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Library Intern
Hi,
my name is Jaylin Stevenson and I am the Library Intern for the 2013-2014 school year! I am a sophomore Warren college student. I am an Ethnic Studies Major with an Educational Studies and History minor. I'm really excited for this upcoming year and everything it has to offer!
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Hours
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sat. & Sun.
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LGBT RC Visitors:
Fall Quarter
Week 2
Undergrad: 200
Grad : 4
Staff: 5
Faculty: 2
Alumni: 3
Guest: 5
Total: 219
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Did you Know...
UC San Diego has one of the largest scholarship programs for LGBT undergraduate students, awarding six $1,000 awards each year to continuing undergraduates.
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| If you would like to submit an item to the newsletter, please send it by Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. to rainbow@ucsd.edu and type "For Newsletter" in the subject line. News items should be UCSD & LGBT focused. |
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Calling all UC San Diego LGBT Alumni!
October 19 | 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
LGBT Resource Center
 Are you an UC San Diego LGBT alumni? The join us for brunch!
Calling all UC San Diego LGBT Alumni! Join us for our annual LGBT Alumni Brunch during Homecoming and Family weekend on Saturday, October 19 th from 11:30am-1:30pm. For more details, or to RSVP, contact Shaun at stravers@ucsd.edu!
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Crafternoon: Sugar Skulls
October 29 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
LGBT Resource Center Conference Room
 Come to our first crafternoon to decorate sugar skulls, learn more about Dia de los Muertos, remember your loved ones, and contribute to our altar! For more info please contact Maribel Gomez at mpgomez@ucsd.edu or Chris Datiles at cdatiles@ucsd.edu.
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Queer Grad Coffee Hour
November 5 | 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
LGBT Resource Center Conference Room
 Are you a Queer Graduate Student? Want to meet other Queer Grad Students and build community? Stop by the LGBT Resource Center to chat and sip coffee.
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Our Resource Center is in Need of Some ART!
LGBT Resource Center
 Hey y'all! There is a need for community art in the center! Any type of art will do!
If you are interested in having some of your art on display in the center contact Jaylin, the Library Intern, at jcsteven@ucsd.edu!
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Transgender Awareness Week Planning Committee
Tuesdays | 5:00 p.m. - 6:00pm
LGBT Resource Center Conference Room
 Each year the UCSD LGBT Resource Center honors Transgender Day of Remembrance to memorialize those who have died due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. This year we plan to have a series of Transgender Awareness events. If you would like to be on the planning committee for Transgender Awareness week, please contact Maribel Gomez at mpgomez@ucsd.edu. |
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Queer/ Trans* Artists of Color Call-Out!
October 30 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Cross-Cultural Center
 Submissions will be for an art for a gallery bridging day of the dead & trans* day of remembrance.
The purpose of this exhibition is to celebrate the life and legacies of queer/trans* people of color (qtpoc). This exhibition will honor the struggle, importance, and dignity of qtpoc- both living and ghostly.
Art welcome: performances, poetry, paintings, photography, & spoken word. If interested, connect with Eliseo @ el.jrivas@gmail.com.
The art gallery will be displayed Oct 28th- Nov 7th & the program will be October 30th @ 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in UC San Diego's Cross-Cultural Center.
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FACES of Leadership Retreat Applications DUE
October 18
Women's Center
 This retreat will be held on
Saturday, November 2nd
and provides an opportunity for first-year women at UCSD to connect with and empower one another. Participants will explore the ways that gender and leadership connect, and what it means to be a "woman leader". Feminism and social justice will be explored in fun and new ways, and participants will be given tools to impact their campus and community!
For more information contact: women@ucsd.edu. Pick up applications in the Women's Center!
*All woman-identified first year and new transfer students are encouraged to apply. Space is limited.
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Gentrify My Love:
Latino Sexuality, Property, and the Borders of Neighborly Desire
October 23 | 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Institute of the Americas Weaver Room
 Come meet noted Chicano Professor Richard T. Rodriguez and listen to hime lecture on his current research in the area of queer Latino studies.
Prof. Rodriguez most recently has been the chairman of the Latina/Latino Studies Program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published widely on contemporary American literature with a focus on Latino studies, gender and sexuality, and film and visual cultures. His book, Next of Kin: The Family in Chicano/a Cultural Politics (2009), has a major impact on the field of sexuality studies and is used in graduate seminars across the nation. In 2011, the book won the prestigious National Association for Chicana & Chicano Studies award.
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Thinking Race, Gender, and Place: A Black Studies Project
October 24 | 4:00 p.m.
Cross-Cultural Center Communidad Room
 The UC San Diego Critical Gender Studies Program will be sponsoring Thinking Race, Gender, and Place: A Black Studies Project on Thursday, October 24th at 4:00pm in the Comunidad Room at the Cross-Cultural Center. We would like to extend an invitation to you all to attend this special event featuring Professor Roderick Ferguson from University of Minnesota.
I have attached a flyer for the event with more details. Please consider helping us spread the word about this great opportunity to hear Professor Roderick Ferguson give the opening keynote address, "Thought and Politics in Black Queer Time."
If you have any questions about this FREE event please feel free to contact me at cgs@ucsd.edu. We hope to see you on Thursday, October 24th!
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THE COLLECTIVE VOICE INFO SESSION
October 23 | 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Cross-Cultural Center Communidad Small Room
 Calling all writers, artists & student activists! The Collective Voice is looking for an array of rich and diverse voices to volunteer as staff for the upcoming school year. Serving as UCSD's progressive newspaper, The Collective Voice promotes social unity, justice, and awareness across the many communities that exist on the UCSD campus. Striving to create a safe space and community for students who may otherwise feel unwelcome at UCSD's challenging campus climate; this newspaper deeply values students' voices by providing an outlet for open dialogue and discussion surrounding issues affecting their communities. If you are interested in becoming a contributor to The Collective Voice come check us out at the info sessions located on the 2nd floor of PC East or send us an email at cveditors@gmail.com.
The Collective Voice Co-Editors,
Amanda Mannshahia & Paola Pérez
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Interested in Becoming a College Ambassador?
October 18 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
PC West Ballroom
 The Office of Admissions is hiring College Ambassadors to represent UC San Diego to our 40,000+ on-campus visitors and our online vistors!
College Ambassadors: - conduct walking tours - appear on student panels - participate at special recruitment events - enjoy flexible work schedules - enthusiastically share their campus experiences.
Looking for students who are passionate about UC San Diego!
To apply or if you have any further questions, visit admissions.ucsd.edu/tours or Port Triton search "Tours".
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Dare to Dream College: The African American Experience
November 2 | 7:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
 On November 2, 2013, Dare to Dream College: the African American Experience will be held on our campus. This event, organized by Cal-SOAP, targets 4 th through 12 th grade students. An estimated 1,000 people are expected to attend. Volunteers from UC San Diego are needed in various capacities to assist on the day of the event. To volunteer, please contact Linda Doughty @ ldoughty@ucsd.edu or 858-569-1866.
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Join the World AIDS Day planning committee!
Thursday | 1:00 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.
LGBT Resource Center
Each year UC San Diego honors World AIDS Day in December. Students, faculty and staff come together to organize the events. If you would like to be on the planning committee, please contact Shaun at
stravers@ucsd.edu. The committee meets on Thursday from 1-1:50pm. Get involved in this powerful, educational event!
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