The Courage Campaign is recreating the march, and candlelight vigil of over 30,000 people, that took place the night Milk was assassinated 30 years ago. Join this meaningful opporunity, straight or gay, to stand up for LBGT rights - marriage equality.

Attend the 1:40PM screening of MILK at the Tower Theater this coming Saturday (12/20) and then join the Light Up The Night Event at the Downtown Plaza. Others will be marching in 40 communities throughout California.

This movie is so uplifting and inspiring. And it is so on point in regards to Proposition 8.

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Watch the video.

A new report found that women lose approximately $434,000, on average, over a 40-year period because of the gender wage gap. The gender wage gap is the annual difference in median wages between men and women who are employed full-time and it widens over time. Other studies show that moms, especially single moms, fare even worse with the gender wage gap.

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act are important steps toward making sure that women are paid what they are worth by making it easier for women to recover lost wages due to bosses who discriminate and by requiring the federal government to be more proactive in preventing and battling wage discrimination.

But the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is standing in the way of fair pay by opposing pay equity reform proposals in Congress that are needed to achieve pay equity.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen.com

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