We're Moving!

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GLBTA News & Events

UPDATED 6/19/09

GLBTA Programs Office Moving to Appleby Hall

This July 2009, the GLBTA Programs Office, along with three other units from the Office for Equity and Diversity, will move from Klaeber Court to the central East Bank location of Appleby Hall in an effort to be more visible and accessible to students, staff, faculty and community members.

The move is likely to take place during the week of July 13-17, with normal operations resuming during the week of July 27-31. Please expect disruptions in communications during that time. We will move into Appleby Hall ground floor/basement rooms 46-55, and our office phone numbers and email addresses will remain the same.

The Women's Center and the Multicultural Center for Academic Excellence will also move from Klaeber Court to Appleby Hall during mid-July. We look forward to seeing you in our new campus home!

Color CoordiNATION Conference 2009: Interaction
September 11-13, 2009
Location TBA

The Color CoordiNATION Conference 2009: Interaction seeks to bring together LGBTQ and allies, rural and urban people of color (and white allies) from across Minnesota to forge bonds of community among an incredibly diverse spectrum of people. Our theme, WE ARE…, seeks to the open doors of healthy self-identification, communication and accessibility with the vision of developing opportunities for leadership; increased connections and respectful, knowledgeable interactions; community development; and to share and learn firsthand about effective and practical approaches to empowering our communities in the challenges and opportunities presented to them by a changing political climate.

Building on the success of the formation of the Color CoordiNATION organization and the inaugural 2007 conference, and with support from the Rainbow Health Initiative and Tobacco-Free Lavender Communities, Pillsbury United Communities, and PFund -- the 2009 conference will engage attendees through a variety of informative sessions, interactive workshops, skills development, debates, and more, each with an emphasis on profiling real life success stories. For more information, please contact colorcoordination@gmail.com.

** The Color CoordiNATION Conference is seeking workshop proposals: Download the conference information & workshop proposal document here! **

Beyond the Boxes: Emerging Trends in LGBTQ Mental Health Conference
Friday, March 26, 2010
Coffman Union 3rd Floor
300 Washington Ave SE, Mpls

Beyond the Boxes is a comprehensive, culturally diverse, and practical one-day conference aimed at informing & engaging mental health providers, health care professionals, educators, and the general public about mental health issues as they relate to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. This cutting-edge conference will explore changing paradigms in research, clinical practice and our understandings of diverse sexual and gender identities through over 40 workshops and keynote speaker Katherine "Kit" Rachlin, Ph.D.

This conference is open to any and all interested people, including those who are allies to LGBTQ communities. This conference will be of particular interest to mental health practitioners, researchers in
health-related fields, professional educators, and undergraduate & graduate students. CEUs will be available. Presented by the MN LGBT Therapists Network and the GLBTA Programs Office.

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Save the Date: Upcoming Events

UNITY Pride & Color CoordiNATION Conference
September 11-13, 2009
Locations TBA

Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference (MOCC) 2009
Nov 13-15, 2009
McNally Smith College of Music, St. Paul

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Community & Campus Events

Twin Cities Pride
June 27-28, 2009
Loring Park, Mpls

The 37th annual Twin Cities Pride Festival is one of the largest Pride festivals in the country and free to attend. The 2009 Pride Festival Headline Show will feature Exposé, Kat Deluna, Kristine W and more with music by DJ Red Richard. The 2009 Ashley Rukes GLBT Pride Parade will march proudly down Hennepin Avenue at 11:00 AM on Sunday, June 28. Full schedule of events available on the Pride website. Look for the GLBTA Programs Office booth on University Row!

Queer Asian Pacific Islander National Conference
August 14-16, 2009
Seattle, Washington

The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA), a federation of LGBT Asian American, South Asian, and Pacific Islander (API) organizations, is planning a national activist convening for August 2009 in Seattle, WA. We hope to acquire and expand the aptitude, ability, and achievements of LGBT APIs, break barriers, and connect community so that we can build the capacity of local groups, invigorate grassroots organizing, train leaders, and challenge homophobia, racism, and anti-immigrant bias. For more information and to register, please visit the conference website.

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This information is updated regularly. If you have questions, please email us or call 612-625-0537. Thank you!

GLBT Ally Trainings
Look for more sessions this summer and fall!

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Announcements

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Consortium Member

The University of Minnesota GLBTA Programs Office is a proud member of the Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals.

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The University of Minnesota - Twin Cities was ranked one of the Top 20 LGBT-Friendly Institutions of Higher Education in the United States by the Advocate College Guide.