Thursday from New Mexico

Hey, from New Mexico folks! It's late on Thursday evening at the time of writing this so it's going to be short and sweet. I am attending the summer meeting of the Equality Federation. The EQ is the national network organization of statewide lgbt groups. While there are several sessions running at any given moment, I attended a caucus discussion for Board members this morning. During lunch, everyone took part in a discussion sponsored by the Gay and Lesbian Leadership Institute on professional development in the lgbt movement. After lunch, I went to a session on "Research, Targeting, Messaging: New Approaches and New Directions. This included presentation by Arizona and California. I found both interesting, especially Arizona. Finally, this afternoon I went to a session on "Why do Funders do what they do?" This was pretty cool. It included folks from the Gill Foundation and Gill Action Fund, both of which are great organizations. Oh, at this session at got to sit by my ole cute buddie, Jeff (just smile if you're reading this, Jeff, you're looking manly). This evening, Equality New Mexico treated everyone to dinner at Sandia Resort and Golf Course. We watched the presidential forum on lgbt issues, sponsored by the HRC Foundation... I hope you watched it as well! I'm tired and got another full day tomorrow. Here are some images.

~Jody