Visit the Monsoon Hall of Fame

Monsoon's past speakers are immortalized here with our thanks.

Open Door Sponsors
9th Monsoon Dinner
Friday, March 4, 2005

St. Julien Hotel, 900 Walnut St., Boulder, CO.

This will be the first major event held at the fabulous new St. Julien Hotel.

Cash Bar at 6:00 P.M.
Dinner at 7:30 P.M.
$110 per person ($75 tax deductible)

Black tie optional

Discount parking available
City of Boulder lot - $3

Live and silent auctions will feature original artwork, fantastic getaways, dining at Boulder's best restaurants, and much more.

Guest Speaker: Jimmy Creech

"When I stepped off the curb to walk in my first Gay Pride Parade, I knew there was no going back," says Jimmy Creech, one of the pioneering forces in the battle for marriage equality. And he was right. In 1997 after performing a covenant ceremony for two women, this heroic straight ally of the GLBT community lost his post as Senior Pastor of the First United Methodist Church in Omaha. Two years later, Creech celebrated the holy union of two men in North Carolina and was finally stripped of his credentials by the United Methodist Church. Jimmy Creech is now Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Soulforce, Inc., an interfaith organization founded by Mel White and Gary Nixon. Soulforce advocates peaceful solutions to the spiritual violence perpetrated against GLBT persons by religious institutions in America.  One of its upcoming events is a mass protest against Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family.  Join us for the most inspirational Monsoon ever as Jimmy Creech explains how we will wrestle the "moral values" issue from the religious far-right and reclaim our country for all Americans.

All money raised for The Open Door Fund is designated exclusively for use in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community in Boulder County. The Open Door Fund is a fund of The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County, the county’s largest funder of organizations that serve the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

For reservations or more information please contact The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County at 303.442.0436 or info@commfound.org.