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2010 NYU Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week:“Who Will You Inspire to Dream?”
For the fifth consecutive year, the University will commemorate the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his 1961 visit to the NYU campus by offering a week of special events and programs.
We are extending an invitation to clubs and organizations to plan an event for MLK Week 2010 as part of the Week's activities and events. The MLK Committee is sponsoring a number of events for the Week. We are planning the annual University-wide Celebration in the Eisner Lubin Auditorium on Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 7:00 PM. The Celebration will showcase NYU student performers, special guest performances, and the presentation of the 2010 MLK Humanitarian Award, the Student Essay Competition Award, and the annual MLK Lecture.
Additional events for the Week include community service activities, and the Annual MLK Day Basketball Doubleheader & Awards Ceremony between Hunter College and New York University varsity teams on Monday, January 18, 2010. Please mark your calendars. With 60 programs offered last year by student leaders like you, MLK Week featured a variety of events that included but not limited to panels, symposia and film screenings offered by NYU student organizations, academic departments, and administrative units. We look forward to showcasing your event for the Week.
If your club would like to plan an event to include in MLK Week programming, the online submission form will be available on Nov 12, 2009 on the official website: www.nyu.edu/mlkweek. As a resource, the MLK Programming Sub-Committee would be happy to speak with you to offer programming advice and feedback. Feel free to contact Monroe France, subcommittee chair at 212.998.4423 or email: Monroe.France@nyu.edu. The deadline for submission is December 3, 2009.
Finally, the MLK Planning Committee is seeking nominations for the 2010 MLK Humanitarian Award recipient—the deadline for Award nominations is November 19, 2009. Nomination instructions will be posted soon. For more information or if you have any questions, please contact me by email or by calling extension 84345. On behalf of the 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Week Committee, we look forward to your participation.
Free HIV Testing at The Center
Wednesday, November 4, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM, The Center Lounge, Kimmel 806
Get Tested! Free & Confidential. Sponsored by the NYU HIV Testing Initiative. OraSure (oral) method-no blood! Free testing is available for current NYU students only. Refreshments will be provided.
More information, contact Mark Carolino at mark.carolino@nyu.edu.
LGBT Office Food & Coat Drives
Food Drive for the BRC Senior Center – Located in on the border of the Bowery and Chinatown, and serving among the poorest residents of Manhattan, BRC’s Senior Center brings two communities of our elders together. It is one of the few programs for seniors in New York City that is open 6 days each week, and provides meals for all 7. Providing an antidote the social isolation that can so easily envelope the twilight years, BRC’s Senior Center provides community, social and educational activity, limited health and mental health services, recreation, and nutritious meals to well over 100 of our elders every day. The Senior Center is also home base to BRC’s Homebound program. Every day but Sunday, BRC staff visits seniors residing in flophouses of the Bowery – where BRC was born – who are too frail to travel. Delivering food (including a two-day pack on the weekend), basic necessities, and humanity, this BRC program is for some their only point of social interaction each day.
We are also collecting coats for a different organization, please stay tuned for details.
Non-perishable, non-glass canned and boxed goods, in addition to coats, can be left at the Office of LGBT Student Services, Kimmel 602.
TORAH QUEERIES:Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible
November 2 nd, 2009 at 7.30 PM
The Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life
7 10 th Street , 1 st Floor (Between 5 th Avenue and University Place)
What does it mean to "queer" the Torah? What insights might an LGBT perspective bring to the Hebrew Bible? How can allies learn from and contribute their own queer perspectives on Judaism's most sacred text?
Come join Keshet, NYU's Jewish LGBT organization, and the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life as we help launch TORAH QUEERIES:Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible.Co-editor Gregg Drinkwater and contributors Jay Michaelson and Amichai Lau-Lavie will participate in an interactive conversation and text-study inspired by this groundbreaking collection of queer bible commentary from NYU Press.
TORAH QUEERIES brings together some of the world’s leading rabbis, scholars, and writers to interpret the Torah through a “bent lens.” With commentaries on the 54 Torah portions, this rich collection unites the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and straight-allied writers, including some of the most central figures in contemporary Judaism.
TORAH QUEERIES examines topics such as the Levitical sexual prohibitions, the experience of the Exodus, the rape of Dinah, the life of Joseph, and the ritual practices of the ancient Israelites. Most powerfully, the commentaries here chart a future of inclusion and social justice deeply rooted in the Jewish textual tradition.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more info, go to www.JewishMosaic.org . All proceeds benefit Jewish Mosaic: The National Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity and the Rainbow Center, Atlanta’s Jewish response to LGBT people and their families.
What Am I Doing In Law School?! Day
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 9:30 AM to 8 PM
Location: Poe Room, Furman Hall
Why did you decide to come to law school? How has your experience been since you've arrived? What's different than you expected? Are you wondering where all the conversations about justice, social change, and progress are? Are you curious about issues of diversity (or lack thereof) within the classroom and the curriculum?
Come to CoLR's "What Am I Doing In Law School?!" Day, on Tuesday, November 10, and take part in any or all of a number of panels and conversations exploring what the NYU Law Community is, and what it could be. We'll have events going on in the Poe Room from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and, importantly, we'll have food. All day.
More information coming soon, but save the date
The Distinguished Administrator Award (DAA) program is an important tribute to
those who have distinguished themselves through outstanding administrative and
professional performance that helps NYU meet its strategic initiatives and
contributes to the attainment of the University's goals. The DAA award is given
annually to selected outstanding administrators and professional staff of New
York University.
Faculty, administrators, staff, and students are invited to submit nominations
to their school's / administrative unit's Human Resources Officer.
FOR INFORMATION ON HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION and for details about the DAA
award, please visit the Human Resources website at http://www.nyu.edu/hr/
If you have any questions, contact the Compensation Office in the Human
Resources Division at 212-998-1260.
*** The DEADLINE for submitting nominations to your Human Resources Officer is
Friday, December 4, 2009 ***
Seeking the opinionated! Write for the Queer Blog!!
The Queer Blog needs contributors!
The Queer Blog is the NYU slant on all things queer. In order to keep the blog interesting and dynamic, we always need contributions from new folks. If you are interested in submitting work for the Queer Blog, please contact Phillip Picardi at pfpicardi@blackberry.net
Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken Glass, is regarded as the beginning of the Holocaust. So, on the 71st anniversary of Kristallnacht (Monday, November 9th), NYU is holding a ceremony in remembrance of the millions of victims of the Holocaust.
We need the participation of student leaders from the LGBT community at NYU in order to make this program a success! We're hoping to have some students light a candle in our ceremony, both as representatives of the NYU LGBT community, and on behalf of the LGBT victims of the Holocaust.
Participating is relatively easy. Each student (or small group of students) is simply responsible for lighting a candle at the program and saying a few words about the group of people that their candle is memorializing. The NYU Kristallnacht Program is being held at the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life at NYU, at 7:00pm on Monday, November 9th.
If you're interested in participating, please contact Rachel Slaff as soon as possible at rls421@nyu.edu.
Martin Wong Panel
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
6 to 8 PM
A/P/A Institute at NYU
41-51 East 11th Street
7th Floor Gallery
Free and open to the public.
RSVP by Friday, October 30 . Online at http://www.apa.nyu.edu or email: apa.rsvp@nyu.edu or call 212-992-9653.
Panelists:
Lady Pink
Sharp
Yasmin Ramirez
Moderated by Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé
Artist Martin Wong was a major collector of Graffiti artwork and deeply immersed as a mentor and friend in the graffiti culture and artworlds of New York City. This panel discussion will take his work and life as a jumping point to explore issues of gender, race and graffiti culture with artists Sharp and Lady Pink, critic/scholar Yasmin Ramirez, and moderated by Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé, author of Queer Latino Testimonio Keith Haring, and Juanito Xtravaganza: Hard Tails and Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature, Fordham University.
With introduction by Gayatri Gopinath, Director of the Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at NYU.
Co-sponsored by the NYU Center for Multicultural Education and Programs and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.
Veterans’ Day at NYU
November 11, 2009 marks the 90th Anniversary of the New York City Veterans Day Parade.
The Student Resource Center and Veterans Alliance welcome you to join together to begin this day of celebration with a casual breakfast from 8:00-10:00 AM on the 3rd floor of Palladium in Seminar room B (140 E 14th street between 3rd and 4th ave)
Breakfast will be followed by the city’s Eternal Light Monument Ceremony at 10:00 AM and the parade beginning at 11:00 AM (23rd Street and 5th Avenue). We hope that you will join us and the over 23,000 participants, military vehicles, floats, bands and cavalries!
The NYU Veterans Alliance is receiving information about our group walking in parade, and details have yet to be confirmed. If you are interested in taking part in this potential opportunity, please contact Lauren Carrescia: (212) 992-7623
*Invitations to the Veterans Day events will be mailed in the coming weeks – please be sure we have your correct contact information! Email alumni.veterans@nyu.edu
TEARS IN THE DARKNESS: THE STORY OF THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH AND ITS AFTERMATH (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
By Michael Norman (Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute FAS/NYU) & Elizabeth M. Norman (Dept. of Humanities, NYU Steinhardt)
7:30 PM @ Barasch Theatre (Jeffrey S. Gould Welcome Center, 50 West 4th Street)
The performance, which includes artwork and photographs from the book, will be followed by a Q&A and signing at which book will be sold. A light dinner will also be provided.
The book was on the New York Times Best-Seller list for eight weeks this year. Times critic Dwight Garner called Tears In The Darkness "calm, stirring and humane...authoritative history...a narrative achievement." "If you aren't weeping openly by the book's final scenes," he said, "then you have a hard crust of salt around your soul."
Elizabeth is also the author of We Band of Angles: The Untold Story of the American Military Nurses captured by the Japanese. Michael served with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines in Vietnam in 1968.
Earn up to $410 at the Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies (CHIBPS) at NYU
P18 is a study about how gay, bisexual, and other young men who have sex with men make healthy choices.
What's your role in P18?
-Come in and talk to us about your relationships, friends, family, and experiences.
-Complete a survey.
-Take a free oral HIV test (no needles, no blood, and results in 20 minutes).
What's in it for you?
-Earn over $410 for your time.
-What we learn from you will help your community and other young men.
When?
-NOW!
-Visit CHIBPS once every 6 months for a total of 7 appointments.
-Moving out of town? No Problem! You can still participate.
Where?
CHIBPS is located in lower Manhattan, in the NYU area.
Contact info:
chibps.p18@gmail.com
212-998-5600
Community Events & Announcements
One Night with Astraea featuring comedian Karen Williams
Taking place at Comix on Tuesday, November 10, we will start with a wine reception at 6:30 PM and the laughs begin at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $60, and all proceeds go to Astraea Foundation, the world’s only foundation that solely funds LGBTI organizations in the U.S. and internationally.
You can purchase your tickets through this link:
http://www.astraeafoundation.org/2009LynnCampbellEvent
Comix
353 West 14th Street [ map]
New York, NY 10014
For more about Astraea, please visit www.astraeafoundation.org
"That Time Of The Month" - Gay Stand-Up Comedy Show
Saturday, November 14, 7 pm
EastVille Comedy Club
85 East 4th Street (2nd Avenue)
Reservations: (212) 260-2445 or just show up and say NYU
Hosted by Gerard Mignone, this popular monthly stand-up comedy show features some of NYC's best gay and gay-friendly comedians. Special NYU student discount $5 admission plus 2-drink minimum. Under 21 welcome (soda/juice/water available).
Organize! Presented by Stonewall Coalition
November 7, 2009
9:00am-6:00pm
One Pace Plaza
New York , NY
Join the Stonewall Coalition in celebrating the milestones achieved since the first brick was thrown in the legendary Stonewall Riots. In celebrating the 40th anniversary of the night that started it all, we aim to sew the seeds for 40 more.
This year marked four decades in the fight for gay rights. There have been as many tragedies suffered as milestones celebrated over the last forty years. However, the war is not yet won. As modern values shift and greater visibility transforms tolerance into acceptability, there is a real danger in such complacency, in this fallacy that the fight for equality is over. While many great strides have been made in efforts to attain equality, the LGBT community still lacks the most basic of protections.
Through renewed creativity, ORGANIZE inspires leadership within the LGBT community, their family, friends, and allies by creating a forum for exchange, motivating the community to action. ORGANIZE commemorates the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, while sewing the seeds for 40 more.
Notable Speakers Include:
Shannon Gilreath
Richard Berkowitz
Joshua Rutter
Christina Chala
This event is open to the public. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for all attendees.
TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE: https://www.123signup. com/register?id=jbzvk
Working with Gender Non-Conforming Youth
Join us for BCPC's second Community Education Panel, geared towards the parents, teachers, social workers, and other providers who work with gender-fluid or gender non-conforming youth. This forum will address specific issues such as advocating for children within the school system, controversy surrounding psychiatric diagnosis of Gender Identity Disorder, and where to find support within the community.
This event is co-sponsored by the National Association of Social Workers (NYC Chapter) LGBT Committee.
Date: November 10, 2009
Time: 7pm - 8:30pm
Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall - 209 Joralemon Street (between Court and Adams), 2nd floor courtroom
BCPC will be hosting Community Education Panels on a monthly basis!
Future Community Education Panels Include:
- LGBT Youth and the Foster Care System
- LGBT Family Planning
- Hate Crime Awareness and Prevention
LGBT Center Orientation Program
New York City’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Community Center announces the exciting return of the Center Orientation program!
The Center Orientation program is a monthly event that welcomes and provides useful information to people who are new to the metropolitan region, or unfamiliar with the LGBT community. The first Orientation, on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, was a big success! The next Center Orientation will take place on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, from 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM. We ask that tabling organizations arrive between 5:30 PM- 6:00 PM, to set up materials. It is our hope that you will include these Center Orientation events in the calendar section of your publication.
The Center Orientation dates are scheduled as followed:
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Orientation is the Center’s “welcome” to members of our community who have never been to the Center before, or who want more information about other community organizations. In the past, dozens of community organizations appeared at Orientation events to table, distribute materials and meet visitors, who are encouraged to sign up to participate in a myriad of events, clubs and other opportunities. Space is limited; please reserve your table by Thursday, October 15, 2009. Food and beverage will be served.
The Center receives hundreds of phone calls from community members looking for volunteer opportunities. Center Orientation would be the perfect opportunity to meet and recruit these volunteers to your organization! Orientation would be an excellent way for your LGBT constituents to find out more about your organization and of the LGBT community.
I will be calling you during the next few weeks discuss this further.
If you would like to learn more about Center Orientation, feel free to contact me, jsachs@gaycenter.orgor 212/620-7310 ext. 206.
All Out Arts Fresh Fruit Festival
Contact: artisticdirector@freshfruitfestival.com
Carol Polcovar 212-779-3051
For seven years All Out Arts, Fresh Fruit Festival has been New York City's only multidiscipline festival of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Culture and Arts. Fresh Fruit Festival is dedicated to celebrating the work of LGBT artists past , present and future, in all mediums and genres. It aims, as well, to reveal the LGBT community's ethnic, racial and religious diversity.
All forms of artistic expression are welcome. Last year the festival embraced dance, visual arts, theater, short plays, one person shows comedy, poetry, literature, variety, readings, performance, music, lecutres and open mic. In that past the Festival has presented film, juggling and baton twirling, as well. Your imagination and talent is the limit.
The Festival asks for no submission fees or any up front fees for the Festival itself. Fresh Fruit , also, makes no claim on the copyright of any work shown there.
The deadline for this year's submissions is February 7, 2010. For application and information please email artisticdirector@freshfruitfestival.com or write Fresh Fruit Festival , 145 E 27th Street, 1A, New York, NY 10016. No submissions will be accepted without the necessary application forms.
WALK-IN
COUNSELING CENTER
The Institute for Human Identity is holding Walk-in Days the first two
weeks of November and December for individuals who are curious about
psychotherapy. They can come in with questions or they can experience
a real session with a counselor at no cost.
Come in and find out what psychotherapy can do for you. Meet with a counselor during our walk-in hours on the following days and times:
November
Monday (2 nd, 9 th, 30 th) 12pm – 2pm
Saturday (7 th, 14 th) 12pm – 4pm
December
Monday (7 th) 12pm – 2pm
Saturday (5 th, 12 th) 12pm – 4pm
The Institute for Human Identity is located at 322 Eighth Avenue (at 26 th St), Suite 802. For more information call (212) 243-2830.
Suggested Donation of $15
New Therapy Group for Trans & Genderqueer Individuals
Hello all, I am forming a new group for Trans/Genderqueer individuals interested in group therapy. If you know anyone interested, please pass my info along. I appreciate it. Thanks, Sue
Blog: Transgender & Genderqueer Group Therapy
Post: New Group Forming
Link: http://
Front Runners New York: LGBT Running Club
With over 650 members of all ages, Front Runners New York has been an
active running, cycling and multi-sport club for gays, lesbians, and
LGBT-friendly individuals for the last 30 years. We welcome individuals
of all abilities - from first time runners trying to get in shape to
experienced athletes who want to perfect their skills. Front Runners
is a very lively club, scheduling several social and athletic events
every week. We would love to have you at our next Wednesday or
Saturday “fun run” in Central Park. We also have targeted coaching
sessions for runners, cyclists and triathletes at all levels. As
always, newcomers are welcomed to their first event free of charge or
obligation. For details and more information on all of our events,
check out www.frny.org or email membership@frny.org.
SRLP seeks new Board Members!
Do you love SRLP? Do you like thinking about how organizations grow and change and become more sustainable? Do you have time and energy to volunteer? If so, please contact emily@srlp.orgto get more information about joining the SRLP Board Team!
SRLP’s Board Team is charged with oversight of the legal, ethical, and moral responsibilities of the organization and its financial health. The Board Team is one of six teams that make up the SRLP Collective.
WHAT WE DO:
· Attend Monthly All-Collective Meetings (2 nd-Monday of each month), Monthly Board Meetings, and twice-yearly weekend Retreats.
· Participate in hiring committees, site visits, events, and fundraising!
· Prepare annual Board Budget and revisions. Review and approve SRLP annual budgets
· Create policies such as:
o New and Improved Conflict Resolution process
o Does SRLP solicit/accept corporate or government funding?
· Support SRLP Staff
o Update Staff Handbook
o Review staff time sheets and monthly reporting forms
o Work with consultant on staff co-supervision model re-evaluation
o Develop a projected timeline for staff growth for the next five years consistent with strategic plan and fundraising projections
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:
· People excited about working in our Collective Structure. Please check out http://srlp.org/about/collective to learn more about how our Collective works, and read about our Core Values/Vision.
· People with knowledge of movement building and how organizations grow and develop – the Board is one of the SRLP teams that thinks in a big-picture way about how to make the organization as healthy and effective as possible.
SRLP DIVERSITY GOALS:
SRLP is committed to maintaining a collective body that is diverse in terms of age, race, economic status, class, ability, size, education, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, sexuality, employment status, religion, and gender. It is vitally important that the collective body reflects the communities it serves. To this end, the majority of the collective should be comprised of people of color, people of transgender, intersex and gender non-conforming experience, and low-income people. SRLP also strives to maintain youth, people with disabilities, and low-income people in leadership positions.
Emily Nepon
Grassroots Fundraising Coordinator
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
322 8th Avenue , 3rd Floor
New York , NY 10001
(212) 337-8550, ext. 300
DowneTime Support Group for Queer/Asian- Identified Men
DowneTime is a new monthly GAPIMNY confidential support and discussion group open to self-identified young adult queer Asian/Asian American men/transgender people ages 18-26 of all experience levels. The group's goals are to create a safe space for young queer Asian men/ trans folk to discuss issues and shared experiences relating to identity, community, and activism.
This event is sponsored by GAPIMNY (Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York)
questions/concerns? Please contact us at: downetime@gmail.com
Special thanks goes to APICHA (Asian & Pacific Islander Coalition on HIV/AIDS) for their space, time, and support!
Urban Bush Women
Saturday, November 21 at 7:30
Sunday, November 22 at 3:00
Victoria Theater
All seats $39
This one-of-a-kind troupe is know for integrating dance, music and text with the history, culture and spiritual traditions of African Americans and the African Diaspora. For this Alternate Routes engagement, the company will celebrate its 25th Anniversary Season with a program that includes the often humorous, always thought-provoking Batty Moves—founder and artistic director Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s unabashedly joyful celebration of the female form and power in all shapes and sizes, set to a funky, original percussive score—as well as Zollar's Naked City and Southern Diaries.
Williams Institute Fall Reception
November 10, 2009
The Gabarron Foundation
Carriage House Center for the Arts
149 East 38th Street , New York, NY
5:30 - “LGBT Rights at a Crossroads” (MCLE)
6:30 - Cocktail Reception, followed by Founder’s Dinner
Click here to purchase tickets or to sponsor event.
MCLE + Reception - $250 ($150 non-profit)
Reception Only - $200 ($100 non-profit)
Associates Circle Sponsorship includes Founders Dinner and above.
For more information, contact Katie Dowd or call 310/267-4382.
IMMIGRATION SUPPORT
Immigration Support Group
English
A supportive space for LGBT immigrants, (regardless of immigration status) to meet and discuss issues related to living in a new country. This group will also serve as a place for LGBT immigrants to get information about referrals to organizations that can help them adjust to their new life in New York and to meet others that are living circumstances similar to yours.
Tuesdays 6-7:30pm. Oct 13 & 27, Nov 10 & 24, Dec 8.
Drop-in. No registration required. Free.
Grupo de Apoyo para Inmigrantes (en Español)
Un espacio seguro donde Inmigrantes LGBT, (sin importar su estatus inmigratorio) se ruinen cada otro martes a discutir asuntos relacionado con el ajuste emocional de mudarse a un país nuevo. Este grupo servirá como un logar donde inmigrares LGBT pueden recibir información sobre organizaciones que te pueden ayudar ajustar a su vida nueva en New York y donde tienen la oportunidad de conocer otras personas que están viviendo situaciones simulares a las suyas.
Martes 6-7:30pm. Oct 6 & 20, Nov 3 & 17, Dec 1.
Gratis y no requiere registro previo.
Immigration Social Action Group
In its third season, and comprising members from over 25 different countries, this group will conduct outreach and will organize events for the LGBT immigrant community of NYC. For more information please e-mail George Fesser at gfesser@gaycenter.org.
Tuesdays 7:30-9pm. Oct 6-Dec 8. Drop-in. No registration required. Free. Gratis y no requiere registro previo.
Local & National Announcements
Textbooks for Change
To repeal Prop 8 in California and help the "No on 1" campaign win in Maine, we need students to get active. Students like me have always been good volunteers, but, because of a lack of cash, we haven't been able to contribute much money to marriage equality.
Until now.
Today, the Courage Campaign is helping us launch Textbooks4Change to give students the opportunity to raise money for marriage equality by simply purchasing their textbooks. At no extra cost. Click here to watch our short video and find out more:
Using Textbooks4Change is easy. Here is how it works:
1) Click here to go to www.Textbooks4Change.com
2) Press the big red "Purchase Textbooks" button
3) Buy textbooks from Barnes & Noble, Textbooks.com or Half.com
4) 6% of each purchase is donated directly to the Courage Campaign's Equality Program!
That's it.
Here's the best part: Until Maine's election on November 3, the money raised through Textbooks4Change will support the Courage Campaign's work to help the "No on 1" campaign protect marriage equality in Maine.
If you are a student, parent or professor -- or know someone who is a student, parent or professor -- please spread the word about Textbooks4Change today. By simply forwarding this message along, you will build the movement for marriage equality one textbook purchase at a time.
Thank you for supporting our effort to give students the power to make marriage equality a reality across California and the country.
Hate crimes bill passes! But it's not over yet.
We just got word that the Department of Defense authorization bill, which contains the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, has passed in the Senate. We are that much closer to securing federal protection for the LGBT community from vicious attacks and hate.
We at the Task Force have such heartfelt gratitude for all of you who took action earlier this week — and over the past months and years — to help move comprehensive hate crimes legislation forward. Thank you.
Just as we are grateful for your support and hopeful about our progress, we are also deeply disappointed at the inclusion of an amendment to the hate crimes legislation that expands the use of the death penalty.
Join us in demanding justice, not death — send a letter to your senators and representatives asking them to strip the death penalty from the bill as it goes to conference committee.
It's despicable that only 12 states currently have hate crimes laws that include sexual orientation and gender identity. Everyone, everywhere, should be protected from vicious acts of hate and violence. But it is an outrage that protection for the LGBT community is being pushed, hand in hand, with an unjust policy that strips people of their dignity and their lives.
The death penalty does not — and will not — protect the LGBT community from hate-based violence. It is unjust and inhumane; it is not a deterrent; and it is disproportionately used against poor people and people of color. And there are many well-documented stories of people who have been released from death row when further evidence materialized in their cases.
With every action taken, our voices have rung loud and clear: Our community and our allies will never sit silently and tolerate hate-based violence or any other injustice. We must let this commitment to equality — and to doing what is right — guide us now.
Tell your elected officials to remove the death penalty amendment from the hate crimes bill. Please act now.
Thank you again for standing with us through this fight. Together, we truly can create change.
Sincerely,
Rea Carey, Executive Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund
Internship & Employment Opportunities
Internship Position available with LORI MICHAELS PRODUCTIONS
An exciting opportunity is available at Lori Michaels Productions for an audio visual intern to work with “THE Dyke Diva” Lori Michaels, and we wanted YOU to be the first to hear about it! The music business is ever-changing, and there is always a need for creative, innovative minds to be ahead of the game. Think you have what it takes?
Lori Michaels, one of Curve Magazine’s 2008 ENTERTAINERS OF THE YEAR and fellow NYU Alum, is looking for a video editor/graphic designer to create small promotional videos and to spearhead other visual media projects.
This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to work directly with a talented, seasoned artist who has gained widespread recognition for her music (http://www.myspace.com/ lorimichaels) , charitable causes (www.reachoutinc.com), and sizzling hot live shows throughout the LGBT community and more! Check us out at www.lorimichaelsproductions. com and www.lorimichaelsmusic.com.
If interested, please submit a resume and cover letter ASAP to Jennifer@jamboxstudio.com
Now Hiring at the Pleasure Chest
I am the manager of The Pleasure Chest in the West Village. We are an adult boutique with a rich history in the community. Over the past 36 years we have been working hard to promote education in a positive sexual environment.
We are currently going through some structural changes and will have some openings available rather soon. We are focusing our staff even more on education while providing them with the opportunity to participate in new and exciting programs within the company. I would love to bring on some individuals who are interested in continuing their education in a sex positive environment while eventually participating as an educator in our workshops and classes. This is a retail position, but it is also the chance to work in an environment that has more to offer.
I want offer a position to an individuals who have the passion for sex education, LBGT awareness, and community outreach.
If you have any members, students, or friends who would be interested in an entry level position with us, please let me know. Feel free to pass along my information.
Thanks for your time,
Zack Hemenway
Manager
The Pleasure Chest New York
212-242-2158
Exciting Internship Opportunities at Logo, part of MTV Networks/Viacom
Logo is the world's leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment gay and lesbian-themed network, from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). Launched in 2005, Logo's cable channel is in more than 37 million homes across the United States and is complemented by a federation of online properties, including LOGOonline.com, TripOutGayTravel.com, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com, 365gay.com, DowneLink.com and NewNowNext.com. Logo's content is distributed across all leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo joins MTV Networks' roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV.
An MTV Networks Internship allows college students to work in an innovative, progressive, fast paced and professional environment. Students are exposed to all levels of MTV Networks, which has proven to be an invaluable experience to individuals interested in pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. MTV Networks is committed to diversifying our organization. Embracing differences is an integral part of our culture and a key element for our success is creating and maintaining an inclusive environment. To apply, email a resume and letter of interest to internships@mtvn.com .
CANDIDATE ELIGIBILITY:
Selected internships at Logo :
Logo Programming Internship
The Logo Programming and Scheduling Department focuses on scheduling the programs and promotional elements for air in order to shape our network's identity while driving to meet the company's business goals and objectives. Intern duties include:
• Back up Programming coordinators with scheduling graphics and promos, organizing viewer services e-mails, and screening & writing program descriptions.
• Organize and maintain the Programming library.
• Research and write reports related to scheduling projects.
Logo Consumer Marketing Internship
The consumer marketing and special events department helps to promote, not only the channel, but various programming priorities and releases. The main objective is to reach as many consumers as possible while creating awareness of the brand. The most common marketing tactics used are on ground event work, advertising, and viral marketing. Intern duties include:
Logo Integrated Marketing Internship
Conceptualize, implement and analyze marketing partnerships between LOGO and its advertisers ensuring marketing initiatives are in sync with the positioning of the channel and the LOGO brands. Intern duties include:
• Legal liaison (20%)
• Draft marketing proposals (20%)
• Submit creative requests (20%)
• Maintain timelines/deadlines (10%)
• Administrative responsibilities (20%)
• Update marketing reports (10%)
THE AUDRE LORDE PROJECT
JOB DESCRIPTION
Deadline to Apply November 4th 2009
POSITION TITLE: Part-time Assistant for Development and Administration
20 hours a week plus benefits (3 days a week, includes a Saturday workday twice a month)
REPORTS TO : Co-Director
POSITION SUMMARY : This position assists in development and fiscal /administrative management of the organization including organizational efforts to solicit and secure contributions from individuals and institutions, maintaining organizational databases, maintaining files, assisting with human resources management and processing financial transactions.
Development Duties
· Process and ensure timely acknowledgements of individual gifts on a weekly basis.
· Process timely acknowledgements of foundation, business and other institutional grants, within one week of notification receipt.
· Maintain files of media clippings highlighting the organizations work for submission with proposals and reports.
· Maintain files of organizational and programmatic materials for submission with proposals and reports for institutional funding sources.
· Assist in coordination all aspects of organizational fundraising events including annual major donor event and community fundraiser/gala, in conjunction with relevant volunteer committees.
· Maintain donor files and organizational mailing list.
Fiscal /Administrative Duties
l Assist in processing accounts receivable.
l Process accounts payable transactions and employee payroll.
l Maintain vendor files, accounts payable files, bank reconciliation files and other necessary organizational documents necessary for annual audit.
l Coordinate logistics of organizational mailings.
l Coordinate administration of organizational email and voicemail assignments.
Human resources
l Track employee compensation time, vacation, and sick days, including quarterly reports to staff.
l Maintain updated staff contact lists, voicemail directories and emergency contact lists.
l Coordinate logistics of hiring processes including advertising, recruitment and hiring committee support.
Other Duties
l Participate in staff meetings and other collective staff duties.
l Supervise volunteers and consultants as needed.
Qualifications
· Commitment to organizational mission/guiding principles and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit and Transgender (LGBTST) People of Color (POC) communities.
· Knowledge of LGBTST POC, LGBTST and POC organizations, resources and issues in the New York City area.
· Knowledge of social justice organizations, resources and issues in the New York City area.
· Comfort and experience with communicating with community members, staff members, and volunteers.
· Familiarity with donor database software, preferably Raisers Edge 7.
· Familiarity with financial database software, preferably Fund EZ 7.0.
· Must be extremely detail oriented.
· Must have the ability to work independently, prioritize work, take initiative, manage multiple tasks at once with attention to detail, and meet deadlines.
· Must have excellent interpersonal, writing and communication skills.
· Requires ability to type 40-50wpm and be computer literate, with experience using MS Word, MS Excel and internet.
Salary Range : $17.31 per hour - $18.27 per hour plus benefits
Application: Please send resume, cover letter (stating position of interest), and names/telephone numbers of 3 professional references and writing sample to: ALP, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217, Fax: 718-596-1328 No phone calls, please.
ALP is an Equal Opportunity Employer which does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, gender, age, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, religion, HIV serostatus, disability, or marital status
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The Audre Lorde Project
Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit & Transgender People of Color communities
85 So. Oxford St. * Brooklyn, NY 11217
Tel: 718-596-0342 * Fax: 718-596-1328
Web: www.alp.org * Email: alpinfo@alp.org
Girls Empowerment & Leadership Initiative
Academic Enhancement Component
Academic Enhancement Coach Role Description
The Girls Empowerment & Leadership Initiative (GELI) is a program of the Sauti Yetu Center for African Women. Its purpose is to offer a leadership development and academic enhancement experience to African immigrant girls that is culturally relevant and gender-sensitive. Participants are introduced to the program during the summer through a 9-week summer leadership development group that focuses on cultural negotiation and self-esteem building using the theater arts. During the academic year, we offer specialized support to African immigrant girls to enhance their academic opportunities. Specifically, students are assigned an Academic Enhancement Coach and have the opportunity to attend weekly TESOL Power Reading/ Writing Workshops.
The Academic Enhancement Coach is responsible for :
The average expected time commitment per week is 4 hours per week over the academic school year (October- June).
Eligibility Requirements:
Preference will be given to those candidates with direct experience in Africa and/or with African immigrants.
To apply submit the following:
Contact information:
Ramatu Bangura, Program Manager
Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
P.O. Box D, New York, NY 10034
Phone: 718-665-2486
Fax: 718-665-2483
Email: rbangura@sautiyetu.org
Position Opening: Manhattan Community Representative/LGBT Community Liaison
The Office of US Congressman Jerrold Nadler seeks full-time Manhattan Community Representative, who will also serve as his liaison to the LGBT community. Responsibilities include handling local issues in the neighborhoods of the Upper West Side, Midtown, Chelsea, Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeca and Lower Manhattan. The position entails acting as the Congressman’s representative to various community boards, organizations and governmental agencies, and advancing his interests and advising him on appropriate actions. B.A. or advanced degree required. Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills essential. Interest in urban policy, familiarity with NYC political environment, and background in LGBT issues strongly desired. Competitive salary and excellent benefits. Position begins immediately. Please fax or e-mail resume and cover letter to: “Manhattan Community Representative” at (212) 367-7356 or ny08job@mail.house.gov by November 6, 2009. This is a New York City-based position. NO PHONE CALLS.
Legal Internship Opportunity
Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
IMMIGRANTS’ RIGHTS PROJECT
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
The American Civil Liberties Union(ACLU) is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality embodied in the U.S. Constitution. The Immigrants’ Rights Project of the ACLU seeks applicants for legal interns for the Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 semester in New York City and San Francisco.
OVERVIEW :
The Immigrants’ Rights Project (IRP) is a national project of the American Civil Liberties Union with offices in New York and California. Using targeted impact litigation, advocacy and public outreach, the Project carries on the ACLU’s historic commitment to protecting the civil rights and civil liberties of immigrants. In federal district and appellate courts, including the Supreme Court, the Project conducts the nation’s largest impact litigation program dedicated to defending and expanding the rights of immigrants, enforcing the guarantees of the Constitution and achieving equal justice under the law.
The Project has focused on challenging laws that deny immigrants access to the judicial system, impose indefinite and mandatory detention, and constitute discrimination on the basis of “alienage” by governmental and private entities. In addition, the Project has been challenging constitutional abuses that arise from immigration enforcement at the federal, state, and local levels, including litigation against worksite and home raids, local anti-immigrant employment and housing laws, and improper enforcement of federal immigration laws by local sheriffs. IRP’s efforts in the enforcement arena seek to ensure the constitutional protections of the Fourth, Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments, combat racial profiling arising from actual or pretextual immigration enforcement that subjects immigrant communities to racism and hostility, and challenge government policies and practices that undermine or deny immigrants’ ability to effectuate their existing legal rights.
The Education component of the Project provides information about immigrants’ rights to immigrant communities nationwide. The Project works with the English and non-English language media, immigrant advocacy organizations and ACLU affiliates around the country to empower immigrant communities through presentations about their rights as well as current and proposed immigration laws.
INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW :
Working closely with IRP staff, legal interns assist in all aspects of litigation including legal research, factual investigation, and drafting of memoranda, affidavits, and briefs. Interns may also assist IRP staff in providing assistance and advice to ACLU affiliates, private attorneys, and others who seek our help; screening potential cases; and researching or drafting materials for public education. Interns will attend regular staff meetings.
Internships require a minimum commitment of twelve hours per week. Fall and spring semester interns work for credit only. Interns work with one or more of our staff attorneys.
Applications for Spring 2010 semester internships may be submitted until November 16, 2009. Decisions are made on a rolling basis.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS :
How to apply :
A complete application should include a cover letter, resume, legal writing sample, list of references, and transcript. The preferred method of submission is e-mail with the subject line specifying the office to which you are applying. If e-mail is unavailable, submissions via postal mail are acceptable, but please do not send application materials through both media.
New York California
Legal Internship Selection Committee Legal Internship Selection Committee
ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project
125 Broad Street , 18th Floor 39 Drumm Street
New York , NY 10004 San Francisco, CA 94111
Or email: immjobs@aclu.org Or email: immjobs@aclu.org
(subject line: IRP-NY Spring Legal Internship) (subject line: IRP-CA Spring Legal Internship)
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”
Grand Street Settlement
Job Description
Activity Specialist (Project SOL Activity Specialist) |
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LGBTQ Health & Human Services Coordinator October 2009 (performance & funding- based position) Direct Service: Part- time $ 12-15 per hr. 15hrs. per week. Mon- Fri & occasional Saturdays (must be flexible with day & evening hours) |
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Project S.O.L. [Speak Out Loud]: Advocacy Services for LGBT Youth, their families & communities
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Responsible for planning group & training curriculum, along with facilitating engaging activities for LGBTQ Youth 14-24 in an after school setting. May also facilitate groups in schools or CBO-settings, as community outreach. |
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“Activity Specialist” To
Katie Peterson, LMSW
LGBT Youth Health & Human Services Program Coordinator
Grand Street Settlement
80 Pitt Street , New York, NY 10002
Fax: 212-979-8677
Grand Street Settlement
Job Description
CASE MANAGER (Project SOL Case Manager) |
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LGBTQ Health & Human Services Coordinator October 2009 (performance & funding- based position) Direct Service: Part- time $ 18-20 per hr. 15hrs. per week (mon – Fri & occassional Saturdays: must be flexible with day & evening hours) |
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Project S.O.L. [Speak Out Loud]: Advocacy Services for LGBT Youth, their families & communities
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Responsible for the case management & referral tracking for LGBTQ youth, 14-24 engaged in the program. Additionally may be responsible for maintaining positive linkage agreements with partner-CBO’s, and community outreach. |
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“Case Manager Position” To
Katie Peterson, LMSW
LGBT Youth Health & Human Services Program Coordinator
Grand Street Settlement
80 Pitt Street , New York, NY 10002
Fax: 212-979-8677
Grand Street Settlement
Job Description
Community Educator (Project SOL Community Educator) |
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LGBTQ Youth & Family Services Coordinator & Director of Youth Services October 2009 (performance & funding- based position) Direct Service: Part- time $ 12-15 per hr. 15hrs. per week. Mon- Fri & occasional Saturdays (must be flexible with day & evening hours) |
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Project S.O.L. [Speak Out Loud]: Advocacy Services for LGBT Youth, their families & communities
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Responsible for the day-to-day operation and implementation of the Health & Human Services for LGBTQ youth, families and communities Initiative. |
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“Community Educator Position” To
Katie Peterson, LMSW
LGBT Youth Health & Human Services Program Coordinator
Grand Street Settlement
80 Pitt Street , New York, NY 10002
Fax: 212-979-8677
Communications Intern, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD)
The Communications Intern will gain first-hand knowledge of all aspects of the Communications and Public Relations Department of a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) advocacy organization by working to conduct proactive public relations, produce GLAAD publications and draft communications materials.
The public relations component of the internship would include research and upkeep of media lists and proactive identification of media opportunities and speaking engagements that would generate awareness for GLAAD’s work. The Director of Public Relations will work with the Communications Intern on researching and writing media pitches and conducting proactive outreach that communicates GLAAD’s work to the public. The Communications Intern would have the opportunity to assist in coordinating media on-site at special events. The intern would also research and draft letters and communications from GLAAD President used in outreach to the LGBT community.
The Communications Internship also involves preparing, editing, and drafting GLAAD publications and blog postings to gain experience in producing organizational newsletters and writing articles about GLAAD’s work. As part of research these articles, the Communications Intern will be able to interact with all the departments in the organization, and gain broad experience in LGBT activism, non-profit organizations, and communications.
· Public Relations or Communications majors a plus. The ideal candidate will have had previous internship experience or coursework related to public relations.
· A self starter and creative thinker with interest and experience in public relations.
· Knowledgeable about LGBT media outlets – and familiar with LGBT newspapers and blogs.
· Successful and experienced in drafting media pitches, press releases, news articles and other communications materials.
· Computer proficient in word processing, database work, email and Internet research.
· Genuinely concerned and conversant about LGBT issues and have a passion and desire to make a difference.
· A b le to work collaboratively and effectively with people of diverse races, ages, ethnicities and sexual identities
· GLAAD is a business casual dress environment.
· Candidates MUST be able to pass a criminal background check.
· The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by the personnel so classified.
· Management reserves the right to revise or amend duties at any time.
· This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Critical features of this job are described under the headings below. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
The title of the position ("Communications Intern”) MUST appear in the first line of the email. GLAAD will accept applications until filled.
Selections are made as the applicant pool allows and continue until the position is filled.
The following MUST be included in your application:
1. A cover letter outlining your interest and experience specific to this position
2. A current resume
John Jay Tenure-track Gender Studies Teaching Position
John Jay College of Criminal Justice invites scholars of men/masculinities for a tenure-track joint appointment to teach in the Gender Studies B.A. program and a department to be determined by the candidate's Ph.D. or area of research. Possible home departments include: Criminal Justice, Sociology, Political Science, Anthropology, or Public Management. Applicants whose teaching and research address the college's mission of educating for justice are of particular interest. Located steps from Lincoln Center at the cultural heart of New York City, John Jay College, a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY), offers bachelor’s and master’s degrees and participates in the doctoral programs of the Graduate School of CUNY. The College is the largest Hispanic serving four-year college in the northeastern United States. Under the leadership of its fourth president, Jeremy Travis, the College is undergoing a transformation that includes unprecedented facult!
y hiring, new undergraduate majors and master’s programs, and a new 600,000 square foot building ready for occupancy in 2011. With so many changes underway, the college offers to its many new faculty the unusual opportunity to shape the future of their institution. Candidates are expected to bring enthusiasm and demonstrated commitment to teaching and to develop and maintain and active research and publication agenda. Send CV, 3 letters of recommendation, writing sample and statement of teaching philosophy by November 15, 2009 to Professor Allison Pease, Director of Gender Studies Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 619 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019.
LGBT Youth Organization seeks a Volunteer Intern
LIVE OUT LOUD, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, works to connect LGBT youth with role models in the community. We partner with schools and other community-based organizations to host panel discussions, workshops, and speakers.
LIVE OUT LOUD also produces other programs including our newest initiative, ‘The Homecoming Project’, where LGBT role models are encouraged to return to their high schools to share their personal stories. For more information about programming, please visit the website where you can also view a PSA that Showtime produced for LIVE OUT LOUD featuring actor Alan Cumming. www.liveoutloud.info
Intern Responsibilities may include:
Applicants Must:
Ideal Candidate will be motivated, innovative, and have some prior experience working in organizing and advocacy.
Hours : Depend on availability. Between 8-15 hours per week. Academic Credit may be arranged
Start Date: Immediate
Please send all materials and inquires to the Program Coordinator, Adaobi Kanu at adaobi@liveoutloud.info
Junior Faculty Position in Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan (HIV Prevention Studies)
The Department of Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan invites applications for a non-tenured, tenure-track assistant professor position in HIV Prevention Studies. We seek candidates with a demonstrated interest and expertise in the social dimensions of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic, whose work displays interdisciplinary breadth and demonstrates familiarity with queer theory and/or feminist theory. We welcome applicants in any and all relevant disciplines, but we are particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on the relation between the evolution of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and social stratification or discrimination, as inflected by factors of gender, race, sexuality, class, nationality, geography, and political economy. Other selection criteria include specialization in the construction and representation of HIV/AIDS, in public policy, media and popular culture, and/or sexual politics. The successful candidate should be prepared to teach a larg!
e, introductory, interdisciplinary lecture course on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. This position is part of a cluster of five approved appointments at the assistant professor level at the University of Michigan that will include new junior positions in Psychology, Anthropology, Nursing, and Obstetrics/Gynecology, all of them for faculty with expertise in HIV/AIDS; we therefore hope to recruit individuals whose teaching, research, intellectual commitments, and professional careers will flourish in a multi-disciplinary environment that aims to address complex problems related to HIV/AIDS through research, education, and practice. Qualifications for the position include: completion of Ph.D. degree in a relevant field; demonstrated excellence in teaching and research; specialization in HIV/AIDS, with an emphasis on prevention, social intervention, gender, sexuality, race, and representation.
This is a university-year appointment, with an expected start date of September 1, 2010. Successful candidates will be expected to establish an independent research program and to have a commitment to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Send a letter of intent identifying your primary area of research interest along with a curriculum vitae, a statement of current and future research plans, a statement of teaching philosophy and experience, evidence of teaching excellence, representative publications, and at least three letters of recommendation to HIV/AIDS Search Committee, Department of Women’s Studies, University of Michigan, 1122 Lane Hall, 204 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290. Review of applications begins October 10 and will continue until the position has been filled. The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. The University is supportive of the needs!
of dual-career couples. For further information, contact Prof. David M. Halperin, Chair, HIV/AIDS Search Committee, halperin@umich.edu.
LGBT Youth Organization seeks Volunteer Speakers
Live Out Loud, a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization, works to connect LGBT youth with role models in the community. We partner with schools and other community-based organizations to host panel discussions, workshops, and speakers.
Live Out Loud is looking for college-aged students to speak at high school about the college experience. These speakers will also act as ambassadors for their school in regards to the culture around queer identity and acceptance.
Live Out Loud also produces other programs including our newest initiative, ‘The Homecoming Project’, where LGBT role models are encouraged to return to their high schools to share their personal stories. Another program, ‘Crash Course’ invites LGBT students to shadow professionals at major industry companies. For more information about programming, please visit the website where you can also view a PSA that Showtime produced for LIVE OUT LOUD featuring Alan Cumming.
Speaker Responsibilities may include:
Applicants Must:
Ideal Candidate will be motivated, innovative, and have some prior experience working in organizing and advocacy.
Hours : Depend on availability.
Start Date: Immediate
Please send all materials and inquires to the Program Coordinator, Adaobi Kanu at adaobi@liveoutloud.info
Federal Job Openings
The Department of Labor, Employment & Training Administration (DOL/ETA) is in the process of recruiting and hiring well qualified individuals as a part of the recently passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, (ARRA). To that end, the Agency has embarked upon recruitment and hiring efforts that continue our commitment to ensuring equal employment opportunities and representation within its workforce. Under the Stimulus initiative, the Agency hopes to reduce the current underrepresentation of minority males. Consequently, one major part of this plan involves reaching out to organizations such as yours to request your assistance in ensuring that qualified minority males, including college students, are given every opportunity to apply for these vacant positions. The hiring initiative is aggressive, and will result in a very quick turn-around.
We encourage you to distribute the attached vacancy listings and invite
all qualified persons to submit their resumes by fax to Jan T. Austin,
Director, Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at: (202) 693-3350 or via e-mail at: austin.jan@dol.gov
The following is a list of positions titles, and career series for which
the agency will be hiring. Interested individuals should visit:
http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ <http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/ and search by job series to view position descriptions.
Position Titles Job Series Grade Level
Accountant 0510 GS-12 & GS-13
Administrative Assistant 0301 GS-12
Administrative Officer 0341 GS-9 & GS-12
Budget Analyst 0560 GS-12
Contract Specialist 1102 GS-13
Economist 0110 GS-13
Federal Project Officer 0301 GS-9 thru GS-13
Grants Management Specialist 1101 GS-9 thru GS-14
Human Resources Specialist 0201 GS-12 & GS-13
IT Specialist 2210 GS-13
Management Staff 0303 GS-6
Program Analyst 0343 GS-9 thru GS-13
System Accountant 0501 GS-9 thru GS-12
Training Specialist 1712 GS-12
Unemployment Insurance Program Specialist 0106 GS-9 thru GS-13
Workforce Analyst 0140 GS-12 & GS-13
Workforce Development Specialist 0142 GS-12 & GS-13
CSWGS Postdoctoral Fellowships (2010-2012)
The Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Rice University
announces two postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities or social sciences
for scholars pursuing research and publication projects that focus on:
* gender and health
* gender and urban studies
* women in the global economy
* sex, race, and nation
* sexuality studies.
The Center is particularly interested in applicants who demonstrate a record
of innovative teaching and the potential to make a solid contribution to the
Center¹s program in engaged feminist research.
Ph.D. is required prior to appointment. Each fellowship has a term of two
years beginning in August 2010. Recipients will teach two courses in
women¹s/gender/sexuality studies per year and will play an active role in
the intellectual life of the Center. Rice will provide an annual salary of
$40,000 plus benefits. Rice University is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Please send your letter of interest, curriculum vita, dossier with a minimum
of three references, and writing sample (about 25 pages), plus a sample
syllabus (which should include a detailed course outline and recommended
reading list) for one of these courses: SWGS 101 ³Introduction to the Study
of Women, Gender & Sexuality² or SWGS 201 ³Introduction to Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual, & Transgender Studies.²
Send materials to Postdoctoral Search Committee, Center for the Study of
Women, Gender, and Sexuality MS-38, Rice University, P.O. Box 1892, Houston,
TX 77251-1892.
Postmark deadline for applications is Friday, January 15, 2010.
For more information about the Center and its programs, please visit:
http://cswgs.rice.edu.
Scholarship & Grant Opportunities
Listing of 51 Scholarship Opportunities
1) BELL LABS FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDER REPRESENTED MINORITIES http://www.bell-labs.com/fellowships/CRFP/info.html
2) Student Inventors Scholarships http://www.invent.org/collegiatehttp://www.invent.org/collegiate/
3) Student Video Scholarships http://www.christophers.org /vidcon2k.html
4) Coca-Cola Two Year College Scholarships http://www.coca-colascholars.org/programs.html
5) Holocaust Remembrance Scholarships http://holocaust.hklaw.com/
6) Ayn Rand Essay Scholarships http:/ /www.aynrand.org/contests/
7) Brand Essay Competition http://www.instituteforbrandleadership.org/IBLEssayContest-2002Rules.htm
8) Gates Millennlum Scholarships (major) http://www.gmsp.org/nominationmaterials/read.dbm?ID=12
9) Xerox Scholarships for Students http://www2.xerox.com/go/xrx/about_xerox/about_xerox_detail.jsp
10) Sports Scholarships and Internships http://www.ncaa.org/about/scholarships.html
11) National Assoc. of Black Journalists Scholarships (NABJ) < /FONT>http://www.nabj.org/html/studentsvcs.html
12) Saul T. Wilson Scholarships (Veterinary) http://www.aphis.usda.gov/mb/mrphr/jobs/stw.html
13) Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund http://www.thurgoodmarshallfund.org/sk_v6.cfm
14) FinAid: The Smart Students Guide to Financial Aid scholarships) http://www.finaid.org/
15) Presidential Freedom Scholarships http://www.nationalservice.org/scholarships/
16) Microsoft Scholarship Program http://www.microsoft.com/college/scholarships/minority.asp
17) WiredScholar Free Scholarship Searchhttp://www.wiredscholar.com/paying/scholarship_search/pay_scholarship _searc
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18) Hope Scholarships &Lifetime Credits http://www.ed.gov/inits/hope/
19) William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Studentshttp://www.apsanet.org/PS/grants/aspen3.cfm
20) Multiple List of Minority Scholarships http://gehon.ir.miami.edu/financial-assistance/Scholarship/black.html
21) Guaranteed Scholarships http://www.guaranteed-scholarships.com/
22) BOEING scholarships (som e HBCU connects)http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/educationrelations/scholarships
23) Easley National Scholarship Program http://www.naas.org/senior.htm
24) Maryland Artists Scholarships http://www.maef.org/
26) Jacki Tuckfield Memorial Graduate Business Scholarship (for AA students in South Florida )http://www.jackituckfield.org/
27) Historically Black College & University Scholarships http://www.iesabroad.org/info/hbcu.htm
28) Actuarial Scholarships for Minority Studentshttp://www.beanactuary.org/minority/scholarships.htm
29) International Students Scholarships &Aid Help http://www.iefa.org/
30) College Board Scholarship Searchhttp://cbweb10p.collegeboard.org/fundfinder/html/fundfind01.html
31) Burger King Scholarship Program http://www.bkscholars.csfa.org/
32) Siemens Westinghouse Competition http://www.siemens-foundationorg/
33) GE and LuLac Scholarship Funds http://www.lulac.org/Programs/Scholar.html
34) CollegeNet ' s Scholarship Database http://mach25.collegenet.com/cgi-bin/M25/index
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Conferences & Call for Proposals
Mapping New York Communities Workshop: An Introduction to GIS and Community Analysis *Ask about our Non-Profit Discount*
Albany : November 17th, 2009
Albany New Horizons Computer Center - 10 Airline Drive, Suite 101 Albany, NY 12205
New York City : November 19th and 20th, 2009*
New York New Horizons Computer Center - 43 West 42nd Street New York, NY 10036
*Note: These are one day workshops. Participants choose which one day to attend.
More Info/Registration: http://www.nur-online.com/
Audience: Beginners, anyone interested in mapping their community. Government Agencies, Non Profits, Environmental Groups, Students, etc...
Already taken this workshop? Now offering ArcGIS Training: Refresher and Advanced Classes (see website for more information)
Participants will learn to use ArcGIS 9.3.1 to do the following:
Create Thematic Maps
Participants will learn to create thematic maps of their own data, and display spatial trends in information.
Address Mapping (Geocoding)
Participants will learn to map addresses of their clients, their projects, or incidents such as crime and disease.
Download and Map Census & American Community Survey Data
Participants will learn to extract and map current Census data such as poverty, race, language, population, transportation, education, and workplace characteristics.
Participants will also learn to:
Conduct spatial queries
Download free shapefiles
Create well-designed maps
Mapping techniques transferable to all other communities. Exercises are designed for beginners, Intermediate Excel skills required.
Materials
+ Comprehensive workshop (75 pages), which includes the presentation, exercises, and reference worksheets.
+ ArcGIS (ArcView 9.3.1) software 60-day trial CD set
What People Are Saying About The Workshop:
New York Metropolitan Transportation Council: "The workshop was an excellent introduction to GIS; a very good overview!"
Ryan Community Health Center : "Very educational and helpful. Covered lots of material."
New York State Office of Children and Family Services: "This workshop was very worthwhile. Great instructor!"
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine: "This workshop was excellent. A very well-organized, well-structured course."
New Urban Research is an ESRI business partner and national social research organization specializing in quantitative and spatial community analysis.
New Urban Research, Inc. 2301 NW Thurman St Suite S Portland, OR 97210 | 877.241.6576 | www.nur-online.com
University at Buffalo To Host 2010 Northeast Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) Conference April 16-18, 2010
Contact:
James Bowman, Northeast LGBT Conference
University at Buffalo, Division of Student Affairs-Wellness Education Services
114 Student Union, Buffalo, NY 14260
716-645-2837, info@nelgbtc.com www.nelgbtc.com
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO STUDENT AFFAIRS - Buffalo, NY – October 1, 2009 -
The University at Buffalo’s Division of Student Affairs’ Student Wellness Team is excited to announce the 2010 Northeast Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender (NELGBT) Conference, which will take place April 16-18, 2010.
This year’s conference theme is Sh(out): Celebrating Self, Creating Community. The conference is open to high school and college students throughout the Northeast region of the U.S. and Southern Ontario.
For the first time, the event will take place on the campus of the University at Buffalo, moving from its traditional location, the University at Albany.
The conference’s mission is to unite the diverse LGBTQ community through education, activism, and networking. The Wellness Education Services office of the University at Buffalo, which supports and educates UB students about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and ally issues, will coordinate the conference.
Now in its 15th year, the conference will feature programs, presentations, and speakers on a wide variety of topics related to the LGBTQ community including gender neutral housing, transgender inclusion, faith and sexuality, political activism, international perspectives, and multicultural issues. Featured speaker, author Alex Sanchez, will discuss his published LGBTQ works, including his most recent novel Rainbow Boys. Published in 2002, Rainbow Boys was named “Best Book for Young Adults” by the American Library Association.
As a special feature, the Campus Pride Voice and Action National Leadership Award will be presented to undergraduate students creating positive change for LGBTQ students. Students attending the conference will have the opportunity to network and share their diverse experiences.
Registration for the conference is on-line only at www.nelgbtc.com. Regular registration is open until March 31, 2010. Late registration will continue until April 13, 2010. The Conference Registration fee is $30 per individual registration and $25 per person for group registrations of 5 or more people (maximum of 10 people per group). Late registration is $45 for individual registration and $35 per person for group registrations.
Call For Papers: “Feminist Landscapes”
Guest Edited by Katie Brewer Ball and Julia Steinmetz
Women & Performance: a journal of feminist theory
“The cunning Painter… Limning a Land-scape, various, rich, and rare.” Sylvester, 1603.
What would it mean to create a feminist, transfeminist, or queer landscape? What are some attempts that have been made towards this project? This special issue of Women & Performance asks for a diverse invocation and interpretation of the ways in which the terms “feminism” and “landscape” can partner to create what we might simply call a “feminist landscape.” This might take the form of an aesthetic play on both the shape and our understanding of the land through feminist ideals, or read as a critique of the orientation of peoples within constrictive spaces; it might be a geographical or visual re-imagination of nation through social experimentation, or a return to a promised home.
The word “landscape” comes into use in the 17th century to describe the art of painting stretches of pastoral countryside. From the beginning the concept of “landscape” was thought in terms of aesthetic depiction, first through drawing and painting and then taking literary forms. Later it came to connote the designation of a particular vista or viewing point, and finally aesthetic intervention into the transformation of the terrain itself. As new art forms have emerged so has the set of aesthetic practices that fall under the rubric of landscape, including land art, photography, sound work, institutional critique, and performance. Today the term “landscape" has moved beyond its origins “to designate both a specific terrain and the general character of that terrain” (J.M. Coetzee). Landscape describes both the aesthetic and topographical composition of the land as well as the ways in which the land orients and is itself oriented by the bodies that move in and through its planes.
Landscapes have continually expressed and influenced aesthetic, political and social values about land, its form and function. Practices of landscape architecture, urban planning, and gardening crystallize these relations. How might we get away from an understanding of landscape as limited to the “European picturesque”? This question of perspective becomes crucial to our interrogation of landscape as a feminist project. Indeed, landscape has been defined by its production and reception from a single, fixed viewpoint. How can we reconsider landscape by encountering it from a multiplicity of perspectives, both visual and social? Expanding beyond just gender proper and into feminism’s necessary attention to race and class, this issue also attends to the ways in which bodies on a certain landscape become oriented by a complicated play that cannot take gender out of the context of race and class-based perspectives. As such, Feminist Landscape as a concept can benefit greatly from an exploration of the ways landscape is performatively produced, and of the performance of place-based social identities.
Potential contributions to this issue could emerge from the following points of interest:
*The Pastoral and the Sublime: These two landscape genres speak to the impulse to tame the land for human use, and to the equally intense desire to have amazing and terrifying encounters with the wild and raw forces of nature. What are some feminist interventions into these historically gendered and racialized genres?
*Critical Utopias: What would it look like to imagine a generative landscape that does not restrict but rather promotes social and cultural multiplicity, i.e. Pilot TV, Queeruption, the VanDykes, Herland and Parable of the Sower? This could include imaginary worlds, utopian spaces, experiments, future leaning imagery, the virtual, and otherwordly land interventions.
*Paradise: From the Garden of Eden to Heaven, Isle of Lesbos to Versailles, what do you imagine Paradise to look like, and what gendered, sexual and racialized valences do these mythic landscapes hold?
* Safe Spaces: Landscapes of separatism, safety, exclusion and inclusion including lesbian separatism, trans-phobia and gendered spaces, racially-restrictive deed covenants, women's and queer temporary lands, racially-marked places of danger, lesbian tourism, taking back the night and the rural hazards to young queers epitomized by Brandon Teena and Matthew Shepard.
*Gardening: Themes of fertility and virility, colonial power and domination, domestic landscapes, intimate encounters between land and body, land art, cultivation and pleasure.
Women and Performance invites critical essays or short performance texts that examine these or other questions relevant to a critical discussion of feminst, transfeminist, and queer landscapes.
Essays should be no more than 10,000 words in length and adhere to the Chicago Manual of
Style, 15th Edition. Abstracts are welcome for review before the final deadline. Complete essays for consideration must be submitted by January 15th, 2010. Please send all work to Julia Steinmetz and Katie Brewer Ball via email (MSWord attachment) or post: <mailto:brewerball@nyu.edu>bre werball@nyu.edu & <mailto:steinmetz@nyu.edu>stei nmetz@nyu.edu. Further submission guidelines may be found at:<http://www. womenandperformance.org/ submission.html> http://www. womenandperformance.org/ submission.html. Women and Performance is a peer reviewed journal published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis.
***we are also accepting visual art submissions/ artist statements***
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Katie Brewer Ball
Performance Studies, NYU
<mailto:brewerball@nyu.edu>bre werball@nyu.edu
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