Rainbow Report
University of Maryland, College Park
“The
unstoppable & QUEER.”
“Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot
uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person
who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We
have seen the future, and the future is ours.”
~Cesar Chavez
LGBT Equity Programs:
Queer Spanish
o Monday, April 16th, 5-6PM in
2218 Marie Mount Hall
o Grupo
de conversación informal con un ambiente queer.
o Informal
Spanish conversation group in a queer environment.
Queer Study Time (Every Wednesday)
o 2-4PM at 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o Come and study with others in a
queer-friendly space! Bring your books/laptop/work. We'll have some snacks and
friendly faces
Queer Luncheon (Every Thursday)
o
11:30 AM- 1 PM at 2218
Marie Mount Hall.
o
Join us for some queer
lunch!. Bring your food, we'll bring the games and good conversation!
Safe Space (Every Tuesday)
o
April 24th, 7:30 PM-9PM,
2308 Marie Mount Hall.
o A supportive environment for students navigating identity,
coming out, or transitioning. It is a partnership between the LGBT Equity
Center and Pride Alliance.
Lavender Graduation 2012
o
You are
cordially invited to the Fourteenth Annual Lavender Graduation at the
University of Maryland, College Park. Please celebrate with us!
o
Lavender
Graduation recognizes an important milestone in the lives of our LGBTQ and
Allied graduates. Each LGBTQA graduate will receive a rainbow tassel and
a certificate of achievement. This event also provides an opportunity for
our community to come together and honor those among us who have worked to make
College Park a better place for LGBTQ people.
o
This
year’s Lavender Graduation will be Saturday, May 19, 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the
Colony Ballroom of the Stamp Student Union and includes both a ceremony and a
generous buffet.
o
The
University’s Main Commencement Ceremony will be Sunday, May 20 at 1:00
PM. College ceremonies will be immediately following the Main
Commencement and all day Monday, May 21. You are encouraged to participate in
all relevant commencement activities during these days. By beginning with
Lavender Graduation, you will have your Rainbow Tassel to wear at the other
ceremonies.
o
Graduates
at all levels are especially encouraged to attend and bring family, friends,
and other significant individuals in their lives. This may include
members of faculty or staff. Of course, all faculty and staff are
invited.
o
Lavender
Graduates are strongly encouraged to fill out the form completely and
early.(Some are already submitting their information.)For all others,
you need only respond to the first three questions and RSVP by May 6.
Co-Sponsored
Programs:
Queering Honors
o Would you like to put together a framework to help build a
visible queer community within the Honors program? This would be relatively
independent work that would involve talking with administrators, coordinating
programming, and trying to engage with other students to figure out needs and
build interest in this effort.
o
The Honors program is
interested in supporting this effort, but hesitant to commit substantial
resources unless we can demonstrate an active interest in this among Honors
students.
Additional Announcements:.
Women2Women (W2W):
o
Tuesday,
April 24th 7-8PM, in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o
a
group for LGBTQQIA- identified women.
Bisexuals at Maryland (BAM):
o
Thursday,
April 26th, 6-7PM, in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o
a
discussion group for those who inhabit the wide expanse that lay between gay
and straight.
Bro2Bro:
o
Wednesday,
April 25th, 6-8PM, in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o
a
group for LGBTQQIA- identified men.
TransU
o
Thursday,
April 26th, 7-8PM, in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
o
a discussion and safe space for those who identify as
transgender, genderqueer, or otherwise feel restricted by conventional
definitions of "man" and "woman".
Rodler-Wood Scholarship 2012
o
The
LGBT Studies Program invites applications for the Rodler-Wood Scholarship.
o
Full-time
undergraduate or graduate students returning in Fall 2012 are eligible
to apply for this $1000 award (towards Fall tuition costs). The award will
be made on the basis of one or more of the following criteria:demonstrated
financial need; hardship based on sexual orientation; academic
interest in LGBT Studies; extracurricular activities on behalf of LGBT issues.
o
Applicants
should submit:1) a brief written statement outlining their qualifications and
interests;2) an unofficial transcript; and 3) one letter of recommendation.
o
Hard
copies of materials should be submitted to the LGBT Studies Program,2417 Marie
Mount Hall, attn. JV Sapinoso, no later than Tuesday May 1.
o
Materials
may also be sent by e-mail attachment (Word or PDF only) by May 1 to
lgbts@umd.edu. Put “Rodler-Wood Scholarship” in
the subject line of your message.
o
A
list of past recipients of the Rodler-Wood Scholarship can be found at http://www.lgbts.umd.edu/partner.html
o
For
further information, contact JV Sapinoso sapinoso@umd.edu. For the facebook posting, go to https://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150677717648068
Help Center Transgender Panel
o
Thursday,
April 26th, 6:30 PM in Anne Arundel Hall
o
Through this panel, our organization is trying to
expand the basic knowledge and understanding of different trans experiences
both on campus and off. It is our hope that many members of the campus
community will be in attendance, and can learn from our panelists (both
students and community members) as well as ask questions freely.
Rainbow Families DC
o
Saturday, April 28, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm, Georgetown Day
School 4200 Davenport St NW Washington, DC 20016
o
RFDC is proud to present our biennial conference. The
Family Conference will bring together hundreds of parents and families, expert
panelists, service providers, businesses, schools and others interested in
connecting with the Rainbow Families DC community. Join us for a
full day of workshops, discussion groups, and social networking opportunities
designed to provide information and resources in a variety of topic areas of
importance to LGBT parents and prospective parents. The conference
also includes a fun and nurturing day of activities for children of all
ages.
o
Opening Session/Keynote Speaker:David Valdes Greenwood
is a nonfiction author and playwright. Valdes Greenwood has written about
same-sex marriage and parenting for the Boston Globe and AOL, and in his book
Homo Domesticus: Notes from a Same Sex Marriage, the first memoir of legal
same-sex marriage. His poignant and entertaining stories about
parenting can currently be found on The Huffington Post and his blog, “Diva Has
Two Daddies.” His other nonfiction books includeThe Rhinestone
Sisterhood and A Little Fruitcake: A Childhood in Holidays (a Today Show Top-10
holiday books pick). As a playwright, his work has been produced throughout the
United States and the United Kingdom, including the published drama Brave
Navigator. He is currently a Huntington Theatre Company Playwriting
Fellow. With an MFA from Emerson College, David has been teaching
writing to students of all ages for 20 years; currently, he is a Lecturer in
English at Tufts University. But his own education continues at
home, where his daughter keeps her two dads on their toes.
o
Link to more information and registration: http://www.rainbowfamiliesdc.org/conference-information
o
Contact: 202.747.0407 info@rainbowfamiliesdc.org
LGBT Health Survey
o
Ethan Mereish is a doctoral candidate at Boston
College. He is conducting an online research study on LGBTQ people’s health and
resilience in relation to discrimination and oppression. He is conducting his
dissertation study to help our community, and would like to use the results
from this study for the purposes of promoting our health and clinical
care.
o
The confidential survey takes approximately 30 minutes
to complete.
o
In appreciation for your participation, he will
donate $1 on each participants' behalf to a LGBTQ-affirming organization. As
an additional thank you for participating, LGBTQ university members have the
option of entering into raffle to win one of five $50 prizes. The study has
been approved by the Boston College Institutional Review Board and it is
supervised by Dr. Paul Poteat.
Victory Congressional Internship
o
The Victory Institute will
bring outstanding LGBTQ college students to Washington, D.C., for an intensive
leadership program, including a Congressional internship with an LGBT-friendly
member of Congress.
o
The program includes a
generous stipend, housing in D.C., placement in a congressional internship and
travel to/from Washington, D.C., as well as travel and registration to the
International Gay & Lesbian Leadership Conference in Long Beach,
California, in December 2012.
o Applications for Fall 2012 are due Monday, April 30 –
find out more and apply now at www.victoryinstitute.org/vci.
o
The Victory Congressional
Internship is open to current undergraduate students of all genders,
orientations, abilities, races, and political affiliations, including people
with majors other than political science.
Spend a Week at Harvard Business
School
o
Apply
for Harvard Business School's Summer Venture in Management Program. Application Deadline: May 16, 2012
o
The Harvard Business
School (HBS) Summer Venture in Management Program
(SVMP) is a one week management training
program for rising college seniors designed to increase diversity and
opportunity in business education. This thirty-year HBS tradition demonstrates
the many rewards of an MBA degree to students who may not otherwise
have considered this path. Participants spend a week on campus living the MBA
student experience – attending classes, analyzing case studies, and
debating management issues with peers and faculty.
o
This unique educational
experience, in combination with a summer internship at a sponsoring
company or organization, gives participants a broader understanding of the
challenges business leaders face, the innumerable opportunities that exist in
management, and the impact they can have on their community and the world
through leadership.
o
Participants will be
selected based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, and
personal characteristics. Consistent with the objective of promoting
educational diversity and opportunity in business leadership, additional
criteria to be considered among others, are whether the applicant is: The first family member to attend college; A member of a group that
is currently underrepresented in business schools and corporate America (e.g.
African-American, Latino, Native American, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, or
Transgender); From
a family with little business education or experience; and/or from a school
whose graduates do not typically attend a top-tier university (e.g., attends a
rural or predominantly minority college, or has attended a community college as
part of a four-year degree).
o
The SVMP Application will
be available online in February 2012. The deadline is May 16, 2012. To apply and for more information
about this program, please visit the SVMP website: http://www.hbs.edu/mba/svmp/.
Whitman-Walker Health
o
Need to talk? Whitman-Walker Health offers peer support.
o
No matter what you are going through, there are others who have
been there. Trained volunteers can provide individual and group support for
issues related to HIV, life stressors, loneliness, coming out, relationships,
and more.
o
For more information, contact Nick Choksi at 202-797-3580, or
email PeerSupport@whitman-walker.org. Whitman-Walker
Health is located at Elizabeth Taylor Medical
Center-- 1701
14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009.
Would you like your announcement
or program to appear in Rainbow Report? The Report is typically sent out on
Mondays. To ensure your announcement’s consideration for publication, submit it
via this form at least one week in advance: http://lgbt.umd.edu/newsletteritem.html
Would you like the LGBT Equity
Center to consider co-sponsoring one of your events by lending our name,
resources, or outreach support? Please submit all co-sponsorship requests
through this web form at least one week prior to requesting a decision on your
co-sponsorship request. Resources are limited. http://lgbt.umd.edu/cosponsorship.html If you wish to
engage in a deeper collaboration beyond event co-sponsorship, please talk and
meet with us directly.
If you have any questions,
comments, or concerns, feel free to contact us at 301-405-8720, by e-mail at
lgbt@umd.edu, or come to our office. We are located in 2218 Marie Mount Hall.
