All Love all woodstockA Night of Peace, Love, Music and Tolerance: June 25th

All Love, All Woodstock is a benefit for Constance McMillen and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), to be held on June 25th, 2010 at The Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, New York.

Billed as "A Night of Peace, Love, Music...and Tolerance," the event takes its slogan from the original 1969 Woodstock Festival (with the blessing of Festival creator and community member Michael Lang).

And like those who came together in '69 to celebrate their connectedness, today's Woodstockers and Woodstockers-in-spirit are gathering to celebrate the heroism of Constance McMillen, an 18 year-old lesbian high school senior from Mississippi who refused to be silenced or shamed.

"All Love, All Woodstock" celebrates this young woman who stood up for her rights, and salutes the ACLU for their hard work on behalf of everyone's right to respect and acceptance.

"All Love, All Woodstock" is the brainchild of Woodstock resident Abbe Aronson. Abbe and a volunteer committee of parents, school board trustees, local business owners and others, are the core of a community-wide effort to show the world that even if prejudice exists in small towns elsewhere, Woodstock will once again show the way to love, compassion and tolerance.

The Details:
"All Love, All Woodstock" - A Night of Peace, Love, Music and Tolerance.
June 25th at the Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, NY
Doors open at 7 p.m. and the party goes on 'til...?
Live Auction, Live Music, Fabulous Entertainment and Surprise Guests!
100% of the proceeds to go towards Constance McMillen's education fund, the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and AIDS Project and the Onteora Central School District's Gay Straight Alliance.

Instructor: DORIS LOECHLE is a certified horticulturist with extensive experience in chemical-free container and rooftop gardening. She has worked in various botanic gardens and in exotic places like Cape Town, South Africa, where she studied the native Cape flora.

The workshop will take place at the BBG at 1000 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn.

To Register: https://www.bbg.org/edu/registration.html or 718-623-7220

For more info: http://www.bbg.org/edu/adult