Aug 19: Act Queer! Teleconference on HIV/AIDS
Despite the lack of leadership from the Left and LGBT Movement on the AIDS epidemic, queer and trans people, poor people and people of color continue to be disproportionately impacted by the epidemic. Recently there have been some major developments in HIV/AIDS policy and research, and we anted to share with you these exciting updates:
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Thursday, August 19, 2010
2pm-3:30pm EST/11am-12:30pm PST
Conference Call # (712) 432-0600
Password: 751219#
Moderator: Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice (New York, NY)
Presenters include:
June 17: Act Queer Teleconference: REAL ID, Jobs Bill, TANF!
As we gear up for the US Social Forum Queer People’s Movement Assembly we’re co-hosting, we wanted to take a look at 4 major policy issues happening this year (The REAL ID Act, TANF Reauthorization, American Power Act and the Local Jobs for America Act) that impact queer lives, and ways we may be able to organize around them.
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
2pm-3:30pm EST/11am-12:30pm PST
Conference Call # (712) 432-0600
Password: 751219#
Moderator: Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice (New York, NY)
Presenters include:
Donna Pavetti, Center for Budget & Policy Priorities. (TANF)
Ari Rosmarin, New York Civil Liberties Union. (REAL ID Act)
Francis X. Tobin, Jobs with Justice. (Local Jobs for America Act)
Nia Robinson & Kari Fulton, Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative (American Power Act)
The purpose of the Act Queer! teleconference series is to connect grassroots LGBTQ, racial,and economic justice organizations with national queer and/or allied coalitions and organizations to share information and strategies on racial and economic justice issues.
Act Queer! Teleconference: A Year in Queer Politics
From the passage of Prop 8 in California to the passage of the Matthew Shepard Act, the national LGBT political agenda has gained significant momentum. Will the explosion in LGBT policy on the national radar represent a movement towards queer liberation? What’s are there more progressive policy wins possible on the horizon for progressive queers?
Our December 17, 2009 teleconference served as a 2009 queer policy wrap-up.
To hear each presenter, press play on the audio player. Read materials from each presenter just below the audio player.
Andrea Ritchie, Attorney, (New York) discusses hate crimes and the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Act.
- Sylvia Rivera Law Project Statement on Matthew Shepherd/James Byrd, Jr. Act.
Nicky Grist, Alternatives to Marriage Project, (Brooklyn, NY) discusses relationship recognition policies.
- Alternatives to Marriage Project - Blog (Same-Sex Marriage Section)
- Fact Sheet - New York Hospital Rights for Partners
Karina Claudio, Gays and Lesbians of Bushwick Empowered, (Brooklyn, NY) discusses trans unemployment and the Employment Nondiscrimination Act.
Robert Espinoza, Funders for LGBTQ Issues, (New York) discusses racial equality in LGBT philanthropy.
If you have questions, comments, or know of other resources or events related to this topic, please feel free to post in the comments section!
The purpose of Act Queer! is to connect grassroots LGBTQ racial and economic justice organizations with national queer and/or allied coalitions and organizations to share information and strategies on racial and economic justice research, organizing and advocacy.
Dec 17: Act Queer! Teleconference: The Year in Queer Politics
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Queers for Economic Justice would like for you to join us on a national conference call to discuss 2009’s queer politial agenda as part of our ongoing monthly series on racial & economic justice issues that impact poor/low-income, people of color, disabled, LGBTQ communities. From the passage of Prop 8 in California to the passage of the Matthew Shepard Act, the national LGBT political agenda has gained significant momentum. Will the explosion in LGBT policy on the national radar represent a movement towards queer liberation? What’s are there more progressive policy wins possible on the horizon for progressive queers? JOIN THE CALL TO FIND OUT! Please RSVP to this call. Supporting materials will be sent out in advance to those who RSVP. Thursday, December 17, 2009 2pm-3:30pm EST/11am-12:30pm PST Conference Call # (712) 432-0600 Password: 751219# Presenters include: Nicky Grist, Alternatives to Marriage Project (Relationship recognition policy) Robert Espinoza, Funders for LGBTQ Issues (Racial Equity in LGBT Philanthropy) Karina Claudio, Gays and Lesbians of Bushwick Empowered (Trans Unemployment & Employment Non Discrimination Act) Gabriel Arkles, Sylvia Rivera Law Project (Hate Crimes & Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Act) This call is the 7th of a new monthly series called in our national coalition-building work called Act Queer! The purpose of the Act Queer! teleconference series is to connect grassroots LGBTQ, racial,and economic justice organizations with national queer and/or allied coalitions and organizations to share information and strategies on racial and economic justice issues. |
Act Queer! Teleconference: Cultural Organizing in Queer Movements
The purpose of Act Queer! is to connect grassroots LGBTQ racial and economic justice organizations with national queer and/or allied coalitions and organizations to share information and strategies on racial and economic justice research, organizing and advocacy.
Our November 19, 2009 teleconference focused on organizations that are using cultural organizing to push queer social justice issues.
To hear each presenter, press play on the audio player. Read materials from each presenter just below the audio player.
Graciela Sanchez and Amanda Haas, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center (San Antonio, TX) discuss the necessity of providing bilingual organizing in queer movements; grounding our communities in the knowledge of the intersection between our heritage and our queerness
Selly Thiam, None on Record (U.S., Canada and South Africa) discusses the documentation of the struggles and joys of QLGBT Africans through audio stories and their use for political change
Aurin Squire, Freedom Train Productions (New York City) discusses their theatre performances as a vehicle for imagination and creativity; using stories/performances to create empathy not just tolerance; using art as activism
Freedom Train’s manifesto
Kebo Drew, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (California) discusses using their films to bring visibility to the many facets of queer women of color; women of color and immigration; QWOCMAP Annual Film Festivals
If you have questions, comments, or know of other resources or events related to this topic, please feel free to post in the comments section!
Act Queer Teleconference!: Cultural Organizing and Queer Movements
Queers for Economic Justice would like for you to join us on a national conference call on the significance of cultural organizing within queer movements as part of our ongoing monthly series on racial & economic justice issues that impact poor/low-income, people of color, disabled, LGBTQ communities.
Social justice movements often have bitter divides between people who do cultural work and those that do “political” work. Some movements have made good use of both strategies–those that are organizing to shift cultural narratives and dream new realities, and those who are organizing to undo current and/or build new economic and political realities.
But what can new queers doing economic/political organizing learn from the cultural workers of our movement? JOIN THE CALL TO FIND OUT!
Please RSVP to this call. Supporting materials will be sent out in advance to those who RSVP.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
2pm-3:30pm EST/11am-12:30pm PST
Conference Call # (712) 432-0600
Password: 751219#
Presenters include:
Graciela Sanchez/Amanda Haas, Eperanza Peace and Justice Center (Cultural organizing, radical politics & creating community)
Selly Thiam, None on Record (documenting the struggles and joys of QLGBT Africans through audio stories)
Aurin Squire, Freedom Train Productions (showcasing black, queer protagonists in theatre)
Kebo Drew, Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (promoting the visibility of queer women of color to address social justice issues through authentic life stories)
Other presenters TBA!!!
This call is the 6th of a new monthly series called in our national coalition-building work called Act Queer! The purpose of the Act Queer! teleconference series is to connect grassroots LGBTQ, racial,and economic justice organizations with national queer and/or allied coalitions and organizations to share information and strategies on racial and economic justice issues.
QEJ Calls for Queers to Take a Stand on Health Care Reform
Dear QEJ Supporter --
The fight for a robust public option in our healthcare system to insure all people in the US may be one of the most important issues of this generation. The ability to access quality healthcare is something that impacts all of us. And ALL of us need to be engaged in this fight.
Believe it or not, a gay conservative group called Go Proud s pushing against the public option in health care reform, falsely stating that because of the federal Defense of Marriage Act, “any effort to expand government-run healthcare will expand government-sanctioned discrimination against gay and lesbian families.” We cannot afford to let them, or anyone else, take away the public option, that would offer some health insurance for people who would otherwise go without.
We are calling for a National Days of Action on Health Care. We are asking organizations (large and small), activists, and organizers, to join us on a national conference call to learn what you can do to join the fight for a public option in health care.
On this call hear about:
- The latest update from Congress Health Care Reform Plans.
- The vision and strategy for an LGBT-led response to health care reform,
- Action steps you can take to make a real difference.
Monday, October 5th
2pm-3:30pm EST
Conference Call # (712) 432-0600
Password: 751219#
Speakers include:
Rebecca Fox, National Coalition on LGBT Health
Kenyon Farrow, Queers for Economic Justice
Suzanne Pharr, Astraea Foundation Movement Building Consultant
Please RSVP to this call by registering. Supporting materials from presenters will be sent out in advance of the call to those who RSVP.
National Days of Action on Healthcare is being coordinated and assisted by several organizations including QEJ, The National Coalition on LGBT Health, Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, Astraea Foundation Movement Building Project, Gender JUST, Equality California’s Health & Human Services Network, National Gay & Lesbian Taskforce.