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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.

 

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NOW NYU Meeting

 

We will be screening the movie “Very Young Girls” (see http://www.gems-girls. org/girlsarenotforsale.html for more info) at 7 pm in room 909 of Kimmel.  Donations are not required, but greatly appreciated, as all proceeds go directly towards the Girls Are Not For Sale campaign which seeks to nurture and empower young women who are unwillingly trafficked into the sex industry.

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Intergroup Dialogue- Applications now AVAILABLE! http://www.cmep.nyu.edu/igd. html

The Intergroup Dialogue Program is a nationally recognized 1-credit course
that brings together small groups of students from diverse backgrounds to
share their experiences and gain new knowledge related to diversity and
social justice. The model focuses specifically on intergroup dynamics within
the context of an institution of higher education while promoting awareness
and change in intergroup relations at the individual, cultural, and
institutional levels. The guiding assumption is that diversity is an
institutional asset and can be used to enhance growth of the NYU community
while also achieving specific educational outcomes.  This 8-week course is
open to all NYU undergraduate students, and takes place in the Spring
semester only. Currently recruiting participants and facilitators.

Graduate Facilitator Application: Due November 30, 2009 by midnight.
Undergraduate Participant Application: Due December 4, 2009 by midnight.

For more information, attend an information session! (Kimmel 806)
• Tuesday, 11/10, 6:30-7:30 PM- Undergraduate Students
• Wednesday, 11/18, 12:00-1:00 PM- Undergraduate Students
• Tuesday, 12/1, 12:00-1:00 PM- Undergraduate Students

Important Information:
• Dialogues are 8 weeks long.
• Dialogues begin on 2/19 and meet until 4/16 (does NOT meet week of Spring
Break).
• All dialogues will meet on FRIDAYS from 3-5 PM.

 

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Graduate/Faculty of Color Dinner Series
Tuesday, November 17, 6:00 - 7:30 PM
Speaker: Dr. Wendy Suzuki, Associate Professor, Center for Neural Science, Faculty of Arts & Science

Allows for informal conversations between faculty and graduate students of color over dinner. The theme encourages faculty to share their research and provide “tips” and other advice to graduate students through their own expertise or shared experience. Each monthly dinner focuses on a different topic and all members of the university community are welcome to attend. This event is in partnership with the Office of Graduate Student Life at the Student Resource Center. Please RSVP at erica.morales@nyu.edu.

 

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NYU 'Tis the Season to Give 2009

This holiday season take the opportunity to make someone's holiday a little brighter. Be a part of the NYU Season of Giving from Nov. 4th to Dec. 16th.
Donate non-perishable food, gently worn winter coats and unopened toiletries.
Drop-off locations:
Office of LGBT Student Services, Kimmel 602
Kimmel Center, 7th floor
Government and Community Affairs, 25 W. 4th St, Lobby
Bobst Library, Lobby
Pless hall, 1st Floor Lobby
Residential Life,75 Third Avenue North, c-2 level
Student Health Center, 72 Broadway, Lobby

For service opportunities throughout the entire holiday season visit:

www.nyu.edu/seasonofgiving

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A Discussion on Internalized Homophobia

When: Nov. 19th, 6-7
Where: LGBT Office in Kimmel
Description:
"Please join us for a discussion of stereotypes and how we are affected by them.  Specifically, we will be talking about the idea of internalized homophobia.  We will explore our reactions to "stereotypical homosexuals", why we have these reactions, what it means as a member of the LGBTQ community to have negative reactions to the behavior of other community members,  and how to work with these reactions.  This will be an open discussion so come prepared to talk.  Our discussion will be from 6 to 7 on Thursday, November 19th in the LGBT Office in Kimmel."

 

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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.

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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 ***

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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

 

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NEW COURSE!

V18.0481 Queer New York City

Undergraduate Course in Social & Cultural Analysis

Spring 2010

Professors Carolyn Dinshaw and Lisa Duggan

 

How queer is New York City? Inquiring minds want to know....  In this course, we will track queerness across time and space, examining the history, politics and culture of the Big Apple.  Ranging from Harlem to Times Square to Greenwich Village to Park Avenue, and beyond Manhattan to Queens, Brooklyn and even Fire Island outposts, we will follow people and money, high and underground culture, protests and politics, to ask: How do queerness and the city shape each other?  Our materials will include writers of the Harlem Renaissance, musicians of the punk underground, poets of the New York School, lesbian novelists and camp performers, films including the cult classic "Times Square," history (George Chauncey's Gay New York) and anthropology (Martin Manalansan's Global Divas), and diverse queer treats.

 

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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

 

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Community Events & Announcements

 

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SALGA Youth Group - First Meeting!

November 21st Youth Group Meeting 6-8pm at the LGBT Center

Come join the SALGA Youth Group for our first meeting of the year!
Join us for dinner and conversation, as we discuss what it means to be
a queer South Asian youth.

How do we fit within LGBT and queer communities, as South Asians? How
do we fit into South Asian communities, as queers? How do we fit into
all of this, as youth?

Meet old friends, and make new ones over a delicious desi dinner!

Saturday November 21st, 6-8PM
LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street

 

 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.

 

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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.

 

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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

 

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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://transgendergenderqueergroups.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-group-forming.html

 

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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.

 

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FREE Activist Boot Camp Training

 

Pro-choice and want to make a big impact in the reproductive rights movement?

Planned Parenthood of NYC is setting out to empower young activists with the tools to build, support & mobilize effectively on your campus!

Join us for a FREE Activist Boot Camp training at Planned Parenthood of NYC, Saturday November 21st from 10AM to 2PM!

Training includes:
- The 2009 State of Reproductive Rights: A comprehensive update on reproductive health issues and current legislative processes and initiatives in the federal, state, and city legislatures.
-Tricky subjects: Messaging tips and tricks for dealing with those tough topics.
-Activism 2.0: Take your activist work to the next level by creating dynamic petition campaigns, organizing large-scale rallies, and hosting successful advocacy events.

Considering the recent developments in health care reform legislation, it has never before in our lifetime been so important to be a pro-choice activist. Our reproductive rights are being chipped away at and we don't need to stand for it. This training will provide you with the tools to take real action!

Check out the facebook event here:
http://www.facebook.com/home. php?#/event.php?eid= 174193634575&index=1

 

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HERBAL CARE: Feeling Good, Feeling Great Through Flu Season

DESCRIPTION:
Do you get hit hard by flu season? Do you inevitably get sick each winter no matter what you do? Are you just sniffly throughout the winter? Do you not want to get the latest vaccine, but don't know how to otherwise guard your health?

There is so much that you can do for your own health before needing to go to the doctor. Come learn how to protect yourself from winter colds with herbal medicine and nutrition!

DETAILS:
Date: MONDAY 11/16
Time: 7pm
Location: APICHA 400 Broadway (entrance on 70 Walker St),
             N/R/Q/W, J/M/Z, 6, A/C/E to Canal St

SPEAKER JACOBY BALLARD:
Jacoby Ballard is a white, working class transguy who co-founded Third Root Community Health Center in Flatbush, Brooklyn, a worker-owned cooperative holistic health center that offers acupuncture, massage, herbal and nutritional consultations, yoga, and health education. Jacoby graduated from the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine in 2005 and has studied with Robin Rose Bennett in New Jersey. Jacoby also works with the Northeast Radical Healthcare Network, a coalition of herbalists and other holistic providers in the Northeast, that is working on a health justice leadership training for 2010.

ABOUT PROJECT CONNECT: Project Connect is a program created by APICHA to improve health for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex (LGBTQI) Asian and Pacific Islander (A&PI) communities. All A Healthier Me! Skills Workshops are tailored for LGBTQI A&PIs and FREE. Allies are welcomed. Want to know about all our monthly workshops? Please contact Project Connect for dates and information!

PLEASE RSVP: 1.646.744.0990 or projectconnect@apicha.org

FACEBOOK EVENT: http://www.facebook.com/event. php?eid=182163530744

 

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ADODI's HERITAGE
(Founded in Philadelphia, PA in 1986
by ADO Clifford Rawlins)
IN OUR 23rd YEAR!

ADODI, the plural of ADO,
is a Yoruba word that describes a man who "loves" another man. More than just a description of partners in Africa, the ADODI of the tribe are thought to embody both male and female ways of being and were revered as shamans, sages and leaders.


Who isADODI?
ADODI is a community of men of color who affirm their African lineage and love of men. Our purpose is to foster and encourage the self-discovery, validation, empowerment and liberation of all members of our diverse community.


Where do we meet?
Every 2nd Saturday of every month @
Audre Lorde Project
85 South Oxford Street
(between Fulton Street & Lafayette Avenue,next to the church)
in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, NY
4:00PM - 7:00PM
A potluck dish is welcomed but not required - An open heart is!

DIRECTIONS:
"C" train to Lafayette Avenue; "G" train to Fulton Street;  D, N, Q, R, 2, 3, 4, 5 trains to Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street Buses: B25, B26, B38 or B52 to closest stop to S.Oxford Street

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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.

 

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Local & National Announcements

 

Violence Against Gay Iraqis

From Baghdad—frightening reports of gay pogroms, where homosexual men are targeted, tortured, slayed. From New York—a scurry to find those same men before they are killed, and shepherd them to safety.

click here for the full article: http://nymag.com/news/features/59695/

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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.

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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

 

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Internship & Employment Opportunities

 

 

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Program Intern for National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

 

The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health is dedicated to ensuring the fundamental right to reproductive health for Latinas, their families and their communities through policy and advocacy, community mobilization and public education.

Currently, we are seeking a Program Intern for the Community Mobilization Department for the spring semester. Our main goal in the Community Mobilization Department is to cultivate a diverse, well-informed and active base of Latino/as capable of mobilizing for social change. The Program Intern participates in a wide variety of projects geared towards strengthening his/her analytical skills through first-hand experience in areas such as community activism, advocacy and leadership development.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
The intern will work closely with the Director of Community Mobilization and the National Field Organizer on the following projects, but not limited to:

• Assisting in the organization of national campaigns and events
• Communicating with our activists nationwide through e-mail and phone calls
• Assisting in the development and delivery of our new trainings (i.e. research, preparing materials and coordinating logistics)
• Assist and participate in our on-going research projects
• Assisting in the maintenance of our database (i.e. data entry)
• Administrative support for various projects
• Contributing on a regular basis to our blog

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Fluency in written and spoken Spanish required
• Strong writing and research skills required
• Strong commitment to reproductive freedom and justice

HOURS and STIPEND:

Approximately 20 hours per week. A monthly stipend will be provided.

 

Application instructions:

Send a resume and cover letter to the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, CM Program Intern Search, 50 Broad Street, Suite # 1937, New York, NY 10004; e-mail application to MariaElena@latinainstitute.org; or fax it to 212-422-2556 by November 25, 2009.

 

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Ali Forney Center Housing Specialist

Education: Bachelor (BA, BS, etc.) Location: New York, New York, 10001, United States Posted by: Ali Forney Center
Job Category: Counseling, Direct social services Sector: Nonprofit Last day to apply: December 1, 2009 Last updated: November 11, 2009	Type: Contract Language(s): English Job posted on: November 11, 2009 Area of Focus: Children and Youth, Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Trans Issues, Housing and Homelessness

Description:

This position is responsible for providing direct counseling, advocacy, and referrals to at-risk LGBT homeless clients under the age of 21 enrolled in our C.A.M.P. program who need specific services aimed at finding appropriate housing placements, maintaining current housing and family reunification when possible; this position is also responsible for lowering harm in relation to HIV and STI infection, substance use and homelessness. This is a one-year contract position to begin December 1, 2009 and end November 30, 2010.

TOP RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assess clients and make referrals to assist in obtaining basic needs (shelter, medical care, mental health treatment, employment, and entitlements) in order to improve stability.
2. Work with client in their current housing situation to help prevent homelessness; work with family to ensure a safe home environment.
3. Run supportive counseling group(s) weekly.
4. Provide harm-reduction counseling to clients at-risk for HIV infection, substance abuse and homelessness.
5. Responsible for daily documentation, periodical service plan reviews and maintaining & compiling statistics for monthly program reporting.
6. Attend weekly treatment planning meeting and individual supervision.
7. Develop relationships with NYC service providers, including but not limited to those addressing medical, mental health and housing needs.
8. Other duties as assigned.

Additional Qualifications:

The Housing Specialist must be knowledgeable in the skills of youth engagement and basic assessment. Experience navigating the social service delivery system for homeless or street-involve youth population preferred. Accuracy/attention to detail and ability to multi-task and prioritize a must. Knowledge of and sensitivity to the psychosocial needs of LGBT youth population is required. Spanish speakers preferred.

How to Apply:

Please send cover letter and resume to RJ Supa at rsupa@aliforneycenter.org. No calls or faxes please.

 

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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 :

• Serving as a role model to program participants
• Tutoring the student in school subjects for at least one hour per week
• Assisting in the development of an Academic Enhancement Plan (AEP) for their assigned student
• Tracking the student’s progress on the AEP
• Attending Academic Enhancement Activities every six weeks
• Documenting all activities and submitting paperwork to Sauti Yetu Center for African Women
• Attending monthly supervision with GELI Program Manager

 

The average expected time commitment per week is 4 hours per week over the academic school year (October- June).

 

Eligibility Requirements:

• Women between the ages of 20-33
• Current residents of New York City
• Currently enrolled or recently graduated college students (graduate or undergraduate) who have completed at least 2 years of higher education
• Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA
• Have some experience working with youth

 

Preference will be given to those candidates with direct experience in Africa and/or with African immigrants.

 

To apply submit the following:

• Cover letter (indicating why you would like to become a GELI Coach)
• Resume or CV
• 3 References including names, phone numbers and email addresses (1 academic, 1 professional & one more of either)
• Writing sample

 

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

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CAREER OPPORTUNITY
2010 SPRING LEGAL INTERNSHIP
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION
WOMEN’S RIGHTS PROJECT, NY

America 's foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is a non-partisan organization founded in 1920. With more than 5 National offices and with 50 affiliates throughout the country, it is widely regarded as one of the nation's premier public interest law firms. The Women’s Right Project of the ACLU seeks legal interns for the Spring of 2010.

 Founded in 1972 by Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Women’s Rights Project (WRP) has been a leader in the legal battles to ensure women’s full equality in American society.  WRP is dedicated to the advancement of the rights and interests of women, with a particular focus on low-income women, women of color, and immigrant women – those who historically have been the most deeply victimized by gender bias and face the most pervasive barriers to equality today. 

WRP focuses on four core priority areas: employment (including the rights of low-wage immigrant women workers, trafficking victims, women with criminal convictions, women in non-traditional employment, and welfare recipients), violence against women (including battered women’s rights to be free from discrimination in housing, employment, and government services), criminal and juvenile justice issues affecting women and girls (including the impact of drug laws on women and families, as well as the rights of girls in juvenile detention), and education (including single sex education and sexual assault in schools).  Cutting across these core priorities, WRP seeks to bring an international human rights framework to our litigation and advocacy.  Through litigation, community outreach, advocacy, and public education, WRP pushes for change and systemic reform in those institutions that perpetuate discrimination against women.

 The Women’s Rights Project has overall responsibility for implementing ACLU policy in the area of gender discrimination.  WRP conducts direct litigation, files amicuscuriae briefs, provides support for ACLU affiliate litigation, serves as a resource for ACLU legislative work on women’s rights and seeks to advance ACLU policy goals through public education, organizing and coalition advocacy.  WRP has been an active participant in virtually all of the major gender discrimination litigation in the Supreme Court, in Congressional and public education efforts to remedy gender discrimination and other endeavors on behalf of women.

 

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW :
This opportunity is open to second and third year law students and requires a full semester commitment of at least 12 hours per week.  This internship assignment can be performed remotely.  These internships are unpaid positions. Arrangements can be made for work/study or course credit.

  ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
Working closely with WRP staff, legal interns will work on a wide variety of issues. Interns assist in all aspects of litigation including: conducting legal research, factual investigation, drafting of memoranda, affidavits, and briefs.  Legal interns may also assist WRP staff in providing assistance to ACLU affiliates, private attorneys, and others who seek our assistance; screening potential cases; and researching or drafting materials for public education. 

  EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS :

·          First year of law school must be completed before beginning the internship.

·          Strong, research and communication skills, both written/verbal.

·          Demonstrated initiative to see projects through to completion.

·          Strong interest in social justice and legal issues.

·          Commitment to civil liberties.

HOW TO APPLY :
Applicants should send a letter of interest, a resume, the names and telephone numbers of three references (including at least one law professor and one former legal employer, if applicable), an unofficial transcript, and a legal writing sample of no more than ten pages to Eliza Reshefsky, ereshefsky@aclu.org, RE: WRP Spring Legal Internship in subject line of email or via regular mail to:

Spring Legal Internship Hiring Committee

ACLU Women’s Rights Project

125 Broad Street , 18 th Floor

New York , NY 10004-2400

We strongly encourage applicants to apply by November 17, 2009 but applications will be accepted until the positions are filled.  Please indicate in your cover letter where you found this job posting.

 The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbians and gay men to apply.

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.”

 

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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 :

• One year of law school must be completed before beginning the internship. 
• Commitment to civil liberties and immigrants’ rights and an interest in working toward racial and social justice. 
• Strong writing and research skills.

                                               

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.”

 

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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.

Qualifications

·          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

Contact Email: jobs@glaad.org

Other Notes

·          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

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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.

 

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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:

• Office Administration
• Assist in outreach efforts
• Assist in creating online presence
• Assist in planning and organizing annual LIVE OUT LOUD Gala
• Research Options for Program Development
• Research Potential Speakers
• Maintain and creating databases of speakers and high schools
• Duties will vary based on level of experience and availability

 

Applicants Must:

• Be skilled at multitasking
• Possess interpersonal & organizational skills
• Work well independently and as part of a team
• Have strong computer skills
• Be Dedicated to the mission of the organization

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

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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.

 

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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:

• Speaking in front of large groups
• Assist in planning and organizing the speaker series
• Ability to share personal stories of success
• Potential follow up visits to schools
• Duties will vary based on level of experience and availability

 

Applicants Must:

• Approachable Personality
• Possess interpersonal skills
• Have strong leadership ability
• Work well independently and as part of a team
• Be dedicated to the mission of the organization

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

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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.

 

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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
h.jsp

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

35) Union Sponsored Scholarships and Aid http://www.aflcioorg/scholarships/scholar.htm

36) Federal Scholarships &Aid Gateways 25 Scholarship Gateways from Black Excelhttp://www.blackexcel.org/25scholarships.htm

37) Scholarship &Financial Aid Help http://www.blackexcel.org/fin-sch.htm

38) Scholarship Links (Ed Finance Group) http://www.efg.net/link_scholarship.htm

39) FAFSA On The Web (Your Key Aid Form &Info) http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

40) Aid &Resources For Re-Entry Students http://www.back2college.com/

41) Scholarships and Fellowships http://www.osc.cuny.edu/sep/links.h tml

42) Scholarships for Study in Paralegal Studies http://www.paralegals.org/Choice/2000west.htm

43) HBCU Packard Sit Abroad Scholarships (for study around the world)http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/packard_nomination.html

44) Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities http://ccmi.uchicago.edu/schl1.html

45) INROADS internships http://www.inroads.org/

46) ACT-SO bEURoeOlympics of the Mind 'A Scholarships'ttp://www.naa

cp.org/work/actso/act-so.shtml

47) Black Alliance for Educational Options Scholarships'ttp://www.baeo.org/options/privatelyfinanced.jsp

48) ScienceNet Scholarship Listing'ttp://www.sciencenet.emory.edu/undergrad/scholarships.html

49) Graduate Fellowships For Minorities Nationwide'ttp://cuinfo.cornell.edu/Student/GRFN/list.phtml?category=MINORITIE

50) RHODES SCHOLARSHIPS AT OXFORD 'ttp://www.rhodesscholar.org /info.html

51) The Roothbert Scholarship Fund 'ttp://www.roothbertfund.org/schol

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Conferences & Call for Proposals

 

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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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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