ECHO Conferences

In January 1962, representatives of homophile organizations on the east coast met in Philadelphia and agreed to form a loose affiliation called East Coast Homophile Organizations, ECHO, to assist in coordinating their efforts. In addition to sponsorship of the July 4th Annual Reminder picketing at Philadelphia's Independence Hall in 1965, ECHO organized three successive annual conferences with the following themes:

1963, Philadelphia, Homosexuality -- Time for ReappraisalI.

1964, Washington, DC, Homosexuality - Civil Liberties and Social Rights

1965, New York, The Homosexual Citizen in the Great Society