Week 3, Summer Session II
UC San Diego LGBT Resource Center
Phone: 858-822-3493
Website: lgbt.ucsd.edu 
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"I was a live seed planted by a woman/ in another woman's womb./ All things insatiable belong to me." -Janice Gould
A Regathering of Spirit: Native Lesbian Writers

Join the Multicultural LGBT Literary Foundation and the San Diego Central Library in celebrating Native American lesbian writing! 
Sat. Sept. 13 | 6:00p| San Diego Central Library  


The legendary Chrystos and Janice Gould will read selections from their work and be available for book signings afterward. There will also be a small book fair focused on Native writing as well as booths featuring organizations from throughout San Diego.Don't miss the first Native American authors EVER to read in our new and beautiful Central Library!

Chrystos is a Menominee activist and poet whose work appears in the iconic collection This Bridge Called My Back and who was the Keynote Speaker at 2011's Creating Change Conference.  Janice Gould is a Koyoonk'auwi Maidu scholar and writer who is the Poet Laureate of the Pikes Peak Region. These two writers will come together to share their work with San Diego in a historical event that cannot be missed!

Check out more info and get your tickets here!
what's happening at the rc
Join us at QCamp and Q Fair 2014!
Weds. Oct. 1 |  9am-1pm | LGBT RC

 

QCamp
is an orientation to the UC San Diego Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community for incoming students! Priority is given to the first 100 students that register!! If you are a new or incoming student sign up on our website:
  
Q Fair is a resource fair for new and incoming students to learn about the many and wonderful resources at UCSD! Please register your organization or department for Q Fair at: http://lgbt.ucsd.edu/events/Q-Fair.html 
AIDS Walk 

September 27, 2014 

 

Join the UC San Diego AIDS Walk team and take part in San Diego's largest one-day HIV/AIDS fundraiser!   

 

You can register for the UC San Diego team at http://www.aidswalksd.org.  Just go to "regsiter" and then go to "join an exisintg team."  Then at Team Name type in "UC San Diego" or go to "College/University Team" and choose the team captained by Shaun Travers, Director of the UC San Diego LGBT RC.

 

See you there! 


Hours of Operation
The LGBT RC is open Monday thru Friday from 8:00a to 4:30p during the summer.  Please note that we will be closed on August 27 for staff development.

campus community centers


Join the BRC Peer Mentor Program
Want to gain experience mentoring? Love having fun at social events? Love meeting new & exciting people? Want to make a difference in someone's life? Want to gain valuable leadership experience?

The BRC-PMP pairs incoming African American/Black student with a continuing student to assist in their transition to the university. All BRC-Peer Mentors will be required to attend training during Welcome Week Fall 2014.

Sign up here!

brc.ucsd.edu | 858-534-0471


CCC Block Party
Tues. Sept. 30 | 2:30-4:30p | Cross-Cultural Center

The CCC's Annual Block Party brings together social justice oriented student organizations, campus departments, community organizations, and friends! We'll have music, free food, and lots of information. Meet current student organization members and staff when you play our mingle mixer game. Enter to win raffle prizes! The Cross-Cultural Center is located on the 2nd floor of Price Center East.

ccc.ucsd.edu | 858-534-9689
 
The Raza Resource Centro is hiring
Interested in helping us create a home away from home for Latin@ students on campus? We are now hiring for student staff positions! Job card now posted on Port Triton. Applications must be submitted by Friday Sept. 4th. Visit Port Triton for more information, or contact us at [email protected]!

raza.ucsd.edu | 858-822-0072
Wise Wanderings Workshop for Staff
Weds. Sept. 17 | 12pm | Women's Center

Join us for this workshop where you will create a personalized "visual map" that connects key strengths, experiences and themes to assist with professional and personal growth through a fast paced, interactive session.

RSVP required to [email protected], by 9/8/14.

women.ucsd.edu | 858-822-0074


community classifieds
LGBT Field Organizer Internship Opportunity
Internship opportunities for the upcoming election are available here in San Diego.  Be a field organizer and represent Congressman Scott Peters.  School credit is available as well as a letter of recommendation for outstanding interns.  Send your resume to [email protected].
Call for Papers: Resisting Force and Discourse
Fri. Sept. 26
CSUSM USU Ballroom

The conference brings into critical light the way that bodies are marked and regulated by discursive practices and spaces, and institutional procedures.

Submit a 250 word abstract by August 15 here.

Visit the website here.

QGrad 2014
Queer W/O Borders
Fri. Oct. 17 
UCLA

UCLA's 2014 Queer Graduate Student Conference focuses on global trends for LGBTQ rights, culture, health, and safety relating back to the conference's theme Queer Without Borders.

Visit the conference website here.