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University of Pennsylvania; and Tom Culligan, Co-Founder, Second Cup.

Moderator: Benjie

Nycum, Founder,

Reinvigorating the Grassroots: Inside and Outside Strategies 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., Temple University Center City, 1515 Market Street, Room 322.

Steve Glassman

This panel, produced by

the Federation of

LGBT Statewide

Organizations,

explores opportunities for activists of all ages to become further involved

in the LGBT political movement. Moderator: Steve Glassman, the first openly gay Chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission. Panelists: Nadine Smith, Executive Director, Equality Florida; Dan Furmansky, Executive Director, Free State Justice Campaign of Maryland; Andrea Hildebrand, Executive Director, Kentucky Fairness Alliance; and Ross Levi, Policy Director, Empire State Pride Agenda.

7th Annual Jim Wheeler

International Youth Panel

3 to 4:15 p.m., Prince Music Theater, 1412 Chestnut Street. &

This program, held in memory of Jim Wheeler the gay teen, poet and subject of the film JIM IN BOLD examines current issues facing GLBTQ youth.

Benjie Nycum

Young Gay America. Panelists: Ashley Olsen,

Wisconsin youth activist; Lauren McCray,

Delaware youth activist; Shawn Burke, President, New Jersey's Cherokee High School GayStraight Alliance; Ryan MacCarrigan, Columbia University student activist. Special Guest: Susan Wheeler, Jim Wheeler's mother.

Lauren McCray

Quest for GLBT Legal and Public Recognition in Central Africa 3 to 4:15 p.m., Temple University Center City, 1515 Market Street, 3rd Floor, Room 321. & l.

Julienne A. Mbong

Nicole E. Alemoka

A

This program, presented by the leading GLBT civil rights organization in Cameroon, explores the way GLBT issues are perceived by the government and the people of Central Africa.

Moderators: Julienne A. Mbong, President, and Nicole E. Alemoka, International Relations Coordinator, Association Justice et

Droit Pour Tous.

abuday continued ➜

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