LGBTQIA e-news
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Questioning Intersex Ally electronic news resource
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chronological e-news:
16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference (pre-reg. Deadline 2/04/05)
Call for Submissions for Journal of Lesbian Studies (Deadline 2/11/05)
Success! Student Leadership Conference (2/12/05)
Understanding Sexual Orientation and Transgender (2/15/05)
Teach For America (Deadline 2/18/05)
UCD 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference (Deadline 2/18/05)
2005 Teaching Award Nominations for Grad Students (Deadline 2/22/05)
‘06-‘07 Student Regent Application (Deadline 2/24/05)
“The Changing Meanings of Marriage” – Lecture by E.J. Graff (2/24/05)
Women on the Verge.. Making the Leap from College to Work (2/25/05)
Western Students of Color Conference (2/25/05 – 2/27/05)
Winter Self Defense Workshop (2/26/05 , 2/27/05)
UC Berkeley’s Women’s Rights Conference (2/26/05 , 2/27/05)
NGLTF 2005 Summer Organizing Fellowship (Deadline 2/28/05)
Empowering Women of Color Conference – UC Berkeley (3/3/05 – 3/5/05)
“Hot Red and Blue: Queers and the Electoral Imaginary” (3/10/05)
President’s Undergraduate Fellowships (Deadline 4/15/05)
Queer Studies Research Conference – Sonoma State University (06/05)
organizational meetings:
Asian Pacific Islander Queers (APIQ) Meetings
Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity
La Familia Meetings
Lambda Delta Lambda Sorority
queer womyn of colour (qwoc) meetings
Sacramento Lesbians of Color
UC Davis LGBTAA
Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference (WRCC) Meetings
miscellaneous:
Winter Schedule at the ARC Wellness Center
Nominate! Lambda Awards 2005
Nominate! Best of the Best – LGBT-Friendly Campus
Lesbian Women Needed for Body Image Research
Uptown Studios Sacramento
African American Lesbian Resource
Marriage Equality
Gay Men’s Health Alert
Roommates Wanted
Volunteer
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chronological e-news
16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities and Identities”
Early registration for the Conference is due February 4th.
February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
>We are looking for volunteers to assist in areas such as registration, courtesy, security, tech support, and other exciting positions. Please respond to Ed'd Luna at ealuna@ucdavis.edu and/or Tiffanie O'Neill at helloiamtiff@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Applications are available at the LGBTRC and the CCC. You can register online at the Conference website as well. www.comeoutwest.org
On-site registration pending availability. Registration forms are available on-line.
More information:
The Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference will be one of the only regional educational efforts to address the health and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals. The conference will reach young people all over California and the western region of the United States, while bringing needed attention to such issues as hate crimes, health and family issues, and the empowerment of young people to challenge a homophobic and heterosexist world. The conference will reach out to heterosexual allies in our schools, faith organizations, and cultural communities to raise awareness and address social issues.
Keynote speakers for this year’s conference include: Monroe France, Lani Ka’ahumanu, and Emi Koyama.
Monroe France is the Coordinator of Social Justice Programs at New York University’s Office of Student Activities (OSA). He is the founder, co-owner, and one of the primary facilitators for Envision, a social justice consulting organization. As a professional in higher education Monroe’s passion for anti-oppression and social justice work has translated into developing programs and training and educational initiatives that provide both students and professionals the tools needed to begin the work of understanding self and their responsibilities within the world.
Ka‘ahumanu is a published author, editor, and poet. She and Loraine Hutchins co-edited the ground breaking feminist anthology BI ANY OTHER NAME: Bisexual People Speak Out (Alyson, 1991), which was listed on the Top 100 Queer Books of the 20th Century by Lambda Book Review.
Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice slut synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. Emi is currently the director of Intersex Initiative.
Saturday evening entertainment includes Deep Dickollective, a queer hip hop group; King Heat, a drag king event created by Fast Friday Production’s Sile P. Singleton; Sarwat Rumi from Mango Tribe! all followed by dancing.
All events will be held on the main UC Davis campus in the Memorial Union and Freeborn Hall. Pre-registration ends February 4, 2005. On-site registration is available pending availability. To learn more about the Conference's past, present, future I invite you to go to our conference's website for updates at: www.comeoutwest.org. Contact: Sheri Atkinson, slatkinson@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2452
Sign up for the Homestay Program!
Become a Homestay Host & help provide WRCC attendees (who may not have the privilege of being able to stay in a hotel) a place to stay (with yOU!). wow what a great opportunity to build community!
Contact Ed’d Luna at edd.luna@gmail.com
Call for Submissions for Lesbian Studies Journal
Deadline: February 11, 2005
Dear List Members,
>
>I am editing a special issue of The Journal of Lesbian
>Studies on 'Lesbian Studies in the Twenty-First
>Century with Katherine O'Donnell. As part of the
>special issue we will have a number of position
>pieces. We are currently looking for people to write
>position pieces on lesbians/Lesbian Studies in China,
>Japan, Thailand; lesbians/Lesbian Studies and
>queer-straight indentity/theory; lesbians/Lesbian
>Studies in Russia; and trans.
>
>If anybody is interested in writing a short position
>piece on one of these topics or knows of someone who
>would be interested, I would be grateful if you would
>contact Katherine and me off-list:
>noreen.giffney@ucd.ie and katherine.odonnell@ucd.ie.
>Position pieces are c. 2,000 words (notes extra) and
>the submission date is Friday 11 February 2005. These
>position pieces will be peer reviewed. Also, if there
>is a position piece that you think is needed we would
>be grateful for any additional suggestions.
>
>Position pieces are currently being written by Sally
>Munt, Karla Jay, Peg Cruikshank, Michele Aina Barale,
>Ruth Vanita, Sara MacBride-Stewart, Morgan Holmes,
>Donna McCormack, Kay Inckle, Suzy Byrne, Noreen
>Giffney and Michael O'Rourke, Antke Engel, Consuelo
>Rivera-Fuentes, and Bernedette Muthien.
>
>Noreen Giffney
>University College Dublin, Ireland
>noreen.giffney@ucd.ie
Success! Student Leadership Conference
Saturday, February 12, 2005
9am – 2pm @ the ARC
A wide selection of workshops, as well as keynote speakers and a networking lunch with UC Davis alumni. Participants who attend the entire conference will receive credit for three workshops on their Leadership Transcript. For more information and for registration, see their website at studentleadership.ucdavis.edu
Understanding Sexual Orientation and Transgender
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
1pm – 4:30pm @ East Conference Room, MU
This workshop will offer knowledge and information about the lives and experiences of people who are LGBTI, and provide useful strategies for creating a work environment that is inclusive and respectful. Facilitated by Mikael Villalobos and Catrina Wagner.
Teach For America
Join our movement to ensure that all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. www.teachforamerica.org
Application Deadlines: February 18, 2005
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In our country, a child s birthplace too often determines his or her educational and life prospects. Educational inequity must be our generation's civil rights issue.
Teach For America is building the movement to address this injustice by calling upon our country's most promising future leaders to commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and to become lifelong advocates for change.
We seek the most outstanding graduating college seniors and recent college graduates - from all majors such as business, medicine, politics, law, education, and social policy - to assume a tremendous leadership role to ensure that their students gain the academic skills needed to succeed in life.
- In the short run, we provide excellent teachers who make an immediate impact in the lives of children growing up in low-income communities by raising their students academic achievement.
- In the long run, our alumni gain the insight, credibility, and network that are critical to effecting meaningful long-term change both inside and outside education.
- As a result of this experience, our alumni are better positioned to succeed in whatever career they ultimately pursue.
This is an enormously difficult endeavor, but we have seen firsthand the tremendous impact our corps members and alumni can have. If you have what it takes - both to excel as a teacher despite immense challenges and to assume great influence in our country - join our movement today.
Seeking all majors. No previous education experience or coursework necessary. Full first-year teacher salary and benefits, financial aid, plus a $9,450 AmeriCorps education award (if eligible). Student loan forbearance and interest payments for two years.
To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org <www.teachforamerica.org>, contact admissions@teachforamerica.org <mailto:admissions@teachforamerica.org>, or subscribe to our e-newsletter at: <www.teachforamerica.org/online...e.jsp>. If you would like to meet with Chris Weber, the recruitment director for Teach For America at Davis, please e-mail Abby Frost at abby.frost@teachforamerica.org <mailto:abby.frost@teachforamerica.org> to schedule an appointment.
UC Davis 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
Dear Students Who are Interested in Research:
I would like you to know about the UC Davis 16th Annual Undergraduate
Research Conference to be held this spring on Saturday, April 23, 2005 in
Wellman and Freeborn Halls. The conference is open to all UC Davis
students who have been conducting research under a faculty member. To
present in the Conference, you must submit your registration and
abstract online and submit a hard copy of your abstract, signed by your
faculty mentor, to Diane Jones by Friday, February 18, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
Details about the conference can be found at urc.ucdavis.edu.
To help you with the process of writing your abstract, I have set
several workshops dates on "How to Write an Abstract for the
Undergraduate Research Conference". These workshops will be jointly led
by myself and a faculty member from the University Writing Program.
Please plan to attend one of the following:
* Workshop I - Thursday, January 27, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Mee Room
* Workshop II - Tuesday, February 1, 2:10 - 3:00 p.m. Mee Room
* Workshop III - Thursday, February 10, 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Mee Room
We will go over how the Conference works and cover the mechanics of
writing an effective abstract. Please email us if you any questions at
urc@ucdavis.edu
2005 Teaching Award Nominations
Nomination Deadline: February 22, 2005
Information on the award and the nomination application is available at www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/grad...a.htm
Do you know a graduate student who deserves to be recognized for exemplary teaching? Nominations are now being accepted, and anyone may submit a nomination!
’06-’07 Student Regent Application
Application Deadline: February 24, 2005
The application form for the 2006-07 student regent is now on the web in pdf format, which can be filled out on-line and printed out. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/re...ml, click on Application Form.
Paper copies should be coming to me from the printers by early next week, and I will fed ex them to you all as soon as I get them.
“The Changing Meanings of Marriage”
Thursday, February 25, 2005
7pm – 8:30pm @ the ARC Ballrooms A and B
A lecture and discussion by author E.J. Graff. Students free, others $10 donation suggested.
Women on the Verge.. Making the Leap from College to Work
Friday, February 25
10am-2:30pm
If you're a woman on the verge of graduating (or just like to plan ahead), this day of exploration and skill-building is for you! Focused workshops will help you figure out what's important to you in a job, how to interview well, respond to family and cultural expectations, and provide plenty of inspiration and advice from recent UCD alums. Not sure where you're headed? Not to worry, this short conference will get you thinking about the possibilities! Lunch is provided, and Student Leadership credit is available!
Register via the web at: wrrc.ucdavis.edu or call the Women's Center at 752-3372.
Western Students of Color Conference
February 25 through 27, 2005
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
For more info call 503-286-0477 or email OSCC@orstudents.org
Winter Self-Defense Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, February 26 and 27
Rape Aggression Defense teaches you strategies to increase your awareness and reduce risk as well as providing simple and effective self-defense techniques. This is a participatory, comprehensive training taught by certified instructors. Grab a friend and sign up now by calling the WRRC at 752-3372.
UC Berkeley’s Women’s Right Conference
February 26 (9 – 4pm) and February 27 (9 to 1pm)
UC Berkeley Campus, Barrows Hall
Free event to the public
Featuring: Women in Prison, Transgender Activism, Sexual Health, Learning from Immigrant Activists and Workers. With key-note speaker Dean Spade (Transgender Legal Activist). For more information and to pre-register, visit www.womensrightsconference.com.
NGLTF 2005 Summer Organizing Fellowship
Application Deadline: February 28, 2005
Decisions made by: April 15, 2005
APPLICATION DEADLINE: For Summer 2005, application deadline is Monday, February 28, 2005. The applications process will begin January 17, 2005. Decisions will be made and communicated by April 15.
WHAT IS THE ORGANIZING AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE TASK FORCE? The Organizing & Training Department (O&T) partners with state and local LGBT political groups to help them do their political work and community organizing with increasingly advanced competence and capability. By working side by side in local communities across the country to educate, train, and mentor, O&T is able to harness the energy of individuals and help direct it down a path that will enable the group to achieve its goals. By making this investment we are able to help develop leaders among ordinary people and train these leaders to create a local organization that will involve increasing numbers of people and be self sustaining and more powerful over time. Our highest priorities include working with communities under attack from religious political extremists. We are both very practical and interested in winning in the short-run -- in taking on even the most difficult community emergencies -- and we are focused on the long-term as well. Thinking strategically and simultaneously about the short-term and long-term is what has allowed us not to only to win specific election victories, but also to achieve a national turnaround in these ballot measure fights.
WHAT IS THE ORGANIZING AND TRAINING FELLOWSHIP This is not your average fellowship. The O&T Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested in building grassroots political power. O&T Fellows will work as part of a dynamic field team based in either our New York, Washington DC, or Los Angeles office. The fellows will: - Create and lead training related to organizing action, both in the field and at meetings, conferences, events, and The Task Force annual Creating Change conference. - Collaborate with Task Force staff nationwide - on Task Force priority projects. Current high priority projects include helping communities under attack from Right-wing extremist groups defeat anti-LGBT ballot measures. - Recruit, train, and motivate volunteers to understand and then do action. - Talk face-to-face with voters about issues of importance to the LGBT community - Travel an average of 10 days a month to local communities, helping them build political power
STIPEND Summer Organizing Fellows are paid a stipend of $400 per 40 hour week. The summer 2004 term runs from June – August with a possible November extension. Organizing fellows may be placed in strategic locations where anti-gay measures are being waged against the LGBT community. Summer Organizers are responsible for their own housing and living expenses.
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be: Enrolled in a degree program at least half-time as a graduate or undergraduate student, or have successfully completed a graduate or undergraduate degree within the 12 months preceding the application deadline. Women and people of color are especially encouraged to apply.
Applicants interested should have: · Enormous drive to achieve measurable progress towards meaningful social change. · Enthusiastic desire to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment. · Highly organized, detail-oriented and responsible self-starter. · Excellent listening, speaking, and writing skills. · Knowledge of and great curiosity about all aspects of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. · Ability and desire to travel. This fellowship requires time on the road. · Willingness to work evening and weekend hours when projects demand it. · Capacity and desire to work in a multi-cultural environment where commitment to diversity based on race, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical ability is an important institutional value
Applications must include: 1. Cover letter outlining your interest and background, if any, in organizing LGBT people. 2. Resume 3. Contact Information for three references 4. A brief writing sample (maximum 5 pages) 5. Your college transcript
Applications must be received by February 28, 2005
Please mail application packages to: Jason Cooper -- O&T Fellowship Program National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 5455 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1505 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Questions ? Contact Jason Cooper, Senior Field Organizer at jcooper@thetaskforce.org or 646-358-1451.
20th Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference (Berkeley, CA)
Confronting Power: A Century of Struggle and Movements
March 3-5, 2005
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running women of color conference in the country. For the past 20 years EWOCC has hosted a myriad of phenomenal speakers such as Dr. M Joyceln Elders, Nikki Giovanni, boona cheema, Cherrie Moraga, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sistah Soulja and Sonia Sanchez. Additionally, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, and Gina Pacaldao participated in EWOCC's 1992 sold-out benefit entitled "Rising Up Live?.
The 2005 conference themed "Confronting Power: A Century of Struggle and Movements" will feature Susan L. Taylor, editorial director of ESSENCE magazine; Dolores Huerta, co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("UFW"); Elaine Brown, activist, author and the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party; Angela Oh, trial attorney who currently serves as an appointee of the Mayor of Los Angeles to the City Human Relations Commission, and past Presidential appointee to Clinton's Advisory Board to the Initiative on Race; and Lakota Harden, American Indian orator, poet and activist. Also included: book signings, stimulating workshops, exceptional vendors, resource fair, cultural performances, the Women of Color Film Festival and much more!
Conference events will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum (BAM/PFA)-March 3 and in the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Student Union Building- March 4-5 on the University of California, Berkeley campus. BAM/PFA is located on the southern edge of the UC Berkeley campus between College and Telegraph
(entrances: 2626 Bancroft Way and 2621 Durant Avenue). MLK is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Ave. For more information, see UC Berkeley's campus map or directions to Campus. Wheelchair accessible.
Pre-register online at ewocc.berkeley.edu or in-person beginning March 3 at 6 p.m. in BAM or at 8 a.m. March 5 in MLK.
The purpose of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) is to build bridges between academic and community women of color, in an effort to assist them in sharing resources, strategies, and visions that will empower them at all levels of society. The Conference also strives to build networks between different generations, ethnic and racial groups, socioeconomic levels, sexual orientations, and physical abilities. Few forums exist wherein women of color are provided the space to dialogue about the issues that matter most to them. EWOCC provides such a forum. For additional information, conference schedule of events and registration fees please visit ewocc.berkeley.edu
Brought to you by the Graduate Women's Project of the Graduate Assembly at the University of California, Berkeley
Gabriela Erandi Rico
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Program in Ethnic Studies
Graduate Assembly Coordinator
Women of Color Initiative
Tel: (510) 642-2876
Fax: (510) 642-7721
ewocc.berkeley.edu
“Hot Red and Blue: Queers and the Electoral Imaginary”
Thursday, March 10, 2005
3201 Hart Hall
Part of the Cultural Studies Colloquium Series. Hosted by Karen Tongson, Assistant Professor from the Women & Gender Studies Department of University of Southern California.
President’s Undergraduate Fellowships
Deadline: April 15, 2005
Applications available in 17 Wellman Hall or online at trc.ucdavis.edu/
PUF provides funds for undergraduate students to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision. Support funds are available to defray the cost of these projects. Question and answer sessions on the PUF Program will be held in the MU DeCarli Room on: February 18 @ 12pm, March 3 @ 6pm, April 5 @ 4pm, April 11 @ 4pm.
Queer Studies Student Research Conference
>>Information about Sonoma State University's
>>first Queer Studies Student Research Conference in June 2005
>>is now online at Out@sonoma - www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/outatsonoma/.
>>It's just before the Pride parade in San Francisco, so you can attend both!
>>Please pass the word along to your students and friends and invite
>>them to participate and attend.
>>Kris Montgomery
>>Coordinator, Women's Resource Center
>>Sonoma State University, Student Union
>>Rohnert Park, CA 94928
>>707.664.2845
>>www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/wrc/
>>kris.montgomery@sonoma.edu
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organizational meetings
Asian Pacific Islander Queers Meetings
Thursdays 7-9pm
Contact: apiqcore@ucdavis.edu
Or visit www.ucdapiq.com for more info.
Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity
Contact: Maverick Vu dlp@ucdavis.edu
La Familia Meetings
Biweekly Meetings Mondays 8-9pm
Contact: Glinder Satalaya gsatalaya@ucdavis.edu or Gaby Jimenez morenaangeld@yahoo.com
Lambda Delta Lambda Sorority
Contact: lambdadeltalambda@yahoo.com
queer womyn of colour (qwoc)
a safe space for queer womyn of colour to dialogue, address issues, organize, build community, & have freedom to shape the space creatively. (early Winter Quarter 2005).
Co-Sponsored by: the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource Center and the Women’s Resources & Research Center
core group qwoc meetings ever other Monday 5-6pm
qwoc mtgs every other Monday 5-7pm (staggered with core group mtgs)
For more information, to get involved with the group &/or the core group..
please contact: qwoc@ucdavis.edu
Sacramento Lesbians of Color
The Sacramento Lesbians of Color is not a coming out group, but a discussion group to build community. It will help build a network of womyn of color who are at least 18 years old. The group is a safe place to network, increase community awareness, and share life experiences.
Location: Lambda Center; 1927 L Street; Sacramento, CA 95814
Time: The third Thursday of the month at 7:00 – 8:30pm.
Group Contact : Lisa 916-427-0221 or sacloc@zunainstitute.org
Program Sponsor: Zuna Institute
www.zunainstitute.org
4660 Natomas Blvd 120-181
Sacramento, CA 95835
916-419-5075
UC Davis Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Ally Alumni (LGBTAA)
Contact: Jinnifer Pitcher jinnipitcher@ucdavis-alumni.com
www.alumni.ucdavis.edu/lgbtaa
Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
WRCC Planning Committee Meetings
Planning meetings: Wednesdays 4-6pm @ LGBTRC
Working meetings: Fridays 1pm-? @ LGBTRC
Contact: Jeff Lagasca at jmlagasca@ucdavis.edu
Conference: February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
**Registration Applications, Fees & more information at www.comeoutwest.org
**Volunteer!! Come to Friday meetings! Contact Tiffanie tmoniell@ucdavis.edu
If you have any questions please contact any of the following:
Sheri Atkinson, Director LGBT Resource Center, UC Davis slatkinson@ucdavis.edu
Jeff Lagasca, Programming co-chair, jmlagasca@ucdavis.edu
Ed'd Luna, Queers of Color co-chair, ealuna@ucdavis.edu
Diego Luna, Logistics co-chair, saintjamal@yahoo.com
Nancy Tubbs, Director LGBT Resource Center, UC Irvine, nancyt@ucrac1.ucr.edu
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miscellaneous
Winter Schedule at the ARC Wellness Center
Ongoing Services and Programs
Drop-in with the Registered Dietician every Tues 1-3
Chair Massage: Tues 10-1, Wed 12-5, Thurs 11-2
Wellness Wednesday Workshops - every Wed. 5-6 pm, ARC #3
Feb 2 - Guided Imagery and Visualization
Feb. 9- Mindfulness Meditation
Feb. 16- Negative Thinking and refuting Irrational Thoughts
Feb 23- Mindful Eating
March 2- The Art of Sleep
March 9- Creating a Healing Setting
Special Events
National Girl's and Women in Sport's Day Celebration, Feb. 9, 7-9 pm, ARC Ballroom
Fueling the Body, Presented by Marlia Braun, PHD, Feb. 28, 7-8 pm, ARC Ballroom
Celebrate Your Body Week Events - Feb. 28-March 4, details to follow
Are You in the Training Zone, Massimo Testa, MD, March 28, 7-8pm, ARC Ballroom
Stress Free Zone, March 14-18, more details to follow
Please contact the Wellness Center for more information 754-2179 wellnesscenter@ucdavis.edu
Nominate! Lambda Awards 2005
The 2005 Lambda Awards Committee is accepting community nominations for our Annual Awards to be given out on Monday, March 21, 2005.
To nominate someone for one of our prestigious awards go on our website and submit your nominations.
www.lambdasac.org/awards
We will be honoring the “Best of the Best”, those wonderful people, both inside and outside the LGBT community, who have distinguished themselves in either their service to our community or their efforts to end discrimination towards us. With your help in nominating someone we can make sure the right person wins the award.
Nominate! Best of the Best –LGBT-Friendly Campus
GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!
>GO ONLINE TO THE BEST: www.campuspride.net/best
>GET LISTED DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2005
>**IS YOUR CAMPUS LGBT FRIENDLY?
>**DOES YOUR CAMPUS DESERVE TO BE LISTED AMONG THE BEST?
>**DOES YOUR CAMPUS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ABSOLUTE BEST IT HAS TO OFFER
>LGBT STUDENTS?
>THEN, GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED IN THE NEW BOOK "BEST OF THE BEST: AN
>OFFICIAL QUEER GUIDE TO HIGHER EDUCATION"... ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IN THREE STEPS:
>STEP ONE: NOMINATE YOUR CAMPUS
>STEP TWO: SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE FACULTY/STAFF ONLINE INTERVIEW STEP
>THREE: SUBMIT AT LEAST FIVE LGBT STUDENT ONLINE INTERVIEWS
>THAT'S IT... YOU'RE CAMPUS WILL THEN BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BEST OF THE
>BEST! GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! GO ONLINE
>NOW TO THE BEST: www.campuspride.net/best GET LISTED DEADLINE:
>MAY 1, 2005
Lesbian Women Needed For Body Image Research
Hi Sheri,
I am a faculty member at Ohio State University in the counseling psychology program. A graduate student and I are working on a research project investigating the body image of lesbian women. The study is online and we were wondering if you would be willing to place the URL of the study in any email newsletter or listServ that the LGBT Resource Center at UC Davis distributes.
Let me tell you a little bit about the study. As of right now, there is a dearth of available literature on the body image experience of lesbian women. It's been hypothesized that belonging to the lesbian subculture may result in special protections against eating disorders and body image disturbances. However, to date, there is little support for this as studies on this topic have been prone to small samples and poor methodology. Our study is seeking to remedy this by investigating a comprehensive model of body image, called objectification theory, on lesbian women.
We are seeking about 300 lesbian women between the ages of 18-24 to complete the study online. It should take about 15-20 minutes to complete and it's completely anonymous. However, if students wish to, they can enter their email address at the end of the study to be entered into a drawing in which two participants will be chosen at random to receive $50. We have received Human Subjects IRB approval from Ohio State. We intend to submit the study for publication in such peer-reviewed journals as "Psychology of Women Quarterly" or "Sex Roles". At the bottom of this email is a short description of the study and a link that you can include in your newsletter or Listserv. Please feel free to email or phone either of us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
Tracy Tylka, Ph.D. Holly Kozee, B.S.
Assistant Professor Doctoral Student
(740) 389-6786 ext.6384 (614) 475-0721
106 Townshend Hall 109 Townshend Hall
Counseling Psychology Counseling Psychology
The Ohio State University The Ohio State University
tylka.2@osu.edu kozee.1@osu.edu
www.marpsy.net/bio/tracy.htm glbtcareer.org.ohio-state.edu
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY
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Brief Online Research Study on Body Image
To date, there has been little research done on the body image concerns of lesbian women. You can help to change this by participating in a brief online study that is currently being conducted by researchers in the department of psychology Ohio State University. The study takes about 15 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. Also, participants will be offered the chance to be entered into a drawing for $50. If you are interested go to: www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp or email kozee.1@osu.edu for the link or any questions.
Uptown Studios
To sign up for our e-mail lists, click here:
www.sacsisterhood.com/list.php
(Check ALL the boxes next to the lists you're signing up for.)
Uptown Studios - A Cultural Hub www.uptownstudiosgallery.com
African American Lesbian Resource
www.geocities.com/WestHolly...Park/2535/
> i found it very helpful and well put together. the links are also very helpful for minority lesbians in general that have "invisiblity" issues on campus as well as community formation issues.
Marriage Equality
>"Marriage, Anything Less Is Less Than Equal"
>Friends,
>As some of you have now heard, Marriage Equality California is taking
>its message on the road! The Get Engaged Tour consists of 9 volunteer teams
>who will travel through the state in order to establish chapters in every
>county! The "Mid East" team is headed to Yolo, Solano, Placer, Nevada,
>Sacramento, El Dorado and Amador. (Team Captain Toby Adams:
>toby.adams@gmail.com). We can use your help! Email me or Toby if you are
>interested in becoming involved.
Another way you can help:
>We now have Ink Cartridge Collection Boxes at the Open Book and the
>Lambda
>Center, so tell all of your friends, family, email lists, etc. to bring
>down their old cartridges to help us with the Get Engaged Tour. We get
>from $2 to $4 per empty cartridge! Have a cup of coffee while you're at
>the Open Book!
>
> The Open Book
> 910 21st STREET, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814-3118
> www.openbookltd.com
>
> Lambda Center
> 1927 L Street
> Sacramento, CA 95814-4108
> www.lambdasac.org
>
>Stay tuned for information on our next meeting!
>
>In marriage,
>Kinna
Gay Men’s Health Alert
>HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE ALERT ABOUT RARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
>
>by Sabin Russell, Chronicle Medical Writer
>SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
>21 Dec 04
>
>San Francisco public health officials issued a warning Monday that a
>rare and potentially debilitating sexually transmitted disease reported
>recently in the Netherlands has turned up among a small number of
>patients in the city.
>
>Known as lymphogranuloma venereum, or LGV, the disease is a form of the
>common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia -- but this particular
>strain can cause scarring of the genitals and colon, and can produce a
>swelling and bursting of lymph glands near the groin.
>
>Although the disease is seldom seen outside of poor, tropical nations,
>doctors in Rotterdam reported 92 cases among gay men during a 17-month
>period ending in September. Isolated cases have also been reported in
>Belgium, France, Sweden and Atlanta, Ga.
>
>In November, doctors at San Francisco's City Clinic treated one man
>with the disease, and subsequent tests of stored specimens spotted
>three other cases that occurred this summer but had gone undetected by
>conventional screens.
>
>None of the four patients who were found to have the bug in San
>Francisco had visited the Netherlands, an indication there may be other
>cases yet to be discovered in the city, said Dr. Sam Mitchell, a
>Department of Public Health epidemiologist.
>
>The four cases in San Francisco were among gay men, some of whom also
>tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Mitchell said
>there is no indication that HIV-positive patients are at higher risk
>for complications of LGV, but there is concern that a patient with the
>chlamydia infection might be more prone to contract HIV because of the
>ulceration caused by the bacteria.
>
>As unpleasant as this form of chlamydia may be, it is easily treatable
>if caught in time. "The idea is to knock it out quickly. If it
>circulates widely, it could be quite challenging,'' Mitchell said.
>
>Treating LGV successfully requires a three-week course of antibiotics,
>instead of the single dose of medicine used to treat common strains of
>chlamydia. Because it is difficult to distinguish early infections of
>LGV from the more benign microbes, Mitchell said the city is
>recommending that doctors treat all cases of rectal chlamydia with the
>three-week regimen.
>"We think doctors should err on the side of caution,'' he said.
>City epidemiologists found the three additional cases by screening
>samples taken from more than 100 patients treated for rectal chlamydia
>in the past year.
>E-mail Sabin Russell at srussell@sfchronicle.com
roommates wanted
CA House Residential Community
CA House has an intentional residential community with four bedrooms. Living in community provides students with the opportunity to grow in faith/spirituality through reflection, group process, and discernment. Students can choose to be involved in spiritual direction, covenant groups or other activities of their own choosing. Service to others and the wider community is fostered and lived out.
Our house is located at 433 Russell Blvd., right across the street from Primero Grove.
Rent: $525 single room, utilities, wireless DSL, parking included.
CA House is an ecumenical campus ministry that lives out its faith in action on issues of peace and justice. We are a reconciling ministry, which means that we that we are dedicated to full participation in the life and mission of the church without regard for sexual orientation, personal background or human condition. We welcome people of all faith traditions and spiritualities.
Find out more, get an application and see pictures of the house at cahouse.org/intentio.htm.
Or, call Maria at (530)753-2000.
1 or 2 rooms available in contemporary, like-new house.
It's a 3/2 and you would be sharing with a female grad student in the creative writing
department, and her fabulous dog. There's even a private hot tub. Just off
5th. Gay friendly. Pet friendly. Call Kate at (530) 848-4840.
Room Available Starting Winter Quarter
Sharps n' Flats // South Davis
3 bedroom townhouse with three other girls. Close to the W Line
bus stop, plus Safeway, Rite-Aid, KFC, and other good stuff. About
$430/mo plus utilities. Contact Trish @ 916.397.0839 or
feeshsauce@gmail.com =)
Sublet Studio in San Francisco
Available January 30th through the second week of June
>looking for someone to sublet our studio during that
>period. It is in San Francisco in the "Tendernob" neighborhood,
>specifically on Hyde Street between Geary and O'farrell. It is in easy
>walking distance to Union Square and Nob Hill shops and restaraunts,
>and if you are in good shape you can pretty much walk
>all over the city from this apartment. It will stay
>furnished with a desk, queen-sized bed, and everything
>that is needed in the kitchen. It costs $800 a month
>in rent, utilities are dirt cheap and we'd most likely
>just keep them in our name. It is cable internet and
>TV ready and we'll be leaving our TV, DVD and video
>players. If you are interested or know anyone who
>would be interested, email me as soon as possible so
>we can work out the details.
>Alternately, if anyone is interested in having our
>studio on occasional weekends to hang out in the city,
>let me know that too. If we're unable to sublet it,
>we'd like to leave the sets of keys with some friends
>so it can at least get some use while we're eating the
>cost. Here's a link to some pictures and I can send
>you more of them if you're interested.
>pics.livejournal.com/tigerpa...000024er
>Love you all.
>~Faith
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volunteer
Volunteer at the Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference @ UCD
Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities and Identities”
February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
>We are looking for volunteers to assist in areas such as registration, courtesy, security, tech support, and other exciting positions. Please respond to Ed'd Luna at ealuna@ucdavis.edu and/or Tiffanie O'Neill at helloiamtiff@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Volunteer! Sign up for the Homestay Program at the WRCC!
Become a Homestay Host for the Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference @ UCD
February 18-20, 2005
Help provide WRCC attendees (who may not have the privilege of being able to stay in a hotel) a place to stay (with yOU!). wow what a great opportunity to build community!
Contact Ed’d Luna at edd.luna@gmail.com
Volunteer at the LGBT Resource Center!
want to get involved with the LGBTQIA community? sign up to be a volunteer! contact Hector, (Community Intern & Volunteer Coordinator) hdmarinrodas@ucdavis.edu.
Become an LGBTQIA Peer Educator with the LGBT Resource Center!
If you are interested in facilitating programs and presentations on campus, this program is for you. No experience necessary to participate, training is provided. Stop by the LGBT Resource Center to fill out an application. If you have questions contact Sheri Atkinson slatkinson@ucdavis.edu or 752-2452.
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GEt LiSTED
housing? upcoming events? get listed on our weekly e-newsletter. email exact information to lgbtresourcecenter@ucdavis.edu with the subject heading “e-news”
(we reserve the right to edit any inappropriate requests).
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iN thiS iSSUe:
chronological e-news:
16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference (pre-reg. Deadline 2/04/05)
Call for Submissions for Journal of Lesbian Studies (Deadline 2/11/05)
Success! Student Leadership Conference (2/12/05)
Understanding Sexual Orientation and Transgender (2/15/05)
Teach For America (Deadline 2/18/05)
UCD 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference (Deadline 2/18/05)
2005 Teaching Award Nominations for Grad Students (Deadline 2/22/05)
‘06-‘07 Student Regent Application (Deadline 2/24/05)
“The Changing Meanings of Marriage” – Lecture by E.J. Graff (2/24/05)
Women on the Verge.. Making the Leap from College to Work (2/25/05)
Western Students of Color Conference (2/25/05 – 2/27/05)
Winter Self Defense Workshop (2/26/05 , 2/27/05)
UC Berkeley’s Women’s Rights Conference (2/26/05 , 2/27/05)
NGLTF 2005 Summer Organizing Fellowship (Deadline 2/28/05)
Empowering Women of Color Conference – UC Berkeley (3/3/05 – 3/5/05)
“Hot Red and Blue: Queers and the Electoral Imaginary” (3/10/05)
President’s Undergraduate Fellowships (Deadline 4/15/05)
Queer Studies Research Conference – Sonoma State University (06/05)
organizational meetings:
Asian Pacific Islander Queers (APIQ) Meetings
Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity
La Familia Meetings
Lambda Delta Lambda Sorority
queer womyn of colour (qwoc) meetings
Sacramento Lesbians of Color
UC Davis LGBTAA
Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference (WRCC) Meetings
miscellaneous:
Winter Schedule at the ARC Wellness Center
Nominate! Lambda Awards 2005
Nominate! Best of the Best – LGBT-Friendly Campus
Lesbian Women Needed for Body Image Research
Uptown Studios Sacramento
African American Lesbian Resource
Marriage Equality
Gay Men’s Health Alert
Roommates Wanted
Volunteer
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chronological e-news
16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities and Identities”
Early registration for the Conference is due February 4th.
February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
>We are looking for volunteers to assist in areas such as registration, courtesy, security, tech support, and other exciting positions. Please respond to Ed'd Luna at ealuna@ucdavis.edu and/or Tiffanie O'Neill at helloiamtiff@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Applications are available at the LGBTRC and the CCC. You can register online at the Conference website as well. www.comeoutwest.org
On-site registration pending availability. Registration forms are available on-line.
More information:
The Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference will be one of the only regional educational efforts to address the health and safety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex individuals. The conference will reach young people all over California and the western region of the United States, while bringing needed attention to such issues as hate crimes, health and family issues, and the empowerment of young people to challenge a homophobic and heterosexist world. The conference will reach out to heterosexual allies in our schools, faith organizations, and cultural communities to raise awareness and address social issues.
Keynote speakers for this year’s conference include: Monroe France, Lani Ka’ahumanu, and Emi Koyama.
Monroe France is the Coordinator of Social Justice Programs at New York University’s Office of Student Activities (OSA). He is the founder, co-owner, and one of the primary facilitators for Envision, a social justice consulting organization. As a professional in higher education Monroe’s passion for anti-oppression and social justice work has translated into developing programs and training and educational initiatives that provide both students and professionals the tools needed to begin the work of understanding self and their responsibilities within the world.
Ka‘ahumanu is a published author, editor, and poet. She and Loraine Hutchins co-edited the ground breaking feminist anthology BI ANY OTHER NAME: Bisexual People Speak Out (Alyson, 1991), which was listed on the Top 100 Queer Books of the 20th Century by Lambda Book Review.
Emi Koyama is a multi-issue social justice slut synthesizing feminist, Asian, survivor, dyke, queer, sex worker, intersex, genderqueer, and crip politics, as these factors, while not a complete descriptor of who she is, all impacted her life. Emi is currently the director of Intersex Initiative.
Saturday evening entertainment includes Deep Dickollective, a queer hip hop group; King Heat, a drag king event created by Fast Friday Production’s Sile P. Singleton; Sarwat Rumi from Mango Tribe! all followed by dancing.
All events will be held on the main UC Davis campus in the Memorial Union and Freeborn Hall. Pre-registration ends February 4, 2005. On-site registration is available pending availability. To learn more about the Conference's past, present, future I invite you to go to our conference's website for updates at: www.comeoutwest.org. Contact: Sheri Atkinson, slatkinson@ucdavis.edu 530-752-2452
Sign up for the Homestay Program!
Become a Homestay Host & help provide WRCC attendees (who may not have the privilege of being able to stay in a hotel) a place to stay (with yOU!). wow what a great opportunity to build community!
Contact Ed’d Luna at edd.luna@gmail.com
Call for Submissions for Lesbian Studies Journal
Deadline: February 11, 2005
Dear List Members,
>
>I am editing a special issue of The Journal of Lesbian
>Studies on 'Lesbian Studies in the Twenty-First
>Century with Katherine O'Donnell. As part of the
>special issue we will have a number of position
>pieces. We are currently looking for people to write
>position pieces on lesbians/Lesbian Studies in China,
>Japan, Thailand; lesbians/Lesbian Studies and
>queer-straight indentity/theory; lesbians/Lesbian
>Studies in Russia; and trans.
>
>If anybody is interested in writing a short position
>piece on one of these topics or knows of someone who
>would be interested, I would be grateful if you would
>contact Katherine and me off-list:
>noreen.giffney@ucd.ie and katherine.odonnell@ucd.ie.
>Position pieces are c. 2,000 words (notes extra) and
>the submission date is Friday 11 February 2005. These
>position pieces will be peer reviewed. Also, if there
>is a position piece that you think is needed we would
>be grateful for any additional suggestions.
>
>Position pieces are currently being written by Sally
>Munt, Karla Jay, Peg Cruikshank, Michele Aina Barale,
>Ruth Vanita, Sara MacBride-Stewart, Morgan Holmes,
>Donna McCormack, Kay Inckle, Suzy Byrne, Noreen
>Giffney and Michael O'Rourke, Antke Engel, Consuelo
>Rivera-Fuentes, and Bernedette Muthien.
>
>Noreen Giffney
>University College Dublin, Ireland
>noreen.giffney@ucd.ie
Success! Student Leadership Conference
Saturday, February 12, 2005
9am – 2pm @ the ARC
A wide selection of workshops, as well as keynote speakers and a networking lunch with UC Davis alumni. Participants who attend the entire conference will receive credit for three workshops on their Leadership Transcript. For more information and for registration, see their website at studentleadership.ucdavis.edu
Understanding Sexual Orientation and Transgender
Tuesday, February 15, 2005
1pm – 4:30pm @ East Conference Room, MU
This workshop will offer knowledge and information about the lives and experiences of people who are LGBTI, and provide useful strategies for creating a work environment that is inclusive and respectful. Facilitated by Mikael Villalobos and Catrina Wagner.
Teach For America
Join our movement to ensure that all children in this nation will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. www.teachforamerica.org
Application Deadlines: February 18, 2005
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In our country, a child s birthplace too often determines his or her educational and life prospects. Educational inequity must be our generation's civil rights issue.
Teach For America is building the movement to address this injustice by calling upon our country's most promising future leaders to commit two years to teach in urban and rural public schools and to become lifelong advocates for change.
We seek the most outstanding graduating college seniors and recent college graduates - from all majors such as business, medicine, politics, law, education, and social policy - to assume a tremendous leadership role to ensure that their students gain the academic skills needed to succeed in life.
- In the short run, we provide excellent teachers who make an immediate impact in the lives of children growing up in low-income communities by raising their students academic achievement.
- In the long run, our alumni gain the insight, credibility, and network that are critical to effecting meaningful long-term change both inside and outside education.
- As a result of this experience, our alumni are better positioned to succeed in whatever career they ultimately pursue.
This is an enormously difficult endeavor, but we have seen firsthand the tremendous impact our corps members and alumni can have. If you have what it takes - both to excel as a teacher despite immense challenges and to assume great influence in our country - join our movement today.
Seeking all majors. No previous education experience or coursework necessary. Full first-year teacher salary and benefits, financial aid, plus a $9,450 AmeriCorps education award (if eligible). Student loan forbearance and interest payments for two years.
To learn more, visit www.teachforamerica.org <www.teachforamerica.org>, contact admissions@teachforamerica.org <mailto:admissions@teachforamerica.org>, or subscribe to our e-newsletter at: <www.teachforamerica.org/online...e.jsp>. If you would like to meet with Chris Weber, the recruitment director for Teach For America at Davis, please e-mail Abby Frost at abby.frost@teachforamerica.org <mailto:abby.frost@teachforamerica.org> to schedule an appointment.
UC Davis 16th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference
Dear Students Who are Interested in Research:
I would like you to know about the UC Davis 16th Annual Undergraduate
Research Conference to be held this spring on Saturday, April 23, 2005 in
Wellman and Freeborn Halls. The conference is open to all UC Davis
students who have been conducting research under a faculty member. To
present in the Conference, you must submit your registration and
abstract online and submit a hard copy of your abstract, signed by your
faculty mentor, to Diane Jones by Friday, February 18, 2005 at 5:00 p.m.
Details about the conference can be found at urc.ucdavis.edu.
To help you with the process of writing your abstract, I have set
several workshops dates on "How to Write an Abstract for the
Undergraduate Research Conference". These workshops will be jointly led
by myself and a faculty member from the University Writing Program.
Please plan to attend one of the following:
* Workshop I - Thursday, January 27, 11:00 - 12:00 p.m. Mee Room
* Workshop II - Tuesday, February 1, 2:10 - 3:00 p.m. Mee Room
* Workshop III - Thursday, February 10, 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Mee Room
We will go over how the Conference works and cover the mechanics of
writing an effective abstract. Please email us if you any questions at
urc@ucdavis.edu
2005 Teaching Award Nominations
Nomination Deadline: February 22, 2005
Information on the award and the nomination application is available at www.gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/grad...a.htm
Do you know a graduate student who deserves to be recognized for exemplary teaching? Nominations are now being accepted, and anyone may submit a nomination!
’06-’07 Student Regent Application
Application Deadline: February 24, 2005
The application form for the 2006-07 student regent is now on the web in pdf format, which can be filled out on-line and printed out. www.universityofcalifornia.edu/re...ml, click on Application Form.
Paper copies should be coming to me from the printers by early next week, and I will fed ex them to you all as soon as I get them.
“The Changing Meanings of Marriage”
Thursday, February 25, 2005
7pm – 8:30pm @ the ARC Ballrooms A and B
A lecture and discussion by author E.J. Graff. Students free, others $10 donation suggested.
Women on the Verge.. Making the Leap from College to Work
Friday, February 25
10am-2:30pm
If you're a woman on the verge of graduating (or just like to plan ahead), this day of exploration and skill-building is for you! Focused workshops will help you figure out what's important to you in a job, how to interview well, respond to family and cultural expectations, and provide plenty of inspiration and advice from recent UCD alums. Not sure where you're headed? Not to worry, this short conference will get you thinking about the possibilities! Lunch is provided, and Student Leadership credit is available!
Register via the web at: wrrc.ucdavis.edu or call the Women's Center at 752-3372.
Western Students of Color Conference
February 25 through 27, 2005
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon
For more info call 503-286-0477 or email OSCC@orstudents.org
Winter Self-Defense Workshop
Saturday and Sunday, February 26 and 27
Rape Aggression Defense teaches you strategies to increase your awareness and reduce risk as well as providing simple and effective self-defense techniques. This is a participatory, comprehensive training taught by certified instructors. Grab a friend and sign up now by calling the WRRC at 752-3372.
UC Berkeley’s Women’s Right Conference
February 26 (9 – 4pm) and February 27 (9 to 1pm)
UC Berkeley Campus, Barrows Hall
Free event to the public
Featuring: Women in Prison, Transgender Activism, Sexual Health, Learning from Immigrant Activists and Workers. With key-note speaker Dean Spade (Transgender Legal Activist). For more information and to pre-register, visit www.womensrightsconference.com.
NGLTF 2005 Summer Organizing Fellowship
Application Deadline: February 28, 2005
Decisions made by: April 15, 2005
APPLICATION DEADLINE: For Summer 2005, application deadline is Monday, February 28, 2005. The applications process will begin January 17, 2005. Decisions will be made and communicated by April 15.
WHAT IS THE ORGANIZING AND TRAINING DEPARTMENT OF THE TASK FORCE? The Organizing & Training Department (O&T) partners with state and local LGBT political groups to help them do their political work and community organizing with increasingly advanced competence and capability. By working side by side in local communities across the country to educate, train, and mentor, O&T is able to harness the energy of individuals and help direct it down a path that will enable the group to achieve its goals. By making this investment we are able to help develop leaders among ordinary people and train these leaders to create a local organization that will involve increasing numbers of people and be self sustaining and more powerful over time. Our highest priorities include working with communities under attack from religious political extremists. We are both very practical and interested in winning in the short-run -- in taking on even the most difficult community emergencies -- and we are focused on the long-term as well. Thinking strategically and simultaneously about the short-term and long-term is what has allowed us not to only to win specific election victories, but also to achieve a national turnaround in these ballot measure fights.
WHAT IS THE ORGANIZING AND TRAINING FELLOWSHIP This is not your average fellowship. The O&T Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for individuals interested in building grassroots political power. O&T Fellows will work as part of a dynamic field team based in either our New York, Washington DC, or Los Angeles office. The fellows will: - Create and lead training related to organizing action, both in the field and at meetings, conferences, events, and The Task Force annual Creating Change conference. - Collaborate with Task Force staff nationwide - on Task Force priority projects. Current high priority projects include helping communities under attack from Right-wing extremist groups defeat anti-LGBT ballot measures. - Recruit, train, and motivate volunteers to understand and then do action. - Talk face-to-face with voters about issues of importance to the LGBT community - Travel an average of 10 days a month to local communities, helping them build political power
STIPEND Summer Organizing Fellows are paid a stipend of $400 per 40 hour week. The summer 2004 term runs from June – August with a possible November extension. Organizing fellows may be placed in strategic locations where anti-gay measures are being waged against the LGBT community. Summer Organizers are responsible for their own housing and living expenses.
QUALIFICATIONS
Applicants must be: Enrolled in a degree program at least half-time as a graduate or undergraduate student, or have successfully completed a graduate or undergraduate degree within the 12 months preceding the application deadline. Women and people of color are especially encouraged to apply.
Applicants interested should have: · Enormous drive to achieve measurable progress towards meaningful social change. · Enthusiastic desire to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment. · Highly organized, detail-oriented and responsible self-starter. · Excellent listening, speaking, and writing skills. · Knowledge of and great curiosity about all aspects of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. · Ability and desire to travel. This fellowship requires time on the road. · Willingness to work evening and weekend hours when projects demand it. · Capacity and desire to work in a multi-cultural environment where commitment to diversity based on race, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical ability is an important institutional value
Applications must include: 1. Cover letter outlining your interest and background, if any, in organizing LGBT people. 2. Resume 3. Contact Information for three references 4. A brief writing sample (maximum 5 pages) 5. Your college transcript
Applications must be received by February 28, 2005
Please mail application packages to: Jason Cooper -- O&T Fellowship Program National Gay and Lesbian Task Force 5455 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 1505 Los Angeles, CA 90036 Questions ? Contact Jason Cooper, Senior Field Organizer at jcooper@thetaskforce.org or 646-358-1451.
20th Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference (Berkeley, CA)
Confronting Power: A Century of Struggle and Movements
March 3-5, 2005
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC), which is acknowledged to be the longest running women of color conference in the country. For the past 20 years EWOCC has hosted a myriad of phenomenal speakers such as Dr. M Joyceln Elders, Nikki Giovanni, boona cheema, Cherrie Moraga, bell hooks, Gloria Anzaldúa, Sistah Soulja and Sonia Sanchez. Additionally, June Jordan, Alice Walker, Angela Davis, and Gina Pacaldao participated in EWOCC's 1992 sold-out benefit entitled "Rising Up Live?.
The 2005 conference themed "Confronting Power: A Century of Struggle and Movements" will feature Susan L. Taylor, editorial director of ESSENCE magazine; Dolores Huerta, co-founder and First Vice President Emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO ("UFW"); Elaine Brown, activist, author and the first and only woman to lead the Black Panther Party; Angela Oh, trial attorney who currently serves as an appointee of the Mayor of Los Angeles to the City Human Relations Commission, and past Presidential appointee to Clinton's Advisory Board to the Initiative on Race; and Lakota Harden, American Indian orator, poet and activist. Also included: book signings, stimulating workshops, exceptional vendors, resource fair, cultural performances, the Women of Color Film Festival and much more!
Conference events will be held at the Berkeley Art Museum (BAM/PFA)-March 3 and in the Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) Student Union Building- March 4-5 on the University of California, Berkeley campus. BAM/PFA is located on the southern edge of the UC Berkeley campus between College and Telegraph
(entrances: 2626 Bancroft Way and 2621 Durant Avenue). MLK is located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Telegraph Ave. and Bancroft Ave. For more information, see UC Berkeley's campus map or directions to Campus. Wheelchair accessible.
Pre-register online at ewocc.berkeley.edu or in-person beginning March 3 at 6 p.m. in BAM or at 8 a.m. March 5 in MLK.
The purpose of the Empowering Women of Color Conference (EWOCC) is to build bridges between academic and community women of color, in an effort to assist them in sharing resources, strategies, and visions that will empower them at all levels of society. The Conference also strives to build networks between different generations, ethnic and racial groups, socioeconomic levels, sexual orientations, and physical abilities. Few forums exist wherein women of color are provided the space to dialogue about the issues that matter most to them. EWOCC provides such a forum. For additional information, conference schedule of events and registration fees please visit ewocc.berkeley.edu
Brought to you by the Graduate Women's Project of the Graduate Assembly at the University of California, Berkeley
Gabriela Erandi Rico
University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Program in Ethnic Studies
Graduate Assembly Coordinator
Women of Color Initiative
Tel: (510) 642-2876
Fax: (510) 642-7721
ewocc.berkeley.edu
“Hot Red and Blue: Queers and the Electoral Imaginary”
Thursday, March 10, 2005
3201 Hart Hall
Part of the Cultural Studies Colloquium Series. Hosted by Karen Tongson, Assistant Professor from the Women & Gender Studies Department of University of Southern California.
President’s Undergraduate Fellowships
Deadline: April 15, 2005
Applications available in 17 Wellman Hall or online at trc.ucdavis.edu/
PUF provides funds for undergraduate students to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision. Support funds are available to defray the cost of these projects. Question and answer sessions on the PUF Program will be held in the MU DeCarli Room on: February 18 @ 12pm, March 3 @ 6pm, April 5 @ 4pm, April 11 @ 4pm.
Queer Studies Student Research Conference
>>Information about Sonoma State University's
>>first Queer Studies Student Research Conference in June 2005
>>is now online at Out@sonoma - www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/outatsonoma/.
>>It's just before the Pride parade in San Francisco, so you can attend both!
>>Please pass the word along to your students and friends and invite
>>them to participate and attend.
>>Kris Montgomery
>>Coordinator, Women's Resource Center
>>Sonoma State University, Student Union
>>Rohnert Park, CA 94928
>>707.664.2845
>>www.sonoma.edu/campuslife/wrc/
>>kris.montgomery@sonoma.edu
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organizational meetings
Asian Pacific Islander Queers Meetings
Thursdays 7-9pm
Contact: apiqcore@ucdavis.edu
Or visit www.ucdapiq.com for more info.
Delta Lambda Phi Fraternity
Contact: Maverick Vu dlp@ucdavis.edu
La Familia Meetings
Biweekly Meetings Mondays 8-9pm
Contact: Glinder Satalaya gsatalaya@ucdavis.edu or Gaby Jimenez morenaangeld@yahoo.com
Lambda Delta Lambda Sorority
Contact: lambdadeltalambda@yahoo.com
queer womyn of colour (qwoc)
a safe space for queer womyn of colour to dialogue, address issues, organize, build community, & have freedom to shape the space creatively. (early Winter Quarter 2005).
Co-Sponsored by: the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Resource Center and the Women’s Resources & Research Center
core group qwoc meetings ever other Monday 5-6pm
qwoc mtgs every other Monday 5-7pm (staggered with core group mtgs)
For more information, to get involved with the group &/or the core group..
please contact: qwoc@ucdavis.edu
Sacramento Lesbians of Color
The Sacramento Lesbians of Color is not a coming out group, but a discussion group to build community. It will help build a network of womyn of color who are at least 18 years old. The group is a safe place to network, increase community awareness, and share life experiences.
Location: Lambda Center; 1927 L Street; Sacramento, CA 95814
Time: The third Thursday of the month at 7:00 – 8:30pm.
Group Contact : Lisa 916-427-0221 or sacloc@zunainstitute.org
Program Sponsor: Zuna Institute
www.zunainstitute.org
4660 Natomas Blvd 120-181
Sacramento, CA 95835
916-419-5075
UC Davis Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Ally Alumni (LGBTAA)
Contact: Jinnifer Pitcher jinnipitcher@ucdavis-alumni.com
www.alumni.ucdavis.edu/lgbtaa
Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
WRCC Planning Committee Meetings
Planning meetings: Wednesdays 4-6pm @ LGBTRC
Working meetings: Fridays 1pm-? @ LGBTRC
Contact: Jeff Lagasca at jmlagasca@ucdavis.edu
Conference: February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
**Registration Applications, Fees & more information at www.comeoutwest.org
**Volunteer!! Come to Friday meetings! Contact Tiffanie tmoniell@ucdavis.edu
If you have any questions please contact any of the following:
Sheri Atkinson, Director LGBT Resource Center, UC Davis slatkinson@ucdavis.edu
Jeff Lagasca, Programming co-chair, jmlagasca@ucdavis.edu
Ed'd Luna, Queers of Color co-chair, ealuna@ucdavis.edu
Diego Luna, Logistics co-chair, saintjamal@yahoo.com
Nancy Tubbs, Director LGBT Resource Center, UC Irvine, nancyt@ucrac1.ucr.edu
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miscellaneous
Winter Schedule at the ARC Wellness Center
Ongoing Services and Programs
Drop-in with the Registered Dietician every Tues 1-3
Chair Massage: Tues 10-1, Wed 12-5, Thurs 11-2
Wellness Wednesday Workshops - every Wed. 5-6 pm, ARC #3
Feb 2 - Guided Imagery and Visualization
Feb. 9- Mindfulness Meditation
Feb. 16- Negative Thinking and refuting Irrational Thoughts
Feb 23- Mindful Eating
March 2- The Art of Sleep
March 9- Creating a Healing Setting
Special Events
National Girl's and Women in Sport's Day Celebration, Feb. 9, 7-9 pm, ARC Ballroom
Fueling the Body, Presented by Marlia Braun, PHD, Feb. 28, 7-8 pm, ARC Ballroom
Celebrate Your Body Week Events - Feb. 28-March 4, details to follow
Are You in the Training Zone, Massimo Testa, MD, March 28, 7-8pm, ARC Ballroom
Stress Free Zone, March 14-18, more details to follow
Please contact the Wellness Center for more information 754-2179 wellnesscenter@ucdavis.edu
Nominate! Lambda Awards 2005
The 2005 Lambda Awards Committee is accepting community nominations for our Annual Awards to be given out on Monday, March 21, 2005.
To nominate someone for one of our prestigious awards go on our website and submit your nominations.
www.lambdasac.org/awards
We will be honoring the “Best of the Best”, those wonderful people, both inside and outside the LGBT community, who have distinguished themselves in either their service to our community or their efforts to end discrimination towards us. With your help in nominating someone we can make sure the right person wins the award.
Nominate! Best of the Best –LGBT-Friendly Campus
GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST!!!
>GO ONLINE TO THE BEST: www.campuspride.net/best
>GET LISTED DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2005
>**IS YOUR CAMPUS LGBT FRIENDLY?
>**DOES YOUR CAMPUS DESERVE TO BE LISTED AMONG THE BEST?
>**DOES YOUR CAMPUS WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE ABSOLUTE BEST IT HAS TO OFFER
>LGBT STUDENTS?
>THEN, GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED IN THE NEW BOOK "BEST OF THE BEST: AN
>OFFICIAL QUEER GUIDE TO HIGHER EDUCATION"... ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IN THREE STEPS:
>STEP ONE: NOMINATE YOUR CAMPUS
>STEP TWO: SUBMIT AT LEAST ONE FACULTY/STAFF ONLINE INTERVIEW STEP
>THREE: SUBMIT AT LEAST FIVE LGBT STUDENT ONLINE INTERVIEWS
>THAT'S IT... YOU'RE CAMPUS WILL THEN BE CONSIDERED FOR THE BEST OF THE
>BEST! GET YOUR CAMPUS LISTED AMONG THE BEST OF THE BEST!!! GO ONLINE
>NOW TO THE BEST: www.campuspride.net/best GET LISTED DEADLINE:
>MAY 1, 2005
Lesbian Women Needed For Body Image Research
Hi Sheri,
I am a faculty member at Ohio State University in the counseling psychology program. A graduate student and I are working on a research project investigating the body image of lesbian women. The study is online and we were wondering if you would be willing to place the URL of the study in any email newsletter or listServ that the LGBT Resource Center at UC Davis distributes.
Let me tell you a little bit about the study. As of right now, there is a dearth of available literature on the body image experience of lesbian women. It's been hypothesized that belonging to the lesbian subculture may result in special protections against eating disorders and body image disturbances. However, to date, there is little support for this as studies on this topic have been prone to small samples and poor methodology. Our study is seeking to remedy this by investigating a comprehensive model of body image, called objectification theory, on lesbian women.
We are seeking about 300 lesbian women between the ages of 18-24 to complete the study online. It should take about 15-20 minutes to complete and it's completely anonymous. However, if students wish to, they can enter their email address at the end of the study to be entered into a drawing in which two participants will be chosen at random to receive $50. We have received Human Subjects IRB approval from Ohio State. We intend to submit the study for publication in such peer-reviewed journals as "Psychology of Women Quarterly" or "Sex Roles". At the bottom of this email is a short description of the study and a link that you can include in your newsletter or Listserv. Please feel free to email or phone either of us if you have any questions or concerns.
Thank you so much for your time and consideration!
Tracy Tylka, Ph.D. Holly Kozee, B.S.
Assistant Professor Doctoral Student
(740) 389-6786 ext.6384 (614) 475-0721
106 Townshend Hall 109 Townshend Hall
Counseling Psychology Counseling Psychology
The Ohio State University The Ohio State University
tylka.2@osu.edu kozee.1@osu.edu
www.marpsy.net/bio/tracy.htm glbtcareer.org.ohio-state.edu
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY
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Brief Online Research Study on Body Image
To date, there has been little research done on the body image concerns of lesbian women. You can help to change this by participating in a brief online study that is currently being conducted by researchers in the department of psychology Ohio State University. The study takes about 15 minutes to complete and is completely anonymous. Also, participants will be offered the chance to be entered into a drawing for $50. If you are interested go to: www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp or email kozee.1@osu.edu for the link or any questions.
Uptown Studios
To sign up for our e-mail lists, click here:
www.sacsisterhood.com/list.php
(Check ALL the boxes next to the lists you're signing up for.)
Uptown Studios - A Cultural Hub www.uptownstudiosgallery.com
African American Lesbian Resource
www.geocities.com/WestHolly...Park/2535/
> i found it very helpful and well put together. the links are also very helpful for minority lesbians in general that have "invisiblity" issues on campus as well as community formation issues.
Marriage Equality
>"Marriage, Anything Less Is Less Than Equal"
>Friends,
>As some of you have now heard, Marriage Equality California is taking
>its message on the road! The Get Engaged Tour consists of 9 volunteer teams
>who will travel through the state in order to establish chapters in every
>county! The "Mid East" team is headed to Yolo, Solano, Placer, Nevada,
>Sacramento, El Dorado and Amador. (Team Captain Toby Adams:
>toby.adams@gmail.com). We can use your help! Email me or Toby if you are
>interested in becoming involved.
Another way you can help:
>We now have Ink Cartridge Collection Boxes at the Open Book and the
>Lambda
>Center, so tell all of your friends, family, email lists, etc. to bring
>down their old cartridges to help us with the Get Engaged Tour. We get
>from $2 to $4 per empty cartridge! Have a cup of coffee while you're at
>the Open Book!
>
> The Open Book
> 910 21st STREET, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 95814-3118
> www.openbookltd.com
>
> Lambda Center
> 1927 L Street
> Sacramento, CA 95814-4108
> www.lambdasac.org
>
>Stay tuned for information on our next meeting!
>
>In marriage,
>Kinna
Gay Men’s Health Alert
>HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE ALERT ABOUT RARE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE
>
>by Sabin Russell, Chronicle Medical Writer
>SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
>21 Dec 04
>
>San Francisco public health officials issued a warning Monday that a
>rare and potentially debilitating sexually transmitted disease reported
>recently in the Netherlands has turned up among a small number of
>patients in the city.
>
>Known as lymphogranuloma venereum, or LGV, the disease is a form of the
>common sexually transmitted infection chlamydia -- but this particular
>strain can cause scarring of the genitals and colon, and can produce a
>swelling and bursting of lymph glands near the groin.
>
>Although the disease is seldom seen outside of poor, tropical nations,
>doctors in Rotterdam reported 92 cases among gay men during a 17-month
>period ending in September. Isolated cases have also been reported in
>Belgium, France, Sweden and Atlanta, Ga.
>
>In November, doctors at San Francisco's City Clinic treated one man
>with the disease, and subsequent tests of stored specimens spotted
>three other cases that occurred this summer but had gone undetected by
>conventional screens.
>
>None of the four patients who were found to have the bug in San
>Francisco had visited the Netherlands, an indication there may be other
>cases yet to be discovered in the city, said Dr. Sam Mitchell, a
>Department of Public Health epidemiologist.
>
>The four cases in San Francisco were among gay men, some of whom also
>tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Mitchell said
>there is no indication that HIV-positive patients are at higher risk
>for complications of LGV, but there is concern that a patient with the
>chlamydia infection might be more prone to contract HIV because of the
>ulceration caused by the bacteria.
>
>As unpleasant as this form of chlamydia may be, it is easily treatable
>if caught in time. "The idea is to knock it out quickly. If it
>circulates widely, it could be quite challenging,'' Mitchell said.
>
>Treating LGV successfully requires a three-week course of antibiotics,
>instead of the single dose of medicine used to treat common strains of
>chlamydia. Because it is difficult to distinguish early infections of
>LGV from the more benign microbes, Mitchell said the city is
>recommending that doctors treat all cases of rectal chlamydia with the
>three-week regimen.
>"We think doctors should err on the side of caution,'' he said.
>City epidemiologists found the three additional cases by screening
>samples taken from more than 100 patients treated for rectal chlamydia
>in the past year.
>E-mail Sabin Russell at srussell@sfchronicle.com
roommates wanted
CA House Residential Community
CA House has an intentional residential community with four bedrooms. Living in community provides students with the opportunity to grow in faith/spirituality through reflection, group process, and discernment. Students can choose to be involved in spiritual direction, covenant groups or other activities of their own choosing. Service to others and the wider community is fostered and lived out.
Our house is located at 433 Russell Blvd., right across the street from Primero Grove.
Rent: $525 single room, utilities, wireless DSL, parking included.
CA House is an ecumenical campus ministry that lives out its faith in action on issues of peace and justice. We are a reconciling ministry, which means that we that we are dedicated to full participation in the life and mission of the church without regard for sexual orientation, personal background or human condition. We welcome people of all faith traditions and spiritualities.
Find out more, get an application and see pictures of the house at cahouse.org/intentio.htm.
Or, call Maria at (530)753-2000.
1 or 2 rooms available in contemporary, like-new house.
It's a 3/2 and you would be sharing with a female grad student in the creative writing
department, and her fabulous dog. There's even a private hot tub. Just off
5th. Gay friendly. Pet friendly. Call Kate at (530) 848-4840.
Room Available Starting Winter Quarter
Sharps n' Flats // South Davis
3 bedroom townhouse with three other girls. Close to the W Line
bus stop, plus Safeway, Rite-Aid, KFC, and other good stuff. About
$430/mo plus utilities. Contact Trish @ 916.397.0839 or
feeshsauce@gmail.com =)
Sublet Studio in San Francisco
Available January 30th through the second week of June
>looking for someone to sublet our studio during that
>period. It is in San Francisco in the "Tendernob" neighborhood,
>specifically on Hyde Street between Geary and O'farrell. It is in easy
>walking distance to Union Square and Nob Hill shops and restaraunts,
>and if you are in good shape you can pretty much walk
>all over the city from this apartment. It will stay
>furnished with a desk, queen-sized bed, and everything
>that is needed in the kitchen. It costs $800 a month
>in rent, utilities are dirt cheap and we'd most likely
>just keep them in our name. It is cable internet and
>TV ready and we'll be leaving our TV, DVD and video
>players. If you are interested or know anyone who
>would be interested, email me as soon as possible so
>we can work out the details.
>Alternately, if anyone is interested in having our
>studio on occasional weekends to hang out in the city,
>let me know that too. If we're unable to sublet it,
>we'd like to leave the sets of keys with some friends
>so it can at least get some use while we're eating the
>cost. Here's a link to some pictures and I can send
>you more of them if you're interested.
>pics.livejournal.com/tigerpa...000024er
>Love you all.
>~Faith
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volunteer
Volunteer at the Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference @ UCD
Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities and Identities”
February 18-20, 2005 @ UC Davis
>We are looking for volunteers to assist in areas such as registration, courtesy, security, tech support, and other exciting positions. Please respond to Ed'd Luna at ealuna@ucdavis.edu and/or Tiffanie O'Neill at helloiamtiff@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Volunteer! Sign up for the Homestay Program at the WRCC!
Become a Homestay Host for the Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference @ UCD
February 18-20, 2005
Help provide WRCC attendees (who may not have the privilege of being able to stay in a hotel) a place to stay (with yOU!). wow what a great opportunity to build community!
Contact Ed’d Luna at edd.luna@gmail.com
Volunteer at the LGBT Resource Center!
want to get involved with the LGBTQIA community? sign up to be a volunteer! contact Hector, (Community Intern & Volunteer Coordinator) hdmarinrodas@ucdavis.edu.
Become an LGBTQIA Peer Educator with the LGBT Resource Center!
If you are interested in facilitating programs and presentations on campus, this program is for you. No experience necessary to participate, training is provided. Stop by the LGBT Resource Center to fill out an application. If you have questions contact Sheri Atkinson slatkinson@ucdavis.edu or 752-2452.
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GEt LiSTED
housing? upcoming events? get listed on our weekly e-newsletter. email exact information to lgbtresourcecenter@ucdavis.edu with the subject heading “e-news”
(we reserve the right to edit any inappropriate requests).
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