This week has been incredibly busy and I haven't had much time to post on what has been happening. I will try to catch up here.
I usually don't watch Fox News. But for some reason I found myself watching it on Monday Feb. 4th. I am so glad I did. They have a segment now called "The Rising Stars of the West Contest." It features students from various High Schools in the area competing for scholarships.
Monday evening featured Rapid City Central High School Junior, Brooke Grassby speaking about the Laramie Project which she is in. It was great and took a lot of courage. I urge everyone to go to the Fox News Web Site and check it out. If you agree with me, rate her high. I gave her a 5.
The Rapid City Journal today had a great guest editorial from Human Rights Watch about why South Dakota Legislature should not pass SB65 (The bill to add to the sex offeder registry those who intentionaly pass HIV on to others.)
Much of what it said was similar to what I posted on this blog earlier and was also used by EQSD in testimony delivered to the legislature earlier in the session.
I took Ryan Bowker to the airport on Tuesday to catch a flight to Detroit for the annual "Creating Change Conference" sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. This is a huge conference with LGBT activists from all over the world conviening for workshops, meetings, networking, etc. It is the big one of the year.
The free, all expxense paid trip is part of what Ryan recieved for winning the National Colin Higgins, Youth Courage Award last year. To my knowledge Ryan will be the only person from South Dakota at the conference this year.
I recieved a call from him when he landed in Detroit. He was excited and thrilled to be part of such an incredible event.
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