<p><img alt= src=/sites/default/files/conv2013/DignityUSA_Logo_FINAL_0.jpg style=width: 120px; height: 133px; float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; />In ten short months DignityUSA members from across the country will gather in Minneapolis to listen learn and explore the social justice teaching of the Catholic Church through an LGBT/Allied lens.</p> <p>Registration for the convention will open in January the result of work that began in the fall of 2010 when Minneapolis was selected as the site of the 2013 DignityUSA Convention.</p> <p>Come and meet the people who have been working to bring this convention experience to you. With representation from chapters across the country this convention is truly a national effort.</p> <!--break--> <table width=80%> <thead> <tr> <td class=rtecenter colspan=2> <strong>National Convention Committee (NCC)</strong></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td width=40%> Bill Baird NCC Chair</td> <td width=40%> Dignity/San Francisco</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Martin Grochala 2013 Convention Chair</td> <td> Dignity/Chicago</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Paula Lavallee</td> <td> Dignity/Seattle</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Terry Mischel</td> <td> Dignity/Denver</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jane Powers</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Lourdes Rodriguez</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tom Streeper</td> <td> Dignity/Philadelphia</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>&nbsp;</p> <table width=80%> <thead> <tr> <td class=rtecenter colspan=2> <strong>2013 Minneapolis Committee Members</strong></td> </tr> </thead> <tbody> <tr> <td width=40%> Jeanne Cornish</td> <td width=40%> Dignity/Twin Cities</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Gene Corpuz</td> <td> Dignity/Honolulu</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Marianne Duddy-Burke</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Patrick Gordon</td> <td> Dignity/Twin Cities</td> </tr> <tr> <td> John Hager</td> <td> Dignity/Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bill Ladley</td> <td> Dignity/New York</td> </tr> <tr> <td> David Lamdin</td> <td> Dignity/Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Brian McNeill</td> <td> Dignity/Twin Cities</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Bob Miailovich</td> <td> Dignity/Washington</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tom Orians</td> <td> Dignity/Metro New Jersey</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Donna Miller</td> <td> Dignity/Integrity Madison</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Mary Kaye Radtke</td> <td> Dignity/Integrity Madison</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ramon Rodriguez</td> <td> Dignity/Chicago</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Victor Postemski</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Paul Scarborough</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Michelle Scheidt</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Marc Schulte</td> <td> Dignity/Twin Cities</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Diane Sidorowicz</td> <td> Dignity/Boston</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Ed Smith</td> <td> Dignity/San Francisco</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Jim Smith</td> <td> DUSA Program Manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Art Stoberl</td> <td> Dignity/Twin Cities</td> </tr> <tr> <td> Tom Yates</td> <td> Dignity/Washington</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Please contact Marty Grochala at mjgrochala@yahoo.com if you are interested in volunteering in any of the follow areas:</p> <p><strong>Marketing<br /> </strong></p> <ul> <li> Social Media</li> <li> Graphics Design (Print and Electronic)</li> <li> Copy Writing</li> <li> Proof-readers/Editors</li> </ul> <p><strong>Family and Children&rsquo;s Services<br /> </strong></p> <ul> <li> Organizing childcare for attendees</li> </ul> <p><strong>Entertainment<br /> </strong></p> <ul> <li> Assist with organizing the dinner/dance</li> </ul> <p><strong>Environment and Decorations<br /> </strong></p> <ul> <li> Assist with design and set up for d&eacute;cor for plenary sessions liturgies and the dinner/dance</li> </ul>