NOTICE!!  Informal meetings are now at Professor Java's and not at Uncommon Grounds. Its MUCH bigger than Uncommon and they are much more friendly towards big groups. Sean will be in the office located in room 333 of the campus center till 7:50 if you need a ride. If you have a car and are willing to drive people, it would be helpful if you let us know. Directions are at the bottom of the page under general information.

NOTICE!!  No Meeting on Weds, March 31st. We are co-sponsoring Barbara Smith to come speak in the ballroom at 7PM.

 

Dippikill

Dippikill is SUNY Albany's camp site on Dippikill Mt. We stay in a large cabin with electricity and a fire place for heat. The amount of fun we have is legendary and everyone ends up closer. Where else can you expect the men to make pancakes and the women to chop the wood. It only costs you 25 dollars, and might be only 20 if we get enough people to go! So make your friends go too! Food is provided so dont worry about extra expenses. We try to organize rides at the meeting before we go, so make sure you ask for one before it gets too late and you are stuck without a ride. That would suck because we want everyone to go and have a great time.

     ●Weekend of April 16, 17, and 18

     ●transportation decided at Weds April 14th's meeting

 

Getting Married At SUNY Albany

We will be tabling in the campus center lobby with information about civil marriages and the recent controversy around it. If any of your friends (or even yourself) have issues, questions, anything, this is the place to send them for information. We will also be marrying people! You wont be getting a marriage certificate but you will be getting some SUNY Pride-tailored "I do's". We are really hoping that our heterosexual allies visit us as well to help us show that this is a civil rights issue. The CDGLCC is sponsoring a town meeting this night as well to discuss the issue. Remember, there is power in knowledge.

     ●Tuesday March 23rd from 9-4

 

Barbara Smith: Famous Feminist Speaker

Barbara Smith is a well known African American, bisexual, feminist author/speaker/Albany native. We hear she is amazing! Which is why we agreed to collaborate with the Women's Studies department to bring her to campus. Make sure you don't miss this one or you will never be able to explain to your children why you passed up the opportunity to see this woman speak. She has a way with explaining the intersections of race, class, sexuality, and gender. This is FREE!!! (we like that word)

     ●Wednesday, March 31st at 7PM in the campus center ball room

 

Thoth - Live Performance by Academy Award Winning Artist

This is part of the Eisodos Film Festival put on by the Theatre for Education Association. Thoth is supposed to have new ways of approaching gender and sexuality that should spark thought and conversation. Check it out and let us know what you thought about it at the next meeting. The entire festival is free to the public. Access the other events at www.albany.edu/theatre . You can also check out Thoth's Academy Award winning documentary before the show!!

     ●Thursday March 25th 8PM in the Arena Theater

     ●movie: 6:15PM before the show

 

LGBTQ Conference

What can we say. There is just a whole lotta good 'ol queer stuff happening at this year's conference. A few of the highlights include Bitch and Animal and Antigone Rising. Check out all of the information on their web page at www.albany.edu/~lgbtc . Dan and Simone in the LGBT Concerns office did an amazing job in putting this together. Workshops are FREE to Pride members, but to be a member you need to attend 3!! meetings. No Less. You still need to pay for the banquet but you will need to contact them or ask us to contact them for you if you plan on going to the banquet. Their web site says '03, but it was just a technical difficulty, it's for '04.

     ●April 23rd - 25th