| Empress
Christy Pe'Vey |
San
Antonio, TX |
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H
- 210.286.8531 |
| PO BOX 780625 |
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| San Antonio,
TX, 78278-0625 |
Email:pevey@satx.rr.com
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Christy
Pe'Vey began her role in the equality movement in 1986 when
she and a handful of students petitioned the Board of Regents
for a charter to establish a Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
support group at her university. Noting the denial of the
charter, they began a grass roots campaign effort to reverse
the decision which they were able to successfully do so within
a year of their efforts. The result was not only a student
and faculty support vehicle for diversity, it paved the way
for the university to embrace and celebrate the needs of diverse
populations and ultimately the offering of same sex partner
benefits to all of their staff and faculty.
In
1990, Christy began volunteer work with Southwest Voter Research
Project in various campaigns to get the vote out and mobilize
the Latino movement in south and south central Texas. In 1996,
Christy joined the Alamo Empire, Inc of San Antonio of which
she has been empress three times and has served in various
capacities on the Board of Directors. Over the last decade
she has participated in various boards and task forces for
the Gay and Lesbian Dart League, the Pride Coalition, Jennifer’s
Camp, the Diversity Center, and the San Antonio Metropolitan
Community Health District.
Apart
from working closely with various court members to help fund
raise for various San Antonio non-profit agencies, in 1996,
Empress Christy involved the Alamo Empire in a coalition with
the Esperanza Peace Justice Center, a diversity center that
advocates for all people wounded by inequality and dominance,
after their city funding had been cut because of their sponsorship
of the gay and lesbian film festival. After years of advocacy
and community awareness, the Center won its litigation in
2001 and to this day continues to advocate decency and tolerance
for all human beings through the assistance of city funding.
In
order to forge stronger bridges and advocate community partnerships,
Empress Christy continued to align the Alamo Empire and other
community agencies. In 2003 she co-authored a quarter of a
million dollar grant from the Center for Disease Control with
the Executive Director of Hope Action Care and the San Antonio
Diversity Center. As a result, these funds were funneled for
a myriad of services for those affected with HIV/AIDS as well
as assisted in the educational advancement for gay, lesbian,
bisexual and trans-gendered students in the form of scholarships
to accredited four year universities. Empress Christy is currently
at the grass roots level for a humanity for animals campaign,
a partnership between those affected with HIV/AIDS and animal
rights services, and will spearhead the “Get Out the
Vote in 2008” Campaign for GLBT community in San Antonio.
Empress
Christy received her B.A. and M.Ed. from Trinity University
and is currently in a Ph.D. at the University of Texas in
Austin. She was voted on to the International Court Council
in April of 2006.
