The Board of Directors of the ACORN EQUALITY FUND invites the public to our annual family breakfast to be held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in East Peoria, IL, on December 3, 2011, from 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. $25,000 in scholarships will be awarded.

The keynote speaker this year is Zach Wahls, the young Iowa man who gained fame by speaking on the strength of his family during a public forum on House Joint Resolution 6, a constitutional amendment to define marriage between a man and a woman, at the Iowa Judiciary Committee Hearings in February of 2011.

Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the door or by e-mailing .

The Acorn Equality Fund, a 501(c)(3) Not-for-Profit Corporation, established in 1999, is a grassroots organization that provides financial support for the advancement of the education, health, and civil rights of gay, lesbian, and transgender persons and their allies in downstate Illinois.