Old Events and Pride Alliance Related Announcements Please note that these announcements are in chronological order from newest to oldest. Enjoy! Pride Alliance Events Fall 2007-Present 2008 Queer Music Riot: Katastrophe and Athens Boys Choir with Student Entertainment Events - March 24, 2008 "Homotopia" Screening: A Screening by the TKRC Queer/ Violence Tour - March 7, 2008 Queer Music Riot: The Shondes featuring The Male Gaze - March 1, 2008 MICA Brown Bag: Sexuality in the Black Community - February 27, 2008 Queer Music Riot: Men, Women and Children with Special Guest Michael Greenwald - February 23, 2008 The Vagina Monologues - February 14 and 15, 2008 Felicia Luna Lemus & T Cooper Featured at UMD - February 6, 2008 The Good Life Fall Social - November 29, 2007 Bridging the Gap between Love and Sexuality: Brothers on the Down Low Part Two - Sponsored with Student Entertainment Events, Student Global AIDS Campaign, University Health Center, and Zeta Phi Beta - November 30, 2007 Transgender Day of Remembrance - With the Office of LGBT Equity - November 19, 2007 Project Awareness: HIV/AIDS Awareness Project - Sponsored with Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated and LIVENow Aids Campaign - November 16, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Katie Wirsing - Sponsored with TerPoets - November 13, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Justin Chin - Sponsored with TerPoets - November 6, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Regie Cabico - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 30, 2007 Brothers on the Down Low - Sponsored with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (Eta Epsilon Chapter), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (Kappa Phi Chapter) - October 23, 2007 The Female Orgasm - Sponsored with Terps for Choice and SEE - October 17, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Andrea Gibson - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 12, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Chris August - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 16, 2007 Terpoets Slam Poetry Competition: Winners to open for QPS: Andrea Gibson - Sponsored with TerPoets - September 25, 2007 The Female Orgasm with Terps for Choice and SEE - October 17th, 2008 Rally for Domestic Partnership Benefits - October 11th, 2007 All-Niter 2007: Gender Mystery Burlesque Show - Sponsored with Satanic Mechanics - September 28th, 2007 Queer Music Riot: Katastrophe and Athens Boys Choir with Student Entertainment Events - March 24th Pride Alliance and Student Entertainment Events hosts as part of the Queer Music Riot: Katastrophe and Athens Boys Choir as part of the F to eMbody Tour Monday, March 24th, 2008 7:00 pm – 10:00pm Prince George’s Room Stamp Student Union Open to the Public Free Admission Since 1985, the media has reported an average of one murder a month of a transgender person. Hatred often comes from ignorance and trans invisibility. This March, two transsexuals are headed your way offering performances and workshops to help faculty and students on University campuses understand this under-represented group of people and define a sense of solidarity and ally-ship with this community. This event named "F to eMbody" will feature a multi-media Spoken-word and hip-hop performance by the Athens Boys Choir and Katastrophe. In addition, we will offer you a Trans 101 workshop that emphasizes how deeply individual the trans experience is and will cover everything from terminology to stories of personal experience. --- “Katastrophe is an up-and-coming, genre-busting, emo-hop mc, whose stunning lyrical skills merge with beats that slide from slick to raw to solid to eccentric, creating a sonic otherworld that snags you in a dance-trance while teasing your head with rhymes that snap, pop and educate…Katastrophe occupies a singular place in the music underground — brainy and playful, defying genre, keeping listeners on their toes with lyrics that hook and beats that set you moving.” -http://www.katastropherap.com “Ok, so the name Athens Boys Choir can be a bit deceiving but you can't blame a Transsexual man living in the Deep South for having a sense of humor about the whole ordeal. So Katz, the Choir's now solo member, travels the country speaking "the good word" throwing down hard hitting spoken-word that deals with issues of Gender, Politics, Love, Sex, and everything in-between…You don't have to be a spoken-word enthusiast to enjoy the lyrical stylings of the Athens Boys Choir...” -http://www.athensboyschoir.com Visit our Facebook.com page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=11719569973! For more information on these artists, let your fingers do the walking: Katastrophe at http://www.katastropherap.com Athens Boys Choir at http://www.athensboyschoir.com For more information, please contact programming.pride [@] umd.edu - http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu and http://www.aasu-umcp.org "Homotopia" Screening: A Screening by the TKRC Queer/ Violence Tour - March 7, 2008 Pride Alliance, Multiracial and Biracial Student Association, Student Global AIDS Campaign, and Terps for Choice Present Homotopia A Screening by the TKRC Queer/ Violence Tour Friday, March 7th, 2008 7:00pm Prince George’s Room Stamp Student Union Open to the Public - Free Admission Set sometime in the future-present Homotopia chronicles a group of radical queer’s dedicated to exposing the trouble with gay marriage, dismantling the State, undoing Empire, while looking totally fierce. Woven into the story of Yoshi's adventures in love, resistance, and sex, is a critique of the crushing violence of homonormativity and its deadly perpetuation of US patriotism, conservative kinship structures and affective accumulation Homotopia holds cinematic assumptions hostage through its motley assemblage of never-passing crew. Race, gender, ability and desire are reworked through an anti-colonial take of queer struggle creating a visual rhythm of melancholic utopianism that knows there may be no future but still hopes today is not their last. Love revolution, not State delusion, Homotopia. Find out more information at http://www.homotopiafilm.net. And visit our Facebook.com page at http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=8592374957. For more information, please contact programming.pride [@] umd.edu - http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu. MICA Brown Bag: Sexuality in the Black Community - February 27, 2008 Pride Alliance and the Cross Cultural Brown Bag Lunch Series present As part of the MICA Cross Cultural Brown Bag Dialogue Program: Sexuality in the Black Community Featuring Lisa Moore and Ernest Hardy Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 12:00pm - 1:30pm Student Involvement Suite Terrapin Room A Stamp Student Union Open to the Public - Free Admission A Discussion of intersections of Black and LGBT identities in a historical context, featuring publisher Lisa Moore and author Ernest Hardy. For more information, please contact Brandon Dula at bdula [@] umd.edu. http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu. Queer Music Riot: The Shondes featuring The Male Gaze - March 1, 2008 Pride Alliance hosts as part of the Queer Music Riot: The Shondes Featuring The Male Gaze Saturday, March 1st, 2008 8:00pm-11:00pm WMUC Radio Station above the South Campus Diner Open to the Public - Free Admission "The Shondes (taking their name from the Yiddish word for "shame" or "disgrace") are a rock quartet based in Brooklyn, New York, who make dramatic and powerful rock music, fusing elements of Classical and traditional Jewish music with their punk sensibility. Made up of drums (Temim Fruchter), bass (Louisa Solomon), guitar (Ian Brannigan), violin (Elijah Oberman), and powerful, intertwining vocals (Solomon, Fruchter, Oberman), they have been compared to Patti Smith and Sleater Kinney. The result is unique sound that is devastating, heartbreaking, and transcendent, transfixing audiences with the richness and passion of their songs. The Shondes are known for their complex, melodic rock sound combined with soaring, rich vocals, and a live show that explodes with energy. Their instrumentation fuses the various musical traditions of Classical, Jewish, Queercore, and Feminist Punk, while their vocal melodies move effortlessly from anthemic to haunting, textured by the distinct qualities of voice." (http://www.shondes.com/home.html) "The Male Gaze is so pervasive in advertising that it is assumed or taken-for-granted. Females are shown offering up their femininity FOR THE PLEASURE OF AN ABSENT MALE SPECTATOR." Find out more about The Shondes at http://www.shondes.com The Male Gaze at http://www.myspace.com/themalegaze Visit our Facebook.com page at http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=22364392944! For more information, please contact programming.pride [@] umd.edu - http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu. Queer Music Riot: Men, Women and Children with Special Guest Michael Greenwald - February 23, 2008 Pride Alliance hosts as part of the Queer Music Riot: Men Women and Children With Special Guest Michael Greenwald Saturday, February 23rd, 2008 Doors open at 6:30pm Prince George's Room, Stamp Student Union Open to the Public - Free Admission Spearheaded by former Glassjaw guitarist Todd Weinstock, New York-based Men Women & Children came together in March of 2004. Serving up an exuberant dance mix of post-punk, funk, disco, and electro beats, the group cites influences that range from Kraftwerk and Talking Heads to Prince and Giorgio Moroder. -All Music Guide Find out more about Men Women and Children at http://www.menwomenandchildren.com and visit our Facebook.com page at http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=10207360285! For more information, please contact finance.pride [@] umd.edu - http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu. The Vagina Monologues - February 14 and 15, 2008 V-DAY UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND IS COMING! V-Day University of Maryland 2008 A Production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues As Part of the 2008 V-Day Campaign - - - - Join us as we celebrate V-Day's Ten Year Anniversary, raise awareness and end violence against women TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY! at the Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union on February 14-15, 2008 - - - - Who: UMD Vagina Monologues, with the support of Pride Alliance What: V-Day University of Maryland 2008, a benefit production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues, raising funds for Katrina Warriors and the Office of the Victim Advocate Where: Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union When: February 14-15, 8pm (doors open at 7:30pm) Admission: $9 for students with ID, $14 for general public, at the Hoff Theater Box Office (Stamp Student Union), cash sales only Contact: Ilana or Ariella, v.monologues2008 [@] gmail.com Goal: To raise awareness to stop violence against women and girls and to raise funds for our beneficiaries – Katrina Warriors and the Office of the Victim Advocate February 15's show will include interpretation for the hearing impaired. SEATING IS LIMITED. GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY! These lips were made for talking. About V-Day: V-Day is a global movement to end violence against women and girls and raises funds and awareness through benefit productions of Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler's award winning play The Vagina Monologues. 2008 marks V-Day's 10 year anniversary and with it V-Day has introduced two new events, V-Day's A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer: Writings on Violence Against Women and Girls, and the V-Day documentary Until The Violence Stops. In 2007, more than 3000 V-Day events took place in the U.S. and around the world. To date, the V-Day movement has raised over $50 million and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it, crafted international educational, media and PSA campaigns, launched the Karama program in the Middle East, reopened shelters, and funded over 5000 community-based anti-violence programs and safe houses in Kenya, South Dakota, Egypt and Iraq. The 'V' in V-Day stands for Victory, Valentine and Vagina. http://www.vday.org What Is a V-Day Campaign? A V-Day Campaign is a catalyst for mobilizing women and men to heighten awareness about violence against women and girls. By creating this global community, V-Day strives to empower women to find their collective voices and demand an end to the violence that affects one in three women in the US and around the world. For more information, please contact v.monologues2008 [@] gmail.com http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu StampFest 2008: Go, Meet, Connect. - February 7, 10 am - 4 pm, Grand Ballroom Go, Meet, and Connect at StampFest 2008 on Thursday, February 7th. With so much to welcome you with, StampFest 2008 will truly showcase all that we offer in the Adele H. Stamp Student Union- Center for Campus Life. Visit hundreds of student organizations and campus departments, enjoy a resume or CV workshop in the morning, enter the national marrow registry in the afternoon, enter a raffle to win a Samsung HD LCD TV, enter a guitar hero competition in the evening, check out the sounds of Grey’s Anatomy featured musician Ingrid Michaelson, watch a national advance screening of Charlie Bartlett while sitting next to the movie director, or buy a Maryland sweatshirt at 20% off- and all of this is under one roof, The Stamp! StampFest will also feature specials from the University Book Center, Mail Boxes Etc., the TerpZone, the Hoff Theater, Chick-fil-A, Sbarro, Subway, and the Coffee Bar. For details on the dozens of events, specials, promotions, and give-a-ways, visit www.thestamp.umd.edu/stampfest. All events are free with your University of Maryland ID. We're going to be at StampFest this Thursday from 10 am - 4 pm in the Grand Ballroom of Stamp, in the Cultural Organizations 'neighborhood.' Stop by and say hi, and feel free to ask questions! Meetings will resume shortly. :) Lobby Day - February 11, 2008 Pride Alliance is providng transportation for Lobby Day in Annapolis, but please attend. GIVE A FEW HOURS FOR FAIRNESS ON Monday Feb. 11th Lobby Day in Annapolis Help us advocate for fairness and equality for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities Meet people from your legislative district and talk with your elected officials about supporting LGBT rights Find our more at http://www.equalitymaryland.org Felicia Luna Lemus & T Cooper Featured at UMD - February 6, 2008 Writers Here & Now, the Jiménez-Porter Writers' House, Pride Alliance, and LGBT Studies Present ************* Felicia Luna Lemus & T Cooper ************* Wednesday, February 6th, 2008 Reading and Q&A @ 7 pm in the Special Events Rm. (6137) of the McKeldin Library Followed by a Reception at Dorchester Hall Open to the Public - Free Admission "Felicia Luna Lemus is a literary alchemist: she combines words that you never before thought could exist in the same sentence. She breaks all the rules and makes you wonder why you thought there were any. “ --Vendela Vida "The way Cooper toys with readers is part Sarah Silverman and part Jonathan Safran Foer. Obscuring gender in fiction is nothing new, but Cooper hits [hir] puckish stride when roiling [hir] audience, and then (usually) letting it in.” --The Believer Find out more about T Cooper at http://www.t-cooper.com Find out more about Felicia Luna Lemus at http://www.felicialunalemus.com For more information, please contact programming.pride [@] umd.edu http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu The Good Life Fall Social - November 29, 2007 Pride Alliance Presents: The Good Life Our Fall Social Featuring the D.C Kings With Special Guest Host: E-Clef http://youtube.com/watch?v=yut1gIrFfaQ Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:00pm - 10:00pm Prince George's Room, Stamp Student Union Free Admission With Performances By: Foxx Manny NuFF Devonne Vicious Herbie Hind Another Gay Kyle With Special Guest Dj's The Fives Kids: Joseph Cutler & Rayhan Hasan as MYSTERY DATE Anna & Bill Schoenfelder as LES SCHÖS Alex Douglas-Barrera as DECIBELLE IT'S FREE! COME!! PARTY!! TIP!! Find out more on http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=13733030116! Bridging the Gap between Love and Sexuality: Brothers on the Down Low Part Two - Sponsored with Student Entertainment Events, Student Global AIDS Campaign, University Health Center, and Zeta Phi Beta - November 30, 2007 Pride Alliance, Student Entertainment Events, Student Global AIDS Campaign, University Health Center, and Zeta Phi Beta, present "Bridging the Gap between Love and Sexuality" - Brothers on the Down Low Part Two A Discussion with J.L King at the University of Maryland: College Park Featuring Def Poet ButtaFlySoul Friday, November 30, 2007 7:30pm - 9:00pm University of Maryland Reckord Armory 0135 Free Admission This program is the second of a two part series addressing the topic of "men on the down low". It will seek to answer these questions: What is your perception/stereotype of men? How about men on the down low? What are the truths that underlie the myths of the brother on down low? Is there a correlation between down low men and HIV/AIDS? The Discussion will be lead by J.L. King, Author of “On the Down Low: A Journey into the Lives of 'Straight' Black Men Who Sleep with Men.” Also featuring a performance by Poet and Activist ButtaFlySoul from Russell Simmons’s HBO series, Def Poetry. "Down Low" (DL) defined: men who traditionally identify as "straight" while having sex with other men—refusing to employ the standardized descriptors of sexual identity. Find out more on http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=9235585055&ref=mf! http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu http://www.see.umd.edu http://www.fightglobalaids.org http://www.health.umd.edu http://www.studentorg.umd.edu/zpbs For more information, please contact Ashlee Burks at programming.pride [at] umd.edu http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu Transgender Day of Remembrance - With the Office of LGBT Equity - November 19, 2007 Pride Alliance and the Office of LGBT Equity will be honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance Monday, November 19th, 2007 11:00am - 3:00pm McKeldin Mall Sundial Open to the Public The Pride Alliance, in conjunction with the Office of LGBT Equity (http://www.umd.edu/lgbt) will be honoring Transgender Day of Remembrance. All are invited to join us in memorializing the lives of those who have been killed due to anti-transgender hatred and violence. Come learn more about their lives, about trans issues on and off campus, and watch the Sundance documentary on transgender college students, TransGenerations. Also, if you are just stopping by between classes, please pick up one of our brochures on what it means to be transgender and what issues transpeople face. Don't forget to sign our "Freedom of Gender Pledge" to help show others that you believe that discrimination based on gender identity and expression affect us all. Let Us Remember Lives Lost. Not The Hate Crimes. Individuals who were perceived as transgender, transsexual, or transgressing gender norms have been hurt or killed as the result of hate crimes across the nation. Hate Crimes still occur every day. Please take the time to remember those who lost their lives. Transgender Day 0f Remembrance UMD Remembrance Day - November 19th, 2007 National Remembrance Day— November 20th, 2007 For more information, please contact programming.pride [at] umd.edu http://www.pridealliance.umd.edu Join our Facebook group online at http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5981044385 Access our Press Release Here Project Awareness: HIV/AIDS Awareness Project - Sponsored with Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated and LIVENow Aids Campaign - November 16, 2007 Get Tested… BE SURE Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Incorporated, LIVENow Aids Campaign and Pride Alliance Presents… Project Awareness: HIV/Aids Awareness Project *Cookies and Condoms *HIV/Aids Information *FREE HIV/AIDS Testing! With Whitman Walker– Sign up in front of the Stamp Student Union from 10am-2pm, November 16th, 2007 For more information, please contact smurray3 [at] umd.edu Queer Poetry Series: Katie Wirsing - Sponsored with TerPoets - November 13, 2007 The fifth and final poet in our series is Katie Wirsing November 13th, 2007 at 8:00pm Open Mic! In the Basement Lounge of Dorchester Hall Co-Sponsored by the Pride Alliance and TerPoets 2006 National Slam Champion! Queer Poetry Series: Justin Chin - Sponsored with TerPoets - November 6, 2007 Whether playing native, tourist, or other, Chin questions our—as well as his own—assumptions, prejudices, and consumption of cultural beings and commodities. These works explore themes of sexuality, of Asian and of queer bodies, hybrid forms of culture, belonging, and the loss, recovery, and reconstruction of home, homeland, and history. These works are by turns coolly ironic, or bratty and comic, or poignant and mournful, or unbelievably borderline psychotic. Queer Poetry Series: Regie Cabico - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 30, 2007 The third poet in our series is Regie Cabico October 30th, 2007 at 8:00pm Open Mic! Halloween TerPoets Costume Party! Live Music! In the Basement Lounge of Dorchester Hall Co-Sponsored by the Pride Alliance, TerPoets, Asian American Student Union, and Filipino Cultural Association Brothers on the Down Low - Sponsored with Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated (Eta Epsilon Chapter), and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated (Kappa Phi Chapter) - October 23, 2007 What is your perception/stereotype of the black man? How about men on the down low? What are the truths that underlie the myths of the brother on down low? The Illustrious Ladies of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, Eta Epsilon Chapter, Pride Alliance, & Devastating Divas of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Kappa Phi Chapter would like to invite you to "Brothers on the Down Low." October 23, 2007 at 7:20 pm The speaker of the night is Professor Jeffrey McCune, faculty associate in the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women's Studies. Professor McCune has several projects in the works; his most recent project is the turning of his dissertation into a book, tentatively entitled Quaring the Closet: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Sexual Passing. This manuscript maps the evolution of the "Down Low" (DL)—men who traditionally identify as "straight" while having sex with other men—refusing to employ the standardized descriptors of sexual identity. Please mark your calendars. This is a program you don't want to miss. This discussion will have you talking about this program for days to follow. For more information, visit http://umd.facebook.com/event.php?eid=7739060782 The Female Orgasm - Sponsored with Terps for Choice and SEE - October 17, 2007 Sponsored by Terps for Choice, SEE and Pride Alliance The Female Orgasm Wednesday, October 17, 2007 7:30pm - 9:00pm 0130 Tydings Hall Love Your Body Day Sex educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller illuminate the subject of female orgasm for women who aren't having them, guys who want to make their girlfriends happy, and students who are debating the existence of the G-spot or "to fake or not to fake?" Dorian and Marshall are a couple, bringing both a male and female perspective to the conversation. And Dorian and Marshall know that people who are well-informed about sexual topics are more likely to make healthy decisions about the risks associated with sex. The program is inclusive of people of all genders and sexual orientations. The Female Orgasm Program includes: • An emphasis on individuals making sexual decisions that are right for them, including whether to use the information now or when married or in a serious relationship • Analysis of the messages women receive about their bodies and sexuality from media, religion, families, and elsewhere. • Body image, and the links between "befriending your body" and experiencing physical pleasure • The value of learning how to say "no" to sex--and the problems college-age and adult women sometimes encounter when they realize that's all they ever learned • An opportunity to talk openly in same-gender groups during part of the program • Female anatomy • Tips for partners about being patient and respectful • The problems with pressure to have an orgasm, to orgasm faster, to have multiple orgasms, to orgasm with a partner, to fake or not fake orgasms • Answers to the most common questions about orgasm IT'S FREE! Invite your friends! ----------------------------------- FUN FEMALE ORGASM FACTS ----------------------------------- - Average length of time it takes a woman to have an orgasm: 20 minutes. Average length of time it takes a man: 2-5 minutes. - Half of girls have had an orgasm by the time they're 16 years old. - 44% of men say their female partners always have orgasms when they have sex. 22% of women say they always have orgasms when they have sex. - About 1% of women are able to achieve orgasm solely through breast stimulation. - 63% of college women say they've had multiple orgasms. - The G-spot is named after Dr. Ernst Grafenberg, the first modern doctor to write about it. Queer Poetry Series: Andrea Gibson - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 12, 2007 Queer Poetry Series: Chris August - Sponsored with TerPoets - October 16, 2007 Rally for Domestic Partnership Benefits - October 11th, 2007 Terpoets Slam Poetry Competition: Winners to open for QPS: Andrea Gibson - Sponsored with TerPoets - September 25, 2007 Event: Terpoets Slam Poetry Competition When: Tuesday, September 25th, 2007, 8:00pm-9:00pm Where: Dorchester Hall Basement Lounge The first Terpoets Slam Poetry Competition is being held on Tuesday, September 25th. The winners of that slam will determine who opens for the Queer Poets Series: Andrea Gibson on Friday, October 12th, so basically we want Pride representation at the slam, so we can have Pride representation opening for Gibson! More information on the Queer Poet Series: Andrea Gibson (10/12/07, 7pm, PG Room SSU) will be announced at the end of September! All-Niter 2007: GENDER MYSTERY BURLESQUE SHOW with Satanic Mechanics - September 28, 2007 Event: 26th Annual All-Niter Block Party When: Friday, September 28th, 2007, 7:00am-7:00pm Where: Stamp Student Union Come join in on the fun as the Pride Alliance joins in on the fun of partying and promoting with fellow Terps at the 25th Annual All-Niter in the Stamp Student Union – The Biggest Party of the Year! September 28th, 2007 from 7pm-7am! Pride Alliance is teaming up with the Satanic Mechanics Theatre Company to present the GENDER MYSTERY BURLESQUE SHOW—a variety/talent/cabaret show, at the Benjamin Benneker Room at 8:00pm! Interested in being part of the festivities? Out For Work - September 29 and 30, 2007 Event: Third Annual OUT for Work: LGBTA Student Career Conference & PRIDE Career Fair When: Saturday & Sunday, September 29th & 30th, 2007 Where: Washington Plaza, 10 Thomas Circle NW, Washington, DC 20005 National Career Conference Announced for LGBT & Ally College Students (Washington, DC) – OUT for Work announces the Third Annual National Student Career Conference for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) and ally college students. The conference will take place from September 29-30, 2007 at the Washington Plaza Hotel in Washington, DC. Riley Folds, Executive Director of OUT for Work stated, “Students will leave the conference with a toolbox of resources to call upon when looking for a part time job, an internship, or a full time position after graduation.” The conference will include panel discussions, presentations, and breakout sessions on topics such as: how to find employers that provide LGBT inclusive benefits and policies, whether to be out on a resume or at an interview, how to deal with discrimination at work, and much more. The conference concludes with The PRIDE Career Fair, where participants will apply what they learn at the conference to find internships and other employment opportunities. Of course, the conference will not be all work and no play. A kick-off dance is scheduled to take place the night of September 28th. In addition, The OUT for Work Awards Reception scheduled for the evening of September 29th will honor Project Runway’s Tim Gunn with the OUTstanding Lifetime Achievement Award. Other special guests include Reichen Lehmhuhl, John Amaechi, Donna Rose, and Carey Sherrel Registration includes all program materials, entrance into PRIDE Career Fair and awards reception, resume distribution to all sponsors, continental breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks during breaks, gift bag, and entry into all prize give-a-ways. A limited number of travel scholarships are available. Online registration and more information are available at www.outforwork.org or by emailing OFW2007@outforwork.com. OUT for Work is the only national nonprofit organization educating, preparing, and empowering LGBT students and their allies for the workplace. Interested in attending? UMD LGBT Equity is offering attendance for just $10, contact Shiva at shivas [@] umd.edu Find more information today @ http://www.outforwork.com! OMSE Unity Welcome - September 21, 2007 Event: OMSE Unity Welcome When: Friday, September 21st, 2007 2:00pm-4:00pm Where: Hornbake Plaza (Outdoors) The Unity Welcome will be an opportunity for first year and transfer multi-ethnic students to interact with the campus community, including students, faculty, staff and administrators. There will be live student performances, food, prizes, music and other activities. Stay tuned for more Pride Alliance tabling details…in the meantime, find more information today @ http://www.omse.umd.edu/unitywelcome First Look Fair - September 19 and 20, 2007 Event: First Look Fair When: Wednesday and Thursday, September 19th and 20th, 2007, 10am-2pm Where: McKeldin Mall, near Administration Stop by the Pride Alliance table during the First Look Fair, from 10am to 2pm on the McKeldin Mall! Join in the fun festivities and support your favorite student organization! Make sure you stop by our table to get to meet some of our officers - more details to come. Adhamh Roland w/ Dave End: Make Room For Your Heart Tour - September 14, 2007 Event: Adhamh Roland w/ Dave End: Make Room For Your Heart Tour When: Friday, September 14th, 7:00pm-9:00pm Where: Prince Georges Room, Stamp Student Union Radical folk musicians Adhamh Roland and Dave End will be coming to UMD on Sept. 14th as part of their "Make Room For Your Heart" tour to raise money for medical funds and for the Jersey 4 (http://www.fiercenyc.org). There will be a student open mic between sets, so come on out to listen, learn, enjoy the music, and be heard! For more information and details contact Jenna Brager at programming.pride [@] umd.edu! LGBT Welcome Reception - September 10, 2007 Event: LGBT Welcome Reception for the 2007-2008 Academic Year When: Monday, September 10th, 4:00pm-6:00 pm Where: Prince Georges Room, Stamp Student Union Our annual Welcome Reception is an opportunity for new and continuing students, staff and faculty, to become acquainted and reacquainted with one another, to learn about resources of particular interest to the LGBT campus community, and to enjoy each other's company getting to know one another. It is also the first major event where we invite people to sign either our Out List or Allies List which are published in the Diamondback on October 11, National Coming Out Day. As before, there will be tables for resource providers to disseminate materials and information, and light refreshments. Also, we're planning an innovative approach to help everyone become more familiar with various campus events. You won't want to miss this! For more information and details contact Dr. Luke Jensen at ljensen [@] umd.edu! Rainbow Terrapin Training Event: Rainbow Terrapin Training Dates & Timings: Fall 2007 Training 2: Wed, Sep 12: (Part 1): 9-12 Fri, Sep 14: (Part 2): 9-12 Training 3: Tues, Sep 25 (Part 1): 1-4 Thurs, Sep 27 (Part 2): 1-4 Training 4: Tues, Oct 30 (Part 1): 1-4 Thurs, Nov 1 (Part 2): 1-4 Training 5: Mon, Nov 12 (Part 1): 9-12 Wed, Nov 14 (Part 2): 9-12 Training 6: Tues, Dec 4 (Part 1): 9-12 Thurs, Dec 6 (Part 2): 9-12 Develop your Knowledge & Skills Around LGBT Issues! - http://www.umd.edu/lgbt/rainbow.html Training Information: Objectives: This is a six-hour (offered in two 3 hour segments) training that will develop and enhance your skills in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and other sexual minority students, staff, and faculty on campus. As most of us know who work with students directly or indirectly, it is crucial to find ways to increase our own knowledge-base and skills so we can find more effective and powerful ways to create a more inclusive, open, and positive campus community for all of us regardless of our own sexual orientation. It has also become increasingly important that we learn these skills to help us cultivate a more open working environment for all of ourselves and our colleagues. The training is intended for both LGBT identified and non-LGBT identified staff, faculty, and students. Content: The training is presented in two parts. Part ONE provides information on LGBT people & culture, LGBT identity development models and theories, and analyses intersections of sexuality with race, ethnicity, nationality, class, gender, age, and ability. Part TWO gives participants an opportunity to evaluate their own readiness as allies, looks at coming out issues commonly faced by students, informs participants about available LGBT University and other resources, and through role play offers an opportunity to enhance their skills as allies. At the close of the training you will be offered the opportunity to join the Rainbow Terrapin Network, a network of people committed to serving as allies on campus. Logistics: We'd very much like for you to take the training with us. Please contact me Sivagami Subbaraman or 301.405. 8498. Please include your name, campus affiliation, email address & phone number; please indicate clearly which training sessions you are interested in. We suggest that you take both parts of the training in sequence to enhance the experience. Incorrect information? Typo? Broken link? E-Mail Justin Fair at webmaster.pride [@] umd.edu Copyright UM Pride Alliance, 2007-2008