Resources for talking to our kids and students about the election
Right now, we are all being called to the work of explaining these difficult times to our children. There is uncertainty, division, and—most of all—fear.
November 23, 2016
Category: Blog
Come together tonight: Post-election gathering in San Francisco
Dear families, partners, and friends, I woke this morning with my heart so broken, and yet so full. Like you, Our Family Coalition staff and
November 9, 2016
New Beginnings
Wow. What an incredible four years these have been. During my time as Policy and Communications Director at OFC, we’ve designed and launched successful campaigns
October 17, 2016
Change at Our Family Coalition
by Judy Appel Executive Director, Our Family Coalition After over ten years at the helm of Our Family Coalition, I will be concluding my time
August 29, 2016
The Importance of LGBTQ Inclusive Education
By Maya Berkley, Policy Intern Growing up queer and of color, the endlessly vast reach of queerness did not spontaneously occur to me, and it
August 5, 2016
We stand against fear and for love.
Dear OFC Community: Our hearts broke when we learned of the hate-based gun violence in Orlando this past Sunday at a gay nightclub celebrating Latin
June 18, 2016
LGBTQ-Friendly Summer Camps
PACT Camp July 3-8, 2016 Tahoe City, CA www.pactadopt.org/events/ Putting It All Together: Adoption, Race & Family A Gathering for Adoptive Families With Children of
April 2, 2016
On Queer and Racial Justice: A Walk with Reality
To live in an environment which criminalizes being queer can be quite a drag. so one can only imagine my excitement when I got selected
September 23, 2015
Alphabet Soup Episode 5: Family Equality Edition
https://vimeo.com/136872644 Featuring: Cathy Sakimura, Deputy Director & Family Law Director at NCLR Tarah Fleming, Our Family Coalition’s Education Director Food for Thought with Hali Martin,
September 4, 2015
Alphabet Soup Episode 4: Racial Justice Edition
Featuring Amber Todd, Co-chair of Oakland Pride Tarah Fleming, Our Family Coalition’s Education Director Food for Thought with Allen Johnson, Our Family Coalition’s Development Associate
July 31, 2015
Solo Parent Support
By Dr. Meghan Lewis As my bio-clock struck thirty, the resounding tick-tock of surging pregnancy urges pushed me eagerly into musings over a wide range
July 20, 2015
The Equal Protection for All Families Act is one step closer to becoming the law!
This Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to pass the Equal Protection for All Families Act (Assembly Bill 960). This important bill – authored by
July 10, 2015
Thanks for Making Pride 2015 a Success – and a preview of our pics!
Dear Families and Friends, Wow! This year’s Pride was incredible, as the whole Bay Area celebrated our victory in the Supreme Court last Friday. Hundreds
July 1, 2015
The Alphabet Soup – Episode 3: Pride Edition
https://vimeo.com/130451133 In this episode of The Alphabet Soup with Our Family Coalition we discuss Family Pride. QMOC Anayvette Martinez and her daughter Lupita share their
June 16, 2015
5 Pride Pro-tips for Pride-Rookie Parents
This piece was originally published on the OFC Blog on June 24, 2014. It is re-posted here with current links for the 2015 Pride extravaganza!
May 26, 2015
The Alphabet Soup – Episode 2: Family Activism Edition
https://vimeo.com/123242715 In the second episode of The Alphabet Soup with Our Family Coalition, Julia and Zach of The Rainbow Letters share inspiring and powerful stories
May 4, 2015
A Celebratory Bookmark
by MJ Morrissey, Our Family Coalition Education Intern At Our Family Coalition, we understand that our families are not simply members of the LGBTQIA+ community;
April 14, 2015
A Night Out with Our Family…
By Martha Boesing There we were, my partner and I, invited by my daughter-in-law (Our Family Coalition’s Programs’ Director) to attend an astonishingly elegant cocktail
March 31, 2015
El Canto del Colibrí (The Song of the Hummingbird)
by the Somos Familia Events Team Somos Familia is an intergenerational community-based organization, and fiscal project of Our Family Coalition, that builds support for Latino
March 16, 2015
The Rainbow Letters
by Julia Winston and Zach Wahls We are Zach and Julia, and we have LGBTQ parents. Zach is a DI baby from Iowa with two
February 25, 2015
