WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearings for Sixth Circuit judicial nominee Joan Larsen, Seventh Circuit judicial nominee Amy Coney Barrett, and Eric Dreiband, nominated to head the Department of Justice’s civil rights division, Alliance for Justice (AFJ) President Nan Aron spoke out against all three of the nominees opposing their confirmation….
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Volunteers are being sought for the 28th annual AIDS Walk & Run San Diego, which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 30. Each year, approximately 500 dedicated volunteers help make AIDS Walk happen, from assisting with office work, phone banks, outreach, event set up and tear down, registration and more. “Volunteers…
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Chart topping and Grammy nominated singer Adam Lambert will perform at the Beverly Hilton Oct. 7 when Point Foundation (Point) honors innovative TV and film writer, director, and producer Jill Soloway. Actress and comedian Kathryn Hahn will present the award to Soloway. The evening will be hosted by comedian Michelle Collins,…
Ryan Steele has been best known for his roles on stage as a teenager for the last eight years. His first role on Broadway was in the revival of West Side Story. That show gave Steele two solid years of work. That led to being cast in the musical Billy Elliot. Soon after his work…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Former San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has entered the race for County Supervisor. The registrar of voters office processed a Candidate Intention Statement Tuesday that was submitted by Dumanis. Dumanis faces former Assemblyman Nathan Fletcher in the June primary, along with fellow Democrats Lori Saldaña, Omar Passons and Ken Malbrough….
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Six local artists recently recognized for their outstanding achievements in the field of Visual Arts will be featured in the San Diego Art Prize booth [#114] at this month’s ART San Diego. Rizzhel Mae Javier, Alexander Kohnke, Miriam Gabriela Garcia Aquirre, Cathy Breslaw, Michelle Montjoy and Rebecca Louise Webb have been…
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Former President Barack Obama spoke out today on President Donald Trump’s ending of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “To target these young people is wrong ― because they have done nothing wrong,” Obama said in a statement. “It is self-defeating ― because they want to start new businesses, staff…
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Equality Federation has issued a call to action to tell swing vote lawmakers to support the Dream Act of 2017, and stand-up to Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda. “President Trump’s announcement that he will end DACA, a program that protects undocumented young people who grew up in America from deportation, is a cruel and…
NEW YORK — With the announcement this morning of the Trump administration’s intention to phase out DACA, a program that had protected nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S as children from deportation, social media exploded. In fact, in the hour following the announcement by Attorney General Jeff Sessions (12 noon to 1…
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The San Diego LGBT Center will hold a “Defend DACA Rally” at 6 p.m. today, Tuesday, Sept.5 at the San Diego County Waterfront Park — water fountain facing Harbor Drive (1600 Pacific Hwy, San Diego). Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), is an Obama program started four years ago. The government…
