This last November, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus launched a
global call for submissions from artists of all types (composers, lyricists,
poets, essayists, dancers, visual artists, etc.) -- particularly those 35 years
and younger in age -- to help honor in 2013 the life and legacy of Harvey Milk,
the first gay elected politician who plowed ground for so many to follow.
Please spread the word. Invite friends, students, family,
acquaintances to go to this website, to watch the
videos & then to create/submit. "DEAR HARVEY, WE'VE GOT HOPE!!"
Check
out this message by Harvey Milk's nephew, Stuart, as he describes his support
and excitement for "Dear Harvey, We've Got Hope." Spread the word.
Send to poets, musicians, artists, singers, actors, and writers. This is a
cutting-edge opportunity to be a part of a collaborative, global creation of a
new piece of performance art. HOW EXCITING!!!
“I ask for the movement to continue, for the movement to grow,
because last week I got a phone call from Altoona, Pennsylvania, and my
election gave somebody else, one more person, hope. And after all, that's what
this is all about. It's not about personal gain, not about ego, not about power
— it's about giving those young people out there in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias,
hope. You gotta give them hope.”
-- From a tape recording to
be played in the event of his assassination, quoted in Randy Shilts’, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
“And the young gay people in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias and the
Richmond, Minnesotas who are coming out and hear Anita Bryant in television and
her story. The only thing they have to look forward to is hope. And you have to
give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a
better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all
will be all right. Without hope, not only gays, but the blacks, the seniors, the
handicapped, the us'es, the us'es will give up. And if you help elect to the
central committee and other offices, more gay people, that gives a green light
to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope
to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are
open to everyone.”
-- A version of his
staple "Hope Speech," quoted in Randy Shilts’, The Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk
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