Hi friends!
This Tuesday at 6pm is our next QSU meeting in the QRC, Stewart Center G20! We're going to have a discussion on labels and identities (mostly in the LGBTQ community). Come join in!
Our Out at Work Employer Panel will be taking place on February 28 in
BRNG 2280 at 6pm. There will be many employers present to talk about
what it's like to be out at work and answer any questions that you may
have.
Indiana Equality “State House Equality Day” 2011
Monday, February 21, 2011 – 9:30-12:30p.m. - Indianapolis
Indiana Equality will be providing a crash course in techniques for successfully communicating with State legislators. There will also be a lunch panel of legislators to discuss legislation and answer questions. Immediately following the lobby training, participants will have an opportunity to meet with State representatives or senators regarding important issues pending before the Indiana General Assembly.
Next Monday, March 1, Second Chance Prom tickets go on sale! This is a great chance to relive your high school prom! Tickets will be $8 per person and it will take place in the Lahr Atrium (Lafayette) on April 9, 7-11pm.
Friends of Europe shows a movie every two weeks and carries out an online poll to determine which movie to show. There is a theme for every screening and this week's is "Queer Stories". The poll is now available at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_b9rRqUHrrMKzsyw . The showing will be on Wednesday, February 23, at 7:30pm in Rawls 1057.
The Victory Congressional Internship is accepting applications for Summer 2011. This summer, the Gay & Lesbian Leadership Institute will bring five outstanding LGBTQ college students to Washington, D.C., for an intensive summer leadership program, including an eight-week Congressional internship and a structured curriculum to learn about the legislative process and careers in the policy-making process.
The program includes a generous stipend, placement in a congressional office internship and travel to/from Washington, D.C. for Summer 2011, as well as travel and registration to GLLI’s International Leadership Conference in Houston, Texas, in December 2011.
Applications are due Monday, March 7 – find out more and apply now at www.glli.org/vci
The Victory Congressional Internship is open to current undergraduate students of all genders, orientations, abilities, races, and political affiliations, including people with majors other than political science.
Keynote Presentation featuring filmmaker Daniel De Vivo
Thursday, February 24, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. –Stewart Center Room 206
Daniel De Vivo is a freelance director and producer who believes that films are a powerful resource for popular education and cross-cultural exchange. His film, “Crossing Arizona” exposes the policies, politics, and human costs that have made Arizona the flashpoint in the national debate over illegal immigration that it is today. His current project, “Two Americans”, returns to Arizona to look at two citizens: a 9-year old girl fighting to save her undocumented parents from deportation and a local sheriff who has made fighting undocumented immigration his chief priority.
INTERSECTIONS Reception
Friday, February 25, 2011 – 4:00-5:00p.m. – Stewart Center, Room 310
At this reception honoring academic endeavors in diversity work, INTERSECTIONS Diversity Research Awards are presented to students who submitted exemplary research papers. Also recognized will be students pursuing the DiversiKey Certificate, the 2011 Diversity Fellows, and all INTERSECTIONS 2011 collaborators. Refreshments will be served; remarks
begin at 4:15 p.m.
PSG to Vote on Recommendation Supporting Benefits
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 – 7:00 p.m. – KRAN G018
Purdue Student Government (PSG) will take a vote on a recommendation in favor of protecting same-sex domestic partner benefits currently targeted by SB 475. Faculty and staff are especially encouraged to attend in support of the recommendation, whether or not they currently participate in the benefits program.
For more information, contact Jess Rombach, PSG Senator, at jrombach@purdue.edu
Thanks for reading!
Brian K. Lewis
Vice President
Queer Student Union
Purdue University
bklewis@purdue.edu
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