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In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
1. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
2. GSA Activist Camp! (Northern & Southern California)
3. Art for Change: GSA Network Fundraisers (SF and Sacramento)
4. Free Zone 2002 Applications Now Available (Bay Area)
5. San Francisco Pride Parade
6. Movie Night (Pleasant Hill)
7. Spectrum Youth Group (LA)
8. Announcements From Bike Out (SoCal)
9. LA Commission on Human Relations - Youth Advisory Council (LA)
10. The Tolerance Project (LA)
11. Krida Kahlo Theater Presents SAFARI (LA)
12. Film About Lesbian and Gay Middle Eastern Community in U.S. (SF,
LA)
13. Queeriosity - Party (SF)
14. Shakin it Up (Oakland)
15. Scholarships for LGBT Students
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1. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
Please take a few minutes to fill out GSA Network's Year End Evaluation. Your comments are VERY important to us!
Access the evaluation online: www.gsanetwork.org/yearendeval/
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2. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
The Activist Camp is FREE, youth-planned and youth-led event that features intensive community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. Last year's participants had a great experience, and we hope to make this year even better! All youth who will be involved in a GSA next year and who want to develop leadership skills, network with other youth activists, learn a lot, and have a fabulous time are encouraged to apply.
Northern California Camp: August 6-8 in Oakland
Southern California Camp: August 9-11 in Santa Monica
Submit your completed GSA Activist Camp applications to GSA Network by Monday, July 8th.
Apply online at www.gsanetwork.org/camp
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3. Art for Change: GSA Network Fundraisers (SF and Sacramento)
art for change: youth art auction and benefit for GSA Network
art for change will benefit GSA Network's Make It Real Project, a youth-led effort to ensure implementation of AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, a ground-breaking law protecting students from harassment and discrimination on the basis of actual and perceived sexual orientation and gender identity in California public schools.
$100 - Champion
$50 - Supporter
$35 - Individual Ticket
$10 - Limited income
Free - Youth 18 and under
San Francisco Event:
Saturday, June 8, 7-9 p.m.
Z Center, 2211 Mission St. at 18th St., San Francisco
Program will include youth speakers and performances to be announced.
Sacramento Event:
Monday, June 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Club 21, 1119 21st Street, Sacramento
Program will feature the author of AB 537, Senator Sheila Kuehl, and
Amador High School student Brianna Pulskamp-Lockhart
For more information, call 415.552.4229 or artforchange@gsanetwork.org
GSA Network is still accepting donations of artwork for both of these events. To submit your work, please contact Jill at 415.552.4229 or jill@gsanetwork.org
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4. Free Zone 2002 Applications Now Available (Bay Area)
Summer 2002: Make Art. Make Change.
Come out and play!
We are planning an amazing summer of fun, skill sharing, creative expression, and powerful activism. Free Zone 2002 is a collaborative program of GSA Network, LYRIC, and Mission Grafica. The summer will include training in graphic design and screen printing as well as political education workshops. The program culminates in the creation of a series of political posters expressing the hopes and issues important to the group. In addition to being shown in community venues, the posters will be used in schools by Gay-Straight Alliance clubs and teachers to fight homophobia and other oppressions.
Classes will be held at the Mission Cultural Center, 2868 Mission St (right off 24th St. Bart) in San Francisco every Tuesday and Thursday, June 18 - August 22, from 3-6:30 pm. No previous experience necessary.
Apply now: www.gsanetwork.org/freezone/application.html
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Free Zone is an arts for social change collaborative project of the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and LYRIC (Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center). Through arts training and education about social issues, Free Zone inspires LGBTQQ and straight ally youth to use art as a means of self-expression, activism, learning, and community-building. The artistic product created through Free Zone is used as an organizing and curriculum tool to fight homophobia and injustice in schools. GSAs build youth leadership capacity as they host the Free Zone product and educate their peers about homophobia and other injustices. For more info about the Free Zone project, visit: www.gsanetwork.org/freezone/.
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5. San Francisco Pride Parade
GSA Network and LYRIC are again co-sponsoring the youth contingent in this year's SF Pride Parade! We will be marching with several hundred youth from around the Bay Area - and we will have signs representing every GSA in our Network.
Sunday, June 30th
Financial District, San Francisco (near the Embarcadero or Montgomery
BART/MUNI stops)
We don't have final details yet about what time and where we'll be lining up - we're expecting to publicize that info by next week. Last year we met at 9:30 - this year's line-up time will probably be something similar.
Check back next week for more info!
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6. Movie Night (Pleasant Hill)
Is there a queer film that you've always wanted to see, but haven't been able to find?
Send your ideas about what films you'd like to see for Queer Youth Movie night at the Empowerment Program - Just send your suggestions to: empower@hotmail.com.
The Next Movie Night is coming up:
When: June 7, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm (Next Movie Night)
Where: 391 Taylor Blvd. Suite 120, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523
For more info: Contact Adam Kahn @ (925)687-8844 x304 or empower@hotmail.com
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7. Spectrum Youth Group (LA)
Spectrum is a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning (LGBTQ) group in Los Angeles that empowers youth. Spectrum is for youth who want to make positive changes in their own lives as well as in the lives of others in their communities. Spectrum is open to LGBTQ youth of all races and LGBTQ allies- that means everyone is welcome.
Spectrum encourages LGBTQ youth and allies to have their own voice by developing your leadership skills and involving you in your communities. This way you can stand up for your own rights and the rights of your communities!
Spectrum will provide you with skills to deal with problems you or others may have with different identities. You will learn more about your & othersâ sexualities and racial backgrounds through:
Talking w/ youth like you!
Taking trips to new places
Workshops on Leadership & Sexuality
Going to youth events
Come joing us as we build ourselves and our communities.
We meet every other Thursday of each month from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Spectrum is a collaborative project of both Chinatown Service Center and the Asian Pacific Health Care Venture. Our next meetings will be June 6th at the REAL youth center (Hollywood & Sunset), 1530 Hillhurst Ave., LA, CA. 90027 from 4:30-6:30 and June 20th at Chinatown Service Center-Youth Center 727 N. Broadway (btwn ORD & Alpine), LA. CA. 90012 from 4:30-6:30 pm. For more info please contact Bev at 213.808.1769 (CSC) or Xochitl 323.644.3887 x 263 (REALYC)
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8. Announcements From Bike Out (SoCal)
REMINDER! BIKE OUT's Mammoth Mountain Area Bike Trip will be June 30-July 6. There are still a few spaces available! CALL NOW to get information on fundraising and training! You'll be able to do it if you get started this week! Call Becca at 310-578-9994 x. 2 or email becca@bikeout.org RIGHT AWAY to register. We are usually in the office between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. If no one is at the office, leave us a message with the following information: 1. Your First and Last Name, 2. Your address, city, state and zip code, 3. Your telephone number, 4. Your email address, if you have one.
Call us back if you don't receive the information packet within 5 days.
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Legendary Drag Bingo to Benefit Bike Out
Great prizes including dinners for two, beach cruiser bicycles, funky gifts, hair cuts, surprise gift baskets, retro clothing, and more.
Come as you are or get $1 off for being a fabulous king or queen!
GREAT FUN!! Play all night for $15. Bike Out youth $5. You'll love it, guaranteed.
Monday, June 17, 2002
7:30 p.m.
@ Eat · Well in Silverlake
3916 Sunset Blvd. (at Sunset Junction) 323.664.1624
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Bike Out helps queer youth build confidence and learn to live healthy lives through challenging mountain bike expeditions. Visit www.bikeout.org or call 310.578.9994 for more info.
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9. LA Commission on Human Relations - Youth Advisory Council (LA)
A New Program of the LA Commission on Human Relations
We are forming a Youth Advisory Council Team to help the Commission with outreach and education for young people and to bring a youth voice to our new, big public education campaign we are doing with Rock the Vote.
The campaign will spread messages to youth-through billboards, posters,
stickers, CD ROMs, and big school events with celebrities and musicians-that
it's cool to hang out with people who are different...that it's cool
to have multiethnic and diverse friends and communities.
What: The Council will consist of 20 youth (ages 14-28) who represent different racial, gender, religious, sexual orientation and cultural groups in LA County.
When: Youth A.C.T. will meet every other month. Members are also encouraged to attend other CHR events. Once a year, there will be an orientation retreat and an event sponsored by Youth A.C.T.
Where: Youth ACT will meet at the Commission office in downtown Los Angeles and at rotating sites throughout the County.
Who: Anyone from the ages of 14-28 is encouraged to apply. You do not need to be a student, but you must have one letter of recommendation from a non-relative.
How: To apply, contact Cherylynn Hoff @ (213) 974-7629
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10. The Tolerance Project (LA)
The TOLERANCE PROJECT
a song cycle with narrations taken from the writings of GLBT youth
commissioned by Vox Femina Los Angeles
Celebrating Women, Celebrating Our Diversity
June 9, 2002 (3 pm) - Concert benefiting GLBT Youth, Norman J. Pattiz
Auditorium at Hamilton High School
2955 S. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles
$15 suggested donation at the door, students admitted free, general
seating
Noone turned away for lack of funds
June 22, 2002 (8 pm) - Final Conert of the Season, Zipper Concert Hall
at the Colvurn School of Performing Arts
200 S. Grand Ave., Los Angeles
418/$15 (seniors/students), reserved seating
For concert and ticket information call 310.838.8151 or visit www.voxfeminala.org
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11. Krida Kahlo Theater Presents SAFARI (LA)
Teatro FRIDA KAHLO Theater invites you to the World premiere of a hilarious comedy SAFARI
Grupo de Teatro SINERGIA presents SAFARI, a hilarious comedy adapted and directed by Ruben Amavizca, inspired by Gilda Salinas's novella Las Sombras del Safari, and her play Nosotros los de Entonces. SAFARI is a tribute to a group of men and women who defied Mexican society in the 1960's by loving and living on their own terms, forging the path for the gay Mexican movement.
SAFARI, with a cast of 27 young and talented Latino actors, will be presented in English and in Spanish at:
the FRIDA KAHLO Theater
2332 West Fourth Street
Los Angeles
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturday at 8 PM; Sundays at 6 PM:
In English: June 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, July 13 & 14.
In Spanish: June 6, 7, 8, 9, 20, 21, 22, 23; July 5, 6, 7, 11 y 12.
Tickets prices are $14 general; $12 for Senior Citizens and students
with ID. Special $11 discounted tickets will be offered for all our Thursday
performances.
For information and reservations call: 213-382-8133, or visit our web site at www.fridakahlotheater.org. Offices hours are Tuesday through Sunday from 1 to 6 PM. SAFARI is made possible by grants from the Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department and Liberty Hill Foundations Gay and Lesbian Fund.
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12. Film About Lesbian and Gay Middle Eastern Community in U.S.
(SF, LA)
I EXIST: Voices from the Lesbian and Gay Middle Eastern Community in
the U.S. is a documentary-in-progress that captures the struggles and journeys
of this community through moving and powerful testimonies. Below is a list
of events related to this documentary. We encourage you to participate
in these
events and to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Learn
more about I Exist by visiting www.UnlearningHomophobia.com.
The showing at the San Francisco festival will be work-in-progress and many modifications are expected during the next 6-8 months. We anticipate a complete final product by early 2003.
THESE ARE THE CURRENT EVENTS TO WATCH OUT FOR -- MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
1- FUNDRAISING PARTY in San Francisco: Saturday, June 1st, Club Babylon (@ Divas) 1081 Post at Polk St.
2- SNEAK PREVIEW OF WORK-IN-PROGRESS: "I Exist" Sneak Preview of the Work-In-Progress will be shown in the 26th International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival on Tuesday, June 18th, at 3:30PM in the Castro theater. Make sure you tell your friends! Tickets are now available for sale at www.frameline.org.
3- FUNDRAISING PARTY in Los Angeles: Saturday, July 13th (the location is yet to be determined). Keep checking our website at www.UnlearningHomophobia.com for updates.
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13. Queeriosity - Party (SF)
YOUTH SPEAKS & LOVE N' JUSTICE present...
QUEERIOSITY
party for queer youth and their friends
t i m e t o
r e c l a i m
c u l t u r e
june 14th
8pm
$2 under 20 / $8 over
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
The NEW Queer Center
1800 Market St.
Rainbow Room
DJs - Hen10 / Donnell / luv-lei
spinnin' - hip-hop / house / dancehall
GET YOUR art . grub. booty shakin'. poetry . people ON
for more info contact
415.255.9035 ext 12
tyger@youthspeaks.org
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14. Shakin it Up (Oakland)
Shakin it Up: A youth conference devoted to the issue of non-violence and violence prevention.
Workshops:
Self Defense, Dance for Social Change, Conflict Resolution, YouthSpeaks
Poetry Workshop, TODOS Unlearning bias workshop. And yet to be confirmed:
a Love & Justice workshop!
June 8th, McClymonds High School Auditorium
2607 Myrtle St. @ 26th St. (near Market St.) West Oakland
1p.m.-6p.m.
Free to groups, individuals $2 donation requested, $5 with dinner (Groups
please contribute $3/person for dinner)
To be followed by the Premier of "A Place Named Destiny," A New Documentary about Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company, by Paul Ginocchio (See www.augustprod.com/)
The Destiny Arts Center Youth Leaders are putting on this conference for teens in the Bay Area to explore the issue of violence in the community. Destiny will present workshops in self-defense, conflict resolution and dance for social change while special guest instructors teach workshops in poetry and unlearning oppression.
Please join us, bring teens!
If you have questions or would like to register,
please either respond to this e-mail or call
Destiny Arts Center (510) 597-1619.
www.destinyarts.org
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15. Scholarships for LGBT Students
College Scholarships for LGBT Students from The Point Foundation
Do you need money for college? Are you a leader among your peers? Do
you want to make a difference in the world? If you answered yes then you
need to get to The Point! The Point Foundation is offering a full college
scholarship to LGBT students who qualify. Get away from college debt and
get to The Point! Click here for details on how to apply: www.thepointfoundation.org/
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
1. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
2. GSA Activist Camp! (Northern & Southern California)
3. San Francisco Pride Parade
4. Transgender Pride Event (LA)
5. Events/Programs at SF Public Library (SF)
6. International Homelessness Poster Exhibit (LA)
7. Stop the Super Jail Rally (Oakland)
8. Mobilize in Sacramento To Defeat the High School Exit Exam
9. Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund for Lesbians and Gay Males of African
Descent
10. George Choy Memorial Scholarship (Bay Area)
11. For Teachers - Earn $$ and Give Feedback on Curriculum (LA)
12. Job Announcement: Summer Youth Internship at CUAV (SF)
13. Job Announcements from LYRIC (SF)
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1. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
Please take a few minutes to fill out GSA Network's Year End Evaluation. Your comments are VERY important to us!
Access the evaluation online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/yearendeval/
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2. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
The Activist Camp is FREE, youth-planned and youth-led event that features intensive community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. Last year's participants had a great experience, and we hope to make this year even better! All youth who will be involved in a GSA next year and who want to develop leadership skills, network with other youth activists, learn a lot, and have a fabulous time are encouraged to apply.
Northern California Camp: August 6-8 in Oakland
Southern California Camp: August 9-11 in Santa Monica
Submit your completed GSA Activist Camp applications to GSA Network by Monday, July 8th.
Apply online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp
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3. San Francisco Pride Parade
GSA Network and LYRIC are again co-sponsoring the youth contingent in this year's SF Pride Parade! We will be marching with several hundred youth from around the Bay Area - and we will have signs representing every GSA in our Network.
Sunday, June 30th
10:00am
Beale St. between Howard and Folsom
Getting there: DON'T DRIVE - parking won't be available downtown. We'll be lining up close to the Embarcadero BART/MUNI stop - Howard St. is 2 blocks from Market.
Look for the GSA Network banner and GSA signs!
For more info:
before the parade - contact Emilie at GSA Network: 415-552-4229
morning of the parade - contact Emilie @ 415-637-7117 or Carolyn @
415-235-4556
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4. Transgender Pride Event (LA)
TRANS UNITY 2002: THIRD ANNUAL TRANSGENDER PRIDE EVENT IN LOS ANGELES JUNE 15, 2002
Trans Unity 2002 is an annual substance-free celebration of transgender, transsexual, gender-queer and cross-dressing people. Significant others, spouses, family members, friends and allies, as well as those questioning their gender identity are welcome to attend.
Organized by local transgender activists and hosted by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center, Trans Unity brings everyone together for a day of educational workshops, music, refreshments and socializing. Speakers will lead workshops and discussions on subjects including political activism, substance abuse, transgender images in the media, career planning, and youth issues.
WHERE:
The L.A. Gay & Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza
1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(One block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Blvd.)
WHEN:
Saturday, June 15, 2002
Workshops and Socializing from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Trans Unity Awards Ceremony from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Dancing from 10:00 p.m. to midnight (no entry to the Village
after 10:00 p.m.)
COST: Free! No need to register! Just show up!
MORE INFORMATION: For information about vendor space, for general questions
or to volunteer, please contact Alex at alextsuname@hotmail.com.
If you are a member of the media, please contact Nick Adams at nixter77@aol.com.
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5. Events/Programs at SF Public Library (SF)
James C. Hormel Gay & Lesbian Center
San Francisco Main Library
(100 Larkin Street at Grove)
June 25th
Open Books/Alternative Voices: Justin Chin - A spoken word and performance
artist, Chin is the author of Harmless Medicine, Mongrel: Essays, Diatribes,
Pranks and Bite Hard. His writings have also appeared in American
Poetry: The Next Generation, The World in Us: Lesbian and Gay Poetry
of the Next Wave and Word of Mouth: An Anthology of Gay Poetry,
among others. He has performed his works at venues throughout the United
States, including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Beyond Baroque, Loyola
University and South by Southwest. The San Francisco Chronicle says, Chin's
poems confront all manner of hypocrisy, from health care and consumer culture
to literary presentation." Main Library, Lower Level, Koret Auditorium,
6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WEEKLY MOVIES THURSDAYS AT NOON (in the Koret Auditorium, Lower Level):
June 20
Out of the Past: The Struggle for Gay and Lesbian Rights in America
(1997,
70 min.)
Told through the eyes of 17-year-old lesbian high school student
Kelli Peterson in Salt Lake City, this story explores gay history as it
shows her experience of forming a group for gay students and the uproar
it caused in Utah.
June 27
Hope Along the Wind: The Life of Harry Hay (2001, 57 min.)
This much-anticipated documentary takes us through the fascinating
and extraordinary life of Harry Hay--labor organizer, Marxist teacher,
and founding member of the Mattachine Society, one of the first gay rights
organizations in the country. The film features poignant interviews with
Harry and many of the surviving original members of this historic and brave
group of gay men.
All programs at the Library are free.
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6. International Homelessness Poster Exhibit (LA)
OFF THE STREETS AND INTO THE GALLERY: WATTS TOWERS ART CENTER EXHIBITION SURVEYS INTERNATIONAL HOMELESS POSTERS
NO PLACE LIKE HOME: International Graphics on Housing and Homelessness
Colorful and dramatic posters showing the plight of the homeless and
diverse
housing issues, will be displayed at from June 9 through August 11,
2002 at the Watts Towers Art Center (1727 E. 107th Street, Los Angeles,
CA 90002).
No Place Like Home is a free exhibition, the most recent in a series from Los Angeles' Center for the Study of Political Graphics. It is drawn from their collection of almost 50,000 political posters and broadsides.
It is often easier to house art than people. In Los Angeles, gentrification continues to target low income communities from downtown to the beachfront. Los Angeles also suffers an "end of the rainbow" syndrome, and is regarded as the homeless capital of the United States. Our inviting climate and spacious geography constantly draw seekers, including the very wealthy and the marginalized. Our civic policies, however, facilitate developments for the rich, and often leave the poor with no place to call home.
Posters have been among the only tools to oppose gentrification, publicize the plight of homeless people, and struggle for their betterment. The posters in this exhibition show that policy choices have increased gentrification and homelessness. A majority of Americans polled support solutions to end homelessness. This exhibition informs the public of specific policy remedies to homelessness. No Place Like Home literally showcases solutions to the daunting dilemma of homelessness in an innovative and accessible manner. By combining the power of art with a commitment to this urgent social issue, this exhibition will make homelessness easier for the public and for policy makers to understand. More importantly, it will make the issue harder to avoid.
Watts Towers Art Center is open Tu-Sa from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sun 12-4pm.
The gallery is closed Monday. For information, call (323) 653-4662.
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7. Stop the Super Jail Rally (Oakland)
Stop the Super Jail Rally
County Budget Hearings
Friday, June 21st @ 10:30am
1221 Oak St. in Oakland (Right by Lake Merritt BART)
Come out to support a resolution for the Alameda County Board of Supervisors to fund alternatives to incarceration. áThe Board of Supervisors has the opportunity to shift money around to fund (in a budget crisis) a case expeditors and 2 day reporting centers which will save the county millions of dollars and significantly reduce the number of young people that the county is locking up. áCome support the fight for the county funding priorities to be in decreasing the population at the Juvenile hall and not in locking every young person up.
For more info call Youth Force Coalition @ 510-451-5466 ext.302 or Books
Not Bars @ 510-381-1595
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8. Mobilize in Sacramento To Defeat the High School Exit Exam
Californians For Justice is working to bring students, parents, and supporters to the State Capitol on June 26th. áWe want to show politicians the realities of California schools: how low-income students of color are denied an opportunity to learn; how the High School Exit Exam discriminates against students of color; and how we can create educational justice in all schools. áThe activities for the day include testifying at the State Board of Education meeting, holding a legislative briefing, a press conference, rally, and more. á
Rides to Sacramento will be coordinated from around the state.
We hope you can join us!
Contact Emily at CFJ for more info: 510-452-2728
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9. Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund for Lesbians and Gay Males of African
Descent
The Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund: Scholarships for Gay Males and Lesbians of African Descent
The Audre Lorde Scholarship Awards are designed to recognize out* lesbians of African descent who are making significant contributions to their communities. ZAMI, Inc., Atlanta's Premiere African-American Lesbian Organization and Official Sponsor of The Audre Lorde Scholarship Fund wants to support and encourage their continuing education by providing scholarships to those women enrolled in accredited technical, undergraduate and graduate programs. In 2002, we are also recognizing an outstanding out* gay male scholar of African descent. Since 1997, ZAMI has awarded 22 scholarships.
* "Out" is defined as an acknowledgment of lesbian/ gay identify to self, and or to family, friends, and community.
ELIGIBILITY
* An out lesbian/gay man of African descent who is a graduating high
school senior or currently attending any technical, undergraduate or graduate
school located in the United States.
* Accepted or registered at a post-secondary educational institution
for full or part-time attendance as defined by the institution
* Cumulative high school/college/or technical school grade point average
of 2.5 or higher
* Lesbians/Gay men 40 years plus are strongly encouraged to apply
REQUIREMENTS
* Submit official/unofficial up- to- date academic transcript (s).
You may send transcripts only from your most recent school(s) , provided
two semesters of study are included.
* Acceptance letter if you are an entering freshman
* Completed Audre Lorde scholarship application form
* A two-three page typed statement of purpose
* Two letters of recommendations from a teacher, mentor, employer or
activist/organizer in the lesbian/gay community
* A photo (head shot) any size, black/ white or color, which may be
used at the announcement of the award
AWARDS
Scholarship Amount ----- $1000
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Lesbians and Gay men of African descent interested in obtaining an
application should call (404) 370-0911 or e-mail mailto:zami@zami.org.
You may also download an application from our website at http://www.zami.org.
All application materials must be postmarked by July 31, 2002 and mailed
to ZAMI at P.O. Box 2502, Decatur, Georgia 30031.
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10. George Choy Memorial Scholarship (Bay Area)
Sponsored by the Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA).
The purpose of the George Choy Memorial / Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Scholarship is to provide financial assistance to LGBT Asian and Pacific Islanders currently in or planning to enter postsecondary education. The maximum grant award is currently $1000. Application must be postmarked by June 28, 2002.
ELIGIBILITY: You can apply for this scholarship if you...
- are self-identified as an Asian/Pacific Islander (at least 25% API
ancestry) - priority will be given to those self-identified as lesbian,
gay, bisexual or
transgender, or involved in the LGBT community
- are in the process of applying to, or are currently attending, a
post-secondary institution (college, university, or vocational school)
- are living in one of the nine-Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra
Costa,
Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Napa, Sonoma, and Solano)
- have a grade point average (GPA) of 2.75 or better.
Additonal info and the scholarship application form can be downloaded from the GAPA website: http://www.gapa.org
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11. For Teachers - Earn $$ and Give Feedback on Curriculum (LA)
THE SAFE HAVEN PROJECT WANTS YOUR FEEDBACK!
Earn an easy $200 and hours for your credential renewal!
What: The Safe Haven Project is designing a new curriculum for
nationwide distribution to help faculty address LGBTQ issues and promote
healthy
student relationships in the classroom. We have piloted this curriculum
as a salary point credit class; now we want your feedback.
Who: You will work with a small number of teachers as well as staff from the Safe Haven Project and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Why: In addition to the $200 stipend and credential hours, we will provide breakfast and lunch, and reimburse you for local mileage (calculated based on MapQuest directions). Also, your contribution will be formally recognized in the curriculum's final version.
When: Saturday, June 15, 2002, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Where: The L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's McDonald/Wright Building - 1625 N. Schrader Blvd., Los Angeles
Please confirm your attendance. Space limited to the first 15
responses.
Carol Lee - 323-993-7671 or mailto:clee@laglc.org
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12. Job Announcement: Summer Youth Internship at CUAV
Description of CUAV: Since 1979, CUAV has aimed to end violence against and within lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. CUAV provides a 24-hour Support Line, Speakers Bureau, Job Training for Youth, Anti-Oppression Education, Counseling and Advocacy for survivors of domestic violence, hate violence, and sexual assault. http://www.cuav.org
Formal Position Title: "Program Assistant"
Compensation: $7.50 per hour.
Schedule: 10 hours per week. Weekly schedule to be negotiated. Begins June & Ends September. Option available to re-apply for the school year internship.
Job Summary: Provide general office support and administrative assistance for all staff. Attend all assigned trainings and workshops.
Specific Responsibilites:
* Evaluation Tallies & Report Assistance
* Transcription & Data Entry
* Pride month (June) - Preparing Outreach Materials & Event Day
Tabling/Work
* Other Duties Assigned by Supervisor/Requested by Staff
Possible Trainings:
* General office practices
* Anti-oppression awareness, Domestic violence, Hate violence, Legal
issues
* Resume writing, Interview skills, Career interest research, Self
defense
* Speakers Bureau Volunteer Training & Support Line Volunteer Training
Qualifications:
* Between age 13 and 18
* Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Transgender, Gender-queer, Two-spirit...
* Eligible for Employment
* Must be willing to learn and be challenged
* Able to work well with a diverse range of people
Application Process:
Call or Email to schedule an appointment to fill out application and
interview.
Contact:
Anne Lundbom, Director of Youth Services
(415) 777-5500 ext.319 / mailto:anne@cuav.org
Community United Against Violence - 160 14th Street, San Francisco,
CA 94103
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13. Job Announcements from LYRIC
Lavender Youth Recreation and Information Center (LYRIC) is a non-profit organization providing educational, recreational and peer-leadership development activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth under 24 years of age.
LYRIC currently has the following job openings:
Community Center Youth Coordinator (32 hours/week) - Apply by June 21st
Queer Youth Training Collaborative Community Development Coordinator
(full time)
- Apply by June 21st
Youth Services Program Assistant (20 hours/week) - Apply by June 21st
To receive the full job announcements and descriptions, please e-mail
Tracy Boggs, LYRIC program director: mailto:tracy@lyric.org.
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
1. Art for Change: GSA Network Fundraiser (Sacramento)
2. GSA Network Says Goodbye to Dyan Valdés
3. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
4. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
5. San Francisco Pride Parade
6. GSA Network Involved in Landmark Study
7. Pride Youth Dance (San Pablo)
8. Teaching Respect for All 2002 - Student Scholarships
9. NYAC Western Regional Conference (Albuquerque, NM)
10. Conference on Lesbian Health Research (SF)
11. New LGBT Journal Seeking Youth Submissions
12. HIV/AIDS Film Looking for African-American Volunteer Actors (Pleasant
Hill)
13. Vincent Chin Commemoration (SF)
14. ForWord Girls Seeking Submissions
15. Lesbian Leadership Scholarship
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1. Art for Change: GSA Network Fundraiser (Sacramento)
art for change: youth art auction and benefit for GSA Network
art for change will benefit GSA Network's Make It Real Project, a youth-led effort to ensure implementation of AB 537, the California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000, a ground-breaking law protecting students from harassment and discrimination on the basis of actual and perceived sexual orientation and gender identity in California public schools.
$100 - Champion
$50 - Supporter
$35 - Individual Ticket
$10 - Limited income
Free - Youth 18 and under
Monday, June 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Club 21, 1119 21st Street, Sacramento
Program will feature the author of AB 537, Senator Sheila Kuehl, and Amador High School student Brianna Pulskamp-Lockhart
The silent art auction will include works by:
Larissa Brantner
Lauren Bruton
Kyla Farrell
Butch Greenblatt
Marina Hadzopoulos
Carolyn Horn
Jordy Jones
Lindsay Keach
Carolyn Laub
Jane Roberts
Cathy Sakimura
Jill Shenker
Sativa Turner
Randy Webb
+ others
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2. GSA Network Says Goodbye to Dyan Valdés
Dyan Valdés, the Make It Real Project Coordinator for Southern California, has graduated from UCLA and is moving on from GSA Network. Dyan has been working on the Make It Real Project for two years and has been instrumental in creating and expanding the program. We are very sad to see her go!
If you have any questions about the Make It Real Project, contact:
Northern and Central California -->
Cathy Sakimura - 415-552-4229 or mailto:cathy@gsanetwork.org
Southern California -->
CC Sapp - 323-662-3160 or mailto:cc@gsanetwork.org
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3. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
Please take a few minutes to fill out GSA Network's Year End Evaluation. Your comments are VERY important to us!
Access the evaluation online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/yearendeval/
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4. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
The Activist Camp is FREE, youth-planned and youth-led event that features intensive community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. Last year's participants had a great experience, and we hope to make this year even better! All youth who will be involved in a GSA next year and who want to develop leadership skills, network with other youth activists, learn a lot, and have a fabulous time are encouraged to apply.
Northern California Camp: August 6-8 in Oakland
Southern California Camp: August 9-11 in Santa Monica
Submit your completed GSA Activist Camp applications to GSA Network by Monday, July 8th.
Apply online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp
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5. San Francisco Pride Parade
GSA Network and LYRIC are again co-sponsoring the youth contingent in this year's SF Pride Parade! We will be marching with several hundred youth from around the Bay Area - and we will have signs representing every GSA in our Network.
Sunday, June 30th
plan to arrive by 11:00am
Beale St. between Howard and Folsom
Getting there: DON'T DRIVE - parking won't be available downtown. We'll be lining up close to the Embarcadero BART/MUNI stop - Howard St. is 2 blocks from Market.
Look for the GSA Network banner and GSA signs!
For more info:
before the parade - contact Emilie at GSA Network: 415-552-4229
morning of the parade - contact Emilie @ 415-637-7117 or Carolyn @
415-235-4556
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6. GSA Network Involved in Landmark Study
GSA Network is excited to be one of the community agencies working with SFSU on this project!
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SFSU granted nearly $900,000 for landmark study of gay youth, their
families
Study funded by The California Endowment will explore sexual orientation
in white, Latino families
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19, 2002 -- Researchers at San Francisco State University have received a three-year, $876,965 grant to conduct the first-ever study of physical and mental health outcomes of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth who disclose their sexual orientation to family members during adolescence.
Funded by The California Endowment, the state's largest health foundation, the study is also the first to comprehensively explore sexual orientation in Latino families.
Earlier studies of lesbian, gay and bisexual youth have shown higher rates of suicide, substance use, risky sexual behaviors, victimization, depression, chronic stress and pregnancy than their heterosexual peers. However, little attention has been focused on the youthsâ families and their responses after the youths "come out."
Caitlin Ryan, director of policy studies at the SFSU Institute on Sexuality, Inequality and Health, and Rafael Díaz, SFSU professor of human sexuality studies and ethnic studies, will work closely with Northern California community agencies such as the Gay Straight Alliance Network and Adolescent Health Working Group to study white and Latino teen-agers and their families.
The study's results will be used to develop training materials and assessment tools for health and mental health providers and school practitioners, as well as a guide for health providers on family care and support for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth and a resource directory for lesbian, gay and bisexual youth.
Ryan and Diaz will start their research in July.
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7. Pride Youth Dance (San Pablo)
Get in gear for Pride 2002 at the PRIDE YOUTH DANCE for LGBTQQ and straight ally youth
The Empowerment Program is partnering with the GSA Network, the Pacific Center, and the Rainbow Community Center to bring you a free Pride Dance for Queer Youth of All Ages! Come socialize, shake yourágroove thing, and have a good time. Dress comfortably! DJ Michael Stougháwill be in the house.
WHEN:
Friday, June 28, 2002 from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. The Friday before
all the SF Pride festivities.
WHERE:
Maple Hall Community Center
13831 San Pablo Ave.
San Pablo, CA 94806
(see directions below)*
FOR MORE INFO. CONTACT:
Adam Kahn or Rachel Floyd at (925)687-8844 x304 or 307. Send e-mail
to: empowerq@hotmail.com. If
you need to arrange transportation, contact us soon
Driving Directions from Concord:
Take HWY 680 North towards Sacramento. Take the HWY 4 West exit. Stay on HWY 4 until the 80 West interchange. Take HWY 80 West towards San Francisco. Exit at El Portal. Make a right at the light at the end of the off ramp. Turn left onto Church lane. Turn right onto San Pablo Ave. Get in the left hand lane and turn left in the first parking lot on your left hand side. Maple Hall is located in the building on the left side of the parking lot.
Driving Directions from SF/Oakland:
Take HWY 80 East. Exit El Portal. Make a right at the light at the end of the off ramp. Turn left onto Church lane. Turn right onto San Pablo Ave. Get in the left hand lane and turn left in the first parking lot on your left hand side. Maple Hall is located in the building on the left side of the parking lot.
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8. Teaching Respect for All 2002 - Student Scholarships
Teaching Respect for All 2002, GLSEN's sixth annual national conference, will be on October 4-6, 2002 in Los Angeles.
GLSEN's Student Organizing Department is offering scholarships for students
who want to attend the conference.
The deadline to apply is Friday, June 28th.
Learn more about Teaching Respect for All student scholarships at: http://www.glsen.org/templates/student/record.html?section=45&record=1311
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9. NYAC Western Regional Conference (Albuquerque, NM)
Calling all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth in the West!
Get packed for Albuquerque...
and the 2002 NYAC Western Regional Conference!
6-8 September 2002
**** Contact ****
To receive registration material, workshop proposal information or
scholarship information:
Joseph Truong - Regional Field Assistant
NYAC
1638 R Street, NW, Suite 300,
Washington, DC 20009
mailto:joseph@nyacyouth.org
Phone: (202) 319-7596, ext 12.
Fax: (202) 319-7365
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10. Conference on Lesbian Health Research (SF)
** 2nd Annual Conference on Lesbian Health Research - June 29th, 2002 **
"Healthy Choices for Lesbians"
This important conference, to be held at the UCSF Laurel Heights Campus in San Francisco, includes, the annual State of Lesbian Health address presented by National Center for Lesbian Health Research founders, Dr. Patricia Robertson and Dr. Suzanne Dibble. Lesbian community health activists, clinicians, and researchers will co-convene interactive sessions on a variety of topics.
"Multiple Marginalization and Health Disparities of Lesbians of Color" is a key focus to be addressed in conference sessions.
Saturday, June 29, 2002
(Weekend of SF Pride Parade and Festival) 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
UCSF Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street
San Francisco
*Conference fee: $50; Student & Senior Scholarships Available; Volunteer Opportunities
For more info, visit: http://www.lesbianhealthinfo.org
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11. New LGBT Journal Seeking Youth Submissions
Youth Submissions Sought by new publication, The Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education
ESSAYS:
The new international Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education
will publish several brief (250-400 word) essays penned by GLBTQ youth
on the topic "How do words such as 'gay' or 'queer' describe who I am?"
Anyone 23 years of age or under is invited to submit a previously unpublished
essay. Submissions should be sent electronically (mailto:jglie@jtsears.com).
Deadline is October 1, 2002. More information about the journal can be
found at www.jtsears.com/jglie
ART:
Educational issues relating to glbtq individuals can be expressed visually
as well as textually. The new international quarterly Journal of Gay and
Lesbian Issues in Education welcomes submissions of original art (e.g.,
photographs, silkscreens, painting) that speaks to queer issues in education
and/or is produced by glbtq youth. Images are published in black &
white format in the journal. For the next issue submissions are sought
from glbtq youth. For additional guidelines or to submit your work, contact
Jim Sanders (mailto:jsanders@netunlimited.net).
For more information about the journal: http://www.jtsears.com/jglie
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12. HIV/AIDS Film Looking for African-American Volunteer Actors
(Pleasant Hill)
The Empowerment Program is seeking African-American volunteers to act in a docu-drama about living with HIV/AIDS. We will explore hip-hop and the misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. The film will be shown on cable access television and will be used as an educational tool.
For more information, contact Adam Kahn at (925) 687-8844 x304 or empowerq@hotmail.com
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13. Vincent Chin Commemoration (SF)
Justice Matters Institute announces "Remembering Vincent Chin--20 Years Later" - a series of arts events commemorating Vincent Chin
Justice Matters Institute is proud to support these events commemorating the 20th anniversary of the race-based murder against Vincent Chin, which sparked a modern Asian American activist movement. Asian Improv aRts, Third Thursdays, Institute for MultiRacial Justice, National Asian American Telecommunications Association (NAATA), Chinatown Community Development Center, Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California (JCCCNC), Clarion Music Center and Jon Jang Performances are sponsoring two events to commemorate Chin's death and its affect on Asian America.
Screening and Panel: Who Killed Vincent Chin
Thursday, June 20 (6:30 p.m.)
Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter Street, SF
Cost: Free
A free screening of the Academy Award-nominated film "Who Killed Vincent Chin" by Christine Choy and Renee Tajima will be followed by a panel with Helen Zia, Mabel Teng, Norman Fong and Victor Hwang. Visit http://www.thirdthurdays.org or call (415) 353-5732 to RSVP.
20th Anniversary Commemorative Concert for Vincent Chin
Friday, June 21 (8 p.m.)
Clarion Music Center
816 Sacramento Street, SF
Cost: $15
Pianist Jon Jang will perform in the on June 21 at 8 p.m. at Clarion Music Center on 816 Sacramento Street. Tickets may be purchased for $15 by calling (415) 391-1317.
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"Remembering Vincent Chin" is part of a national collaborative, coordinated
by
AsianImprov.com, to honor the memory of Vincent Chin through an online
initiative http://www.VincentChin.net.
The site will has information on Vincent Chin and various art and culture
events that are happening all around the nation commemorating the 20th
anniversary of his murder.
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14. ForWord Girls Seeking Contributers for September Event (SF)
FORWORD GIRLS WANTS YOU!!! TAKE BACK THE MIC '02.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 28.
The mission of ForWord Girls is to create a space/event for women writers and spoken word performers of all cultures and ages from all over. We want to come together and hear, teach, entertain and inspire each other. We want to share information about how we utilize the power of the word. We want to recognize, sustain and further envision a movement of girls who feel excited, skilled and unrestricted about using our voices as a force for self-expression, social change, and everything else we see fit to speak about.
ForWord Girls performers, curators, organizers and presenters are people who self-identify as someone who has been, will be, or is a girl. Unless otherwise specified, ForWord Girls events, performances, workshops and panels are open and accessible to all, regardless of gender, income, age, or physical ability.
ForWord Girls will take place Saturday, September 28, at San Francisco's new LGBT Community Center.
We want your voice to make this event a success!
Currently, we are looking for readers, hosts and panelists for a variety of topics and events. For more info, contact:
mailto:forword_girls@hotmail.com
http://www.forwordgirls.com
(should be up soon!)
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15. Lesbian Leadership Scholarship
Lesbian Leadership Scholarship from An Uncommon Legacy Foundation, Inc.
Award Amount Minimum: $2500
Deadline Date: July 01, 2002
Description: The Lesbian Leadership Scholarship is open to lesbian undergraduate and graduate students enrolled full-time at an accredited college or university in the U.S. You must have a minimum 3.0 GPA, demonstrate a commitment or contribution to the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community and have financial need. Your academic performance/honors, personal/financial hardship and service to the lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender community will also be considered.
Additional Information: You must include a completed application, an up-to-date school transcript, a written personal statement of fewer than 1,000 words and at least two letters of recommendation. Please visit the Web site provided for complete information.
Applicable Majors: All Fields of Study
Contact:
An Uncommon Legacy Foundation, Inc.
Legacy Scholarship Committee
P.O. Box 33727
Washington, DC 20033
In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:
1. San Francisco Pride Parade
2. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
3. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
4. Diversity 2002 Conference (Oakland)
5. Help Support the Outlet Program (Palo Alto)
6. Trikone Outreach to South Asian Queer Youth
7. Peninsula Anti-Racist Action (San Mateo)
8. Not Down With the LockDown II (Bay Area)
9. NEWS: Discriminatory Policy Excludes Senior From Yearbook
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1. San Francisco Pride Parade
GSA Network and LYRIC are again co-sponsoring the youth contingent in this year's SF Pride Parade! We will be marching with several hundred youth from around the Bay Area - and we will have signs representing every GSA in our Network.
Sunday, June 30th
plan to arrive by 11:00am
Beale St. between Howard and Folsom
Getting there: DON'T DRIVE - parking won't be available downtown. We'll be lining up close to the Embarcadero BART/MUNI stop - Howard St. is 2 blocks from Market.
Look for the GSA Network banner and GSA signs!
For more info:
before the parade - contact Emilie at GSA Network: 415-552-4229
morning of the parade - contact Emilie @ 415-637-7117 or Carolyn @
415-235-4556
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2. GSA Network Year End Evaluation
Please take a few minutes to fill out GSA Network's Year End Evaluation. Your comments are VERY important to us!
Access the evaluation online: http://www.gsanetwork.org/yearendeval/
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3. GSA Activist Camp 2002! (Northern & Southern California)
The Activist Camp is FREE, youth-planned and youth-led event that features intensive community building, skill-building, political education, and leadership training for GSA members. Last year's participants had a great experience, and we hope to make this year even better! All youth who will be involved in a GSA next year and who want to develop leadership skills, network with other youth activists, learn a lot, and have a fabulous time are encouraged to apply.
Northern California Camp: August 6-8 in Oakland
Southern California Camp: August 9-11 in Santa Monica
Submit your completed GSA Activist Camp applications to GSA Network by Monday, July 8th.
Apply online at http://www.gsanetwork.org/camp
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4. Diversity 2002 Conference (Oakland)
Diversity 2002 Conference
Agust 22-25, 2002
Oakland Marriott Convention Center,
1001 Broadway Oakland, CA 94607
Conference planners are still accepting workshop proposals - the deadline for presenters to submit abstracts is July 10th.
Registration forms and information about submitting abstracts for the Diversity 2002 Youth Conference are available at http://www.smaac.org.
Conference Registration is $150.00.
The Diversity 2002 Conference is sponsored by SMAAC (Sexual Minority Alliance of Alameda County), an organization providing an array of services targeting Lesbian, Transgender, Bi-sexual, Gay and Questioning Youth. Call (510) 834-9578 or e-mail mailto:SMAAC_Hogan@yahoo.com for more conference information.
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5. Help Support the Outlet Program (Palo Alto)
Please join us in supporting Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer & Questioning Youth
OUT TO EAT
Thursday, July 18, 2002
6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Hyatt Rickeys Hotel, Stanford Room
4219 El Camino Real - Palo Alto, CA
Out To Eat is a dinner, auction, and raffle raising money for the Outlet Program at the YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula. Outlet is the only program supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth in the area. Outlet support has reached more than 1,000 young people since its inception in 1997.
There are many reasons to attend:
- Meet Outlet youth and hear their stories!
- Hear from Tom Shepard, the award-winning documentary filmmaker who
produced Scout's Honor, which received the Audience Award for Best Documentary
and the Freedom of Expression Award at the Sundance Film Festival 2001.
Scout's Honor looks at a 12 year-old boy named Steven Cozza who started
a grassroots effort to overturn the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts.
- Win a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and other great prizes!
- Meet other supporters of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer
and questioning youth!
Ticket Prices
$75 for one adult
$750 +IBM table of eight and sponsor 2 Outlet youth
$150 +IBM one adult and sponsor one Outlet youth
$40 for teachers and students ages 13-22
Please call (650) 494-0972 ext. 301 or email Juan at mailto:juan@ywcamid.org to purchase tickets!
http://www.ywcamid.org/rcc/Outlet
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6. Trikone Outreach to South Asian Queer Youth
Trikone is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people of South Asian descent. Founded in 1986 in the San Francisco Bay Area, Trikone is the oldest group of its kind in the world.áThrough social and political activities, Trikone offers a supportive, empowering, and non-judgmental environment, where queer South Asians can meet, make connections, and proudly promote awareness and acceptance of their sexuality in society.áá
I am currently working on improving Trikone's resources for youth outreach and activism. By youth,áI mean those who are 25 years of age and under. The three projects I am working onáthis summer are first, identifying the needs of local South Asian queer youth, second, writing up a resource and training packet for South Asian queer youth,áand lastly, developing a youth issue ofáTrikone's monthlyámagazine.
I hope to hear from you!
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7. Peninsula Anti-Racist Action (San Mateo)
Calling all activists on the peninsula!
Anti-Racist Action is a non-profit grassroots organization that is dedicated to fighting oppression and injustice in all forms. We are a group of regular people who are coming together to solve the problems of racism, homophobia, sexism, ageism, ableism, fatphobia, classism, transphobia, and xenophobia.
A peninsula/san mateo county chapter of ARA has formed, and we really need your support! It's really needed around here. There are racist skinheads that are active in our towns, synagogues and mosques have been vandalized, and we need to do something about it! NO ONE came to our first meeting. Our next meeting is on July 20th, and it would be great to have a few people come:
Saturday, July 20th
Central Park, San Mateo
(the grass area @ 5th and Laurel)
Weíll begin at 12 noon.
If you are interested in joining ARA, contact us at: mailto:ara_pen@hotmail.com, or go to http://www.aranet.org. No leaders. No dues. Just a chance to change the world.
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8. Not Down With the LockDown II (Bay Area)
Save the Date - Not Down With the LockDown II
Saturday August 3rd from 12-4pm
Location: TBA
Summer Jam To Throw Down. Youth Force Coalition bringing the heat this summer with the best way to spend a Saturday: Letting our voices be heard & Fighting for Justice.
For more info, Call Youth Force Coalition @ 510-451-5466 ext 301
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9. NEWS: Discriminatory Policy Excludes Senior From Yearbook
DISCRIMINATORY POLICY EXCLUDES SENIOR FROM YEARBOOK
NCLR Files Suit to Protect Student's Right to Be Free from Gender Stereotypes
TAMPA, Fla., June 19, 2002 - The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) filed suit today on behalf of Robinson High School Senior Nikki Youngblood against the Hillsborough County School District, Florida for creating and enforcing the illegal senior portrait policy that prevented Youngblood's senior portrait from appearing in the High School yearbook alongside those of her classmates. The suit alleges violations of both state and federal sex discrimination laws, as well as federal and state constitutional violations of Youngblood's right to free expression and equal protection.
Robinson High School, with the full support of the school district, still clings to a decades-old policy requiring all female students to wear an ultra-feminine scoop neck drape for their senior portraits, while allowing male students to wear a white shirt and tie of their choosing. The school refused to create an exception for a female student who voiced her objection to being forced to wear frilly, stereotypically "feminine" attire.
"I don't understand why this is such a big deal to them," said Youngblood. "This is how I dressed in school every day. I even wore a tuxedo to a school dance. This is 2002, not 1802. No female student should be deprived of the right to be in the yearbook because she does not want to wear a frilly drape."
Youngblood hasn't worn a skirt or dress since elementary school and wears what would typically be considered unisex or male clothing. When Youngblood and her mother showed up at the photography studio for Youngblood's senior portrait, they requested that Youngblood be permitted to wear the shirt and tie instead. The photography studio refused, claiming they needed a letter from the school before they could permit her to forego wearing the drape in favor of a shirt and tie.
Robinson Vice Principal David Fyfe informed Youngblood's mom that he and Principal Kevin McCarthy decided that if she wanted to appear alongside her classmates in the yearbook, she must wear the drape. Mr. Fyfe informed them that if Youngblood refused to wear the drape, the only other option was to buy an advertisement in the yearbook, pay for her own photography sitting and photos in the clothing she wanted to wear, and then her picture could appear in the yearbook - not with the other graduating seniors - but in the back of the book alongside all of the other ads.
As a result of the school's discriminatory policy, the yearbook space that Youngblood's portrait would have occupied was blank. To add insult to injury, Youngblood's name was not even listed in the index among the graduating seniors.
"We're very disappointed that school officials forced this to litigation," said Youngblood's lawyer, Karen Doering, a staff attorney for NCLR and consultant to Equality Florida. "Nikki is not a rebellious kid trying to destroy the sanctity of the school yearbook. She simply wanted to appear in her yearbook as herself - not a fluffed up stereotype of what school administrators thought she should look like."
Lesbian Rights is a national, lesbian-feminist, non-profit law firm
dedicated to achieving full human rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender (LGBT) people and their families. NCLR litigates impact cases,
conducts public policy, sponsors free legal clinics, provides technical
assistance to attorneys litigating LGBT cases nationwide, and provides
free legal information and advice to thousands of individuals annually.
NCLR is also dedicated to increasing public and community awareness of
LGBT issues by sponsoring public workshops and events. NCLR is based in
San Francisco, California. For more information, visit
http://www.nclrights.org.
Contact:
Tampa: Karen Doering (813)873-2357
San Francisco: Shannon Minter (415)392-6257 x310