Southern California’s progressive community celebrates the warm climes with some cool happenings. A few are highlighted here.
Festival del SOL – not just another festival
the 6th Annual Human Rights Benefit - June 21, 2003
moves to MacArthur Park this year. SOL Festival 2003 is an inclusive human rights celebration, bringing together, unifying, and cultivating the awareness and power of all people through art, music, non-violent social action and passion.
Event photos Updated 6/24/03
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Trans-Unity -- a blockbuster pride event
June 14th 2003 5 P.M. - 12 Midnight, June 15th 2003 9 A.M. - 12 Midnight.
The fourth annual Trans-Unity event is a substance free celebration of transgender, transsexual, gender-queer, and cross-dressing individuals, and all those who love them, bringing everyone together for educational workshops, discussion groups, entertainment, music, refreshments and relaxation.
Show Our Strength: Freedom To Dance 2
Saturday, May 31, 1PM - 8PM: Dance & Music demonstration in front of the Westwood Federal Building (11000 Wilshire Blvd.) to demand the repeal of the RAVE Act, a draconian legislation that threatens live music and dance culture, as well as freedom of assembly. In solidarity with parallel actions in New York and Seattle.
Saturday, May 31 - Concert to Benefit Victims of War – local activists join the worldwide humanitarian aid effort.
The beautiful Theatricum Botanicum, will be the site for this fund raiser to help the victims of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Photos from the event
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Updated 6/15/03 Event Audio Files Ron Kovic and Tom Hayden.
Hot Fun in the Summertime