Tag: A. Latham Staples
Empowering Spirits Foundation Announces Funding Partnership with TRU
The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation has finalised a collaborative funding partnership with TRU, an independent consulting company which helps businesses save money on payment processing products and services.
A. Latham Staples Named 2010 Echoing Green Finalist In Civil & Human Rights Category
Echoing Green, an angel investor that supports social entrepreneurs, announced today that A. Latham Staples, Empowering Spirits Foundation, Inc. (ESF) President & CEO, is among twenty-five finalists for the 2010 Echoing Green Fellowship Program.
5,000 Plus Gays & Lesbians Help Local Communities Nationwide
Roughly 5,000 volunteers attended The Empowering Spirits Foundation’s “Proud Hearts Reach Out” service events held across the nation on Saturday, October 10, 2009.
Prosecutors dropping charges against gay couple accused of trespassing on LDS Property
The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a U.S national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation today applauded Salt Lake City prosecutors for dropping trespassing charges against Derek Jones and Matt Aune.
The Love Unites Kiss-IN at Mormon Temple
The Empowering Spirits Foundation (ESF), a American national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, will hold the Love Unites Kiss-In at the San Diego Mormon Temple, Wednesday, July 22nd from 5:00 P.M. to 6:30 P.M. The kiss-in is meant to serve as a peaceful rally to encourage dialogue between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) and LGBT activists following the recent arrest of Matt Aune and Derek Jones. The gay couple was arrested by LDS security guards when they exchanged a kiss on Main Street Plaza in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Empowering Spirits applauds passage of NH marriage equality bill
The Empowering Spirits Foundation, a U.S national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organisation, today applauded the New Hampshire Legislature for voting in favour of the same-sex marriage bill amendment, which provides language to protect religious institutions not wanting to participate in same-sex marriages. The state Senate voted 14-10 Wednesday morning to the compromise legislation, and the state House later voted 198-176 in favour of the amendment.