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Progressive Research & Training for Action (PRTA) promotes
community-driven approaches to create opportunities for people
who are stigmatized and oppressed because of race, ethnicity,
gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or economic status
so that they may participate fully in society
Join us for the Eastern
Regional
Womyn of Colour for Equality Conference
AALLU is hosting a conference that would be the first of it's
kind in our area. It will be a conference that represent Eastern
Regional Womyn of Colour. We thought what better way to provide
a greater impact within the l/g/b/t community is to invite
positive and productive leaders, organizers, and promoters of
womyn of colour organization. We would like to think we will be
able to transfer the reputation of an "AALLU Conference" to
something greater and more influential.
I am currently a fourth year graduate film student in the Cinema/Television
Program at the University of Southern California. While attending USC, I have
developed my skills as a storyteller and my voice as a filmmaker. I am currently
in the process of making a 581, which is a master thesis film. I was one of few
selected in a very competitive process.
My master thesis film is called Triple Minority. Triple Minority is about a gay
black woman named Clair, who wants to reconcile her relationship with her
religious parents without compromising her identity. Clair's experience with
coming out traumatizes her. She is ostracized from her family, her church, and
her neighborhood. Clair is left alone to care for herself and struggles to find
her identity.
Deadline: March 15, 2005
The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund (
http://nonprofitresearch.org/ ), a grantmaking program of
the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., annually offers the
William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship.
The scholarship, which is based on academic excellence and need,
is open to both undergraduate and graduate students who are
members of minority groups. The Hearst Scholar serves as a
summer intern with the fund. Through the program, the fund seeks
to introduce a diverse group of students to issues relating to
philanthropy, voluntarism, and nonprofit organizations. In
addition, recipients may arrange with their colleges or
universities to receive academic credit for the experience.
NGHOSI BOOKS.COM PRESENTS...
Longing, Lust and Love
Black Lesbian Stories
Edited by Fiona
Zedde
CALL FOR
SUBMISSIONS
Most of us have
been through it, the various stages of lesbian love. It
starts with the lingering looks across the room at an
interesting stranger, romantic e-mails, flowers, and wearing
leather on your first date. Then once you have her, stage
two kicks off with all night sex sessions that leave you
sore but still wanting more. Soon you don't even want to
leave the house for months, and some of your friends even
forget your name. At this point even the smell of her dirty
underwear gets you wet. Then, if you're lucky (and not on
the second date, mind you), the third stage comes around and
you've settled into the comfy couch of your relationship,
taking relaxing baths together, holding hands as you watch
the sun set from the deck of the condo you bought together
five years ago. After the kids are in bed, the two of you
snuggle on the sofa with hot tea and each other's loving
touch. We want stories that show one of these three stages
of lesbian relationships. Just remember, the lust part is
good, but so is the other stuff.
[Deadline Extended to February 2005]
 
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