RU12? joins Lamda Legal's "Sign the Pledge" for Equality

Lamda Legal says "Sign the Pledge" on Second Annual "Clock in For Equality Day" on May 15th.  Thursday May 15th, 2008 is the second annual "Clock in for Equality" day, a national day of action to educate and mobilize people to promote workplace fairness for LGBTQ people. 

Participants are encouraged to sign a pledge agreeing to take specific actions to help increase workplace fairness for LGBTQ people and those with HIV.  That pledge form will be available at RU12? Community Center for anyone interested in signing.  If you stop into the Center ask at the front desk to sign the pledge.  Our goal is to simply collect as many signatures as possible. 

THE PLEDGE:

I believe that workplace discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people and people living with HIV is wrong.  I pledge to support workplace equality whenever I can and will strive to do one or more of the following:

• Treat LGBT people and people living with HIV with respect in and out of the workplace.  Get educated about forms of workplace discrimination that LGBT people and people living with HIV experience.
• Help make my workplace LGBT- and HIV - friendly
• Support my co-workers (or employees') right to form an LGBT employee resource group.
• Help improve policies in my workplace that protect the rights of LGBT workers and workers living with HIV and work to carry out existing policies.
• Help improve laws protecting the rights of LGBT workers and workers living with HIV on the local, state and federal level. 
• Speak out if I witness workplace harassment or discrimination at work or in the community. 

The mission of RU12? Community Center is very much aligned with the work that Lamda Legal's "sign the pledge" is doing so making the decision to have the Center a place for people to sign was an easy one.  You can come to the Center (we of course would love to see you) and sign or you can visit http://ga4.org/campaign/clockin and sign online.