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United, We Rise For UNITED, WE RISE FOR FALL 2020 ©2019 Target Brands, Inc. Target and the Bullseye Design are registered trademarks of Target Brands, Inc. Proud to stand to Proud with HRC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Liz Baskin TX, Bruce Bastian UT, Chris Boone CA, George Cheeks CA, Morgan Cox TX, Alphonso David DC, Patty Ellis NY, Amy Errett CA, Melanie Falls OH, Anne Fay TX, Matt Garrett GA, Todd Hawkins CA, across the country — we are giving hope to the Matt Hendry CA, Christopher Labonte PA, Justin Mikita CA, Karen Morgan OH, Lester Perryman LA, next generation and building the bench that Densil Porteous OH, Henry Robin NY, Elizabeth will take our movement into the future. Rodriguez TX, John Ruffier FL, Patrick Scarborough AL, Elizabeth Schlesinger MO, Alicia Schwarz MN, As we look to what comes next, we Jay Sethi NY, Sam Slate TX, Dan Slater CA, Sean continue our fight to secure a pro-equality VanGorder NV, Lauren Verrusio NY, Jamaul Webster NY, Michael Weinholtz CA, Tina White NC majority in the United States Senate. John Hickenlooper of Colorado and Mark Kelly FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Bruce Bastian UT, Candi Castleberry Singleton CA, of Arizona both won their races, flipping two George Cheeks CA, Edie Cofrin GA, Alphonso David critical seats and leaving control of the U.S. DC, Patty Ellis NY, Xavier Esters IL, Anne Fay TX, Matt Garrett GA, Randall Hance TX, Nik Harris FL, Senate in play. And in Georgia, HRC-endorsed Andrea Jenkins MN, Tom Kovach NV, Chris Lehtonen candidates Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael CA, Justin Mikita CA, Rey Ocañas TX, Marlene DEAR FRIENDS, Olshan PA, Jodie Patterson NY, Lester Perryman LA, Warnock are heading into a runoff election in Henry Robin NY, Cathi Scalise TX, Brigid Scarbrough January. Their historic races will be our highest GA, Jay Sethi NY, Judy Shepard WY, Ashley Smith priority in the coming months. DC, Matt Smith TX, Deb Taft MA, Paul Thompson CA, fter four long years, we can finally cele- Michael Weinholtz CA, Tina White NC brate — our voices were loud and clear I also want to acknowledge in this mo- and, together, we have elected Joe ment of celebration that there is also hurt and BOARD OF GOVERNORS A Patrick Achis CA, Christina Adeleke NC, Steve Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House. disappointment. After all that we have seen Alcocer TX, Paul Anagnostos FL, Tal Anderson MN, Their election proves once again that equality from Trump and his cadre — from failure to Julie Anderton IL, Mike Anglin TX, Matthew Arnold OH, Liz Balcom PA, Nicholas Ball OH, Andrew Bare is a winning issue, and reflects both the incred- acknowledge and address racial injustice to OH, Sandy Bass CA, Gregory Battaglia NY, Andrew ible work of this organization and the strength ineptitude in addressing COVID-19, to the Beaudoin FL, Matteline Becker NV, Trisha Beissel TX, Neil Berenson MA, Julie Berteloot NV, Brooke of our shared unity. blatant homophobia and transphobia reflected Bishop OH, Stefani Borg OH, Amy Bornstein MO, The Human Rights Campaign has been in their policies to the negligence in managing Joy Bowling NC, Gary Brewer NV, Robert Bronke TX, Javier Brown GA, Malik Brown GA, Percy investing in this moment for three and a half the economy — it is both heartbreaking and in- Brown GA, Tessa Cabrera CA, Nancy Caldwell TX, years. Over the past year, as we sprinted furiating so many people in this country would Constance Callahan GA, Dana Castelvecchi TX, Richard Chizmadia OH, Miguel Cobian OR, Dabney through the finish line toward victory, your still vote the way they have. Conwell OH, Jefferson Coombs CA, Isabel Cordova support fueled the most sophisticated cam- But cultural change is never easy. We CA, Dolores Covrigaru NY, Giles Davidson TX, Craig Diaz OH, Carol Ebersole-Weiss NY, Cordy Elkins MA, paign operation in our organization’s history. are here today because generations before us Mark Falgout NC, Chris Fasser NY, Maria Fasulo NY, Together, we reached voters from every corner fought and sacrificed to get us here. It is our Sera Fernando CA, Aaron Finnegan MO, Meredith struggle to carry forward — not just for one Fortney TN, Demetri Gantt GA, Tony Garavaglia MO, of this nation, particularly in the crucial battle- Sarah Garber MO, Diego Garcia Blum MA, Brittney ground states of Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, election, but for our chapter in history. Right Garr TN, Stephen Gossman CA, Andrea Hackl DC, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Now the people now, there is more work for us to do. That’s Lynn Hammond CA, Lisa Hannusch TX, Nik Harris FL, Troy Henson OH, Christina Hernandez TX, Molly have spoken — and they have spoken for Joe why the Human Rights Campaign has released Herzig CA, Latoya Holman NV, Byron Hoover IL, Lori Biden and Kamala Harris. Together, we have our Blueprint for Positive Change charting the Hoppmann PA, Sherie Hughes DC, Tom Jackobs TX, Dennis Jolley MN, Alyssa Jones MA, Louis Kemp NC, voted to elect the most pro-equality ticket in path forward for equality under Joe Biden and Elizabeth Kennedy OH, Justin Koziatek IL, Wendy our nation’s history and, quite literally, to save Kamala Harris. Together, we will work to repair Kraft NV, Andy LaBadie WA, Keith Laepple WA, Nam Lam CA, Luigi Lewin NY, Jasmin Lewis FL, our democracy. our communities, defeat the forces of oppres- Scott Lohmann TX, Lisa Madry TX, Alli Martin UT, In this election, we also celebrate crucial sion and injustice, and transform our systems Brian Martin NV, Claire Martinez UT, Chris Matta TX, Lindsey Mazza CA, Michael McDonnell OH, Joseph wins at the federal and state levels. In the so that they truly serve all of us. Milizio NY, Tory Mitchell IL, Kelly Moffat NY, John United States House of Representatives, we I am so proud to have fought alongside Morrison NY, Jim Murphy CA, Marcia Namowitz NY, Brent Nelson MN, Casey Nichols MN, Shayom Ortiz have retained a crucial pro-equality majority you all, and so grateful for all that we have TX, Luz Pellot OH, Trish Perry CA, Trey Pike TX, and reelected some of our greatest openly accomplished together. I believe with our resis- Charlotte Prentice TX, David Prince IL, Layne Rackley CA, Ricardo Ramirez TX, Nico Ramsey TX, Michael LGBTQ champions. And with the trailblazing tance and resilience we will continue to create Rendon TX, Linda Reyes-Hart TX, Dakerri Rhone wins of Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones the change our community and our country TN, Chase Rickey OH, Ray Roberge NY, Sabrina need. We are on a path again to hope and Robinson CA, Ryan Roche GA, Christian Rogers LA, of New York, who became the first open- Tom Rogers PA, Bruce Rohr DC, Aaron Rutledge ly gay Afro-Latino and the first openly gay progress, and we will walk that path together. DC, Anthony Sandonato FL, George Schein OH, Black member of Congress respectively, we Chris Scherm NJ, Shannon Scott OR, Thomas Sim And together, the future of equality is bright. CA, Jennifer Slipakoff GA, Neil Smith WA, Joshua now have the largest, most diverse LGBTQ Sparrow FL, April Splawn NC, David Stetter MO, caucus in our history. 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