PFLAG (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) opened its bi-annual National Convention on Friday with a keynote address by Dr. Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden, who told the crowd of attendees, “As a teacher and a mom, I know what Jeanne Manford knew — that there is a direct connection between acceptance and positive, healthy outcomes in every important area of life, including education, mental health, and physical health.”
Second lady Jill Biden emphasized acceptance and support in a speech Friday against school bullying before an audience largely made up of parents of LGBT youth. “There is a direct connection between acceptance and ...
Jill Biden Addresses Gay and Lesbian Support Group in Alexandria
Patch.com
Dr. Jill Biden (right), wife of Vice President Joe Biden, shakes hands with PFLAG members at the 2011 PFLAG National Convention opening ceremony on November 4, 2011 in Alexandria. Brendan Hoffman/WireImage Second Lady Jill Biden spoke ...
Jill Biden Speaks Out Against Anti-Gay Bullying: 'No Child Should Be Subjected ...
ThinkProgress
We have all heard painful stories of bullying and harassment. And we have read too many accounts of heartbreaking incidents where kids are driven to take their own lives rather than endure the taunting of their ...
Dr. Jill Biden addresses PFLAG
Christian Broadcasting Network (blog)
The wife of Vice President Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, spoke to the national convention of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. It's an organization with 200000 members and 350 affiliates across the country. As a professor, Dr. Biden ...
Jill Biden To Address Gay Rights Group PFLAG
On Top Magazine
By On Top Magazine Staff Dr. Jill Biden, the second lady of the United States, will open Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays' (PFLAG) annual National Convention on Friday. According to the White House, Biden, a lifelong educator, ...
Dr. Jill Biden Addresses the 2011 PFLAG National Convention
The White House (blog)
Earlier today, Dr. Jill Biden delivered a passionate and powerful address at the Opening Ceremony of the 2011 National Convention of Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). I recently read an open letter written from a PFLAG father …
PFLAG members attending national convention in DC
Hanford Sentinel - Nov 3, 2011
Three members of PFLAG Tulare-Kings Counties are in Washington, DC starting today to lobby US senators and congressional representatives from California ...
Dr. Jill Biden to Speak at PFLAG National Convention
U.S. Politics Today - Nov 3, 2011
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 PRNewswire-USNewswire -- PFLAG National (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)—the nation's original family and ally organization—is honored to announce that Dr. Jill Biden, lifelong educator and Second Lady of ...