Our MISSION
VOTER REGISTRATION & MOBILIZATION
KEYSTONE EQUALITY’S LONG-TERM MISSION GOALS ALSO INCLUDE:
MOBILIZING LGBTQ+ voters to get out and vote!
REGISTERING LGBTQ+ people to vote!
HELPING PEOPLE CHECK THEIR VOTER REGISTRATION
ADVOCACY
KEYSTONE EQUALITY’S LONGTERM MISSION GOALS INCLUDE:
Advocacy on Individual issues of Discrimination in relation to STATE, FEDERAL, and LOCAL LAW
PASS COUNTY WIDE NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS
KEYSTONE EQUALITY’S PRIMARY MISSION IS TO USE THE PROGRESSIVE LANGUAGE OF THE LEHIGH COUNTY HUMAN RELATIONS ORDINANCE - WHICH OUR LEADERSHIP LED THE EFFORT TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS IN 2024 - TO PASS COUNTY-WIDE ORDINANCES IN OTHER PENNSYLVANIA COUNTIES. TO DATE, KEYSTONE EQUALITY HAS HELPED TO PASS COUNTY-WIDE ORDINANCES IN CHESTER COUNTY, DELAWARE COUNTY, AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, AND HAS HELPED TO FULLY UPDATE THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN’S ORDINANCE AS WELL. KEYSTONE EQUALITY IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATING COMMUNITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND BUSINESSES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MUNICIPAL NON-DISCRIMINATION LAWS DO, HELPING MUNICIPALITIES WRITE AND PASS LOCAL NON-DISCRIMINATION ORDINANCES, TRAINING LOCAL HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONS TO INVESTIGATE AND RESOLVE DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS AND WORKING TO UPDATED LOCAL MUNICIPAL LAWS THAT ARE NOW OUTDATED.
The leaders of Keystone Equality have decades of experience helping many local towns, cities, and counties in Pennsylvania craft and pass or update, their non-discrimination laws to be fully inclusive of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. To date 7 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties and 81 of Pennsylvania’s 2,560 municipalities have such laws. WE CAN HELP YOU PASS ORDINANCES IN YOUR COMMUNITY! CONTACT US ANY TIME!
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