tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63727434837260469622024-03-13T06:40:34.436-07:00Orlando Health Diversity InitiativeDocumenting the history of the movement that is encouraging Orlando Health to provide domestic partner benefits, create a diversity office and become culturally competent.
How many voices need to be heard for change to take place?
<a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/orlando-health-diversity-initiative">
CLICK HERE AND SIGN THE PETITION TODAY!</a>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-24185288928125794402010-05-24T09:53:00.001-07:002010-05-24T09:54:37.482-07:00Review of CHAINED TO FREEDOM that mentions discrimination at Orlando HealthHere is a review of CHAINED TO FREEDOM, which just opened at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. In it, the oppression at Orlando Health is mentioned...<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 23px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Fringe review: ‘Chained to Freedom,’ Open Door Productions, New York, NY</strong></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">By Elizabeth Maupin</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://orlandotheater.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/chained1x11.jpg" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 96, 255); text-decoration: underline; "><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1276" title="chained1x1" src="http://orlandotheater.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/chained1x11.jpg?w=300&h=231" alt="" width="300" height="231" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 7px; float: right; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a>Alan Bounville is a man with a mission. Bounville wants to change the laws that deny gays and lesbians the same civil rights enjoyed by heterosexuals. <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Chained to Freedom</em> is the story of his fight.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><span id="more-1273" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span>It’s not an especially unusual story, although it turns out that Bounville slightly knew Ryan Skipper, the gay man who was beaten and stabbed to death in rural Polk County in 2007 and has become known as Central Florida’s Matthew Shepard.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">But it wasn’t Skipper’s murder that galvanized Bounville: It was the refusal of his own employer, Orlando Health, to grant domestic-partner benefits. Bounville quit his job, picketed at a corporate-sponsored event and then moved to New York to fight the fight ion a national scale.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">Good activists aren’t always practiced actors, and Bounville could work on speaking up and on not making his material sound so melodramatic. (In drama, less is often more.) Still, a little agitprop theater is nearly always a good thing. I only wish Bounville weren’t preaching to the choir.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">Remaining shows: 8:35 p.m. Tuesday 5/25, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday 5/26, 5:10 p.m. Friday 5/28. Yellow venue.</p></span></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-38061331416718160122010-05-24T09:50:00.000-07:002010-05-24T09:51:45.840-07:00Review of CHAINED TO FREEDOM - Mentions discrimination at Orlando HealthHere is a review of CHAINED TO FREEDOM that is currently playing at the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival...<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); line-height: 23px; "><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><strong style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Fringe review: ‘Chained to Freedom,’ Open Door Productions, New York, NY</strong></p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">By Elizabeth Maupin</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><a href="http://orlandotheater.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/chained1x11.jpg" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(0, 96, 255); text-decoration: underline; "><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1276" title="chained1x1" src="http://orlandotheater.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/chained1x11.jpg?w=300&h=231" alt="" width="300" height="231" style="padding-top: 4px; padding-right: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 2px; margin-left: 7px; float: right; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; " /></a>Alan Bounville is a man with a mission. Bounville wants to change the laws that deny gays and lesbians the same civil rights enjoyed by heterosexuals. <em style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Chained to Freedom</em> is the story of his fight.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; "><span id="more-1273" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "></span>It’s not an especially unusual story, although it turns out that Bounville slightly knew Ryan Skipper, the gay man who was beaten and stabbed to death in rural Polk County in 2007 and has become known as Central Florida’s Matthew Shepard.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">But it wasn’t Skipper’s murder that galvanized Bounville: It was the refusal of his own employer, Orlando Health, to grant domestic-partner benefits. Bounville quit his job, picketed at a corporate-sponsored event and then moved to New York to fight the fight ion a national scale.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">Good activists aren’t always practiced actors, and Bounville could work on speaking up and on not making his material sound so melodramatic. (In drama, less is often more.) Still, a little agitprop theater is nearly always a good thing. I only wish Bounville weren’t preaching to the choir.</p><p style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; ">Remaining shows: 8:35 p.m. Tuesday 5/25, 10:10 p.m. Wednesday 5/26, 5:10 p.m. Friday 5/28. Yellow venue.</p></span></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-21605666935186829302010-04-20T01:00:00.000-07:002010-04-20T01:11:36.162-07:00Orlando Health Discrimination Shared at National ConferenceThe discrimination happening at Orlando Health continues to be shared. This past Friday a group of New York University students presented at a <a href="http://www.umassenglishgrad.com/2010-conference">conference</a> at the University of Massachusetts Amherst discussing the multiple layers of oppression Orlando Health leaders are hurling upon their employees, patients and the public in general.<div><br /></div><div>It was great to continue to spread this message - and to share <i>here</i> that letting more and more people know about the multiple ills this large hospital system is inflicting upon people - <b>WILL NOT DIE!</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>Next month, the play <a href="http://orlandofringe.org/09shows">CHAINED TO FREEDOM</a> will be presented at the the Orlando International Fringe Theatre Festival. In it, great detail is taken to unpack the multiple oppressions at Orlando Health and show how they tie into a much bigger picture of oppression for queer and non queer people alike. Stay tuned (especially the Orlando Health spies and legal entities that follow this blog's every move).</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-15756516053679289122010-03-19T23:11:00.000-07:002010-03-19T23:14:03.686-07:00CHAINED TO FREEDOM - UPLOADED ON ORLANDO FRINGE PAGEHere is the link for my new show premiering at the Orlando International Fringe Festival, CHAINED TO FREEDOM that exposes the discrimination happening at Orlando Health among other oppressions.<div><br /></div><div>A portion of the proceeds from the show will benefit direct actions for LGBTQI equality in Central Florida.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://orlandofringe.org/node/768">http://orlandofringe.org/node/768</a></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-81136715387921860722010-03-12T01:25:00.000-08:002010-03-12T01:39:55.761-08:00New Watchdog of this Blog...I would like to officially welcome Thompson, Sizemore, Gonzalez & Hearing as<b> Obsessed Blog Follower for the Week!</b><div><b><br /></b></div><div>I wonder - did Orlando Health waste more money and hire this firm to try and build a case to defend the discrimination happening at Orlando Health? If so, wouldn't it have been better to use that money for better use like to, I don't know, maybe - PROVIDE DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS TO ORLANDO HEALTH EMPLOYEES!!???</div><div><br /></div><div>Just a question.</div><div><br /></div><div>To learn more about the company-centered work this firm does, go to:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.tsghlaw.com/practice.html">http://www.tsghlaw.com/practice.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-29654268790114015252010-02-11T12:39:00.000-08:002010-02-11T12:42:05.560-08:00Orlando Health Discrimination Presented at National ConferenceThe story of discrimination at Orlando Health continues to reach wider audiences. It has been announced that a section of this story will be presented at a 2010 national educational conference. More details coming soon!<div><br /></div><div>Alan Bounville</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-35195397764721247632010-02-03T16:32:00.000-08:002010-02-03T17:20:15.551-08:00Hello Mateer Harbert PA and Orlando Health Babysitters!I have waited a while to share the following...<div><br /></div><div>It's funny - Orlando Health <a href="http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=176444629736&topic=11356">cannot afford domestic partner benefits</a> for employees but they can afford to have two Orlando Health employees monitor my every move on this blog. And, it looks like they have hired law firm Mateer Harbert to also follow this blog and all Orlando Health Diversity Initiative activities. And there are a number of Orlando Health employees and many people in the community who follow this blog - and the number of viewers keeps growing! </div><div><br /></div><div>I know all of the above because I track who comes to the blog, where they come from, etc. through a common online tracking service. This blog has seen thousands of hits in the handful of months it's been live - but two Orlando Health employees and one Mateer Harbert employees are virtually obsessed with this blog! I can't imagine how they get anything else done because they are on this blog almost every day.</div><div><br /></div><div>So - officially - <b>Hello Orlando Health and Mateer Harbert babysitters! How are you doing today?</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div><br /></div><div>PS - I often go on this blog to pretend like I'm updating posts just to flag my babysitters that I've done something and interrupt their work day so they can check on me. Maybe if Orlando Health would get rid of my babysitters they could afford domestic partner benefits for employees. <b>WAIT!</b> They could already afford this because studies show that offering domestic partner benefits costs companies very little - and draws more talented employees to a company. And, since Orlando Health is <b>SELF INSURED</b> - in reality it would cost them nothing at all to offer domestic partner benefits!</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-61480302919208882232010-01-28T10:48:00.000-08:002010-01-28T10:49:14.310-08:00IT. IS. TIME.<p class="MsoNormal">There is a wave coming – no – if we want it – a <i>new ocean</i> in the progressive movement – an ocean of real change. Not change we are promised from afar – change that I viscerally cried out for and celebrated over in November 2008 that turned into the same old goddamn fucking NOTHING bullshit. But a real change made by real people with a real yearning, desire and need to be free. And this change challenges every fiber of our current culturally, economically and politically siloed existence.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>As a middle class, white gay male shackled to this failed American Dream – drowning under hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt due to this lie I have been force fed since birth – I count myself lucky. I count myself thus because I am oppressed as a gay man only. And if I, the white gay man am in this vulnerable place – imagine what it is like for our sisters and brothers with multiple intersecting oppressive forces bearing down on their shoulders. It is time we break open the silos and let the grains of humanity pile up together and create a mountain that overshadows the system that built the silos in the first place.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>As of today, no more do I feel any sense of comfort or security in the crippling invisibility cloak I can wear as a queer person to cover up my queerness. I no longer see my ability to ‘pass’ as anything but a massive hindrance to what needs to happen from here. Now, I only find safety in numbers – numbers on the right side of history who are going to stand with me in solidarity making the rainbow of us queer folk a constant image that our oppressors cannot ignore.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>And <i>finally</i> – I am committed to do more than scratch the surface of various festering soars of segregation – FINALLY I am finding spaces where I am among others who feel just as I do. And to knock it in to where ‘<i>it’s at’</i> – FINALLY this week I have intersected with the same patchwork of humanity that enveloped me at a rally a little over a year ago. At that rally I was promised by then candidate Obama that the plurality present that night was what was going to be the realized vision for America at all levels of government and industry. I was promised that<i>he</i> would bring the country together – that black and white, straight and bi, gay and lesbian, trans and two spirit, yellow and red and brown, female and male and every other intersection present in this ‘great’ land was going to FINALLY be afforded equal, high quality opportunities to press forward into this century.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>But, ‘the change’ was a lie. The magical intersections that I crossed that night at that rally were not manifestations of real change – I was sold a big bag of false – hope.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>So, what changed my thinking forever? This week I got together with a bunch of crazy mother fucking queers and allies in the hills of Tennessee - at an historic place that has been a major organizing hub since 1932 for people who want to come together from different viewpoints and different cultures – cultures that were legally not allowed to intersect in this sacred space just a half century ago – and change the world around them. I was lifted by the spirits of all those who have done critical work there – people who we all know by name, who have immensely shaped this nation and the world – people who have been part of movements of all sizes who were ready to clash and <span style="font-size: 18pt; font-size:12.0pt;">FORCE</span> themselves to cut through the tension and get. shit. done.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>So, we queers and allies got together to purposefully clash our various culture lines in the queer movement and try to get to a deeper place of connectedness and cultural competence to do something that, up until now en masse we have all failed to do - to understand the intricacies of our intersectional oppressions and USE THAT knowledge as the fuel to propel queer people forward towards liberation. To use our often polarizing differences to force a wedge into our own complex and exhausting culture to come out on the other side aligned through the power of combined cultural knowledge and DEMAND LIBERATING EQUALITY THROUGH DIRECT ACTION AND CIVIL DISOBEDEICE that is integrated into winnable local and national campaigns.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>And we learned it’s going to be hard as fuck! And it’s going to take lots of patience and persistence. And it’s going to be sharply criticized from all sides – and that’s all in line with what must happen for this radical inclusivity to work.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>The work to shift the queer movement into this direction did not start with this week – it’s been a long time coming. But this week potentially galvanized this new direction. And it allowed about forty people to come together to start knitting us all into a mass network of boots on the ground activists, an online army and a massive support team.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>The room was filled with people from all over the country, representing a dynamic blend of ethnicities, races, socio-economic classes, political inclinations, experience levels and ages. The group did not by any stretch encompass all cultural intersections and multiple identities that exist in our queer community, because that would take getting us <i>all</i> in a room together – but know – the room was radically diverse.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>We as queer and allied people have one of the most complicated charges in history. And in that charge, we have one of the most humbling opportunities the world has ever seen. Queer people have always been there at the forefront of social change – change that has brought cultures together for centuries. And now, at this moment it is our turn to be the center of this new spiraling movement. And here’s where it REALLY GETS EXCITING - by taking this radically inclusive approach to queer liberation we do something far greater than liberate queer people. We will press forward the unfinished work of the Civil Rights Movement. And that is fucking huge!</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>And we take on this seemingly impossible task no more through asking nicely, no more through disconnected means – but DIRECTLY AND UNIFIED. And in this new direction we set in motion a trajectory where we strategically look at the local and national level to find where our oppressions are most clearly manifesting themselves. Then, together we hammer more fucking wedges, this time into these oppressive systems and blast open impossible situations for our oppressors so that the wedges crack the systems of oppression so deep they blasts through our intersectional oppressions as well to create the world we not only want - but need for the human race to thrive.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>And we will persist. For each target – we will not give in to failed back room negotiations. We will not start something we don’t plan on finishing. We will take the exhausting road to freedom and the whole while, with powerful pride we will sing the good ole chant…</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>The people united can never be defeated.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>We must commit NOW to persist and build into one mass culturally combined movement until ALL segregation is obliterated for all people!</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>And while we do this work we will remember every step of the way to make this experience the <b>biggest fucking ongoing party of our lives! </b>This shit needs to be so damn exciting the clubs turn into strategizing spots. The bathhouses become recruitment stations. Every social group in town turns into a think tank. And the only way to see that world is to make sure our movement stops being so goddamn stuffy and realizes that queer and allied people are party people too!</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>When we gather – we MUST create space for us to get loose and sexy. We must make sure we don’t misstep trying to assimilate into an oppressive equal status with straights, but help transform equality into a new space where a stripper at a straight man’s bachelor party in Rick Warren’s church and an assless chap wearing leather daddy marching down the streets of Birmingham, Alabama are not shocks to anyone’s consciousness but potentialities in this newly invented world.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>So, don’t think for a second if we ignore the sexiness of people we will be truly successful. At the same time we are fighting for our trans sisters and brothers to be safe in the world and the workplace we need to be doing lap dance parties in the streets. We need to be comfortable intersecting ALL of us – knowing that sex and sexuality is a huge part of every human being – and is a huge part of the foundation of the queer movement that has gotten us this far.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>No matter where you live – you are now immediately patched into this network if so you choose. All you have to do is stand up and ask who in your area was part of this week’s gathering. I will immediately get you connected so locally you can start getting shit done – and together, along with all the other people out there already doing this work, we will start turning this country on it’s head.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Alan L. Bounville - queerrising@gmail.com</p>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-43074327999584817792010-01-14T23:06:00.000-08:002010-01-14T23:14:28.470-08:00Next Direct Action Against Orlando HealthIf you would like to learn more about the next action against Orlando Health, email:<div><br /></div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com - with "Next Orlando Health Action" in the subject.</div><div><br /></div><div>I will be announcing some details here soon - but at this point, it is better the planning of the next action stays tight lipped. It is past the time for Orlando Health to have any specific knowledge about the planning of the actions that are being taken to - on the ground - expose the discrimination happening against their employees and patients.</div><div><br /></div><div>Orlando Health - like Birmingham in the 60s, YOU are coming into the spotlight and will forever be remembered for your bigotry and oppression. This Dr. King weekend, let us all remember, as King said, "Justice too long delayed is justice denied."</div><div><br /></div><div>The time has come.</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-57133386492754006712010-01-07T10:45:00.000-08:002010-01-07T10:52:36.383-08:00Orlando Health Discrimination Mentioned by National Media OutletRead the link below that details the group I have co-founded here in New York City and see how the oppression at Orlando Health is mentioned. This is the second media mention of the oppression taking place at Orlando Health - and it is in a national LGBTQI publication, reaching thousands of people.<div><br /></div><div>As this movement continues to grow and allow more and more people to feel comfortable talking openly about the bigotry and oppression at Orlando Health - the better off we all will be.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=&sc3=&id=100804">LINK TO ARTICLE</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Note: The article is featured on the main New York City page and is linked from all EDGE city home pages pages nationwide.</div><div><br /></div><div>Orlando Health - be prepared for direct action because it's coming your way as we DEMAND equality in the workplace. NO MORE EXCUSES.</div><div><br /></div><div>If you would like to get involved in direct actions against Orlando Health, please contact me at:</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div>407-484-6671</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-29241018573162554932010-01-01T14:57:00.000-08:002010-01-01T15:48:48.062-08:00Orlando Health Silences All Facebook FansI wanted to let you know that it appears Orlando Health has decided since they can't get away with discriminating on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth">Facebook fan page</a>, they have blocked all fans from sharing any comments, be them supporting the status quo or critical of the organization.<div><br /></div><div>In one sense this is good news, since it is not right for them to have been silencing some and not all. In another sense it is bad news, since they are doing as they have been this whole time - trying to suppress the truth about the organization - that Orlando Health is a great place to work for some people and an oppressive environment for others.</div><div><br /></div><div>Many Orlando Health employees, patients and patient family members have reached out and contacted me since I have started sharing information on this blog. If I were Orlando Health, I'd do the right thing soon to avoid being dragged into a very public light for the discrimination and censorship they have pressured onto people - not just on Facebook, but every day in this top down business environment.</div><div><br /></div><div>One thing you may be able to do still is add your thoughts to the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=176444629736&topic=11356">Facebook discussion page</a> Orlando Health opened on the waaaaay back pages of their Facebook group about domestic partner benefits (one of a number of problems addressed in the proposal that started all of this - the well reasoned <a href="http://ohdi.blogspot.com/2009/10/beginning-ignored-proposal.html">proposal</a> Orlando Health employees presented to 'leaders' that was ignored). </div><div><br /></div><div>If you have been following the Facebook part of this story, you will know that Orlando Health decided to create the discussion page to address the domestic partner benefits part of this much bigger discussion. But regardless, they opened up a forum to discuss their own oppression. Take advantage of that. If you are fearful of being retaliated against, ask fellow employee Mike Cherry how he is being treated, since he openly provided critical feedback on this discussion page. If he can do it - so can you - or at least, you can encourage others from the community to stand up and add their voices.</div><div><br /></div><div>As others have done, let me know what your concerns at Orlando Health are. You have my commitment to keep your identity strictly confidential, as I have done with everyone who has come to me in private to date.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div>407-484-6671</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-23060282412388335672009-12-26T10:22:00.000-08:002009-12-26T10:35:38.374-08:00The "Employer of Choice" ScamAs I finish writing the first draft of the play I will be performing in Orlando in May about this whole saga, I want to share with you some of the research that is helping me frame the content of the play.<div><br /></div><div>If you've read previous posts you'll have learned that Orlando Health hires a company known as The Herman Group to 'rate' them as an Employer of Choice. This bogus certification is nothing short of disgusting. As you travel this holiday season, in case you need a hospital, you may want to look at the links below to see which hospitals are also clients of this bogus Herman Group. And then you may choose to give your business to culturally competent organizations that are listed as such in the second link below, which is the Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) 2009 Healthcare Equality Index. You can review medical facilities based on a series of criteria that tell you whether or not the organization is truly culturally competent. </div><div><br /></div><div>The HRC report is complied by healthcare providers themselves filling out a survey and is very cut and dry - and is free. The Herman Group's rating is based on criteria that only benefits the organization, not the employees or patients and is a paid for service by the client (the hospital). </div><div><br /></div><div>To simplify: HRC Healthcare Equality Index - Good; The Herman Group's Employer of Choice program - bad - very, very bad.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Herman Group's Employer of Choice Client List:</div><div><a href="http://www.employerofchoice.com/employers_recognized.html">http://www.employerofchoice.com/employers_recognized.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>The HRC's 2009 Healthcare Equality Index:</div><div><a href="http://www.hrc.org/documents/Healthcare_Equality_Index_2009.pdf">http://www.hrc.org/documents/Healthcare_Equality_Index_2009.pdf</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I will share more of Orlando Health's hypocritical implementation of their Herman Group rating in a future post.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh how the bigotry never ends - UNTIL YOU MAKE IT END!</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville 407-484-6671</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div>PS I will be organizing a direct action as part of the upcoming Orlando Health protest. I'll be announcing that information soon, so stay tuned - and join the fight against bigotry in your back yard.</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-26508369080075694592009-12-23T21:30:00.000-08:002009-12-23T21:38:31.388-08:00First Civil Disobedience Action for LGBTQI Equality Here in New YorkDear Orlando Health,<div><br /></div><div>I've been quite busy this week coordinating the start of a new group here in New York City fighting for LGBTQI equality through direct actions. We launched our first action last night - a symbolic party crashing. Here is a video capturing the event.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5NnQWFK3jM">LINK TO VIDEO</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I share this with you for two reasons:</div><div><br /></div><div>1. I took my normal time spreading the message about the bigotry you support at Orlando Health and redirected it to equality seeking behavior in my own back yard.</div><div><br /></div><div>2. You can look forward to a future of direct action to continue to press you to change and embrace the calls to action in the well reasoned proposal.</div><div><br /></div><div>Whenever you are ready to change your disgusting bigotry - your team members and patients are waiting - but if you continue to refuse - we will have no choice but to resort to direct action and the shame you have received to date will be nothing compared to the light that will be shone upon your organization in the future.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you for reading (as you always do) - and happy holidays.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-75302295159217298752009-12-21T12:43:00.000-08:002009-12-21T13:01:35.479-08:00Orlando Health Randomly Removing Posts<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Orlando Health is now randomly removing posts from their </span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Facebook page</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. They have warned people they will be removing any posts that have to do with diversity or domestic partner benefits if the posters do not move those comments to the back page discussion board they've opened up for - JUST domestic partner benefits. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Again, Orlando Health is setting themselves up for legal trouble. They are indiscriminately censoring certain people and not others - IN AN OPEN FORUM.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Don't mistake Orlando Health's lies for the truth - Orlando Health created the Facebook page and prompted people to post nice things on it to counter act the abundance of critical information that has amassed on the internet to the contrary. <b>Further, Orlando Health's number one fear is their employees getting the idea that they have power in the work place.</b> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><b>BUT</b> - people are starting to wake up. I received a communication from an Orlando Health employee recently stating the following,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"I</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> am a team member, if u do not use my name I will help you. How about addressing the illegal act of requiring exempt team members to take mandatory time off during the holidays without paying them when the law requires a set salary???"</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Orlando Health team members - does the 'leadership' actually change anything from your suggestions on the team member surveys?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Orlando Health patients - how do you feel knowing Orlando Health has five levels of VIP patient status and if you are just a regular patient you are not getting the same attention as other more powerful people or connected people?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>YOU CAN ALL ORGANIZE AND GET WHAT YOU DESERVE AT ORLANDO HEALTH. UNIONS ARE NOT ALL BAD - AND IF THE COMPANY IS GOING TO BREAK THE LAW OR TREAT CERTAIN PEOPLE AS LESS THAN EQUAL TO OTHERS - SOMEONE NEEDS TO STAND UP AND SAY ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU ARE THAT SOMEONE.</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If you want to confidentially share inequalities you notice in the Orlando Health workplace, as several people have started to do - email or call me. My info is below. We'll work together in confidence to set the next wave of this plan in motion - actually, without sharing details here - that is already happening. You can join in and will be protected.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Don't let people who make more than they should for their level of job tell you what to do. Be your own person.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Thank you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Alan L. Bounville</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">407-484-6671</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">alanbounville@gmail.com</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-9158759848205774552009-12-19T05:29:00.000-08:002009-12-19T05:45:07.134-08:00Message Removed from Orlando Health Facebook Page<div><div style="text-align: left; ">Here is a message someone shared on the <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts">Orlando Health Facebook page</a> that was removed this morning. See graphic below. It was the first message on the page. Why are they trying to suppress the truth? <b>They are silencing some people and not others - all sharing the same message.</b> <b>Sounds like they are getting themselves into a possible legal situation since so many people on their Facebook page are saying the same thing. </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">And no reasons are given to the three people who have been silenced</span> (Rick Sanchez, myself and now Andrew Conte). Orlando Health is acting with knee jerk reaction and indiscriminately as they single people out and do what they seem to do best - DISCRIMINATE.</div><div><br /></div><div>When will they stop silencing the truth?</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Click on the image below to read Mr. Conte's deleted remark</b></div></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SyzXhsDVn0I/AAAAAAAAAD4/XMxWNqfrlP4/s1600-h/Slide1.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SyzXhsDVn0I/AAAAAAAAAD4/XMxWNqfrlP4/s320/Slide1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416941425580678978" /></a><div><br /></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-7164700631786967472009-12-17T21:16:00.001-08:002009-12-18T10:54:33.973-08:00What are Orlando Health 'Leaders' Thinking?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SysRouBCMXI/AAAAAAAAADg/LMgA4eBP9G4/s1600-h/Slide1.gif" style="text-decoration: none;"><img style="text-decoration: underline;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SysRouBCMXI/AAAAAAAAADg/LMgA4eBP9G4/s320/Slide1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416442368087961970" /></a>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-75138459178016468472009-12-16T23:14:00.001-08:002009-12-18T09:58:56.138-08:00Pay No Attention... or Union Avoidance?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/Synazz8CzII/AAAAAAAAADQ/03W77hhOhrY/s1600-h/Slide1.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/Synazz8CzII/AAAAAAAAADQ/03W77hhOhrY/s320/Slide1.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416100610539965570" /></a><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div>After a year and a half bringing this message to light, yesterday Orlando Health <b>FINALLY</b> acknowledged that there is a conversation going on about the blatant discrimination taking place at their business. The admission came out in a post from them on their <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts">Facebook page</a> They tried to contort the messages on the Facebook page, (that clearly stated for themselves the truth) making it sound as if this was only about domestic partner benefits (clearly, this is about a fully inclusive diversity program - domestic partner benefits are a cornerstone to a company being truly culturally competent, but not the be all and end of of the discussion going on).</div><div><br /></div><div>Further - Orlando Health does not want to offer domestic partner benefits for a much bigger reason than because of bogus financial concerns they put on their new back page discussion item - they don't want to give something other hospital systems in the region don't offer <b>because that gives you - the reader here - the idea that you could get other things like a better vacation policy, a diversity office that examines your specific cultural needs, a more transparent pay structure to ensure all are being paid equal for equal work - and even more.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Imagine if you had an empowered voice at Orlando Health. Imagine that - if just for a moment.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>What is the cost of equality? That is the real question. </b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>And what lengths would Orlando Health go to silence people so they don't get the idea that if they band together they can have more than domestic partner benefits or a full fledged diversity office. By organizing, employees at Orlando Health can have a real voice for change.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Why are there no LGBT people or very few people of color in leading positions at Orlando Health? Are those groups not worth such high level positions? They have lived in the community as long as the white leaders and people of color in greater numbers than white leaders.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Have we changed so far from the days Dr. King fought in the south for freedom?</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>If you've read this post this far, you may want to take a look at this <a href="http://bulletin.aarp.org/states/fl/2009/20/articles/orlando_sentinel_fla_scott_maxwell_column.html">link</a>. If Orlando Health is so concerned about finances when it comes to doing what's right, maybe they should consider cutting some top level salaries to redirect funds towards the power of equality.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Thank you.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>Alan L. Bounville</b></div><div><b>407-484-6671</b></div><div><b>alanbounville@gmail.com</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>PS - Orlando Health - two people now have been censored from posting this message of inclusion (that DOES affect all of Central Florida) on your main <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts">Facebook page</a> (Rick Sanchez and myself). How many more voices will you silence - because I guarantee you we WILL find out. People will not stop exposing the truth. You save lives everyday - that is a given - you are a hospital - that is your job. Now start treating everyone equal. That will position you on the right side of history.</b></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#551A8B;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-43829605298987605642009-12-15T23:14:00.000-08:002009-12-16T08:25:06.074-08:00Only Marrieds and Straights Given Full Benefits Here<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SykJwWOtfAI/AAAAAAAAADA/UNgOLxRiEZw/s1600-h/Slide1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cfOofyIRUxA/SykJwWOtfAI/AAAAAAAAADA/UNgOLxRiEZw/s320/Slide1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415870753095384066" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-82171926402601599052009-12-15T10:11:00.001-08:002009-12-15T10:22:14.512-08:00Letter from Birmingham Jail<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Dr. King would most assuredly support the tactics employed by this campaign to free a group of people from the oppression in the workplace that exists at Orlando Health. Read here a quote from his Letter from Birmingham Jail that still shapes our consciousness in regard to equal treatment of ALL people.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">And for those who say Dr. King was a Christian leader and would not support what the Orlando Health Diversity Initiative promotes -<b> look again at history</b> - look at his lead march organizer and advisor, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">Bayard Rustin</span></a>, an openly gay black man. Why would Dr. King, a Christian man, take advice from an openly gay man if he did dot believe in equality for all?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Section of Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro's great stumbling block in his stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen's Counciler or the Ku Klux Klanner</span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">, but the white moderate, who is more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says: "I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I cannot agree with your methods of direct action"; who paternalistically believes he can set the timetable for another man's freedom; who lives by a mythical concept of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait for a "more convenient season."</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: medium; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress. I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that the present tension in the South is a necessary phase of the transition from an obnoxious negative peace, in which the Negro passively accepted his unjust plight, to a substantive and positive peace, in which all men will respect the dignity and worth of human personality. </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Actually, we who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive. We bring it out in the open, where it can be seen and dealt with. Like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light, injustice must be exposed, with all the tension its exposure creates, to the light of human conscience and the air of national opinion before it can be cured.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Don't say this is not your fight - get people to </span><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/ohdiversity"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;">sign the petition TODAY</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">!</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Thank you.</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Alan L. Bounville</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">407-484-6671</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">alanbounville@gmail.com</span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">PS I will be announcing my next visit to Orlando to fight this oppression on the ground very soon.</span></p></span>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-65468684361514217082009-12-13T23:28:00.000-08:002009-12-14T09:49:32.185-08:00Orlando Health Diversity Initiative - Video 9<div>Here is the link to this week's video that discusses Orlando Health's action in silencing my voice on their Facebook page this week. In silencing me, they opened the door for several others to stand up for equality in the workplace. See the short video at the link below.</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd7lH-oY31c">LINK TO VIDEO</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Then do the following:</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">1. Join Orlando Health's <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts">Facebook</a> page and share the message mentioned in the video.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">2. Call Orlando Health and ask them why they don't offer domestic partner benefits and why they don't have a diversity office. 321-841-5111.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Thank you for your support.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Alan L. Bounville</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Former Orlando Health employee and current donor</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">407-484-6671</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">alanbounville@gmail.com</span></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-13768472807458493382009-12-10T20:47:00.000-08:002009-12-10T22:28:41.732-08:00Hateful and Disturbing Facebook Emails<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I sent this person a Facebook friend request this evening as I do to many people who are fans of</span></span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=search&sid=592584569.446107382..1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> Orlando Health</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">. Some people ask who I am and of course I tell them. Here is the whole chain of messages between us. As I continue to say, when you scratch the surface you uncover so much...</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">From Ed Laucks in response to my Facebook friend request:</span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">You don't say who you are. You picked me off a site that daughter is on. She doesn't know you. So, what's the deal? I don't agree with a lot of what you say.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">My reply to Ed Laucks:</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Ed,</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I am a former employee and current donor of Orlando Health. I have several friends who work there - gay and straight. Orlando Health has for years been trying to suppress voices. They don't want to offer domestic partner benefits to gay or straight employees, they don't want to create a diversity office to allow employees to bring their different cultural voices to the shaping of the organization.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">What part of what I say don't you agree with?</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Ed Laucks' reply to me:</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Well, for one you are barking up the wrong tree. I am Christian and do not believe in queer life styles. I've had too many queers hit on me in my life who don't know how to take no for answer. And then you expect me to support your cause? Not a chance! I've been married for 30 years! I was raped by a male doctor when I was young in his office.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">You would never want to step in front of me. I don't care what you think of me! I don't believe in anything you say! I have my rights to believe in what I want. And you can't make me think otherwise. So bark up somebody elses boner.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">My response to Ed Laucks:</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Ed,</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">I am sorry you were raped by a male doctor. That is horrible. Whether that feeds into your homophobia or not - what you say here is extremely hurtful and parallel to the hate people express to people of color, women or any other minority group.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">It is also very unfortunate if you are spreading this hate to your family.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">And if some day I do happen to step in front of you I would hope you would not cause me any physical harm as that would not at all be Christian of you. In fact, I can't at all what is Christian in any of your statements - unless being Christian means also being homophobic and threatening to LGBT people.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">My final message to Ed Laucks:</span></span></b></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 7px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Ed,<br /><br />You should know I have posted our communication on the blog I manage in regard to this movement. I assure you - if you were to pursue any kind of further threat I will seek legal action.<br /><br />Here is the link to the blog post.<br /><br /></span></span><a href="http://ohdi.blogspot.com/2009/12/hateful-and-disturbing-facebook-emails.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" onmousedown="UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "18faa997a613da3396946de7290db3f5", event)" style="cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">http://ohdi.blogspot.com/2009/12/hateful-and-disturbing-facebook-emails.html</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Alan L. Bounville</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-78029652769508350712009-12-10T00:12:00.000-08:002009-12-10T00:21:03.980-08:00Video 8 - Beginning Preparation for the StageThis week I share a bit of the early preparation of turning this story into a staged piece of theatre for presentation at the 2010 Orlando International Fringe Festival. Writing this short script was quite emotional for me - but sharing the reality of the resistance to this movement is <b>vital</b> for all to see the hate and misunderstanding that exists against those who seek to allow more voices into the conversation.<div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kPTJQcFHpM">LINK TO VIDEO 8</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div>Former Orlando Health employee and current donor - who doesn't give up.</div><div>407-484-6671</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-68254741417294219932009-12-09T12:38:00.001-08:002009-12-16T13:35:16.998-08:00Orlando Health Fights Back!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://ohdi.blogspot.com/2009/12/im-blocked-from-making-facebook.html">PLEASE READ THE FIRST POST OF TODAY BEFORE READING THIS ONE</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">As a direct result of people defending my right to speak about the need for Orlando Health to be more culturally competent today - just now Orlando Health updated it's status and created a new policy of how it wants to control the public's interaction with their Facebook page. Let's break this down for all to see what they are REALLY doing here...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Orlando Health Post - Made today at 3:29 pm after four people have defended my position that Orlando Health should not have removed me from having the ability to share the message of inclusion that 215 have voiced to date through the online </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/ohdiversity">petition</a></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"> supporting a more inclusive environment at Orlando Health:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Our fan page is 5 weeks old – and we’re thrilled at how quickly it’s growing. In response to that growth, we’ve created an etiquette policy for our fan page. We’ve posted it under the notes tab for you to review. It details our commitment to protecting the integrity of this community. We encourage all of our fans to be relevant and respectful to the community as a whole. Thanks for being a fan of Orlando Health."</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Here is what the policy they uploaded at 3:06 pm today states. <b>Note the sections bolded with my response below:</b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';">Facebook is a place where Orlando Health fans can engage the organization and each other. Orlando Health is responsible for protecting the integrity of the community on our fan page. The page is designed to be a safe place to share information, ideas, stories <b>and even differing opinions</b>. However, there are some general rules of conduct that we expect our fans to follow when participating on this page. </span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman';"><br />Here they are:<br />• Posts may not be to the detriment or disturbance of the community or its members.<br />• Posts may not be abusive, defamatory, obscene, fraudulent, harassing, deceptive or misleading, solicitous or promotional in nature, or in violation of any law or regulation.<br />• The topics covered on the page must be <b>relevant and respectful to our community as a whole</b>. Any posts representing niche messaging will be reviewed for relevance and respect, and may be removed.<br />• Fans may not post advertisements, chain letters, or pyramid schemes, and may not post the same note more than once, or ‘spam’.<br />• <b>All grievances with the organization should be filed through the proper channels.</b><br />• Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations must be followed at all times. Posts should never contain another person’s full or partial personal health information.<br />• <b>Team members of Orlando Health should refer to the Orlando Health social networking policy for more information and further guidelines.</b><br /><br />Orlando Health reserves the right to do the following:<br />• Remove communications that are in violation of the Orlando Health Facebook Etiquette policy.<br />• Block a user from participating if that user’s behavior disrupts the community.<br /><br />The comments posted by fans to this page do not represent the opinions of Orlando Health, its officers, directors, or affiliates."</span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">My response:</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">1. Orlando Health is blocking out my differing opinion. That is against their own knee jerk reaction policy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">2. Everything that I have shared on the Orlando Health Facebook Page has been relevant an respectful to the community as a whole for injustice anywhere - IS injustice everywhere.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">3. What pray tell are the proper channels one must navigate for Orlando Health to follow through with the proposal presented to leadership that calls for the organization to offer domestic partner benefits, create a diversity office and come into the 21st century in regard to being culturally competent.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">4. I wonder what the 'team member' social networking policy is? I wonder if it includes team members only being allowed to say nice things about the place they work. Sounds very similar to the mandatory anti-union meetings the hospital is making all employees sit through.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">Please continue posting what's in your heart and mind on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts#/orlandohealth?ref=ts">Orlando Health's Facebook Page</a>.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">Orlando Health - you put up a transparent fight - but sooner or later you will have to concede - Equality ALWAYS wins.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">Thank you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">Alan L. Bounville</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">Former Orlando Health employee and current donor</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">407-484-6671</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'times new roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 14px;font-size:medium;">alanbounville@gmail.com</span></span></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-40558730621824153832009-12-09T09:12:00.001-08:002009-12-09T09:33:19.639-08:00I'm Blocked from Making Comments on Orlando Health's Facebook PageFor weeks now I have been periodically posting <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/ohdiversity">petition</a> signer's comments on the new<a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts"> Orlando Health Facebook Fan Page</a>. I have also provided other valuable feedback about things people and the organization have posted that fly in the face of true cultural competence. This morning I woke up and found out I've been 'unfriended' from their page. I was able to rejoin, but am not longer able to post anymore comments. NOTE - NOTHING I HAVE POSTED IS OFFENSIVE OR QUESTIONABLE - IT IS ALL FACTUAL AND COMES FROM A LEVEL MINDED PLACE.<div><br /></div><div><b>BUT - everyone else can still post comments. </b><div><br /></div><div><b>Please, if you haven't already join the </b><a href="http://www.facebook.com/orlandohealth?ref=ts"><b>Orlando Health Facebook Fan Page</b></a><b> and let them know silencing a message of diversity and inclusion is wrong. Here are points to mention:</b></div><div><ul><li>Orlando Health needs to offer Domestic Partner Benefits to employees.</li><li>Orlando Health needs to create a diversity office where ALL voices are heard and empowered.</li><li>Orlando Health needs to revise its patient and employee policies so that all people are ensured equal treatment at the hospital.</li></ul><div><b>Then, email the hospital president at john.hillenmeyer@orlandohealth.com demanding a response.</b></div><div><br /></div></div><div>Central Florida Residents - This is YOUR hospital that is treating people unequally. My friends who are LGBT or people of color who work there are not equal in the workplace.</div><div><br /></div><div>Everyone Else - The more light that is shed on this issue the better - like Dr. King said, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."</div><div><br /></div><div>Thank you.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div>Former Orlando Health employee and current donor</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div><div>407-484-6671</div></div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372743483726046962.post-6010890835457876552009-11-27T17:16:00.001-08:002009-11-27T17:31:36.921-08:00Video 7 - Boston, MAHere is this week's video filmed in Boston, MA.<div><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzqZ0naJRseowvbqbNNiy8QxDuzfd8ELHjYaRYsj6NTCkM6Fvfl5gBLQ2NTQaexZMroF4wpJ7QEWesNKwUjxg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><div><br /></div><div>Wherever I go, so goes this message.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sign the <a href="http://www.tinyurl.com/ohdiversity">petition</a> today.</div><div><br /></div><div>Alan L. Bounville</div><div>407-484-6671</div><div>alanbounville@gmail.com</div>Alan L. Bounvillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09810435178613848577noreply@blogger.com0