Wednesday, March 21, 2007
IMPACT and the LGBT Center are pleased to announce that the Eliminate Hate Week Keynote performer will be Margaret Cho. Great protectors of the First Amendment like Lenny Bruce and George Carlin have paved her way, but Margaret has a distinctive, individualistic, and ultimately empowering personal voice. She has remained a one-of-a-kind artist because she has always insisted on being herself and has resisted being made- over by the mainstream media. Her audience is huge and underserved - gays and lesbians, Asians, women, people of color, college students, comedy fans, and basically anyone who has ever felt invisible.
This show is for Mature audiences only.
Tickets can be purchased in CSU 173 (Student Leadership Development). Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., or with a credit card at 507-389-6076.
This event is sponsored by IMPACT, the LGBT Center, with help from the Office of Institutional Diversity and is funded through Student Activity Fees.
Margaret was recently honored by the ACLU of Southern California with their First Amendment Award and by the National Organization for Women (NOW) with the 2003 Intrepid Award. She also has been recognized by GLAAD, Lambda Legal, the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) and the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) for making a significant difference in promoting equal rights for all, regardless of race, sexual orientation or gender identity.
Visit the Margaret Cho page on BoredBoard.org for more information.
This program has never been offered for students before therefore to participate, students need to register for the event by contacting Holly Manning at holly.manning@mnsu.edu
The cap for this event is 50 people so register early. Registration ends on Sunday, March 25th.
Advisors, instructors and professors should refrain from offering this event as extra credit or as a mandatory event.
If there are questions regarding this event, please contact Holly Manning at holly.manning@mnsu.edu
Come help us celebrate our 30th anniversary with a fabulous gender bender with food and drinks to follow!
More information to come.
The Next SCMN Pride Meeting will be Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at Pub 500 (downtown Mankato) at 6:30 p.m.
SCMN Pride presents Fabulous! The Story of Queer Cinema
Join us for conversation after the movie at the Fillin' Station 634 S. Front St., Mankato
for GLBT Equality atParticipating in OutFront Minnesota's justFair Lobby Day is the most important thing you can do for the GLBT community this year.
This year, we will come together to speak out for pro-active legislation for GLBT equality. Our legislators need to know that Minnesotans still care about fairness.
OutFront Minnesota's justFair Lobby Day has three main parts:
For more information visit the Lobby Day page
To register go to the Lobby Day Registration page.
Check out the LGBT student action group, Team MSQ! MSQ a student action group that advises, plans, and implements LGBT stuff on campus. From campus awareness and education to event planning and entertainment, Team MSQ is a part of it all! For more info, contact jessica.flatequal@mnsu.edu, or just stop by and check it out! LGBT Allies are welcome and encouraged to attend! We meet in the LGBT Center on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
Are you questioning your sexuality? Are you gay, bi, lesbian, or trans and would like to talk to others experiencing the same thing? Are you having difficulty coming out? Come and talk about the coming out process, whatever stage you may be at. Call 507-389-5131 for more information and meeting time and place.
SAGE (sexuality and gender equality) is a coalition of lgbtqa individuals working together to combat sexuality and gender inequality, homophobia, heterosexism and hate on the MSU, Mankato campus and in the community. SAGE is a student organization which thrives on activism and grassroots organizing. We meet Monday nights at 5 p.m. in the LGBT Center.
LUNAFEST, a national traveling festival of short films by...for...about women.Tickets: $5, available in the Women's Center (CSU 218) or at the event. LUNAFEST donates the proceeds generated at each screening to the Breast Cancer Fund and the local nonprofit host organizations. MSU's local organizations are CADA, Inc. and Colleges Against Cancer.
Sponsors: MSU Women's Center, IMPACT Film Committee
For more information or to request an accommodation contact Deirdre at 507-389-6146 or rosenfeld@mnsu.edu. Find out more on the LUNAFEST website.
Empower yourself and others! The Women's Center will be holding a bi-weekly discussion group on women's issues, and we are looking for undergraduate women who would like to be involved. It will be an opportunity to learn and to support other women in a search of self-discovery and growth. Topics will include sexual violence, dating violence, stress, self-care, relationships, and other issues. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact Lindsay Gullingsrud at lindsay.gullingsrud@mnsu.edu, by phone at 507-389-5127 or stop in to see her at the Women's Center.
Novice or pro, all are welcome! Bring your knitting, embroidery, crochet or other craftiness. We'll be glad to see you. Wednesdays at 5 p.m. at the Women's Center (CSU 218). For more information contact Deirdre at rosenfeld@mnsu.edu.
See you and your craftiness then!
