October 22nd meeting.

Intros/ Icebreaker:

Important /Business:

Ganel tomorrow- email will go out later today to those signed up.
5:30 pm tomorrow- anyone available?

Love Free or Die Movie Screening- tomorrow, 10/23 in Alumni Lounges at 7:30-9:00 pm, Pride is co-sponsoring, so go see a great film!

Discussion:

Where does PINK fit in the RAINBOW?

October 15th :)

Hello All!

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend and made it out to some Octoberfest activities!

Intros/Icebreaker

Important Business:

- Ganel Sign-Ups

Upcoming Events:

Couture for the Cure, Fashion Show- 10/15:
come support a great cause and see your peers strutting their stuff on the runway- doors @ 8 pm, tix about $5 for students at the door. In Friend's Hall.

Screening of Pink Ribbons, Inc- Tues. 10/16:
movie screening about commercialization of Breast Cancer Support- 7-9 pm in the H-Wing Auditorium.

Gender Bender Costume Ball- Thurs. 10/18:

Step outside the gender box and on to the dance floor! The DJ will spin electro, hip-hop, house, and 90s throwbacks. Bring your bowties/high heels/mustaches/glitter/suspenders/fishnets/fedora- dress to impress however your heart desires! *reminder members of Pride cannot win prizes because we are co-sponsors.*
10-2 am in the Alumni Lounges. Free food and fun activities!

Ramapo College Spirit Day- Fri. 10/19:
Show your support for "Spirit Day", a day in which millions of Americans will wear purple on Spirit Day as a sign of support for LGBTQA youth and to speak out against bullying. Spirit Day was started in 2010 by teenager Brittany McMillan as a response to the young people who had taken their own lives. (description from Orysync). Wear Purple!!!

* As always, VENT: Queer-Peer Listening Group will be held at 9:30 pm in the Women's Center tonight.

Discussion:

October 8th Meeting

Hello All!

Intros/Icebreaker- Matty- sides game

Important Business:

Ganel Sign-Ups- Danielle
Ganel Training

Volunteer sign-up for conference:
https://orgsync.com/5737/forms/58342

Sidewalk art competition- 5:00 pm- 7:00 pm on Friday 10/12- join Pride to help decorate our section!

Upcoming events:

-          This week is Violence Awareness Week and there will be great events sponsored by the Women’s Center and others, including:

-          The Clothesline Project, 10am- 3 pm, Oct. 9^th, at the Arch.

-          Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, 1-2 pm Oct. 9^th at the Arch.

-          Take Back the Night, 7-11 pm, Oct. 11^th, Alumni Lounges.

National Coming Out Day- 1pm Thursday 10/11 @ the Arch!!!

Discussion: Erin

Queer History Month Welcome!

Hello All!

Today officially marks the beginning of Queer History Month, as well as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means October will be full of some great programming here at Ramapo.

Intros-

Important Business:

-Ganel sign-ups for next week.

- Volunteers for conference- link will be sent out
here it is below:
https://orgsync.com/5737/forms/58342

 
- Room change for next week, we will be moving to D-215.

Upcoming Events:

Queer History Month Keynote Speaker: (Description from Orgsync): Today- 7:00 pm Sharp Theater.

Jennifer Miller is a playwright, performer and the director and founder of Circus Amok. She has been working with alternative circus forms, theater, and dance for over twenty years. Miller will discuss her experiences as a bearded woman, working as a circus performer, and her unique relationship with gender. Brief performances (i.e. straight-jacket escape, sword swallowing) will follow lecture and Q&A. 

Mobile Homecoming Project- Alumni Lounges- 1-2 pm, tomorrow, 10/2.

Julia Wallace and Alexis Pauline Gumbs have traveled the country collecting oral histories of queer, black, same-gender-loving elders, and learning about the people who have been integral in transforming the black queer movement prior to the 1980s or earlier, piecing together an intergenerational connection. 

Discussion for today:

lead by guest, David Grant, speaking about the upcoming election and campaigning with the Bergen County Democrats.