Loving Day needs your help

Remember back in June when I interviewed Ken Tanabe, founder of Loving Day? Well, now Loving Day needs your support - see below.

Dear Friends of Loving Day,

For three years now, the Loving Day project and its supporters have
celebrated the anniversary of legalized interracial marriage in the
United States.

Over that time, the project has been providing educational resources
every day through the LovingDay.org website. Loving Day has grown
from a school project into a nationwide movement with celebrations in
seven major cities in 2006 and press coverage from the Washington
Post and other newspapers. Many people have joined us in making
Loving Day an annual tradition by hosting their own celebrations and
spreading the word about this important part of our history and our
daily lives. To many people in the multiethnic community, Loving Day
is now a familiar idea.

Amazingly, the Loving Day project has reached this point with no
outside financial support. It has relied entirely on donated
services, borrowed equipment, public spaces, and especially hard-
working volunteers. While we have made great progress in this way, we
are now reaching the limits of what our evenings, weekends, and
personal bank accounts can achieve.

This year, Loving Day has partnered with Fractured Atlas, a non-
profit organization that helps worthy projects like Loving Day to
accept tax-deductible donations. Our goal for the end of 2006 is to
raise $5000, which will both cover expenses and make the project
eligible for grants. Funds from charitable grants will enable the
Loving Day project to keep growing and to continue spreading our
positive educational message across the entire global community.

I believe that Loving Day is an idea that belongs to everyone who
values freedom and equality. Loving Day is an opportunity to
celebrate who we are and who we love. It is a way for all of us to
acknowledge our history, and to come together as friends, as family,
and as a community.

If you believe in Loving Day, please make a tax-deductible donation
in any amount online:
http://www.lovingday.org/donate.htm

If you would like to contribute in another way to the Loving Day
project or would like to contact us for any other reason, please
email us at info@lovingday.org

Many thanks, take care, and spread the word.

Yours truly,

KenTanabe
Founder, Loving Day