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: JOIN THE CALL TO FIND OUT! Please RSVP to this call. Thursday, August 19, 2010 2pm-3:30pm EST/11am-12:30pm PST Conference... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Jobs Bill, TANF, Real ID, American Power Act
As we geared up for the US Social Forum Queer People’s Movement Assembly we co-hosted, 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. To hear each presenter press play on the audio. Read materials from each presenter just below the audio player. Francis X.... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Research in Queer Organizing
Research is something many grassroots movements shun, given its history of pathologizing low-income, queer and trans people, people of color, the disabled, etc. And yet, there is a wealth of research happening by grassroots organizations, and researchers interested in the strength & resilience of communities. What are the research strategies being utilized by different queer and progressive groups? What has been successful and what has failed... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Movement Building in Queer Organizing
Many of the mainstream LGBTQ organizations focus on single issue, electoral and policy based organizing/advocacy. Whereas the work done by many of the radical, grassroots LGBTQ groups focuses on grassroots strategies, with a heavy focus on movement building. Often we’re told this work doesn’t have impact, or doesn’t have measurable goals. What is movement building and why is it a cornerstone of the grassroots movement? What... [Read More...]
Act Queer! Teleconference: Economics: Race, Class, Gender and the Economy
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. In 2010 all of the Act Queer! telconference series will focus on the economy. As news stories, individuals and organizations have been discussing the drastic effects of the current economic... [Read More...]