Reclaiming Our Health
A health fair for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non Conforming(LGBTSTGNC) People of Color to gain knowledge and access to different community organizations that offer health services and resources specifically for our communities.
Thirrrty
Saturn comes back around to show you everything.
Volunteer Open House
Hear about our recent Welfare Justice win and about our upcoming Safe Neighborhood Summit. Join us as we open up the Audre Lorde Project space and discover all the ways that you can get involved with the Audre Lorde Project.
CARNIVAL: Special International Women’s History Month Celebration & Fundraiser for The Audre Lorde Project
Bran Fenner, Julienne “June” Brown, Kaos Blac, Lindsey Charles, Niknaz Tavakolian, Saul Silva, Zavé Martohardjono and Imani Henry
In conjunction with Ubiquita Worldwide Presents
CARNIVAL
A monthly dance party featuring show stopping performances for all the Beautiful & Colorful Divas, Muscle Men, B-Boys, 2-Spirits, Amazons & our Str8 Kin
Featuring the Legendary Ladies of Ubiquita, DJs Reborn, Selly & Moni with Carnival’s resident DJ A.K Right aka Bran Fenner
StoryTelling and Organizing Project Workshop
StoryTelling and Organizing Project workshop
Wednesday, March 3rd
6:30-9pm
Audre Lorde Project
85 S. Oxford, Brooklyn
Please share with those working on or thinking about community responses to harm!
SOS Collective Step Team Rehearsal
SOS Collective Step Team Rehearsal
Palestinian Queer Activists Talk Politics
How is the Palestinian queer movement similar and different than other LGBTQ movements around the world? What are the questions, challenges, and beliefs that shape the discourse of the Palestinian queer movement? How can the other queer people understand and work with issues of visibility and the notion of “coming out” within the Palestinian context? What are the goals, joys, challenges, strategies and dreams of these groups?
SOS Collective Active Volunteer Meeting
For active volunteers of SOS Collective to help plan events, learn more about anti-violence work, contribute your passion and time to building a campaign for community safety, and participate in mini-trainings.
Snacks and METROcards will be provided.
Welfare Justice Celebration - Please note new date and time
Let’s Celebrate the Welfare Justice Campaign Victory!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
6pm-10pm
Audre Lorde Project
85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY
TransJustice Community School
Please note, some folks have mentioned that the session times (4pm-8pm) are a challenge, we encourage folks to please apply anyways as we may be able to work something out.
APPLY FOR THE TRANSJUSTICE COMMUNITY SCHOOL!
Applications are Due February 3, 2010
Stipends & Metrocards Provided to Participants
The TransJustice Community School is for People of Color who identify as Trans and Gender Non Conformingfor example people of color who identify as trans, gender non-conforming, gender variant, gender deviant, butch lesbians, drag queens, bi-gendered, Two-Spirit, drag kings, femme queens, A.G., gender queer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, gender-benders, and more.
The TransJustice Community School aims to strengthen our community and ourselves and build participants confidence and self-esteem. The TransJustice Community School will focus on building the leadership of Trans and Gender Non Conforming People of Color, while participating in a larger multi-racial, multi-gender community that fights injustice facing those who are most historically targeted in the U.S. Through discussions and panels, workshops, visiting other groups and experience participants will:
- Learn how to and teach others to be self-advocates regarding Know Your Rights as it relates to: HRA, Housing Authorities, the Police System, and Health Care.
- Learn how to do public speaking related to ALP/TransJustice and the Welfare Justice Campaign.
- Learn how to identify and share crisis and sustainable living resources related to: health care, housing, legal issues, counseling and other common issues in our community.
- Learn how to facilitate meetings and how to make decisions and plan in a group setting.
- Learn what goes into planning, executing and evaluating parts of a campaign.
- Learn from experienced community members lessons on personal and community based survival.
The TransJustice Community School is an eight week program that will begin on February 16th, 2010 and will end on April 10, 2010.
- There will be 3 sessions a week from 4pm-8pm on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
- There is no fee for participation. Participants will receive a meal at each session, a $70 weekly stipend, metrocards, and a certificate of completion (full participation is required). On time attendance at all sessions is also required.
- Location will be at ALP, 85 South Oxford Street, Brooklyn, NY.
HOW TO APPLY: Complete and return the application by February 3, 2010. Send form by email totransjustice@alp.org or fax to 718.596.1328 or mail to ALP, 85 South Oxford St., Brooklyn, NY 11217. For more info contact transjustice@alp.org or Mya (ext. 23) or Jen (ext. 32) at 718-596-0342.