Happy one-year anniversary, and what a year its been for DADT!

Thanks to all of you I was able to take a 28 day road trip that started today!

For the next 28 days, I will be posting images taken during the road trip last year.

Here is the first post

http://joannsantangelo.wordpress.com/2011/08/25/one-year-ago-today-i-left-on-a-road-trip/

Once again, Thank you all for your support of this project.

Kindest Regards,

Jo Ann Santangelo

Dear backers & supporters!

I can't believe its coming close to a year since I went on my kickstarter road trip!

Here is an update of the project:

Proud to Serve went on exhibit at the LGBT Center in Manhattan, opened on Veteran's Day: November 11, 2010.

Proud to Serve exhibit will get it's west coast debut!

Opening on June 23rd at The Q Center in Portland, Oregon!

As some of you may know- Proud To Serve limited edition book has sold out... but you can buy my new 88 page full color zine here: http://www.magcloud.com/browse/issue/187983

Also, if you didn't put in a request for your backer reward print, its not too late, email me your request and or for some reason I didn't send out your request, please email me.

Thanks again for all your support!

Hello Dear Kickstarter backers and project followers!

You are invited to Proud to Serve, exhibit opening and book release!

Please join me for the opening reception and a moderated panel this Thursday, November 11th from 5:30-9:00pm at the LGBT Center, 208 W.13th Street (7th/8th Ave)
http://www.gaycenter.org/node/5793

The Center and its Young Leaders Council (YLC), Knights Out, The Service Member’s Legal Defense Fund (SLDN), The Service Women’s Action Network (SWAN) and LeGaL host a thought-provoking and engaging program examining the military’s current Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy

Jo Ann Santangelo puts a face to service members affected by Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. She provides 67 image portrait essay and multimedia project of our Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender American service members who served their country in silence or were discharged under the
current Don t Ask, Don t Tell law.

Her journey took her through a 4 week, 10,167 mile road trip around the United States.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell – Where are We and How Did We Get Here?

The Center conversation brings together four of the country’s leading experts on the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy. Attorney and political strategist Richard Socarides, who served as White House Special Assistant under President Clinton, will moderate a conversation with award-winning Washington Post columnist Jonathan Capehart, author of the definitive work on the policy (Unfriendly Fire) Nathaniel Frank, and Center for American Progress SVP Winnie Stachelberg. Opening Remarks by West Point Graduate Brenda S.“Sue” Fulton.
http://www.gaycenter.org/node/5789

The exhibit opens at 5:30 the conversation starts at 7:00pm.

For those of you not in New York, you can order the book online. Only 100 copies of this first edition were printed.
http://www.joannsantangelo.com/proustoservebook

For all my backers, I will be sending you an email this upcoming week with a link to private galleries, so you can chose your print. Thank you for you support and patience!