Rainbow Report
University of Maryland, College Park
“The
unstoppable & QUEER.”
"Being queer is like being on a lifetime assignment as a secret agent in some foreign country." -NORETTA KOERTGE
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LGBT Equity Programs:
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
May 1st, 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!
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.
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.
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.
Academic regalia is optional.
Co-Sponsored
Programs:
Queering Honors
o
Are you interested in
putting 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:.
Women 2 Women (W2W)
A
discussion group for LGBTQQIA- identified women. Tuesday, May 8, 7-8PM, Equity
Center.
Bro 2 Bro
A group
for LGBTQQIA- identified men. Wednesday, May 9, 6-7PM in the Equity Center.
Bisexuals at Maryland (BAM)
A discussion
group for those who inhabit the wide expanse that lay between gay and straight.
Thursday, May 10, 6-7PM at the Equity Center.
Trans U
A discussion
and safe space for those who identify as transgender, genderqueer, or otherwise
feel restricted by conventional definitions of "man" and
"woman". Thursday, May 10, 7-8PM, Equity Center.
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 May 14– 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
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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.
