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TWN - The Weekly News: 04/28/2006 Table of Contents:
2006 Third Annual PRIDE Celebration Every Thursday: Pride Planning Meetings Pride 2006 Register Your Booth. Details and Application! April 29th Women With Wings – 10th Annual Concert April 30th COED Rainbow Singles Potluck Picnic April, May & June Events for the WOMEN'S Singles Group Coming in May Recycle Inkjet & Toner Cartridges & Help The Center May 3rd - June 7th The “Wilde Life” Airing Wednesday & Friday Evenings May 5th Art Walk at the Center May 5th Oregon’s Youth Suicide Prevention Program May 6th & 7th ROP Rural Caucus and Strategy Session.. May 6th The Third Annual Big Gay BBQ May 6th – 10th Community Works Victim Services Volunteer Training May 14th Men’s Potluck has a host! June 3rd Conference: The Transgender Umbrella June 13th Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center’s Annual Meeting & Election August 11th – 13th Big Gay Campout II, in Tiller AELCCA 2006 Now closed on Sunday!!! L April - May - June 2006 HIV Testing Day/ Hours Revised Schedule July and August 2006 American Foundation For Suicide Prevention Consider this: Become a Center Member
New - News2006 Third Annual PRIDE Celebration
AELCCA will be sponsoring the Third Annual PRIDE Celebration on Wednesday June 7th through Saturday, June 10, 2006. Pride events will be held in Ashland and Medford. An event schedule will soon be announced. Please be sure to check our Web Site www.abdellis.org frequently for more details of all the fabulous activities on tap to make this an unforgettable experience for all.
Every Thursday: Pride Planning MeetingsPride 2006 “Bringing it Home!!!” Be a part of the fun. Be a part of the planning. There will be meetings about Pride every Thursday at 6:30PM at: Ignition Gallery 324 Talent Avenue Talent, Oregon 535-7209
Everyone is invited to help in the planning. Contact Frances Marsh at 973-5563 for additional information.
If you have any Homo Handy Crafts you would like to sell we will have vending booths to flaunt your wears. Sign up information will be coming!! There will be dancing and entertainment galore. If you and your friends or your favorite non profit would like to fundraise with a Dyke/ Drag Queen Dunking Booth or a Guess Who is Kissing Who booth or a Gay Money Stamping Booth. Come to one of our meetings. Mark your Calendars for the best Pride Ever!!! Saturday June 10th Alba Park in Medford, from 10 am to 9 pm Pride 2006 “Bringing it Home!!!” Home is where your heart is. PRIDE ’06 IS COMING!!!!!!
Pride 2006 Register Your Booth. Details and Application!
2006 SOUTHERN OREGON PRIDE FESTIVAL
The third annual Southern Oregon Pride Festival is moving to Medford’s Alba Park, within the block surrounded by 8th, Main, Holly, and Ivy Streets across from the Post Office. Sponsored by the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center, the event will take place on Saturday, June 10 from 10 am to 9 pm with entertainment, DANCING, food, and vender booths.
Any individual or organization that shares our values of diversity and inclusiveness is welcome to celebrate in our Street Fair with an information and/or vender booth at the Festival. Applications for booth space are subject to approval for appropriateness. Booth set-up starts at 9 am.
Both non-profit and for-profit vender booth spaces will be available. We estimate public attendance at about 200 people. Deadline for RECEIPT of Booth Application is Wednesday, June 7, if space is still available. The non-profits will occupy spaces along Alba Park’s sidewalks. There is plenty of room for non-profit spaces.
Limited to 40 for-profit vender booths, those booths will be located on both sides of Holly Street between 8th and Main Streets. (NO for-profit booths allowed in Alba Park.) All booths will be 10 foot by 10 foot spaces on a first come, first serve basis. Two adjacent booths may also be rented by a vender. Electricity is available for free, but you would need to bring a 100-foot cord. All food venders are responsible for a $100 day license from Jackson County Health and Human Services. Their telephone number is 541-774-8206.
Space Rental Fees are as follows:
Non-profit, information only…………………………………….....FREE Non-profit, accepting donations or selling items……………….$25.00 For Profit Vender Booth – 10 foot by 10 foot space…………...$50.00 For Profit Vender Booth – 10 foot by 20 foot space………….$100.00
If there are any questions, please call Peter H. McCusker at 541-535-5071. Or, just download the Booth Application, fill it out completely and send it with remittance to:
Peter H. McCusker 2955 Camp Baker Road Medford, OR 97501
Please make check out to: Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center
DO NOT SEND CASH
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2006 SOUTHERN OREGON PRIDE FESTIVAL BOOTH APPLICATION
Sponsored by the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center
I would like a booth for the Street Fair as indicated:
FREE ______ One Alba Park space for a non-profit information booth
$25.00 _____ One Alba Park space for a fundraising non-profit booth
$50.00 _____ One Holly Street Fair 10 foot by 10-foot booth space for a vender
$100.00 ____ One Holly Street Fair 10 foot by 20-foot booth space for a vender
Organization: ________________________________________________________
Contact Person: ________________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________________
City, State, ZIP: ________________________________________________________
Email: ________________________________________________________
If you are a vender, what are you selling? ___________________________________
Do you need electricity? ______________________________________________
Please make checks payable to: Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center
Send Booth Application and remittance to:
Peter H. McCusker 2955 Camp Baker Road Medford, OR 97501
DO NOT SEND CASH
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April 29th Women With Wings – 10th Annual Concert
Women
With Wings - 10th Annual Concert "Keeping The Fire Burning"
When: Saturday, April 29, 2006 @ 7 p.m. (Doors open @ 6:30) Arrive close to doors opening; seats fill quickly.
Where: First Presbyterian Church, Ashland (Siskiyou Blvd. and Walker Ave.)
Suggested Donation: $10-$15 (We donate the $ to local women’s nonprofit organizations) ASL Signer
Women With Wings is a chorus of women drawn together by their love of singing; the desire to share in a community of mutual support; and the commitment to share with the broader community a feminist vision of peace and justice.
April 30th COED Rainbow Singles Potluck PicnicNews From Gary: “There will be a men and women’s potluck picnic this Sunday in Medford. It’s across from the old post office, off Main and Ivy. 12:00 Noon, BYOB. I hope you enjoy yourself. It should be great weather. RSVP to Gary 608-7435 or Rhonda621-5778”
Gay Men's Potluck Hosts: Volunteers please call Gary Lesbian Potluck Hosts: Volunteers please call Rhonda
Also, in order for any and all Potluck Events to be posted promptly prior to said Potluck Events, please make sure to call and confirm with Gary @ 608-7435
April, May & June Events for the WOMEN'S Singles Group
On April 29th Women's Singles Group will meet in Williams at B. C.'s home in the woods. Please call 541-218-7664 for directions. There we will meet at 1:00pm for a potluck.
May 19, 20, 21 Trip to Gurneville, California for Diva Weekend. Should be fun on the river and lots to do. Call for your reservations or campsites. We will caravan down if everyone would like to.
May 28 or 29th Memorial Day, if anyone would like to volunteer their home for a potluck or BBq, or lead a hike, please call.
June 3 Charolette's for a potluck. Please bring a dish to share. In Grants Pass please call Charolette for directions and time. 541-479-0556
June 24 "G" Street Marketplace In Grants Pass. Meet for dinner at 7pm and music and dancing start at 9pm.
More dates to follow as we are planning trips to Brookings, Shasta and other parts of the west. Please keep your eyes open for times and dates. All single women are welcome to join.
For any other information or to join please call: Rhonda Young, Leader 541-621-5778
Coming in May Recycle Inkjet & Toner Cartridges & Help The Center
Recycle to benefit The Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center
We Need Your Help
The Center, as a local non-profit,has an equal opportunity to gain revenue $$$ through a recycling program of inkjet and laser toner cartridges. Recycling has become one of the most important activities that we can do today to protect our environment.
How It Works:
The collection carton and free shipping bags will soon be available at the Center. Everyone, please consider participating in this program. Either bring in your used cartridges, or pick up some bags for use at your home. You can even ask your employer if they would like to participate. Free shipping bags can be sent directly to your office, and then the proceeds will be sent to the registered non-profit involved, i.e. the Abdill-Ellis Center.
The Center has just registered for this program and you’ll be informed when the shipping bags become available.
May 3rd - June 7th The “Wilde Life” Airing Wednesday & Friday Evenings
The "Wilde Life" will re-broadcast their first four shows beginning Wednesday, May 3rd at 10:00 PM.
May 3rd Michael Erceg May 10th Travis Thompson Part I May 17th Travis Thompson Part II May 24th Gary Powell
The show profiles gay men in the Rogue Valley, and is hosted by Scott Clay, and is produced and directed by Dennis Vickoren. Dennis is attempting to show viewers that we are not that much different from everyone else, to show that young people are struggling with their sexuality, and can watch and see that gay people – can have a good life’ and he recognizes there is a high instance of suicide in gay teens and feels one reason is lack of support from the community. Including a lack of positive role models, and no place to turn when in need. "If I can help one all the effort will be worth it" said Dennis.
On Friday, May 19th Dennis and Clay will be back in the studio for a live broadcast of shows, #5 & #6. These two shows will be recorded and re-broadcast on Wednesday May 31st (show #5) and June 7th (show #6).
The Wilde Life can be seen on Charter cable, channel 31 in Jackson County, on channel 15 in Josephine County, and on Ashland Fiber Network channel 95 and on the Internet at www.roguetv.org; click on community and then click on Live Streaming Video. You may email the show at wildelife@charter.net.
May 5th Art Walk at the Center
May 5th Center Post Deadline
Please turn in your submissions for The Center Post to Zach Zruckenmiller no later than May 5, 2006. All articles, poetry or prose will be considered for publication. Zach’s email is zax145@yahoo.com
May 5th Oregon’s Youth Suicide Prevention Program
SAFE:TEEN Training!
Oregon Public Health is offering a 1-day training to enable you and 1-4 team-mates to provide a comprehensive suicide prevention program for your school:
Date: May 5, 2005, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Location: Oregon Community Credit Union Corporate Office 2880 Chad Drive Eugene, Oregon 97408
Training will be facilitated by Jill Hollingsworth, MA, who has been training school and community staff to implement SAFE:TEEN in Lane County Schools since 2003. She has successfully brought together a strong county team collaboration that has led to additional services for youth. SAFE:TEEN is based on evidence-based practices; it fulfills the Best Practice measures supplied by DHS; it is being evaluated by a national researcher at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention to fulfill Evidence-Based Practice measures for suicide prevention programs.
Cost: Free! There is no registration cost, but teams must demonstrate the ability to follow through with the implementation process. You will provide your own transportation, meals, and lodging as necessary. We will provide the training and all curriculum and program materials at no cost to you. Once teams are trained, ongoing costs for program implementation in a school are estimated to be less than $300 per school year.
Space is limited to 30 people who come in teams of 2-5. Teams should include teachers, counselors, administrators, health educators, and/or community advocates. Your team will include those most interested and most able to implement the program. Please apply as a team (minimum 2 members) and provide a letter of support from the principal or appropriate administrator. SAFE:TEEN has been implemented at the school level, school district level, and as a county-wide program.
Expectations of teams: We want to increase the number of school personnel and students who are able to understand suicide and its causes and who are able to implement school-based prevention programs, policies, and procedures. Suicide has been called the "most preventable death," yet, it is the 2nd leading cause of death in Oregon for youth ages 10-17. Following this training you will be able to: take sample policies and procedures to your administration for approval, educate staff about suicide and its prevention, provide classroom lessons for youth, and work with others to provide a safer community for youth. Our expectation is that you will implement SAFE:TEEN in the fall. We will provide follow-up technical assistance to help you be successful.
To register: Please fill out the following form and return it to Donna Noonan, donna.noonan@state.or.us, or by mail to Oregon Public Health, 800 NE Oregon, Ste 772, Portland, OR 97232. Teams will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis until the training is filled, so get your registrations in early to reserve your spot!.
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1. Person Completing This Form (Team Coordinator):
Name: ______________________________________________ Job Title: ______________________________________________ Job Site: ______________________________________________ Mailing Address: ______________________________________________ Work Phone Number: ______________________________________________ Work FAX Number: ______________________________________________ Work E-mail Address: ______________________________________________
2. Please list the team members coming from your school, district or community.
3. Describe the setting in which you want to implement SAFE:TEEN (e.g., school, school district, county, community organization): ______________________________________________
4. Describe what your team hopes to be able to do in your community as a result of this training: ______________________________________________
5. Describe the youth suicide prevention activities/programs (if any) already in place in your setting (school, school district, county, e.g.). Include any staff training, existing policies procedures, curriculum, other programs: ______________________________________________
6. Provide a signature or letter from your school principal or appropriate administrator that demonstrates full knowledge of this training and support for implementation of youth suicide prevention actions in your setting. Page # 2 of 2:
7. Essential Information for Administrators:
· Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among youth aged 10-34.
· Adolescence is the peak onset of mental illness. Early treatment can often not only prevent the exacerbation of symptoms and progression of a disorder, but also saves lives.
· SAFE:TEEN (Suicide Awareness for Everyone) is a comprehensive, school-based suicide prevention program designed to increase awareness of depression and suicidal ideation among school staff, students, parents and administration.
· Staff training consists of a 2 1/2 - 3 hour in-service training, which is typically offered in the fall before the student and parent education components.
· Student training consists of two 90-minute classes or four 50-minute classes. The training is offered in health classes and delivered in context with a related topic such as depression or stress.
· Administration support includes the provision of comprehensive guidelines for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention.
· Aside from the staff costs of the inservice training, the program typically costs less than $300.00 the first year and less than $100.00 in subsequent years.
· If you have questions, want more information, or would like to get the registration form as a Word document, please contact me. Please forward to others who might be interested. Thank you!
Donna G. Noonan, MPH, CHES Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator Injury Prevention & Epidemiology Program Oregon Public Health 800 NE Oregon, Ste 772 Portland, OR 97232 NEW PHONE NO.: 971-673-1023 NEW FAX NO.: 971-673-0990 http://oregon.gov/dhs/ph/ipe/ysp/index.shtml
Join YSPNetwork, Youth Suicide Prevention listserv for the Pacific Northwest at http://listsmart.osl.state.or.us/mailman/listinfo/yspnetwork
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May 6th & 7thROP Rural Caucus and Strategy Session
A year ago many of us were deciding to take a week out of our lives to walk 65 miles from Salem to Portland in the hopes that it would amplify the debate over peace and justice. It was fun, it was hard - but we felt that we needed to do it and we did it!
Things politically have gotten worse. Katrina, mounting chaos in Iraq, now talk of nuclear invasion of Iraq - but what has built this past year is the willingness of people to take to the streets. In Oregon alone we have seen two crowds of almost 20,000 in the streets for peace and justice this past month! (March 19th in Portland and April 9th in Salem.) And the crowds had minimal overlap (which does beg some pondering) but it shows that we have 40,000 Oregonians willing to interrupt their weekend to agitate. Across the country communities are seeing their biggest protests ever - the dynamic phase of a movement is building. This winter Veterans marched through the Gulf Coast to New Orleans to connect the dots between peace and justice. As I type this, students in Cottage Grove and Hood River (and elsewhere, I suspect) are planning their high school walkouts in support of immigrant rights! And ROP will be coordinating a Veterans for Peace cycle from the California border to Washington State this summer as they cycle 40 miles a day towards their August meeting in Seattle. And we will house, care for and join them. Things are happening. And we need to strategize.
Please review the agenda (below) for the Rural Caucus and Strategy Session - it’s a pretty serious weekend of trying to situate ourselves to best support this moment of expanding activism in the streets. But, we will also have some fun in the Union Hall that tended to us so well last June. A live Samba Band, excellent homemade food! and some dancing to close out the evening - and those who feel up to it are bedding down inside and out just like we did during the walk. (There are motels and more comfortable options as well.)
If you feel ready to move our work forwards a next step, join us. But don't forget to tell us so that we can coordinate all the details to maximize comfort. I look forward to hearing back from those of you who are able to join us. Email marcy@rop.org to get your registration form and make sure that we have a space saved for you!
Warmly, Marcy
ROP Caucus and Strategy Session
A People’s Convention to Rebuild America: The Gulf Coast, The Country, and Our Communities
Register Today for the Rural Caucus & Strategy Session - Saturday, May 6th & Sunday, May 7th Marcy Westerling - marcy@rop.org Rural Organizing Project - Advancing Democracy in Rural Oregon P.O. Box 1350 Scappoose, OR 97056 (503) 543-8417
May 6th The Third Annual Big Gay BBQ
The Third Annual Big Gay Barbeque
sponsored by the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center,
is scheduled for Saturday, May 6, 2006
at the United Church of Christ Congregational Church, 717 Siskiyou Blvd., Ashland
from Noon until 4:00 PM. Sliding Scale Admission! $7-$20 Kids under 12 are free!
This event is open to all ages.
Bring your friends and join us
This event helps support the Center.
Hope to see you there!
May 6th – 10th Community Works Victim Services Volunteer Training
Dunn House, Dunn House Outreach and Sexual Assault Victim Services (SAVS) are looking for volunteers like you!
Are you a good listener? Do you have time to commit? Do you want to help? If you would like to learn more about domestic violence, sexual assault, supportive advocacy, and how You can make a difference, attend our next volunteer training, which begins with this series of 4 classes:
Saturday, May 6th 9am-5pm: Anti-Oppression & Dynamics of Sexual Assault Wednesday, May 10th 4:30-7:30pm: Dynamics of Domestic Violence Thursday, May 11th 4:30-7:30pm: Basic Advocacy Skills
The training is free to interested volunteers and food and a training manual are provided. Call Erin at Dunn House 608-7005, or Evangeline at SAVS 779-2393 x247 for more information regarding location and the volunteer experience.
May 14th Men’s Potluck has a host!
It will be hosted by Mario Fregoso at 701 Western Avenue Apt. 326, Medford, OR. Mario can be reached via telephone 324-9200 or via e-mail at fregoso_m@yahoo.com Thank you Mario for hosting the May Men’s Potluck. Contact Michael Erceg, Potluck Coordinator, at michaele828@msn.com if you are interested in hosting a Potluck.
June 3rd Conference: The Transgender Umbrella
The Transgender Umbrella: Clinical Skills for Empowering Transgender and Gender Queer Clients
Saturday, June 3, 2006 Held at Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus, Mesa, Arizona
Heather Aidala, Psy.D. and Louise Welter, Ph.D. are pleased to announce this one-day conference to assist mental health professionals in developing their clinical competency in working with clients with non-traditional gender identities. The conference will begin with a moderated conversation with the presenters about gender identity implications for clinicians, followed by presentations to enhance clinical skills in three treatment modalities. CE units are available.
Individual Therapy Presented by Reid Vanderburgh, LMFT
Group Therapy Presented by Katy Koonce, LCSW
Couple and Family Therapy Presented by Arlene Istar Lev, LCSW, CASAC
For details and registration information, please visit our web site at
Please forward this announcement to colleagues and list serves as appropriate. A flyer about the conference can also be emailed as an attachment by contacting haidala@gmail.com. June 13th Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center’s Annual Meeting & Election
The Center’s Annual Meeting will be held on June 13, 2006 in Ashland at the public library on Siskiyou Blvd at 7:00 PM. We hope to see you there. Please consider applying for a Board seat. Board members serve a two-year term and four current members’ terms will be up in June. Applications for Board Membership are on the website on the AELCCA Community Bulletin Board.
If interested, please complete and mail to the Center at PO Box 927, Ashland OR 97520. August 11th – 13th Big Gay Campout II, in Tiller
WinterSpringDougy Center Training with Donna Schuurman When Kids Grieve Presented by Lovejoy Hospice and WinterSpring Saturday, May 6: Understanding and Supporting Grieving Children and Teens Sunday, May 7: Individual and Group Facilitation Skills for Use with Children/Teens at Lovejoy Hospice 939 SE 8th Street, Grants Pass OR 97526
Don’t miss this opportunity! Enhance your understanding and skills in working with grieving children. This exceptional training opportunity is for anyone who cares about grieving children: people without experience as well as seasoned professionals. Thanks to grants from the Autzen Foundation and the Hospice Education Institute, it is offered for only $35 for two full days ($25 for a single day). The conference has been approved for 12 hours of CEU’s by the Oregon Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. If you haven’t received a registration form in the mail, you may call 1-888-758-8569.
Be sure to note “WinterSpring” on the form.
Donna Schuurman is the national director for the Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families. As the Center’s Executive Director from 1991 to 2004 she helped it become an international model of how to help grieving children. WinterSpring’s Children’s Program is modeled on the Dougy Center. I hope you can come to this training offered for only $35.00. This would cost several hundred dollars plus travel expenses at the Dougy Center in Portland!
Spanish Class
Conversational Spanish classes, taught by Larry Crain and Zach Druckenmiller, will be held on Tuesdays in Medford. Class runs from 7:30 PM until 9:00 PM. Classes will be held on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. The class is designed for beginning conversational level. For location and directions Contact Zach 778-6126 or email Zach zax145@yahoo.com or Larry Crain at 779-9462.
Board Meeting
The next Board Meeting of the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center will be at 7:00 PM on the 9th of May. All meetings are open to the community and everyone is encouraged to participate.
Roommate Wanted
Lesbian housemate over 40 to share a quiet and spacious East Medford Home $450/momth plus ½ of utilities. Call Lynn 282-4944 for more information.
Fall 2006SAVE THE DATE The Community of Welcoming Congregations and the Pacific School of Religion’s Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies present an
Interfaith Transgender Conference October 21-22, 2006 First United Methodist Church in Corvallis, Oregon
Planning is underway. Contact the CWC office if you are interested in being part of the team. We are especially seeking Transgender people of faith!
"What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail?"
Rev. Tara Wilkins, Executive Director The Community of Welcoming Congregations PO Box 14948 Portland, OR 97293 503-665-8741 www.welcomingcongregations.org
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