Last Pride Meeting =[

INTRODUCTIONS!

Icebreaker (Ashley)

Ganels, Reflections from the past year...


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Detainment in the "Free" World at 1:00pm in Friend's Hall (Thursday, April 22)

HIV/AIDS Walk (Saturday, May 1): Registration at 9:00am, Step-Off at 10:00am


Discussion: (Corey)

WELCOME!

INTRODUCTIONS!

ICE BREAKER: (Christian)


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Ann-ti Coulter Button Fundraiser

Tues 4/13 6:00 Sharp Theatre: Ann Coulter :(

Thurs 4/15: Day of Silence/Night OUT of Noise @ 8:30 in J. Lee's

Sun 4/18 @ 12-1pm in A100-103: Clothing Swap hosted by Fem-U and 1Step

Sat 5/1 AIDS Walk 9am registration, 10am step off

DISCUSSION: (Ali)

Happy Monday!

WELCOME!

INTRODUCTIONS!

ICE BREAKER (ALI)


- Nominations part 2


UPCOMING EVENTS:

Wed 3/31 8:30 J.Lees: Female Friendly Funk (A Night Out) Joanna Burns!

Thurs 4/1 9:00 I Love Me

Fri 4/2 8:00 Pavillion: PRIDE PROM! 60's

Ann-ti Coulter Button Fundraiser

Tues 4/13 6:00 Sharp Theatre: Ann Coulter :(

Mon 4/5 1:00 Friend's Hall: Legally Queer. Barbara Sacks from Lambda Legal

Sat 5/1 AIDS Walk 9:00 registration 10:00 step off

DISCUSSION: (PINTO)

It's Time to Pick A Theme!

Welcome!

Introductions

Ice Breaker (Pinto)

BUSINESS:

• Relay for Life Team
• Pride Guide Articles: 1,000 - 1,500 words, youth focus
• University of California hate crimes
  
• Pride Prom Theme!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Men's Discussion Series: Higher Learning
Tues. 3/9 @ 5pm in Women's Center

Herstory Book Discussion, "The Other Side of Paradise"
Thurs. 3/11 @ 1pm in Women's Center

I Survived A Feminist Game Show
Mon. 3/22 @ 8:30pm in J.Lee's

Feminist Film Festival: "The Way Home"
Tues. 3/23 @ 6pm in H129

Feminist Film Festival: "These Walls Could Talk"
Wed. 3/24 @ 6pm in ASB136

Feminist Film Festival: "The People Speak"
Thurs. 3/25 @ 6pm in ASB136

Relay for Life
Fri. 3/26 @ 5pm in Bradley Center


Discussion: (Christian)

 

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Life After the STORM: A great way to kick off Herstory Month

Introduction

Ice Breaker(Ali)

Discussion(Missy)



PRIDE BUSINESS:
Pride prom themes
Relay for life team
Ganel sign ups


UPCOMING EVENTS!!!

Women's Herstory Month opening speaker: Staceyann Chin
(def jam slam poet)
Tues. 3/2 @ 1pm in Friend's Hall

Alison Bechdel
(author)
Tues. 3/2 @ 6pm in Friend's Hall

Sweet Honey in the Rock
(African American Women's Acapella Ensemble)
Fri. 3/5 @ 7pm in NYC
Tickets now available at RRC: $5 refundable deposit

Body Image Monologues
Wed. 3/3 @ 7:30 in Sharp Theater

Closing Speaker: Lady Aye
(bulimia survivor and sword swallowing extraordinaire)
Thurs. 3/4 @ 8pm in Alumni Lounges

Women's Day Conference
Sat. 3/6 @ 10:30am - 6pm in Pavillion

Herstory Book Discussion
Thurs. 3/11 @ 1pm in Women's Center


**Confidential Queer Peer Support Group
Every Monday @ 9:30 in the Women's Center

Body Image In The Queer Community

Introductions

Icebreaker (Christian)

Discussion (Corey)


Female Friendly Funk: Body Image Edition
Thurs. 2/25 @ 8:30 in J.Lee's

Women's Herstory Month opening speaker: Staceyann Chin
(def jam slam poet)
Tues. 3/2 @ 1pm in Friend's Hall

Alison Bechdel
(author)
Tues. 3/2 @ 6pm in Friend's Hall

Sweet Honey in the Rock
(African American Women's Acapella Ensemble)
Fri. 3/5 @ 7pm in NYC
Tickets now available at RRC: $5 refundable deposit

Body Image Monologues
Wed. 3/3 @ 7:30 in Sharp Theater

Closing Speaker: Lady Aye
(bulimia survivor and sword swallowing extraordinaire)
Thurs. 3/4 @ 8pm in Alumni Lounges

Women's Day Conference
Sat. 3/6 @ 10:30am - 6pm in Pavillion

Herstory Book Discussion
Thurs. 3/11 @ 1pm in Women's Center


**Confidential Queer Peer Support Group
Every Monday @ 9:30 in the Women's Center

Give me a P.... no?

No icebreaker :(


Upcoming Events:

Queer Sex Week: Queer Virginity Discussion with Maya Poran 2/15
Queer Sex Week: F to (e)Mbody with Athens Boys Choir & Katastrophe (2/16)
Queer Sex Week: A Night OUT Healthy Love Party (2/18)
Museum of Sex (2/20)

**Confidential Support Group Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center

Ganel Training: Zaneta

Discussion: Missy

Go Pride!

Introductions

Icebreaker (Ashley)


Upcoming Events:

Queer Sex Week: Queer Virginity Discussion with Maya Poran (2/15)
**TENTATIVE** Queer Sex Week: F to (e)Mbody with Athens Boys Choir & Katastrophe (2/16)
Queer Sex Week: A Night OUT Healthy Love Party (2/18)
Museum of Sex (2/20)

**Confidential Support Group Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center

Discussion (Pinto):

Welcome Back!

Introductions

Icebreaker (Missy)

Training for Ganels

Upcoming Events:

• Club Fair at 12pm (1/28)
• A Night OUT: Drag History Month at 8:30pm (1/28)
• Queer Sex Week: Queer Virginity Discussion with Maya Poran (2/15)
• **TENTATIVE** Queer Sex Week: F to (e)Mbody with Athens Boys Choir & Katastrophe (2/16)
  
• Queer Sex Week: A Night OUT Healthy Love Party (2/18)
  
• Museum of Sex (2/20)

**Confidential Support Group Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center

Discussion (Corey):

Happy Holidays & Good Luck with Finals

Introductions

Best part of Pride this semester?
What would you like to see next semester?
Suggestions for improvement?

Upcoming Events:

• No trip to see Santa Claus is Coming Out
• Trenton lobby days
• Last support group tonight!!! (9:30pm... meditation!)

Discussion:

Turkey & Time to Stress

Introductions

Icebreaker (Corey)

OUT for the Holidays Committees!, Garden State Equality Lobby Days, Final Ganel

Upcoming Events:

• GAAMC Collegiate Conference: Activism & Higher Education (Monday 11/30, Morristown, NJ)
• AIDS Quilt (Friend's Hall 12/1 - 12/3)
• World AIDS Day Benefit Concert (Tuesday 12/1, 7pm)
• World AIDS Day Keynote Speaker (Thursday 12/3, 1pm)
• OUT for the Holidays (Thursday 12/3, 6pm, Pavilion Room 1)

**Confidential Support Group meets Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center**

Discussion:

Welcome our guest speakers:
Miki Cammarata, Pat Chang,
and President Mercer!

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Introductions

Icebreaker (Corey)

OUT for the Holidays Committees

Upcoming Events:

• GAAMC Collegiate Conference: Activism & Higher Education (Monday 11/30, Morristown, NJ)
• AIDS Quilt (Friend's Hall 12/1 - 12/3)
• World AIDS Day Benefit Concert (Tuesday 12/1, 7pm)
• World AIDS Day Keynote Speaker (Thursday 12/3, 1pm)
• OUT for the Holidays (Thursday 12/3, 6pm, Pavilion Room 1)

**Confidential Support Group meets Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center**

Discussion:

NO PLACE FOR HATE

Introductions

Icebreaker (Christian)

Last Ganel rescheduled, Santa Claus is Coming Out, OUT for the Holidays Committees

Upcoming Events:

• Gay Marriage Debate (Tuesday 11/17, A105, 1pm)
• A Night OUT: Trans-Remembrance & Candlelight Vigil (Wed 11/18, J.Lee's, Speakers 8:30pm, Rally 10pm)
• Candlelight March & Vigil for NJ Marriage Equality (Saturday 11/21, Montclair, NJ)
• GAAMC Collegiate Conference: Activism & Higher Education (Monday 11/30, Morristown, NJ)
• AIDS Quilt (Friend's Hall 12/1 - 12/3)
  
• World AIDS Day Benefit Concert (Tuesday 12/1, 1pm)
• World AIDS Day Keynote Speaker (Thursday 12/3, 1pm)
• OUT for the Holidays (Thursday 12/3, 6pm, Pavilion Room 1)

**Confidential Support Group meets Mondays at 9:30pm in the Women's Center**

Discussion:

LGBTQ Conference

Last Thursday some of us attended the LGBTQ conference held at William Paterson University. It was a great success. We had representatives present from Ramapo, William Paterson, Montclair, Jersey City, and East Stroudsburg. The conference started out with an amazing guest speaker who had a lot of passion for the queer community and really got through to all of us, I think. He was really good. Then we broke off into 3 different workshops: a more fun one about sex, a more serious one about networking with different queer groups, and one about transgendered issues. They all went very well, and then we all met back up for lunch after about 2 hours. During lunch, we had another speaker, a grad student from Montclair. She showed a movie about some of the history of the queer community. Then we broke up again into 3 more workshops. We had a really fun and informative day. And, we got to network with some other schools' GSAs and plan on staying in contact and attending each other's events for support. We will keep you guys posted on when we will be coordinating trips.

Welcome Pride Friends!

Introductions... and Friends!

Icebreaker (Pinto)

Ganels, LGBTQA Conference ideas/thoughts?

Upcoming Events:

• Candlight Vigil: No Place for Hate (TBA -- soon!)
• A Night OUT: Trans-Remembrance (11/18)
• OUT for the Holidays (12/3)

Discussion:

Get Well Cards & November Nonsense

How was everyone's Halloween???

Introductions

Icebreaker -- Card Making for Jack Price

Ganels, Blog, Leadership Conference, others?

Upcoming Events:

• LGBTQA Conference (11/5)
• Bring A Friend to Pride (11/9)
• No Place For Hate Candlelight Vigil (TBA)
• A Night OUT: Trans-Remembrance (11/18)
• OUT for the Holidays (12/3)

Discussion:

Tricks, Treats and TranssssssRemembrance (almost)

Welcome back!!!!

Introductions

Icebreaker (Christian)

Ganels, Blog, Upcoming Gubernatorial Election

Upcoming Events:

• A Funky Night OUT (10/28)
• LGBTQA Leadership Conference (11/5)
• Out in the Third World Film Screening (TBA)
• A Night Out: Trans Remembrance (11/18)
• OUT for the Holidays (12/3)

Discussion:

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=7062457

Equality March in DC

Early morning on n October 10, 2009, we left Ramapo College, with so much excitment and headed to Washington DC. On our six hour drive, we had all the attention on our vans because we decorated them with signs and people honked for us. We finally arrived at the hotel, checked in, ate dinner, made signs for the march the next day, and went to sleep. Early in the morning we were so eager to get to the march. When we finally arrived in DC, everyones eyes lit up when we stepped out and saw the thousands of people there standing up for their rights. We marched from the White House to the Capitol, demanding that President Barack Obama keeps his promises to allow gays to marry and end discrimination against them. People were chanting and singing all the way along the march, taking pictures, and enjoying the experiance. It was amazing to see how many people there were and how much energy people had. When we arrived at the capitol, there were several speeches made my important people and their words really touched us.

Thank you to everyone that supported us there and it was one of the most amazing experiances in my life.

Feel free to comment this post and tell your thoughts and feelings on your trip to DC :)


To listen to all of the speakers in case you missed them, they are on this website :
http://equalityacrossamerica.org/blog/?page_id=19

Monica Dillon

On October 5, 2009 Ramapo College was kind enough to invite Monica Dillon, a talented woman to share her thoughts and memories through music and words with Ramapo College students. Monica Dillon is an african american female speaker, oringally from New Orleans. She is an amazing artist, performer, musician, speaker, and even an independent film composer. As soon as it was time for the event to start, she had all of us engaged the very first mintue she began to sing. Monica shared her memories with us as she played the piano and sang, along with a slideshow, including real pictures of her and her family, that was very touching to us. Monica Dillon speaks through her music and really gets her message she wants to send across the world. We were very lucky for her to she share her thoughts and perspective in subjects such as politics, health, education, self motivation, environmental issues, LGBT and gender issues, and violence against women.

I want to thank you for those who were able to attend this event, and if anyone would like to learn more about Monica Dillon or listen to her music, you can go to this website below:

http://monicadillonmusic.com/blog/

Also, here is her facebook page so you can become a fan!!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/All-I-Have-Is-A-Moment-Monica-Dillon-Music/15190248558