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LGBT Equity Programs:
Queer Lunch
o
Wednesdays 11:30am to 1pm, 2218 Marie Mount Hall. Bring your lunch; we’ll bring the conversation and
fun! This week’s lunch will be an informal discussion about LGBTQ international
human rights movements.
Safe Space
o Thursdays 7pm,
2308 Marie Mount Hall. Safe Space
is a peer-facilitated supportive environment for any student navigating
identity, coming out, or transitioning. Even if you consider yourself already
“out,” this is a space to decompress, share what’s on your mind, and find
support. This Safe Space is for you!
Queer Camp 2013 Applications
o Freshman applications will be accepted on a first come, first served rolling
basis until September 16th,
2013. Participants will be notified of their
acceptance on a rolling basis and no later than September 20th, 2013.
Rainbow Terrapin Network
o Sign up
now for Rainbow Terrapin Network trainings along with our new Trans* Advocacy
Trainings! http://www.rainbowterps.umd.edu.
Queers Across Borders
o The
University of Maryland will host a group of international youth leaders from
Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean, who are working on human rights and sexual and
gender diversity and inclusion on Tuesday,
Oct. 1st, 2013 at 7pm in 6137 McKeldin Library (Special Events Room).
o Join us
for powerful stories of international guests and their experiences with LGBTQ
movements abroad, and cross-cultural dialogue about the true meaning of
“solidarity” and a discussion of how our learning can be applied locally!
o Presented
by: The LGBT Equity Center in collaboration with Advocates for Youth. Contact:
lgbt@umd.edu or 301-405-8720.
o Co-sponsored
by: Nyumburu Cultural Center; CARE to Stop Violence; School of Languages,
Literatures, and Cultures; Multicultural Involvement and Community Advocacy;
Department of Spanish and Portuguese; The One Project; Consortium of Race,
Gender, and Ethnicity; Leadership and Community Service Learning; Education
Abroad; International Student and Scholar Services; and MSPP Policy Pride
Council
Co-Sponsored
Programs:
Congressional Internship Opportunities for UMD Students
o
Are you interested in an internship with Congress? Please
come on Friday, October 18th
2013 from 12:00 – 2:00 PM in the University Career Center – Resource Room
to hear about the benefits of congressional internships and gain valuable tips
for how to find and apply for these opportunities. Scott M. R. Baker, an
UMD Alum and former Congressional Staff member, will share valuable information
on the steps needed to successfully obtain one of these coveted internship
opportunities. You can RVSP for this event by going to this site: http://www.careers.umd.edu/events_description.cfm?event_id=4223.
For additional information, contact Pamela Allen at pallen@umd.edu
Additional Announcements:
Words of Engagement Intergroup Dialogue Program
o
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion offers the Words
of Engagement Intergroup Dialogue Program for interested undergraduate students
who are interested in engaging with other students on difficult, but rewarding,
topics. Classes are taught by trained and experienced facilitators.
Participants can expect a rich and rewarding experience as well as an
opportunity to develop skills in cultural competence. All dialogues are 7-week, 1-credit courses that are held in the
first and second halves of each semester and WEIDP courses satisfy the new
General Education Cultural Competence. Dialogues with remaining seats
are as follows:
o
EDHI338N (0101) Sexual
Identity (LGBT/Heterosexual)
§ Thursday 4:30pm-6:30pm
§ 9/12-10/24 (first half of the semester)
o
EDHI338N (0201) Sexual
Identity (LGBT/Heterosexual)
§ Thursday 4:30pm-6:30pm
§ 10/29-12/10 (second half of the semester)
LGBT Staff/Faculty Association Lunch @ The Dairy
o
Members of the LGBT Staff/Faculty Association will be
meeting informally for lunch for the first time of the Fall 2013 semester on
the “first” Thursday of September (Actually the second Thursday for this month
on Sept. 12th) in the Dairy. Please join for good food and great
conversation!
OUT IN THE CHURCH:
Affirming LGBTA Spiritual Community
o Out in
the Church is a unique spiritual community on campus that provides an affirming
conversational and spiritually supportive space for LGBT students and their
friends to engage their Christian spirituality while also being hospitable for
persons of diverse faith traditions. This community is a great place for
students interested in integrating their spirituality and sexuality can do so
in a way that helps them produce a generative and mutually reinforcing
expansion of their spirituality and sexuality. It occurs on Mondays, 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Lounge of
the Memorial Chapel. Contact: Rev. Gaddis ogaddis@umd.edu.
Spirituality through the Context of Sexuality
o Gay? Lesbian? Straight? Other? None of these means your
spiritual self stops existing or has to go lacking. If anything, your spiritual
connection can be challenged and empowered. Explore/study the origins and
approaches faced by individuals searching for and building their spiritual
self-realization, in the context of being gay/lesbian. Lead by Rabbi Martin
Siegel, the class will address:
o
Biblical bases for alternative
sexualities or lack there-of;
o
Locate guides establishing the importance
of self-confidence on a path of spiritual strength; and
o
Question the underlying human capability
to be connected to oneself despite the many roles we each have.
o
The class will also invite student’s
questions.
o Open to all adults of all ages interested in a safe,
friendly, learned environment. Held in three Sunday afternoon sessions this
Fall, the class will be small with 5-10 people. Free-of-charge with donations
welcomed, dates/locations will be determined based on students’ schedules. The
class is open to people of any religion/theology and is guided towards LGBTQQIA
individuals (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex,
and allies).
o Interested? Please e-mail or call organizer, Justin
Fair, at jorlandofair@gmail.com or call (410)
645-0474. He will happily get back to you.
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.
