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DESCRIPTION:*Please Distribute Widely ***\n*SAN FRANCISCO** LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER** 
 *\n\n*COMMUNITY ACTION ALERT*\n\n *Contact: *\n\nJennifer V.\nCommunity 
 Programs Coordinator\nThe San Francisco LGBT Community 
 Center\n415-865-5649\n\n*What: **Candlelight Vigil for Lawrence 
 King*\n\n*When:** Tuesday February 19th, 6:00PM  *\n\n*Where: **The San 
 Francisco LGBT Community Center *\n\n*               1800 Market Street, 
 San Francisco *\n\n*(**San Francisco** – February 18, 2008**) *The San 
 Francisco LGBT Community\nCenter (the Center) and community partners wish 
 to express their deep sorrow\nregarding the death of Lawrence King, a 
 junior high school student in\nOxnard, CA.  The 15-year-old victim was shot 
 at E.O. Green Junior High\nSchool on Tuesday, February 12th, and was taken 
 off life support Friday,\nFebruary 15th.  Authorities are now prosecuting 
 his murder as a hate crime,\nas King was perceived to be gay and gender 
 non-conforming, and had been\nridiculed and harassed by some 
 classmates.\n\nCommunity members are invited to assemble at the Center on 
 Tuesday, February\n19th, at 6:00pm, where a candlelight vigil will be held 
 in the memory of\nLawrence and others who have been victims of hate 
 violence. During the\nvigil, community members will also be advocating for 
 safer schools.\n\nIn addition, a community altar has been erected in the 
 main lobby of the San\nFrancisco LGBT Community Center, where individuals 
 are welcomed to place\nmementos and personal items honoring King and other 
 victims of hate\nviolence.\n\n"We in the LGBT community are profoundly 
 saddened by this murder. Violence\nagainst young people resonates deeply 
 for all of us – not only for young\npeople being harassed today, but also 
 for so many adults who were not\naccepted when they were young," said 
 Rebecca Rolfe, Interim Executive\nDirector of the Center. "This is a tragic 
 reminder that we have plenty of\nwork to do to ensure the safety and 
 acceptance of LGBT youth, who are coming\nout younger and in greater 
 numbers than ever before."\n\n\n*The Lawrence King Community Vigil is 
 Sponsored by :*\n* *\n*Community United Against Violence*:  working to end 
 violence against and\nwithin the LGBTQQ communities, providing free and 
 confidential counseling,\nadvocacy, and education in English and Spanish. 
 CUAV's crisis line is (415)\n333-4357. www.cuav.org\n\n*GSA Network*: a 
 nonprofit organization, governed by youth and adults, that\nempowers youth 
 activists to fight homophobia and transphobia in schools\nthrough 
 Gay-Straight Alliance clubs. There are currently more than 650 GSA\nclubs 
 in California schools, including more than 45% of the public high\nschools 
 and about a dozen middle schools or junior highs in the 
 state.\nwww.gsanetwork.org\n\n*LYRIC *(Lavender Youth Recreation and 
 Information Center): whose mission is\nto build community and inspire 
 positive social change through education\nenhancement, career trainings, 
 health promotion, and leadership development\nwith lesbian, gay, bisexual, 
 transgender, queer, and questioning youth,\ntheir families, and allies of 
 all races, classes, genders, and abilities.\nwww.lyric.org\n\nThe *San 
 Francisco LGBT Community Center*:* *serving as the nexus of the\nLGBT 
 community in the Bay Area.  The Center provides San Francisco with a\nvast 
 array of programs and services for LGBT people, their friends 
 and\nfamilies. Additionally, The Center is home to a dynamic range 
 of\norganizations and activities that support individual LGBT people of 
 every\nrace, gender, age and socio-economic status. Each month, The Center 
 serves\nover 9,000 visitors and hosts more than 400 events. 
 www.sfcenter.org\n\nThe *Transgender Law Center: *a civil rights 
 organization advocating for\ntransgender communities through direct legal 
 services, education, community\norganizing, and policy and media advocacy. 
 www.transgenderlawcenter.org\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/18/18480025.php
SUMMARY:SF: Hate crime vigil
LOCATION:**The San Francisco LGBT Community Center *\n\n*               1800 Market 
 Street, San Francisco *
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