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Greetings!
In the wake of recent sad and painful news on the national level, many of us have been asking what we can do to stop anti-LGBT bullying and suicides.
Out Boulder believes that an engaged, active, visible, positive and connected LGBTQ and Allied community are some of the most important tools we have to create social change. We encourage you to participate in some or all the events listed below - to Get Out, Find Out and Help Out.
And if you don't see an event or program that interests you, we encourage you to help get one started - and we will help you. Contact Cathy at cbusha@outboulder.org for more information.
Yours in community,
The Out Boulder Team |
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| This Thursday, October 7th at 7pm at the
Lafayette Library - Out Boulder and VOICE present Dolores Huerta, with introduction by Jessie Ulibarri!
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This Thursday, October 7th at 7pm at the Lafayette Main Library - Free! Out Boulder is honored to partner with VOICE (Voices of Immigrant Children for Education and Equality) to welcome Dolores Huerta to Colorado for "Unity in Community - Dolores Huerta Makes the Connections Between LGBT Rights, Immigration and Other Kinds of Oppression."
Ms. Huerta will be introduced by Jessie Ulibarri. Jessie Ulibarri is the Colorado Director for Mi Familia Vota, a non-partisan organization committed to enhancing the civic participation among Latinos throughout the state. For nearly a decade he has worked in politics at the local, state and federal levels, organizing campaigns and advancing policies that strengthen Colorado's underserved communities. In 2008, he helped to architect the defeat of Amendment 46, the anti-affirmative action ballot initiative, making Colorado the first state in the nation to reject the initiative at the ballot. In a volunteer capacity, Jessie is the Chair of the Human Rights and Community Relations Advisory Board for the City of Denver, and is a member of the Denver GLBT Commission, the Board of Directors for Colorado Progressive Coalition, the Board of Directors for Colorado Jobs with Justice, the Alumni Board for the Center for Progressive Leadership - Colorado, and was on the founding Board of Directors for the Colorado Latino Forum.
Dolores Huerta, who is 80 years old, is the co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America. She worked along side Cesar Chavez in the fight for fair wages and treatment of the people who harvest our crops. She helped win basics like toilets and drinking water for the farm workers and later disability insurance for them. Today she is President of her own foundation and a tireless advocate for immigration reform, marriage equality for LGBT people and social justice. Please join us for this very special evening of conversation, community and activism...and a chance to meet a legendary community organizer and ally!
Out Boulder and VOICE thank the Chinook Fund for their support of our collaborative work! Want to get involved? Contact Cathy at cbusha@outboulder.org. |
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This Sunday from 1pm to 3pm - Out Boulder's
Youth Film Project Debut!
Support LGBTQ and Allied Youth!
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 Out Boulder proudly invites you to this seasons BOLD (Boulder Out Leadership Development) Youth Film Project premiere this Sunday, October 10th from 1 to 3pm at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (1750 13th St)! The event is free and open to the public - so please bring your friends and family as we support local LGBTQ and Allied youth filmmakers. Join us for an inspiring afternoon of film and poetry. The mind-blowing Denver Minor Disturbance Youth Slam (poetry) Team will open our event followed by our Youth Films. Stick around after to meet and chat with our powerful youth filmmakers. Support Youth in the Arts - and, October 11th is the beginning of National Coming Out Week, get your groove on a day early! To view the Facebook event...
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| Thinking about Adopting a Child
or Becoming a Foster Parent? |
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 LGBT Foster and Adoptive Parents Tell it Like it Is! Tuesday, October 12th - 7 to 9pm at the Boulder Main Library (1001 Arapahoe - Boulder Creek Room) Hear from LGBT foster and adoptive parents about their experiences with Boulder County's foster care program and ask your questions in roundtable conversations. Current, former and future foster parents and adoptive and foster children welcome
Sponsored by Out Boulder: Connecting Boulder County's LGBT Community and Boulder County Housing and Human Service's Three60 Family Support Program. Questions? Contact Gabriel Bernier: gbernier@bouldercounty.org | 303-441-1081
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| Out Boulder will be Tabling at the
Boulder Farmers' Market this Saturday.
We're looking for Volunteers to help! |
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| Out Boulder will have an information/outreach table at the Boulder Farmers' Market this Saturday, October 9th from 8am to 2pm. We table at local Farmers' Markets as a way to reach LGBTQ and Allied people and connect them to Out Boulder and the larger community. If you are able to volunteer for an hour or two this Saturday to sit with the table, please email cbusha@outboulder.org. It's a lot of fun :) Thanks!
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There are multiple ballot measures that will have huge impacts on jobs in Colorado, education, health care, and women's health. Be an informed voter! You may want to use this ballot guide to help educate yourself and others...
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Join MGM (Many Gay Men) October 23rd, 2010 @ 6pm at First Congregational Church of Boulder, 1128 Pine St
WHAT (to bring): As usual, entrance is $5 (unless it's your first MGM or you're a volunteer helping to set up or break down). Plus a food dish for 5 to 6 people and a beverage.
THEME: Harvest / Autumn, etc. (OK, if anyone wants to wear a Halloween costume, they should be encouraged, but really, it's not required by any means ...) -- So bring food befitting a harvest festival - and prepare to enjoy! WEBSITE: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BoulderMGMevents/CONTACT INFO: BoulderMGMevents-owner@yahoogroups.com
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 Co-Presented by Out Boulder, "TransFormations" is a one-actor play about transgender people, their lives and stories. With truth and a generous amount of humor, as well as touches of activism and politics, "TransFormations" is a poignant theatrical experience and a statement of transgender pride. It was written, and is performed, by Martie van der Voort, a Tucson actor and therapist who developed the script through formal interviews, advocacy work, and friendships with members of the transgender community.
The Dairy Center for the Arts (2590 Walnut St. Boulder)
303-440-7826
October 28, 29, 30
$17 general admission
$15 students, seniors, and groups of 5 or more
transformationstucson@gmail.com |
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Repeat Showing of
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Did you miss the first screening of the PFLAG Boulder County-produced documentary "Faces & Facets of Transgender Experience?" If so - or if you want to enjoy it again - join the Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship for a repeat showing. The film features 18 people and their families sharing touching stories about the journey from despair and loss to the joy of being the gender they were meant to be.
"Faces & Facets of Transgender Experience" follows families through their changing lives as they progress through their transitions. Co-directed by Gus Spheeris and Carol Christenson, the homegrown film was produced by PFLAG Boulder County and funded by several organizations in Colorado, including the Boulder Valley Safe Schools Coalition and Boulder County Safehouse Alliance.
The film will be presented at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1241 Ceres Drive in Lafayette, followed by a panel of transgender people and family members sharing some of their journey. Refreshments will be provided
The presentation of this film and panel discussion is sponsored by the Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Welcoming Congregation Group. For more information, e-mail Kris Zoellner at welcomecon@gmail.com.
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| Longmont Potluck 10/10/10!
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Please join us for the Longmont Potluck - Second Sunday in October,10/10/10! As always at the UCC Church in Longmont at 9th and Francis at 5:30 pm. Everyone is welcome - please bring a dish to share!
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| LGBTQ and Allied Parents (and parents-to-be) Group - New Night, New Time, New Structure!
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So it turns out Monday mornings aren't a great time for LGBTQ and Allied parents to gather - so let's try this again :) Please join us Monday, October 25th from 5:30pm - 7:00pm at the Parenting Place (1235 Pine Street Boulder - just a few blocks from the Pride House). Join us for an opportunity to meet and connect with other LGBTQ and Allied families. There's no planned program - just a space to connect. Drop by for a few minutes or stay the whole time...and feel free to bring a snack to share. There are indoor and outdoor play areas - so your children are welcome! Questions? Contact Cathy Busha: cbusha@outboulder.orgor Louise Haimowitz: louise@myparentingplace.org
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SAGE of the Rockies Conference!
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SAGE of the Rockies 2010 presents its regional Conference on LGBT Aging October 8th -10th, 2010, at the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Denver. NY-based SAGE (Service & Advocacy for GLBT Elders) is the nation's oldest LGBT elder activist organization; Denver's GLBT Community Center of Colorado is the Rockies SAGE affiliate. The conference is designed to focus on some key questions that LGBT individuals ask when we think about growing older like: Where will I live when I'm older? Who will be there for me when I am older? How will I stay healthy? How will I pay for what I want and need? How can I protect myself legally from loss and harm? What is my purpose as an LGBT elder? How will I find what I need? Boulder County Aging Services' "Project Visibility" film opens the event. 65+ pay $75 including Saturday lunch and Sunday brunch; financial assistance is available. To register, go to http://glbtcolorado.org/SAGERegionalConference.aspx
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LGBTQ Drop-In Support Group
For LGBTQ people experiencing or who have experienced Intimate Partner Violence
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A new group offered by SPAN (Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Non-Violence) - Thursdays from 6-7:30pm at 835 North Street, Boulder
This group will provide
- A supportive and confidential space for open discussion and expression of emotions surrounding issues of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
- A place to discuss issues of IPV as it relates to systemic issues of privilege and oppression.
- A place to be heard, ask questions, and be supportive of others.
- Internal and external resources, as well as education.
- Children's play group with snacks for children of participants.
For more information, please contact Annie at 303-449-5623
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Free Film Screening: Contracorriente (Undertow) - Wednesday, October 13 at 7pm
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Free Film Screening: Contracorriente (Undertow)
as part of National Coming Out Week, Latino Heritage Month, and Branch Out 7:00-9:00 pm at the CU Visual Arts Complex Auditorium
In a tiny Peruvian seaside village, where traditions run deep, Miguel (Cristian Mercado), a young fisherman, and his beautiful bride, Mariela (Tatiana Astengo), are about to welcome their first child. But Miguel harbors a scandalous secret. He's in love with Santiago (Manolo Cardona), a painter, who is ostracized by the town because he's gay. After a tragic accident occurs, Miguel must choose between sentencing Santiago to eternal torment or doing right by him and, in turn, revealing their relationship to Mariela-and the entire village.
Sponsors: Bent Lens Cinema, The Center for Multicultural Affairs, The Dennis Small Cultural Center, Department of Ethnic Studies, The GLBT Resource Center, and Latin American Studies Center
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| PFLAG Boulder County October Program
Coming Out Non-Violent---Working for Change |
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Tuesday, OCTOBER 12, 2010 - 7:00 pm - First United Methodist Church, 1421 Spruce St., Boulder "Coming Out Non-Violent---Working for Change" will include voices from several LGBTQ -related agencies who deal with the darker side of LGBTQ realities. Celeste LeBlanc, new Care Services Director of Boulder County AIDS Program and Laura Yonamine from Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence (SPAN) have confirmed so far. This panel will discuss current issues related to LGBTQ abuse, domestic violence, illness and hate crimes; what services each agency provides; and ways to stop ignorance and hatred toward individuals and families in the LGBTQ community.
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| Free Film and Potluck in Longmont with St Vrain Safe Schools Coalition - Monday, October 18 at 6:30pm at the Longmont Library (409 4th Ave) |
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We will watch the film "Out in the Silence" with a Panel Discussion and
Potluck After the Movie. The Panel will consist of students,
parents, and community members speaking about the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and questioning (LGBTIQ) youth in our community. What is it like to be an LGBTQ student in the St Vrain School District.
Out in the Silence captures the remarkable chain of events that unfold when the announcement of filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small Pennsylvania hometown. Drawn back by a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school, Wilson's journey dramatically illustrates the universal challenges of being an outsider in a conservative environment and the transformation that is possible when those who have long been constrained by a traditional code of silence summon the courage to break it.
Co-sponsored by Out Boulder, Boulder County Public Health, PFLAG Boulder County and OASOS. |
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Some of the events, views and opinions expressed in the elert are solely those of their authors and/or organizations, and do not necessarily reflect an endorsement by Boulder Pride. We encourage you to contact the event sponsor for more information.
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