Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast Coachella Valley

Happy Birthday Harvey. We may not be gathering in person this year to celebrate this American hero's Birthday but we can stop for a moment and honor his legacy. "It takes no compromising to give people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no survey to remove repressions." Happy Birthday Harvey Milk.

The Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast Coalition may not be able to gather in person to do the necessary planning and organizing required to sustain the annual program in the Coachella Valley but we look darn good on Zoom! We are facing challenges in this ever-changing landscape together. Stronger Together!

Annise Parker To Be Recognized With Legacy Award The Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast Committee announces that Annise Parker will be this year's recipient of the Harvey B. Milk Legacy Award at the 9th Annual Coachella Valley Harvey Milk Diversity Breakfast on Thursday, May 7, 2020, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. Parker currently serves as the President & CEO of Victory Fund. She served six years as a Houston City Council member, six years as City Controller, and six ...years as Mayor of the city. She is one of only two women to have been elected mayor and is the only person in Houston history to have held the offices of council member, controller, and mayor. She was the first openly LGBTQ mayor of a major American city. Tickets and sponsorships online at www.bit.ly/MILK2020 *New Coffee Welcome & Breakfast *Program starts at 9:30 am and ends at 11:00 am *This event is accessible for persons with visual, hearing and mobility impairments. *Proceeds benefit Coachella Valley youth through Gay-Straight Alliance clubs and LGBTQI youth-related programs. *Additional Honorees and entertainment to be announced soon.

May 7, 2020 - Save-the-Date for the 2020 breakfast.

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Beautiful fun night in Sitges.

Keynoting the Breakfast will be State Controller Betty Yee. Ms. Yee has more than 35 years of experience in public service, specializing in state and local finance and tax policy. Previously she served as Chief Deputy Director for Budget with the California Department of Finance where she led the development of the Governor's Budget, negotiations with the Legislature and key budget stakeholders, and fiscal analyses of legislation. Prior to this, she served in senior staff p...ositions for several fiscal and policy committees in both houses of the California State Legislature. She also co-founded the Asian Pacific Youth Leadership Project, which exposes California high school youth to the public service, public policy, and political arenas. Ms. Yee is dedicated to creating incentives to increase the number of affordable housing units, spur economic development, support pollution-control innovations, and strengthen health and educational facilities. This year the breakfast is commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising which is known as the birth of the modern LGBT movement, and the Assassination of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official in California, and his legacy of groundbreaking inspiration in the struggle to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. The event is designed to strengthen coalitions among the many diverse community organizations that work toward equality in the Coachella Valley and benefit Coachella Valley youth through Gay-Straight Alliance clubs and LGBT youth-related programs. Registration for the event begins at 8:45 am, Program & Breakfast from 9:30 to 11 am. For tickets or more information go to www.harveymilk.us.