Greetings!
Since our last Edition of GSA Network News we welcome the GSA at Animo Locke Charter High School #3 in Los Angeles!
We are also happy to announce the winner of our Year End Survey Contest! Congratulations to Milpitas High School in Milpitas, CA on winning a $100 Visa gift card for your GSA!
We encourage all GSA activists in Northern California to apply for GSA Activist Camp. You can apply here.
We hope everyone is having a great summer!
In Solidarity,
GSA Network
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Farewell to Robin McGehee
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Today, GSA Network says goodbye to Robin McGehee, who worked as our Central Valley Program Coordinator for more than 4 years. Her passion for youth empowerment and her relentless organizing with LGBTQ and straight ally youth in the conservative Central Valley has improved the lives of hundreds and hundreds of youth! She will be greatly missed.
We wish Robin success in her newest endeavor helping to organize the National March for Equality in Washington DC on October 10-11, 2009.
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NETWORK NEWS HIGHLIGHT: Join Youth Council and become one of the next great youth leaders in the GSA movement!!
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 Youth from the 2008-2009 Northern California Youth Council.
Join Youth Council and become one of the next great youth leaders in the GSA movement!!
Have you ever wanted a space where you could specifically talk about issues relating to your Gay-Straight Alliance? Have immediate access to a Program Coordinator to ask unlimited questions about your GSA? Or a space where 20-25 LGBTQ and allied students gathered together to organize one of the biggest queer youth conferences in the state of CA? How about an opportunity to do a ropes course with fellow queer and ally peers? What about celebrating with a graduation ceremony that focuses on appreciating all the hard work that you do in your GSA and for your community?
How can you get in on this action, you ask? These amazing opportunities are possible by joining your regional (NorCal or SoCal) Youth Council! GSA Network offers a great leadership program, Youth Council, that is open to anyone who is currently involved (or wants to be involved) with their GSA. The requirements are simple: be involved in your GSA, be committed to organizing a campaign on your campus, and attend monthly meetings.
The Youth Council gives student leaders support to bring back what they learned to their GSAs. Piper Hoffman, a NorCal Youth Council member shared that, "We had no direction in previous years and had made no change or improvement for just ourselves, and I think having a member on Youth Council this year helped with structure and creating a better base for future members to work off of." Another NorCal Youth Council member couldn't agree more. Michael Aiyar thinks that "Youth Council helped the GSA at my school by teaching its leader (Lea) and me some crazygood leadership skills that we brought back to the group."
Pablo Ramirez, a SoCal Youth Council member believes that Youth Council significantly impacted him. He says "before the council I was timid and shy about my homosexuality, excluding my close friends, but when I began on December 13, 2008 everything changed and I just felt so much better about myself and I just let my spirits fly. I guess the council has helped me become, well, me." Many students who were involved with their GSAs were able to increase participation from other students and to really build the foundation for a solid club.
In addition to social activities, Youth Council is also extremely focused on building leadership and activist skills. Bay Spinnaker from the SoCal Youth Council remembers, "It was my first time being in an environment surrounded by other LGBTQA youth who shared a passion for social change in LGBT activism as well as other social issues. It was very inspirational and motivational, revamping my own determination in a sense. I felt very comfortable and at ease knowing I was in a safe space where ideas were shared and discussed and secrets were no longer scary." Youth Council focuses on three very important things: activism, leadership, and fun! Program Coordinators, the folks who staff the Youth Council meetings and help with the meetings, know that social time and building leadership skills are both important aspects to social justice activism!
One of the best things about Youth Council is how it helps builds the confidence of the youth leaders. At GSA Network, we know that youth leaders are the ones who will be continuing the change that is happening already and will be heavily involved in activism in their immediate futures. Le Tran, a NorCal Youth Council member, says "In many ways, Youth Council helped me to build great confidence in my activism and leadership. It helped me to have more assurance when running a GSA. And I know I will do well in my future endeavors with LGBTQ activism."
The skills and knowledge that youth learn from Youth Council are priceless.
If you're interested in applying for Youth Council, please contact Daniel Solis for the SoCal Youth Council at [email protected] or 213.482.4021 and contact Kiely for the NorCal Youth Council at [email protected] or 415.552.4229.
And congratulations to the 08-09 Youth Council members for their commitment to social justice and LGBTQ youth activism!
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GSA NETWORK ANNOUNCEMENTS
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1. GSA Activist Camp NOR CAL!
Applications Still Being Accepted!
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Northern California
Camp: August 14-16, 2008 (Fri-Sun) at the
Headlands Institute in Marin
The GSA Activist Camp is a youth-planned
and youth-led, 3-day event that features intensive community building,
skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA
members and potential members. All LGBT and straight ally youth can
apply. Youth who will be in a high school or middle school GSA next
year will be given priority.
Youth of color, trans youth, and
low-income youth are especially encouraged to apply.
Cost: $20-$100 sliding scale - no
one turned away for lack of funds; scholarships available.
www.gsanetwork.org/camp Applications NOW Open! Apply Now!
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2. ACTION: Suppor Harvey Milk Day! Harvey Milk Day under Attack!
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Pick up the phone now to Save Harvey Milk Day!
Right now, those who oppose honoring LGBT civil rights leaders are flooding the Governor's office with calls to stop Harvey Milk Day from becoming reality. They are opposing SB 572 (authored by Senator Mark Leno), a bill that would designate May 22 as an official state day to commemorate Milk's birthday and his lasting impact on California and the world.
Call The Governor at 916-445-2841
1. Follow the prompts to support the Harvey Milk Day bill, SB 572 (Leno).
2. Press 1 for English.
3. Press 2 to voice your opinion on legislation.
4. Press 1 to voice your opinion on SB 572, the Harvey Milk Day Bill.
Here are a few talking points:
Tell the Governor why having a Harvey Milk Day is important to you and that it would offer an opportunity to teach Californians about the LGBT movement.
SB 572 would educate Californians about an extraordinary leader whose courageous work to end discrimination against the LGBT community in the 1970s set the stage for many of the civil rights advances we see today.
Given the alarming rates of bullying and violence against LGBT youth in our schools, the bill also aims to give all students a positive role model from the LGBT community who showed that an ordinary person can make an incredible difference when they dare to be themselves.
Imagine the power of having our state honor one of the most significant LGBT leaders of our time and keep the hope he inspired alive. Harvey's life and words continue to inspire people across the state and nation to live openly and to create a world free from prejudice.
5. Press 1 to support the legislation.
Calling takes less than a minute-you don't even have to talk to anyone.
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3. GSA Network Co-Sponsors the 5th Annual Rainbow Youth Festival!
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OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
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GSA Network News is a publication of Gay-Straight Alliance Network. Events,
resources, and news items listed under "Other Announcements" are not
sponsored or written by GSA Network, and do not necessarily reflect the views
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CA STATEWIDE
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4. Call for Submissions: GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION�
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http://www.jewishmosaic.org/page/load_page/166
Call For Submissions
GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION
Kate Bornstein & S. Bear Bergman, eds
Deadline:1 September 2009
In the fifteen years since the release of Gender Outlaw, transgender narratives have made their way into cultural locations from the margins to the mainstream and back again. Today's trannies and other sex/gender radicals are writing a radically new world into being.GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION (Seal Press) will collect and contextualize the work of this generation's most forward-thinking trans/genderqueer voices-new voices from the stage, on the streets, in the workplace, in the bedroom, and on the pages and websites of the world's most respected mainstream news sources. Edited by that ol' originalGender Outlaw herself, Kate Bornstein and writer, raconteur, and theater artist S. Bear Bergman, GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION will include essays, commentary, comic art and conversation from a diverse a group of trans-spectrum people who live and believe in barrier-breaking lives.
What we're looking for
GENDER OUTLAWS: THE NEXT GENERATION wants to collect work that represents a quantum leap forward in thinking and talking about gender and the gender binary, in the same way Gender Outlaw did almost twenty years ago. So blow us away. Bring the smart, bring the sexy, blind us with science, break the gender barrier, shine a bright light (or a disco ball) on the whole gender situation. Tell us about your future, what you imagine, how you want things to go and what you (and your friends) intend to do about it. Think big.
We'll look at whatever you have for us - essays, graphic art, interviews/conversations, haiku, rants - as long as you're thinking smart and fresh about sex and gender (and being an outlaw, of course). We will feel especially keen about your work if it adds to or advances the conversation about gender (as distinct from simply reflecting it, or lamenting it).
People of any identity are encouraged to submit work. This means you - yes, you!
We intend to privilege non-normatively gendered/sexed voices in the book but will include all the good stuff we can, regardless of current identifiers of the author.
The Details
Deadline: Sept 1 (early submissions are encouraged). Submissions should be unpublished; query if you have a reprint that you think we'll swoon for. While we hesitate to list a maximum, please query first for pieces over 4,000 words. If you have an idea and need help writing it out, contact us to discuss an interview-style piece or other accommodations.
Submit as a Word document or black/white JPEG (no files over 2MB). Please include a cover letter with a brief bio and full contact information (mailing address, phone number, pseudonym if appropriate) when you submit. Submissions without complete contact information will be deleted unread. Payment will be $50 and 2 copies of the book upon publication in Fall 2010. Contributors retain the rights to their pieces. Send your submission as an attachment to [email protected].
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5. OutHistory.org Extends Deadline for "Since Stonewall Contest"
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OutHistory.org has extended the deadline for creating online exhibits on the local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer histories of villages,
towns, counties, cities, or states in the U.S. since June 1969.
To enter the contest simply create and finalize an exhibit about a local
LGBTQ community by March 31, 2010. To commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, OutHistory.org will award five prizes from $1,000 to $5,000 for the best online exhibits. A panel of judges, convened by OutHistory.org will assess the exhibits and OutHistory.org will announce the top five exhibits on June 28, 2010. In fall of 2010, OutHistory.org will host an event showcasing the winning exhibits.
Jonathan Ned Katz, OutHistory.org's Director, expects this contest "to draw
attention to LGBTQ histories of places and communities outside of major
cities, as well as in major metropolitan areas." OutHistory.org users have
already created exhibits about the histories of LGBTQ life in places such as
Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Columbia, South Carolina and Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Lauren Gutterman, OutHistory.org Coordinator, hopes the site will "receive at least one submission from every state," but there is no limit on the number of entries per state, village, town, county, or city.
This contest is supported by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies at the
City of New York Graduate Center and funded by a generous grant from the
Arcus Foundation.
For more information visit:
http://www.outhistory.org/wiki/Since_Stonewall_Contest or contact the
Project Coordinator at [email protected].
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6. STUDY: Asian American GLB Attitudes and Experiences Survey
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Asian American GLB Attitudes and Experiences Survey
Dear Participant:
We are a culturally diverse sexual minority research team conducting an empirical study examining attitudes, feelings, and experiences associated with being an Asian American who experiences attraction to members of the same sex. Historically, researchers have neglected the lives of Asian American gay, lesbian, and bisexual persons, and very little research has looked specifically at attitudes, feelings, and experiences that sexual minority persons have based on their race and sexual orientation. We sincerely invite you to participate in this survey to help us learn more about the Asian American sexual minority persons in our communities!
To be eligible for this study, you must be an Asian/Asian American who is at least 18 years old, has experienced same-sex attraction, and currently resides in the United States. The survey is anonymous, and takes about 30 minutes to complete. As an incentive to participate, all participants will be given the chance to enter a raffle awarding $100 Amazon.com gift certificate to one randomly selected person. For those interested in participating in this study, click on the following hypertext link (or cut and paste it into your browser)
http://d1599.psysurvey.com
This will take you to the consent form and questionnaire.
Please feel free to forward this e-mail announcement to eligible friends/colleagues and other gay/lesbian/bisexual or Asian American related listserves. Thanks in advance for your help with this project!
Sincerely,
Dawn and Mi Ra
Dawn M. Szymanski, Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Mi Ra Sung, M. A, University of Tennessee
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Dawn M. Szymanski, Ph. D ([email protected] or [email protected])
Mi Ra Sung, M. A. ( [email protected])
Department of Psychology, Austin Peay Bldg
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-0900
Office: 865-974-3302
Fax: 865-974-3330
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7. IN THE LIFE is proud to present part II of its Summer of Stonewall series
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To watch now, go to: http://www.inthelifetv.org/html/episodes/75.html
This July, IN THE LIFE is proud to present part II of its Summer of Stonewall series celebrating the 40th anniversary of The Stonewall Riots, "Civil Disobedience."
We don't know for sure what happened when police officers raided the Stonewall Inn. What is known is that on that historic night, when LGBT patrons united to fight back against harassment and brutality, a movement was born. This month, IN THE LIFE looks at how this historic act of civil disobedience ignited a movement for LGBT civil rights.
CENTER SPACES
Before Stonewall, few LGBT groups publicly assembled despite their constitutional right to do so. But when they began to, these pioneering activists needed spaces to gather in. Our lead segment highlights the LGBT centers that have sheltered the movement and its organizations, providing refuge, legitimacy - a home - for LGBT people since Stonewall.
In A CONVERSATION WITH . . . two of our movement's longest serving executive directors-Katherine Acey of Astrea and Lambda Legal's Kevin Cathcart-discuss their lives as activists, the impact of Stonewall on their generation, and the passion that keeps them advancing the movement.
STORME DELARVARIE
In this episode's final story, we profile Storme Delarvarie, the activist, organizer, and celebrated drag performer who-legend has it-threw the punch that started a revolution.
"Civil Disobedience" begins airing July 1st, and will be available for free video streaming and downloadable podcasts from the IN THE LIFE website starting July 2nd. To find out when it will air in their local areas, to stream or download it, go to www.inthelifetv.org.
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NOR CAL
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8. Study on Gay Male Teens: Coping Study (Bay Area)
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Study Description:
My advisor, Robert-Jay Green, PhD (Professor and Director of The Rockway Institute; www.rockwayinstitute.org), and I are working on a research project looking at positive coping strategies among gay adolescent males. We are hoping to conduct 2 focus groups with 6 gay males each who are successfully managing various aspects of their lives (friendships, family, future goals, etc.) as an "out" teen. The purpose of our study it to identify some common coping strategies that help gay teens positively cope with some of the adversities faced by sexual minority youth in our society. By identifying positive coping strategies that teens are using, we believe caregivers, teachers, administrators would be better able to support these individuals. Long term, we would like to expand the study to include gay, lesbian and bisexual teens and the differences and similarities therein.
This study has been approved by the Institutional Review Board at Alliant International University in San Francisco.
I can be reached by email or phone at your convenience.
Thanks for your help,
Peter Madsen
510-520-4987
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9. **Let's Dance!!!** A Dance In honor of Disability Pride Month (S.F.)
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 ***** Let's Dance!!! *****
In honor of Disability Pride Month, DisabledCommunity.Org is co-sponsoring a dance with other disability and aging focused organizations on Saturday, July 25th from 5-9 pm at the UU Center at 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco.
This pride dance is open to people with and without disabilities and is planned as a social action to increase self love and social movement and to decrease alienation and isolation within our community.
AXIS Dance Company will kick off the dance from 5:30 to 6:30 teaching dance participants new ways of thinking about movement.
At 6:30 everyone can dance to the musical mixings of Leroy Franklin Moore Jr. of Krip Hop Nation who will be mixing a group of diverse dance music, including music created by artists with disabilities and DJ Reggie Daniels will be spinning them.
Order a Ticket to the Dance Online $5-25 based on ability to pay
Go to: http://www.disabledcommunity.org/dance
or buy one at the door
For Questions or To Volunteer Email: [email protected]
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10. SAVE THE DATE: Queer Youth Dance 8/29/09! (S.F.)
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SAVE THE DATE: Queer Youth Dance 8/29/09 sponsored by Lyric!
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11. YouthAware Educational Theatre - 2009 Fall Outspoken Tour Now Booking
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For over two decades, New Conservatory Theatre Center's (NCTC's) YouthAware Educational Theatre program has been working to generate young peoples' understanding and respect for other people and to help them understand the impact of making healthy choices to transform a world full of negative influences into one full of potential and possibilities. These programs reach over 20,000 young people annually both in house at NCTC in San Francisco and on tour to schools and communities all over Northern and Central California.
YouthAware is now taking bookings for the fall 2009 Outspoken tour. With the prevalence of violence and bullying in schools, Outspokenasks "How do we coexist peacefully with our differences?" After a highly successful spring 2009 tour visiting over 20 schools and over 5,000 7th- 12th graders in Northern and Central California, Outspoken returns to tour Mondays through Thursdays from October 28th - December 10th2009.
Created by the YouthAware program and based directly on the voices of young people, Outspoken by Prince Gomolvilas is an innovative play that has been presented to Northern and Central California teens since 2004. Appropriate for grades 7-12, Outspoken examines the many reasons young people feel ostracized in school and in their communities; reasons that include differences in race, religion, sexual orientation, body type, and socioeconomic background. Outspoken asks teens think about stereotypes and diversity from many unique perspectives, and helps to open up a dialogue on labeling, tolerance, bullying and school safety within their own communities.
YouthAware touring programs may be presented up to two times a day at your school site in any theater, gymnasium, or other multi-purpose room. We travel with our own set and sound equipment and do not require any special lighting. We prefer to see between 100-500 students per performance. Each 60-70 minute program includes the play and a facilitated post-show discussion with the cast. Pre and post-show handouts are provided for teachers including discussion questions, community resources, etc.
Outspoken is approved and sponsored by SFUSD School Health programs for Grades 7-12. Performances are free of charge for SFUSD. A small donation is requested to cover touring costs for performances outside of San Francisco. YouthAware is part of a non-profit organization, and we do not like to turn away schools for lack of funds, so please contact us to discuss possible underwriting by our YouthAware funders. We have funding in place to bring performances FREE of charge to middle and high schools in the Central Valley in 2009.
Reservations and questions about YouthAware bookings should be directed to Sara Staley, YouthAware Program Director,[email protected] (415) 694-6149. Book now for the best selection of dates!
Visit the YouthAware homepage: http://www.nctcsf.org/YouthAware.html for more program info and to download scripts for preview.
For publicity-related inquires, interviews, and high-resolution photographs contact Anne McMurrey, Publicist, [email protected]
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12. White Anti-Racist Youth Activist Workshop, Y-Step Summer Institute
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Youth Step Towards Addressing Racism
Dear Y-Step Family!
Greetings from Y-Step! We hope this note finds you well and happily anticipating the summer. We are writing to you with exciting news! Many young people who have gone through our workshops have asked: "How as a white youth can I continue these important conversations about challenging racism? How can I get more actively involved in struggles for racial justice?"
The Y-Step collective is currently planning a 3-day Summer Institute for high-school aged white-identified youth, which will take place in early/mid August, to help answer some of these questions. It will offer youth the opportunity to engage and build their analysis, while developing tools to be active participants in anti-racist struggles.
The Institute will delve deeper into issues of racial inequality as it affects, in particular, the education system, and offer more chances to see concrete examples of what it looks like to stand up for justice. The Institute will allow white youth to connect with other youth who care about justice and want to feel positively empowered to take action.
The Summer Institute is a opportunity for white youth to deepen their analysis- which means that we are specifically outreaching to young folks who have either:
1. Gone through one or more Y-Step workshops
or
2. White youth who may not have gone through a Y-Step workshop before, but who have already engaged in some level of analysis and/or political education regarding racism, privilege, and systems of oppression- and we are hoping that our allies and supporters can provide referrals for young white folks who they think would be a good match.
We need your help to SPREAD THE WORD to young white folks who are interested in learning more about systemic injustice and how to take a stand for a better world! Some of our outreach is being done internally with the youth we have already worked with, but we still need more support getting youth from other organizations, public schools, youth who wouldn't otherwise be able to work with us, etc.
Y-Step Summer Youth Institute
The Institute will take place during ONE of the following options (will be determined based on youth availability):
� From Sunday, August 9- Tuesday, August 11
� From Sunday, August 16- Tuesday, August 18
If interested, youth or their adult allies should email us with the following contact information:
� Name
� Phone number
� Email
� Age
� School
� Have you participated in a workshop with Y-Step before? When?
� How did you hear about Y-Step's Summer Institute?
� Your availability for the 2 options listed above (can you make one or both?)
Thank you for your continued support and help.
For More Info contact, the Y-Step crew
or visit www.ystep.org
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13. Youth Calendar (S.F.)
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San Francisco's LYRIC Youth Center hosts events almost everyday for LGBTQQ youth.
LYRIC
LYRIC's
mission is to build community and inspire positive social change
through education enhancement, career trainings, health promotion, and
leadership development with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
and questioning youth, their families, and allies of all races,
classes, genders, and abilities.
Calendar of Events
http://lyric.org/calendar.html
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Central Valley
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14. Fresno GLBT History Project
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"The Project"
My name is Chris Jarvis and I'm beginning a project which requires the participation of the Central Valley's LGBT community. "The Project", as I'm currently calling it, involves documenting the history of the LGBT community in Fresno and the Central Valley. I feel we may lose our history if it's not recorded. While the scope of the project will be determined by the information I find, I hope to at least focus on the Central Valley from the 1950's to the present...
Click here to read the rest of this article
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15. Community Links Youth Meetings Every Friday (Fresno)
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So Cal
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16. Outspoken Sessions - Open Mic for Queer and Trans and Straight Allies under 19 (L.A.)
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 Here's your stage, somethin' on your mind? So say it! Any type of socially conscious performance... First Session: July 24th, 2009 Time: 6p-9p, sign up to perform by 6:30p Learn about activist opportunities. Get connected to Los Angeles. Develop your craft as a poet, MC, artist. Special Guests. $3 suggested donation at the door. $5 suggested donation for food. Will accept work exchange. Located at Solidarity Hall2170 W Washington Blvd, LA(at Western Ave)Close to bus lines #30, 31, 35Off the 10 freeway.More info at www.equalaction.orgwww.radicalwomen.org |
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17. LGBT Youth Calendars (L.A. and San Diego)
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Check out these new calendars for LGBT Youth!
Los Angeles Youth
http://lalgbtcalendar.pbwiki.com/
http://www.virsil.com/
San Diego Youth
www.ourlgbtevents.org/
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JOBS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
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18. CAPPAC 2009 Scholarship Application (Greater Sacto)
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CAPPAC is a non-partisan political action committee formed to promote the civil rights and ensure the equality of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people through the political process. CAPPAC focuses on California's capital region and on races and initiatives of statewide importance to the LGBT community.
CAPPAC invites submissions for our annual scholarship award. CAPPAC will give 2 $500.00 scholarships to students selected by the CAPPAC Board. Applications must be received by JULY 31, 2009.
Eligible applicants must meet all of the following criteria:
� Currently enrolled in, or planning to enroll in a post-secondary education program, including any college or accredited trade program.
� High school graduate by July, 2009.
� Graduate from either (1) a high school located in the Sacramento Region (Sacramento, Yolo, Placer, Sutter, Yuba, and El Dorado), or (2) plans to pursue their post-high school education in one of these counties.
� All scholarship money will be used toward post-high school education.
� Active in school or the community in the effort to defeat Proposition 8 prior to the November 4, 2008 election.
The purpose of the CAPPAC scholarship is to recognize outstanding people from the Sacramento Region for their involvement in the LGBT community, with a special emphasis on involvement in the effort to defeat Proposition 8. CAPPAC's scholarship is intended to foster local youth leadership to help fulfill its mission to assure LGBT equality, and encourage post-secondary education for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and allies.
Payment of the scholarship award will follow receipt of satisfactory college/school enrollment verification. The deadline for winners to submit their proof of enrollment is December 31, 2009.
For the full applicaiton or questions please contact: [email protected]. Please send completed applications to: CAPPAC, Attn: 2009 Scholarship Award, 1008 10th Street, Suite 255, Sacramento, CA 95814.
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NEWS
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19. NEWS: DA offers plea deal to McInerney in school shooting
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By Raul HernandezVentura County StarJuly 9, 2009District Attorney Greg Totten will allow 15-year-old murder suspect Brandon McInerney to plead guilty to first-degree murder in exchange for a lighter sentence, the lead prosecutor in the case said Wednesday. "It would bring it down, from a maximum of 53 years to life, to 25 years to life," said Senior Deputy District Attorney Maeve Fox, who is prosecuting the case. The deal was offered to defense attorneys in October and is still on the table, according to Fox. "The reason Mr. Totten authorized that offer is because we are keenly aware of this young man's age. We are keenly aware of his developmental level being that he was 14 years old at the time of the crime," Fox said. "And, we are also keenly aware that he is a very dangerous individual." McInerney is charged with murder and a hate crime in the shooting death of classmate Larry King, 15, in an Oxnard classroom in February 2008. King dressed in a feminine manner and told friends he was gay. To read the full story, visit: Ventura Star Article Here
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