It's time to grab your camera and help change the conversation
about marriage for same-sex couples!
Prize: $2,500 Grand Prize
Submission Deadline: May 18, 2009
Video Length: Not more than 60 seconds
Eligibility: Anyone over the age of 18
The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Centerhas launched Project Pushback to tap into the grassroots energy of marriage equality supporters and to inspire development of video messages that will effectively promote support for the freedom to marry.Since the National Organization for Marriage has just launched a $1.5 million ad campaign repeating many of the lies relied so heavily upon by the Yes on 8 campaign, the need for effective messages to promote the support for marriage equality, and the truth, has never been greater.
Submissions will be accepted at lagaycenter.org/projectpushback, and the public will vote for its favorites. A $1,000 "people's choice award" will be given to the creator of the video that receives the most votes. From among the 10 videos that receive the most votes, a $2,500 "grand prize" will be awarded to the creator of the video voted the best by a panel of judges, who include: Academy Award-winning Producer Bruce Cohen, Emmy Award-winning television producer and director Paris Barclay, MTV producer Sherri Brown Francois, political and communications strategist Chad Griffin, Google vice president Megan Smith and Current TV producer Tracey Chang.
Anyone who submits a video, or votes for one, is eligible to win a new Sony HD video camera, valued at $1,000.
Thanks for your consideration,
Robert Blackmon
323 993 7523
rblackmon@lagaycenter.org
1 comment:
This is exciting! Everyone who submits a vidoe should also upload them to YouTube with tags like "gay marriage", "marriage equality", etc. Let's fill up YouTube with positive images and words.
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