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LGBT Community Center Coalition of Central PA
February 2011
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Dear Friend of the Community Center,
Please join us at the annual Winter Hearts Ball. $10 at the door supports the work of the Center. See more on special guest performer Jim Linehan: jimlinehan.com. We will be raffling off an iPad during the evening. Tickets are $10; contact me at drose@centralpalgbtcenter.org or (717) 920-9534 to purchase. Tickets will also be available at the event. There are only 200 tickets available so make sure to get your raffle tickets! 
Hope to see you there!
Sincerely,
Donna Rose
Executive Director |
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| LGBT Freedom Week 2011 |
LGBT Freedom Week 2011 is off and running with a series of events across Pennsylvania. Upcoming events in central Pennsylvania include:
- Interfaith Breakfast at MCC of the Spirit, Harrisburg: Wednesday, February 9, 2011 at 8:00 AM
- Press conference held in the Capitol Lobby by Senator Daylin Leach and Representative Mark B. Cohen to introduce Leach's marriage equality bill, and Cohen's civil union bill: Monday, February 14, 2011
- Harrisburg Marriage Equality Rally, to be held at the Dauphin County Courthouse, corner of Front and Market Streets: Monday, February 14, 2011, from 4:00 - 6:00 PM
- Opportunity to meet with your Legislator before the rally: Monday, February 14, 2011
Find these events, as well as many others covering a spectrum of LGBT issues, along with a complete list of supporting organizations, at LGBTFreedomWeekPA.org.
The LGBT Community Center Coalition of Central Pennsylvania is a Supporting Organization of LGBT Freedom Week PA 2011.
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Chamber Networking Mixer
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Join the Central PA Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce for their monthly networking mixer on 2/8 from 6-8pm at Laguna Pointe Salon & Day Resort, 950 Woodland Street, Mechanicsburg.
Business dress is requested. Free for members, $5 for non-members. Register by sending an email to info@cpglcc.org. Bring your business cards and a 30 second elevator speech to share.
The Center is a member of the Central Pennsylvania Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
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LGBT Grand Rounds Series
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The LGBT Medical Home
This portion of the series features a talk on "The LGBT Medical Home" by Andrew Goodman, M.D., Instructor, Thomas Jefferson University, Dept. of Family and Community Medicine; and Assistant Medical Director, Mazzoni Center, Family and Community Medicine. Lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to Donna Harris at diversity@hmc.psu.edu.
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Dean for Diversity and Q/A-Medical Student LGBT Group with generous support from The Doctors Kienle Center for Humanistic Medicine. |
Common Roads
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GSA Leadership Summit
The fourth annual GSA Leadership Summit will take place on Friday, February 25th, 2011 at Dickinson College (snow date: Friday, April 1st). We are looking forward to another great event with our partners Planned Parenthood of Central PA and Dickinson College's Office of Diversity Initiatives. Registration is now open; see more info here. Thanks to our sponsors: PSEA, The Hershey Company, and Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company.
Friday Night meetings
We meet weekly in Harrisburg at the LGBT Community Center (221 N. Front Street) and in Lancaster at the UUCL (538 W. Chestnut Street) from 7-9:30pm. See our schedule.
Common Roads is the youth programming arm of the LGBT Community Center.
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Book Club Updates
| The book club meets on the third Sunday of every month, 5-7pm, at the Midtown Scholar, 1302 N Third Street, Harrisburg. New members are always welcome. Contact the Center at (717) 920-9534 or info@centralpalgbtcenter.org for more details.
February 20: Gender Outlaw, Kate Bornstein
March 20: Home at the End of the World, Michael Cunningham
April 17: Emperor's Children, Claire Messud
May 15: Mourning and Celebration, K. David Brody
June 19: Revenge of the Paste Eaters, Cheryl Peck
July 17: Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown
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221 N. Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17101
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The mission
of the LGBT
Community Center Coalition of Central PA is to create common ground for the
LGBT
community and allies in Central Pennsylvania by providing
services
through spiritual, educational, and cultural activities that
foster
wholeness. We seek to create a
safe, welcoming and inclusive environment; provide
and support comprehensive programs throughout the community; and embrace
diversity, health and wellness.
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