In the Final Throes..

Welcome, welcome.

Intros..?

Hi/Lows for the semester

Hi/Lows for Pride Prom

What do you hope to see next year in Pride?



Dicussion:


Lessons of Hate in the Bible Belt from Stuart Productions on Vimeo.

Interview with Pascack Valley HS

so this is a shout OUT to the amazing students i worked with today from pvhs...

so thanks again for having me for the interview today...it was totally a good time
 
 i attached a ramapo pride flyer (like the one i gave out today) and a pride prom flyer to this (see below)
 
 so tell all your friends:

 pride prom 2009: gender bender edition

 (drag's not required, but it sure would be fun)

 friday, april 24th from 8pm to 12am

 in pavilion (located on the left side of campus by oak and maple dorms, the volley ball court and across from the giant business school)

 tickets are FREE (we're asking for a $2 - $5 donation to the TruthAIDs project at the door)

 there's gonna be free food, dancing, music and more!!

 
 hope to see you all there!!
 
 i also attached our eboard leadership retreat packet (last summer we had a team building/training retreat where we learned how to be a successful queer/straight alliance and things like that).  on the first page is the mission statement for ramapo pride...so the packet as a whole should be really helpful for creating a gay/straight alliance
 
 also here's some links to check out:
 Here's a link to GLSEN's (Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network) free guide to starting a gay/straight alliance at the high school level
 Here's a link to GLSEN's training guide for creating safe spaces in your school ( how to educate faculty on dealing with queer issues and students)
 and this is a link to GLSEN's climate survey (they collect stats on how safe/homophobic schools are)
 -GLSEN is an awesome website, def check it out!
 
 also here's some local schools with gay/straight alliances:
 Northern Highlands Regional
 Mahwah High
 
 and...paramus library has a gay/straight book club and the Rainbow Cafe Coalition is a gay/straight alliance for the bergen county/northern nj area
 
 good luck with your projects and lemme know if i can be of any more help :)

and thanks again for being awesome queer advocates!!

Pride Prom Flyer

Ramapo Pride Flyer

Ramapo Pride Leadership Retreat 2008

EBOARD ELECTIONS

Welcome!

Intros

Ice Breaker - Shout OUTs

Eboard Elections

• Candidate Introductions
  
• Candidate Speeches
  
• Voting
  
• Announce the NEW 2009-2010 Ramapo Pride Executive Board - woohoo!
  

PRIDE PROM - FRIDAY, APRIL 24 FROM 8PM TO 12AM IN PAVILION MEETING ROOMS

• tabling
  
• decorations
  
• etc
  

Check out other upcoming events

• Wednesday, April 22 from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in H129 - Speaker: Eva Dolgin "Forging Identity, Crafting Selfhood and the Spirit of LGBTQ"
  
• Pride Prom (see above)
  
• Sunday, April 26 from 12pm to 2pm at the Ramapo Reservation - Pride Hike
  
• FRIDAY, MAY 1 FROM 8:30PM TO 11:30 PM AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSTIY IN THE STUDENT CENTER BALLROOMS - EQUALITY PROM (tickets are $7.00)
  

any other business...

Article Discussion:

11 Year Old Hangs Himself after Enduring Daily Anti-Gay Bullying

NEW YORK, April 9, 2009 - An 11-year-old Massachusetts boy, Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover, hanged himself Monday after enduring bullying at school, including daily taunts of being gay, despite his mother's weekly pleas to the school to address the problem. This is at least the fourth suicide of a middle-school aged child linked to bullying this year.

Garden State Equality Internships

Applications for summer internships due May 1st, 2009

Help Garden State Equality pass marriage in New Jersey in 2009. GSE summer, and fall office and field organizing internship positions available. GSE offices are located in Montclair and Collingswood; GSE will be expanding to Central Jersey. A willingness to learn new skills and push oneself to try new things is more important than previous experience. In all aspects of their work interns will work along side GSE Field Staff and will be mentored and trained in all tasks they are asked to perform. Interns are expected to work 10 to 20 hours a week, hours are flexible including nights and weekends and can be scheduled around another job. All internships are unpaid.

Key qualifications and characteristics:

• Willingness to try new things including in-person volunteer recruitment and direct community contact through door-to-door canvassing and phone banking.
  
• Openness and thirst for learning - strong desire to learn organizing skills.
  
• Enthusiastic desire to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
  
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and responsible, solution-focused self-starter.
  
• Enormous drive to achieve measurable progress towards meaningful social change.
  
• Excellent listening, speaking, and writing skills.
  
• Respect for and great curiosity about all aspects of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender
  
• community.
  
• Capacity and desire to work in a multi-cultural environment where commitment to diversity based on race, ethnic origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, and physical ability is an important institutional value.
  
• Ability to maintain composure and a sense of humor in tense times.
  
• Ability and desire to confront conflict in a productive, diffusive manner.
  
• Strong work ethic. Willingness to travel, and work evenings and weekends.
  

Intern Tasks

• Perform volunteer recruitment in person and over the phone
  
• Aid in organizing volunteer-based phone banks, door to door canvasses, and large days of action.
  
• Including material prep and, confirmation calls, and break down of actions.
  
• Insure data is entered within 48 hours of receipt, both by entering data and leading volunteers in entering data.
  
• Incorporate grassroots fundraising in all actions.
  
• Partake in engaging community in large scale constituent contact including: postcards, letters, phone calls, and lobby visits.
  
• Meet daily with Field Director and other staff.
  
• Share in other coalition work and office tasks as directed by Regional Coordinator.
  
• Research progressive outreach events across New Jersey.
  
• Research and monitor targeted Legislators to aid in creating individualized plans that will have
  
• maximum impact on each Legislator.
  

Applications for summer internships due May 1st, 2009

Send cover letter, resume, and references to:

Hannah Johnson

Field Director, Garden State Equality

Johnson@GardenStateEquality.org

The nondiscrimination policy of Garden State Equality is to go beyond the requirements of both federal law and New Jersey's Law Against Discrimination, the oldest and strongest state civil rights statute in the United States.  

In every facet of its organizational operations, including employment, grassroots outreach, and Board and general membership, Garden State Equality does not discriminate, and has zero tolerance for any discrimination, on the basis of sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, color, creed, heritage, native language, veteran status, economic status, HIV or AIDS status, partner or marital status, physical abilities, and height and weight characteristics.  

Going beyond nondiscrimination, Garden State Equality aggressively strives for diversity in these and any other qualities that make our society a rich mosaic.

NOMINATIONS!

Welcome!

Intros

Icebreaker

Student Awards

...other business...

Upcoming Events:

Day of Silence/Night of Noise - Thurs, April 16

OUT at College - Sat, April 18

Nominations:

Conference and Rally Reports

Welcome!

Intros

Ice Breaker - Euphemisms and Food

Updates:
Check out our events!!!!
Pride Prom Committees
Reminders: ganel, etc
Election ish

Other business...

LGBT Rally Report
Reproductive Rights and Social Justice Report

and a video...
"Avenue Q - If You Were Gay: Lego Edition"