As Equality California faces harsh criticism for its role in bungling the No On Prop 8 campaign, the organization has given itself an infusion of new blood by hiring gay rights leaders and activists Marc Solomon and Andrea Shorter. From EQCA:
Leaders hired to strengthen work in communities of color, faith and to ensure the freedom to marry for same-sex couples
SAN FRANCISCO — Equality California is bringing two leaders on board to expand EQCA’s efforts to achieve full equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, including the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. Marc Solomon will lead EQCA’s efforts to restore and keep the right to marry and increase public support and acceptance of LGBT families as its marriage director. Solomon led the fight to protect marriage equality in Massachusetts as the executive director of MassEquality.
Andrea Shorter will serve as coalition coordinator to strengthen and expand statewide coalition building efforts and to help bring resources and support to LGBT organizations, especially those who concentrate on issues impacting communities of color and faith. Shorter is co-founder and director of And Marriage For All, a public-education campaign that engages communities of color in dialogue about the freedom to marry for same-sex couples.
In the friggin’ landmine of the post-Prop-8 autopsy, just accepting these positions is a pretty brave move.
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