Translator Training Project
Are you fluent in English and other languages?
Join the Audre Lorde Project in our new Translator Training Project.
Application Deadline: June 5, 2009
The Translator Training Project seeks to provide opportunities for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming immigrants of color who are already informal community translators to:
- gain greater skills in interpretation/translation
- learn resources and strategies to use translation to generate income
- better understand how to make our community spaces more accessible
- share knowledge about health, social and community resources
- share resources on translating health, sexuality and gender issues.
Join ALP'S SOS Collective at Brooklyn Pride
Dear ALP Supporters,
The S.O.S. Collective wants you to help make our Brooklyn Pride Contingent a success! Please email or call Ejeris at edixon@alp.org, (718) 596-0342 x 22 if you can make it. We’ll also need help prepping for the Parade Festivities on Friday, June 12th at ALP’s office.
Prep!
Friday June 12th 3 – 6pm
We’ll need help packing up the van, phonebanking to potential volunteers, and shopping for snacks. Please email or call if you’re available.
Outreach!
June 13th 11am – 6pm
Do you have two hours to help stop violence against your community? Brooklyn Pride is coming up again and we’re looking for folks to help us do outreach. Outreach shifts are two hours long from 11am – 6pm. You will be prepped and trained on what to say and more experienced individuals will be paired with individuals with less experience.
Outreach is a valuable way to inform community members about our work, to pass on information about preventing and intervening in violence, and to meet community members who may need our support. Last year we met 175 people this year our goal is even more. Please help us reach this goal!
Fundraise!
As many of you know the police violently attacked two community members Jg and Tiffany in mid-May. Please come out and help us collect donations for their legal and medical expenses. Fundraising shifts throughout the day and you’ll also be prepped on what to say.
Email Ejeris at edixon@alp.org to RSVP for all of these upcoming events. Happy Pride!!
Protest the NYPD's 77th Precinct's Racist and Homophobic Attacks Against Lesbians!
On Saturday May 16th two Lesbians of Color were brutally attacked outside of the Ife Lounge in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. After being beaten by several officers yelling sexist and homophobic slurs they were arrested. Join the S.O.S. (Safe OUTside the System) Collective and GLOBE (A group to Support and Empower the LGBT community of Bushwick) to show the 77th Precinct that our community will not allow racist and homophobic cops to brutalize and harrass our parties and our communities. The S.O.S. Collective is a program of the Audre Lorde Project. GLOBE is a program of Make the Road NY.
El sábado 16 de mayo dos lesbianas de color fueron brutalmente atacadas afuera del Club Ife en Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Después de ser atacadas e insultadas con epítetos homofóbicos y sexistas, fueron arrestadas. Únase al Colectivo S.O.S (Seguros Fuera del Sistema) y a GLOBE (Un grupo para apoyar y empoderar a la comunidad LGBT de Bushwick) para mostrarle al Precinto 77 que nuestra comunidad no va a tolerar que policías homofóbicos y racistas brutalicen y hostiguen nuestras fiestas y nuestras comunidades. El Colectivo S.O.S es un programa de Audre Lorde Project. GLOBE es un programa de Se Hace Camino Nueva York.
June 4 - Power We Have - A Night of Cultural Resistance
Please join the Audre Lorde Project for another fabulous year of cultural resistance ...
PERFORMANCES BY: Hanifah Walidah, Ra, Dr. Herukhuti, Tamiko Beyer, Ganessa James And more!!!! Click 'find out more' for information on how to pay in advance.
TransJustice General Meeting
Join TransJustice for its weekly open meetings the first Wednesday of every month. TransJustice meetings are for 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., genderqueer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, and gender-benders.
ALP Fighting Burn Out Retreat!
What is the Audre Lorde Project Fighting Burn Out Retreat?
Burn Out is a serious health condition for many involved in movement work. The staff, board, and volunteers of ALP spend every moment working, often making sacrifices and neglecting to create a sustainable environment for themselves.May 29- 31, 2009 ALP will host a FREE Fighting Burn Out Retreat for organizers.
Stop Police Violence Against Our Community Tonight 7pm
The previous Saturday night the NYPD violently attacked two black lesbians in
Bed-Stuy. Please come through to the S.O.S. meeting tonight to discuss the
incident and to work on taking action against this incident. This meeting
is open to allies.
ALP immigrant rights meeting
Join us for food, discussion, and some updates on immigration reform:
National networks and policy advocates are starting meetings with representatives in Washington about immigration reform and the Obama administration. Join us as we talk about what’s being proposed so far, and how we can join the conversation.
Hope to see you there!
Metrocards and Food will be provided.
TransJustice General Meeting
Join TransJustice for its weekly open meetings the first Wednesday of every month. TransJustice meetings are for 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., genderqueer, non-gendered, andro, crossdressers, and gender-benders.
2nd Annual Safe Neighborhood Summit
The Safe OUTside the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project is proud to host the Second Annual Safe Neighborhood Summit, the most significant annual event for the S.O.S. Collective's Safe Neighborhood Campaign, which works directly with the local community to prevent and intervene in anti-LGBTSTGNC violence without relying on the police. Last year's Safe Neighborhood Summit inspired and educate over 80 Central Brooklyn Community members on how to prevent and intervene in violence with free workshops, performances, and speakers. We hope to continue the tradition this year.
List of Endorsers: FIERCE, The Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project, Right Rides, Domestic Workers United, the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, The Justice Committee, Immigrant Justice Solidarity Project, PFLAG for Families of Color and Allies NYC, Creative Interventions, Freedom Train Productions, Critical Resistance: New York City Chapter, Domestic Workers United, GLOBE of Make the Road New York, CAAAV, Nodutdol for Korean Community Development, Palestine Education Project, Center for Constitutional Rights, Kevin Powell, Brooklyn College LGBT Alliance, Community Voices Heard, FUREE, and Picture The Homeless.