organizations and to state and
local GLBT organizations, with the remainder
to be determined at a later date.
• Emmy Award winning producer John
Scagliotti was named Director of Video Pro
ductions. Scagliotti was executive producer of
the documentary Before Stonewall which re
ceived two Emmy Awards following its national
broadcast on PBS in 1986. His latest film. Af
ter Stonewall: From The Riots To The Millen
nium, premieted on national TV on June 23
and chronicled the struggles of the GLBT jus
tice movement over the past three decades.
Scagliotti is also the creator of In The Life, a
TV series focusing on gay and lesbian news
which airs bi-monthly on 120 PBS stations.
• The Advocate signed on as a Supporting
Sponsor with a $425,000 unprecedented in-
kind sponsorship which includes full-page, full-
color ads in 20 issues of the magazine and the
printing of300,000 copies of the 48-page offi
cial march commemorative program.
More information on the March is available
on the Internet at www.mmow.org. ▼
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