FERNDALE, ANN ARBOR, TRAVERSE CITY– Meefers.com is pleased to announce the We Are Michigan concert series. This three-day event takes place in a different city each day to help raise awareness about GLBT human rights issues.

 

 Each event will feature various musical performances along with activists who will share their experiences fighting for gay rights. On Thursday April 30th  ACLU of Michigan staff attorney Jay Kaplan will discuss what his organization’s LGBT project is working on to help the cause of LGBT victim rights, on Friday May 1st  the Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality (CARE) President Beverly Davidson will discuss House Bill 4131 that could allow for second-parent adoptions in Michigan and on Saturday May 2nd Triangle Foundation Victim Service Director Melissa Pope will be on hand to discuss various legal and political issues

 

 On Thursday April 30th, the first concert will be held at the Magic Bag in Ferndale.  Rachael Davis, My Dear Disco, Nervous But Excited, and Chris Bathgate will be performing. Tickets are $10 at the door and the show starts at 8pm.

 

 On Friday May 1st, the fun moves west to Ann Arbor where Nervous But Excited and Breathe Owl Breathe will play at The Ark, Ann Arbor's nonprofit home for acoustic music.  Tickets are $15 at the door and the show starts at 8pm.

 

 And finally on Saturday May 2nd, the We Are Michigan concert series will be at the Insideout Gallery in Traverse City.  Kalamazoo-based old time string-bang Who Hit John? will be there along with songwriter Michael Beauchamp and Cmoon, featuring local freestyle arist Cnote, Moon Beam and Adam Reid to get the word out about the issues that affect the gay community. Tickets are $15 at the door, $12 in advance.

 

 “The goal of these concerts and the goal of Meefers.com is the same,” says Meefers.com Co-founder Matt DeWitt.  “We aim to bring people together on a community-by-community basis with music, news, social networking, e-commerce and with other mediums we are developing.  It’s all about connecting locally, as well as broadly in a positive nature.” Michigan based Meefers.com is a locally focused, online gay-friendly publication. Co-sponsors of the event include the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU MI), Triangle Foundation, Between The Lines, Coalition for Adoption Rights Equality (CARE), Metra Magazine, Riot Grrl Ink and Fox on a Hill Productions, LLC.
 

For more information, visit www.meefers.com and www.foxonahill.com.