Older Black Lesbians
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ZUNA NBLC April 11th - 13th 2003
 

Announcements

Updated 03/17/03

• Off Center presents: The 10% Market Share: Understanding the INs and OUTs of Queer Marketing Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 7:30PM Public invited to attend.  NEW YORK, NEW YORK—October 24, 2002—On Thursday, March 20, 2003 at 7:30pm, Off Center will present The 10% Market Share: Understanding the INs and OUTs of Queer Marketing. This moderated forum will attempt to answer some of the many questions the LGBT community has about the politics of queer marketing. As the importance of the LGBT consumer in the marketplace continues to grow, how are we affected by the initiatives set forth by big business in our community? Can we empower ourselves through the consumption of products targeted to our sexual orientation?**

• Woman of color: Photography Book:  SHEdriven, a lesbian photographer in Los Angeles looking for 20-30 African American woman/couples to interview and photograph 20-30, to share their experiences, views, and expressions. The mission of the book is to open minds and squash stereotypes of negative views of "Lesbianism" in the black community. SHEdriven will photograph Black and White images of each woman, portraying each individual style and vibe as a couple or single woman.**

• ZAMI Basketball Tournament:  Hopefully by now, many of you are aware that ZAMI, Fourth Tuesday, Atlanta Lesbian Cancer Initiative and the Atlanta Feminist Women Chorus will be holding a basketball tournament on April 5th at the Decatur Rec Center.  We are in need of a name for the tournament and thought we would ask for your suggestions. **

• PRESS RELEASE -- 3/05/03 -- Kennesaw State GLSA Advisory Board to host LBGT Student Organization Summit.  The Kennesaw State University Gay-Lesbian-Straight Alliance and Advisory Board is hosting "The Courage to Lead: An LBGT Student Organization Summit" on Saturday, April 26, from 1:00-6:00pm. Student, faculty, and parent participants in high school and college LBGT organizations may attend free of charge. Registration for the event will begin at 12:00pm in the Carmichael Student Center at KSU (pre-registration is strongly encouraged). The event will be followed by a reception for participants sponsored by The Atlanta Pride Committee, Inc.**

• Join Triangle Foundation,GLSEN and Project YES for the Michigan Safe Schools' Summit Saturday, March 22, 2003 Hosted at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Student organizers, student clubs, GLSEN chapters, LGBT youth groups, PFLAG chapters and others interested in safe schools are invited to join us for this day-long event of information sharing, skill building and networking.**

• Blue Cypher: In the tradition of E. Lynne Harris, Terry McMillan and Omar Tyree, a new voice has emerged in the world of contemporary black literature.**

• About OUR STORY PRODUCTIONS... -- Looking For Participants:  Our Story Productions is dedicated to writing, directing, and producing short films, features, and documentary's about LGB&T of African Descent experiences.**

• WOMEN MAKE MOVIES MEDIA WORKSHOP SERIES -- Women Make Movies is excited to offer our Spring Media Workshop Series from March through June. The workshops have panels with guests from the Film Forum, the MacArthur Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Fund, Zeitgeist Films, among other film and video funders. **

• The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has applications available for student activists who are building the progressive movement and will be enrolled in school during the 2003-04 academic year. The following announcement should answer any questions about the Fund, our scholarships, the students we support, and the process for applying for a grant. If you are interested, or know someone who is, please send this announcement to them. If you have additional questions, contact us by email and we will try to answer them for you. **

• PRTA (www.prtaonline.org) is looking for 10 black lesbians who are 50 and over to participate in a small study.  The sessions will help you learn and practice techniques to keep yourselves mobile in the coming years....(including getting up off the floor with some grace). :)  The sessions are scheduled to begin March 18, 2003.  If you are interested, please contact bcrawford@prtaonline.org  for more information.**

• The Black Lesbian Elder Speak Project -- Voices missing from the last Zuna Conferences were those who are over 55 years of age. This will not occur at this year’s ZUNA Institute National Conference which is scheduled for April 11-13th, 2003 in Los Angeles, California. Zuna Institute in partnership with Progressive Research & Training for Action and The Lesbian Health Research Center University California San Francisco will conduct The Black Lesbian Elder Speak Project.

• Renaissance Productions & Valerie Papaya Mann Invite you to journey with us to: GHANA, AFRICA August 14th - 25th, 2003.  Join me and a multigenerational, multicultural group of women as we journey together to Ghana, Africa to reclaim, rebuild, renew and reflect on African heritage. Limited to 32 travelers, this 10-day, All-Inclusive trip is bargain priced at: $2299.00* (double occupancy)

• The Jeannette Rankin Foundation (JRF) raises funds for and awards scholarships annually to women thirty-five years of age and older who through undergraduate or vocational education are seeking to better themselves, their families, and their communities.

• Support Fire & Ink: Let's Have A Good Ole Fashion Rent Party -- For about four years now Lisa C. Moore, the founder of RedBone Press, the only black lesbian publishing house in the U.S., and a handful of friends in her literary circle have been talking about sponsoring a national conference for gay writers of African descent.

• Groundbreaking Documentary On African-American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Coming Out Experiences Sends Out Call For Participants -- Los Angeles, CA ( Dec. 06, 2002) Barely Breaking Even Productions, a collaboration between journalist and publicist Jasmyne Cannick and long time activist and writer Charlotte M. Young, are seeking participants for a full length documentary film exploring coming out stories of African-American gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.

• Karen Williams:  50-city comedy tour from April 2003 to November 2003 -
  I am in the process of booking a 50-city comedy tour from April 2003 to November 2003 to celebrate my 20 years of performing stand-up. The tour will be entitled "The Karen Williams Comic SuperBITCH Tour" for the brave and for the more artistic group, "Karen Williams: Take It Personal"...either way, I need your help in locating producers and venues. Kindly contact me to let me know if you are interested in working with me, or if you have contacts that you can refer to me. It's best to contact me by e-mail, preferably at this address. I've included my bio that you can feel free to print out and share with prospects.

• B4T (Before Testosterone):  A Theatre Piece by Imani Henry -- B4T is a smart, funny, and moving multi-media theatre piece that explores race, sexuality and gender expression through the lives of three Black, masculine, female-bodied people.

• CALL FOR SUPPORT:  ARISE MAGAZINE -- Lift Every Voice.  ARISE Magazine needs your immediate financial support. For this reason, we have launched our first annual fundraising campaign, “Lift Every Voice” to bring much needed resources into this vital publication.

• Zuna Institute Presents 2003 National Black Lesbian Conference --
  ZUNA INSTITUTE, OAKLAND, CA (10/11/2002) ) Zuna Institute presents their Bi-Annual National Black Lesbian Conference (NBLC).

• ARISE Magazine Media Sponsor for NBLC 2003 Conference -- ZUNA INSTITUTE, OAKLAND, CA (10/12/2002) Zuna Institute announces Sacramento based Arise Communications, Inc. as Media Sponsors.

• William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship for Minority Students Supports Nonprofit Experience -- The Nonprofit Sector Research Fund (www.nonprofitresearch.org/), a grantmaking program of the Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C., offers the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Scholarship in conjunction with a summer internship program open to members of minority groups based on need and academic excellence.
• Arts International Announces 2002-2003 Application Deadlines for the Artists Exploration Fund:  The Artists Exploration Fund, made possible by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, is designed to enable individual U.S. performing artists to pursue opportunities abroad that further their artistic development.
• Echo Soul Publicity, Inc. NEWS  -- A Bold, New Author Shares Her Courageous Story of Triumph in the Face of Darkness  New York City – The message is a simple one: Girl to girl, you can be infected, indeed. HIV/AIDS education will never be the same thanks to Conscious, the mono-monikered author of the deeply personal and inspirational new autobiography, GETTING UNSTUCK: Girl to Girl You Can Be Infected… Indeed (SWN Publishing, ISBN# 0971695105).
• Desire:  Exploring Butch/Femme -- The producers of an exciting new documentary film in progress called Desire: Exploring Butch/Femme are looking for people to interview.
   

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Desire:  Exploring Butch/Femme -- The producers of an exciting new documentary film in progress called Desire: Exploring Butch/Femme are looking for people to interview. Desire is a film that will examine in depth what butch/femme identity and butch/femme dynamics mean to us now in the new millenium. We want the voices of butch and femme identified lesbians, bisexuals and FTMs from all age, racial, cultural and class backgrounds to be included. We are also looking for actors. If you are interested in being an actor and/ or being interviewed, send us an email at info@exploredesire.com or call us at (415) 487-6290 (voicemail).

Check out the website: http://www.exploredesire.com

Lenn Keller, Director/Producer
Amba Johnson, Producer

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WOMEN MAKE MOVIES MEDIA WORKSHOP SERIES
Women Make Movies is excited to offer our Spring Media Workshop Series from March through June. The workshops have panels with guests from the Film Forum, the MacArthur Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Fund, Zeitgeist Films, among other film and video funders. We are also offering a Master Class taught by veteran film directors and producers Tina DiFeliciantonio and Jane C. Wagner. Additionally, the workshops offer you a chance to revamp your proposal and create a distribution and marketing strategy for your film or video. For more information or for a detailed workshop schedule, please visit or call 212-925-0606 x302.

Sarah Neuburger
Program Administrator
212-925-0606 x302

ZAMI Basketball Tournament

Greetings All,

Hopefully by now, many of you are aware that ZAMI, Fourth Tuesday, Atlanta Lesbian Cancer Initiative and the Atlanta Feminist Women Chorus will be holding a basketball tournament on April 5th at the Decatur Rec Center.

We are in need of a name for the tournament and thought we would ask for your suggestions. Please note that if we choose your name, we will give you a tee shirt from each team as a grand prize and admission for two to the tournament.

If you live out of town, we'll send the gift to you.

Please send your suggestions to zami@zami.org on or before Saturday, March 8th.

In Community Spirit,
Mary Anne

"WE LOVE AS YOU DO"

Woman of color: Photography Book

SHEdriven, a lesbian photographer in Los Angeles looking for 20-30 African American woman/couples to interview and photograph 20-30, to share their experiences, views, and expressions. The mission of the book is to open minds and squash stereotypes of negative views of "Lesbianism" in the black community. SHEdriven will photograph Black and White images of each woman, portraying each individual style and vibe as a couple or single woman.

If you are interested in being apart of this book, please contact me for more info.



SHEdriven

GOD
LOVE
FAMILY
SUCCESS
POWER
MUSIC
NATURE
LIFE
 

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