Please submit any news for the weekly QA newsletter to Sam Klugman at news@queer.brown.edu by 11:59pm each Saturday.
come and help plan pride month! Think it's too early? It's not. We are going to start booking some speakers (including convocation), setting dates and thinking of themes, so come and join us!
This Monday, 8pm in the LGBTQ Resource Center (3rd floor, faunce)
Monday, November 14, 5pm
Office of English for Action, Atlantic Mills, Right Tower, 122 Manton Avenue, Room 604, Providence
For directions, please call 421-3181
The REAL ID Act was passed in May, 2005, and will not only have a severely negative impact on immigrant communities across the country, but also on many other communities of people.
One community that will be affected, if this bill is not amended or repealed, is the transgender community. The National Center for Transgender Equality has published a statement called "The Real ID Act: Bad Law for Our Community" - which outlines how the act will create problems for transgender people trying to aquire identification that corresponds with their gender identity, as well ! ! as how the act will make it more difficult for transgendered people seeking asylum. (This statement can be read at: http://www.nctequality.org/realid.pdf .)
Please join us in the meeting this coming Monday, to learn more about the REAL ID Act and to create a joint strategy for amending or repealing it. For more info, please contact Olivia Geiger at oliviageiger@gmail.com or call (401) 421-3181
[Directions to English for Action]
122 Manton Avenue, #604 (in the Atlantic Mills)
421.3181
Driving:
From Route 95, take Exit 22 B, to Route 10/6. When Route 6 and 10 split, keep righ! t a! nd take Route 6. Take the first exit, Plainfield Avenue, which is on your left. At the end of the ramp, turn right. After the overpass, go straight through one light. At the second light, turn left onto Manton Avenue. Go straight through one light. You will see the Price Rite supermarket on your left, and after that is the Atlantic Mills. Turn left into the parking lot of the Atlantic Mills parking lot. There are two large towers: enter the tower on the right, which has an English for Action sign on the door. We are in Room 604, on the first floor.
By Bus:
Our office is accessible by Bus Line #27, which starts at Kennedy Plaza. You ride it all the way down Broadway, until you enter Olneyville Square, and the bus turns right onto Manton Ave. Once on Manton Ave, you will see Price Rite supermarket on your left, and Dunkin Donuts on your right: get off the bus in front of Dunkin Donuts. We are in the Atlantic Mills building, which is on your left, ! after! Price Rite. The Atlantic Mills has two large towers: enter the tower on the right, which has an English for Action sign on the door. We are in Room 604, on the first floor.
we will be meeting tuesday night at 7:00 at the SDWC
(@Sarah Doyle Womens Center, across from wayland/keeney)
creating space for good food and good company. we will touch base on gender neutral housing/bathrooms for folks who want an update or whatever else is on your agenda/radar.
questions...contact michelle (michelle_lee@brown.edu) or bowman (bowperson@gmail.com)
Out For Lunch [a midday brownbag discussion series at the LGBTQ Resource Center] presents
"Queer Muslims in Cyberspace:
Transforming Religion, Space, and Gender"
by Emily Jane O'Dell
Thursday, November 17 2005
12:00 -1:00 pm
LGBTQ Resource Center (323 Faunce House)
Drinks and Dessert Provided
Emily Jane O'Dell is a playwright and Egyptologist. Productions and/or readings of her plays have been produced at Lincoln Center, Perishable Theatre, the Catalyst Theatre, the New York Fringe Festival, Brown University, Ensemble Studio Theatre, and City Center. Her play The French Revolution: Part Deux (a new jersey play) was named one of the ten best plays of the year by the Village Voice in 2003. Emily received her MFA from Brown University where she taught playwriting and received the Weston Award in playwriting. She is currently teaching and working on her Phd at Brown in Egyptology. She has lectured on Islam and Sufism at conferences around the country. She is returning to Egypt this winter for her fifth year as chief epigrapher in the western cemetery at the Great Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.
The contest involves writing a story about personal vulnerability to HIV/AIDS. Your story can be either fiction or non-fiction. The characters in the story must be impacted by HIV/AIDS. This scholarship contest seeks to inspire 14-22 year olds to examine their personal vulnerability to HIV/AIDS, motivate young people to express themselves in writing so they can share their thoughts and experiences, and promote positive health behaviors through media written by and for young people.,/p>
Award Amount: $2,500 - $10,000
Deadline: November 23, 2005
Website/Contact Info: (http://www.hearmeproject.org)
Friday, December 2nd, 12pm
Swearer Center for Public Service, Brown University
2006 FSD Summer Internship Program
The FSD Summer Internship is 8-10 weeks long and takes place in Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, India, Kenya, Nicaragua, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda. The Program includes an individual internship with a community development organization of your choice, family homestay, host organization mini-grant, grant competition of up to $1000, orientation and evaluation sessions, weekly lectures on development topics, language support, ongoing in-country support, limited travel-medical insurance, and group travel. Internships are available in a variety of issue areas, such as health, nutrition, HIV/AIDS, education, youth development, women's rights, human rights, social justice, sustainable agriculture, microfinance, environment and conservation, and more.
Other FSD international programs include Short-Term Volunteering (1-6 weeks), ProCorps, GradCorps, Service-Learning Trips, Enrichment Trips, Alternative Spring Breaks, and Custom Trips.
Friday, November 18th - Monday, November 28th
9:00AM – 3:00PM Each Day
Grace Church, 175 Matthewson Church, Providence
Grace Church will be displaying six local panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. An internet link will also be available so that visitors can search for quilts made in honor of loved ones that are being displayed around the country. For more information, contact Grace Church at (401) 331-3225.
November 18 - 20 (Friday to Sunday), 2005
Cornell University
FREE REGISTRATION (Deadline: Friday, October 21st)
mosaic_conference05@yahoo.com
This conference aims to help LGBT Students of Color build skills and knowledge to amplify their voices in campus, state, and regional contexts and connect them to regional and national resources. By strengthening these students' networks and skills, we hope to further our communities' ability to shape awareness at our respective campuses.
Our conference is for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, transgender, intersex, queer, and same gender loving college or graduate students of color (including but not limited to Asian and Pacific Islander, Black, latina/o, Middle Eastern, and Native American students of color). We encourage participation from students of color with disabilities, women, genderqueer, and transgender students of color.
Attendance will be capped at 150 students. Each student must register individually. We prioritize representation from a large number of campuses.
Registration is FREE.
Attendees must provide for their own transportation and housing costs. Call the Holiday Inn (www.hiithaca.com, 607.272.1000) and get a room at the special rate by saying you are with the "Building Bridges" conference. All attendees will be responsible for booking/paying for their own lodging. If any of this is a problem, please contact us; special arrangements may be made on a case-by-case basis.
ROOM TYPES: Each room has TWO queen size beds (Sleeps 4 max.)
ONE PERSON / ROOM = $280.00 for total stay (2 nights).
TWO PEOPLE / ROOM = $140.00 for total stay per person.
THREE PEOPLE/ROOM = $94.00 for total stay per person.
FOUR PEOPLE /ROOM = $70.00 for total stay per person.
If you need help finding a roommate(s), http://mosaicconf.proboards27.com/
The conference will be hosted by CORNELL UNIVERSITY.
We're located in *cold* Ithaca, NY.
For inquiries and further updates, please e-mail mosaic_conference05@yahoo.com.
Upcoming Updates: Final Detailed Schedule & Website.