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TWN - The Weekly News: 05/18/2006 Table of Contents:
2006 Third Annual Southern Oregon PRIDE Festival NEW!! Thursday, June 8th~Queer Film Night Friday, June 9th~Brokeback Prom Saturday, June 10th~BRINGING IT HOME! PICNIC IN THE PARK Tuesday, June 13th~ AELCCA Annual Meeting Every Thursday: Pride Planning Meetings Pride 2006 Register Your Booth. Details and Application! Not Straight Not Sure Leader, Delaine Due Speaks Out May 20th Planned Parenthood’s Teen Theater. May 26th Phantasmagoria Film & Fashion Party May & June Events for the WOMEN'S Singles Group Coming in May 22nd Recycle Inkjet & Toner Cartridges & Help The Center May 3rd - June 7th The “Wilde Life” Airing Wednesday & Friday Evenings 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 Southern Oregon PRIDE Festival NEW!!
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. This will be an unforgettable experience for all.
Thursday, June 8th~Queer Film NightHosted by the Queer Resource Center This festival will include a few short films and a feature film. Where: Meese Auditorium at Southern Oregon University in Ashland Doors open at 6:45. Show runs from 7:00 – 10:00 PM FREE!
Friday, June 9th~Brokeback PromHosted by Not Straight Not Sure Where: The A Street Marketplace, Oak & A Street in Ashland Time: 8:00 PM-midnight $5-$20 sliding scale People under 12 get in FREE Food and Drinks are available at Cosmic Pizza & Ploughman’s Wine and Cheese First 20 people in the door get a prize!
Saturday, June 10th~BRINGING IT HOME! PICNIC IN THE PARKA day in the park with entertainment, information, food, vendor booths and DANCING! Where: Alba Park in Medford Time: 10:00 AM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, June 13th~ AELCCA Annual MeetingCome meet your Board, vote/volunteer new Board members, Year in review, discussion of the community’s vision and ideas for the future of the Center. Where: Ashland Public Library Time: 7-9pm
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
===================================================================================== Not Straight Not Sure Leader, Delaine Due Speaks OutListen up Community!
First of all, thank you to the LCCA Board for giving so much opportunity and support to Not Straight Not Sure this year. This dance thing is rollin'!
This Brokeback Prom is going to be so much fun. The youth have great ideas and are sooooo excited. Please come out and support NSNS. The group serves 10-20 youth every month with on-line, phone and group support. Members travel from Grants Pass and Ashland and even Yreka on occasion. Once a member came from Shasta! The group is completely volunteer and donation based. Youth, adult and family, queer and straight-allied presence and financial support will make such an incredible impact on the lives of these youth who are motivated to give back to you through this night-o-fun.
Many of the youth who come through the group have conflicted relationships with family and schools and work based on their sexual orientation and gender expression. NSNS provides a safe place for life support and lots of healthy laughter and hugs. With the money raised from this event extravaganza, the youth group will be able to achieve some long time desires such as scholarships for books in school, support for gas money to get to group from out of town, conference expenses, emergency housing for a night, a printed brochure, books and video library.
So get those hats and boots and poker faces out and come have a great time. Look forward to dancing, games, the Gender-Blind King and Queen Contest, the Belt Buckle Contest, Grab Bags and get your photo taken at the prom you may have never had. This time--dress how you like and bring who you like without discrimination or harassment.
See you there. Yeeeeehaaaaawww!
Delaine Due
May 20th Planned Parenthood’s Teen Theater
Planned Parenthood¹s Teen Theatre presents
It¹s a Small World A theatrical adventure into the magical lives of teenagers.
Saturday, May 20 7:30PM
Unitarian Center, 4th & C Streets, Ashland
Tickets available at the door: $5 general $3 students,
For more info: 770-3331 ext. 1012
You¹ve seen them at the Lambda Awards and you loved them!
May 26th Phantasmagoria Film & Fashion Party
On Friday May 26th @ 7pm, at Nuwandart Gallery in Ashland, Phantasmagoria Productions, with DJ Nash Lives, present an evening of fashion oriented short films, and then dancing.
Phantasmagoria invites everyone into the ever Evolving magic of Wearable Art and Expression.
So break out the makeup and look HOT. Haute couture, Goth, costume and fantasy!
Dress for Excess, blessed and wondrous. Sharing with others of like mind with joy and acceptance.
Think free, be free. Phantasmagoria Productions: 482-5317
May & June Events for the WOMEN'S Singles Group
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 22nd 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 on May 22. 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.
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.
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 11th Men’s Potluck
It will be hosted by Mark Chadwell at 10665 Redwood Hwy. Wilderville, OR for swimming and hiking. Mark can be reached at 471-0765
Contact Michael Erceg, Potluck Coordinator, at michaele828@msn.com if you are interested in hosting a Potluck. 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
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 23rd 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
Not so new – NewsFree Counseling at the Center
Counseling is still available free of charge, at the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center. Three interns from the Southern Oregon University Masters in Applied Psychology Program are offering their services. Supervision is also being provided to the interns.
Anyone interested is asked to call the Center 488-6990 and the referral will be forwarded to the interns’ supervisor who will match the request with the appropriate intern.
AELCCA 2006 Now closed on Sunday!!! L
The Center’s hours, effective immediately, March 02, are:
Monday through Friday: OPEN 3:00-6:00 PM Saturday: Noon until 3:00 PM NEW!!! Sunday: CLOSED L
We will resume Sunday hours when we have a volunteer who will be able to cover the desk that day.
Anyone interested in volunteering, either at the desk, on committees or for special events, please contact Leslie Sadur, Volunteer Coordinator, at 488-9168 to make the necessary arrangements.
In the event that you come by the Center during posted hours and do not find the Center open, we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Things sometimes come up last minute and our volunteers may be unable to be at the Center that day.
April - May - June 2006 HIV Testing Day/ Hours Revised Schedule
Free HIV Testing is available at the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center. Paul Garcia, Certified Nurse Assistant will be at the Center for confidential testing and counseling as follows:
· Wednesdays, April 5th through June 14th from 4:00 to 6:00pm.
Always call the Center to confirm that testing will be conducted that day.
In the event that HIV testing is not available at the Center, please remember that Jackson County Health and Human Services at (541) 774-6967 provides testing and counseling. Ask for Tina Lines.
Resources
Check out the web site www.abdellis.org for more resources!
July and August 2006 American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
Have you moved?
Are you receiving the Center Post, the print newsletter of the Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center? If you are a current Center Member then you should expect to receive the Center Post, published seasonally. So, Members on the move, please help us update our records by sending us your current mailing address. Email us at abdillellis@yahoo.com Thank you!
Women's Golf Update 2006
Well, ladies, it is almost time to get the golf clubs out and try to hit some balls. We are now meeting the 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month at 12:00 Noon at Bear Creek in Medford. We have not been able to play because of the weather. So as soon as it gets better we will be out there. The driving range is great, and covered there and at Stewart Meadows.
I will be sending times and dates out soon for the golf club. Please let me know if any of you have any questions, ideas on improving our club, or dates and times you like. Give me a call and let's see what we can come up with this year.
All levels are welcome, and as always, Marla Corbin will be there for lessons.
Until next time.
Rhonda Young Leader 541-621-5778
Consider this: Become a Center Member
The Abdill-Ellis Lambda Community Center operates for you and because of you! We thank all the wonderful contributors and supporters who month after month, year after year have seen it in their hearts to donate their time and money so that we may exist. Some of you who receive this email have not yet become Center members. Please help support the Center by becoming a member and donating as much, and as often as you are able. Membership applications are available at the Center or on our web site www.abdellis.org.
Benefits of membership include discounts at businesses in the valley. See our website for a complete list of businesses that support the LGBTQA community of Southern Oregon. Your consideration of membership in the only GLBTQA Community Center in the state of Oregon is exquisitely appreciated.
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