FROM THE LGBT CENTER:
Hello all,
Wow...it is already week 9! Be sure to vote TOMORROW-remember all elections and issues are important. Don't waste this vital right! I have 4 items for you this week.
1-TODAY--DINE & DISCUSS: REFLECTIONS FROM THE DC MARCH!
The LGBT Center will be hosting a special Dine & Discuss program at NOON TODAY! Photo journalist and national LGBT educator Philip Deitch has offered share his photos from the recent (and past) LGBT Equality March in DC. Others who attended the march from OU/Athens have also been invited to share their stories and thoughts as part of the discussion. A free pizza lunch will be served.
DATE/TIME: TODAY! Monday, November 2, Noon - 1:00pm
LOCATION: LGBT Center - 354 Baker Center
2-SEXUALITY SPOKEN TONIGHT!
The Lost Flamingo Company wants to know what LGBTA folks have to say - - they are hosting a "Spoken Word" event! The topic is sexuality. Poems, songs, stories, or any art expression is welcomed. E-mail Laura Ornella (lo384707@ohio.edu) if you are interested in participating. Otherwise, plan to attend! The event is a fundraiser in preparation for their upcoming production of The Laramie Project. Proceeds will go to the Matthew Shepard Foundation!
DATE/TIME: TONIGHT! Monday, November 2, 7:00pm
3-DON'T MISS A LOCAL PRODUCTION OF 'THE LARAMIE PROJECT'!
Come see your Lost Flamingo Company's production of The Laramie Project! In October 1998 Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence on the outskirts of Laramie, Wyoming. Five weeks later, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie, and over the course of the next year, conducted more than 200 interviews with people of the town. From these interviews they wrote the play 'The Laramie Project', a chronicle of the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder. The play is one of the most performed plays in America today-this is on the second time it has been performed in the Athens area.
COST: $4 tickets, at the door only
DATES/TIMES: November 5, 6 & 7 at 7:00pm
LOCATION: Church of the Good Sheppard, 64 University Terrace (at the top of Morton Hill)
4-CIVIL RIGHT ACTIVIST ANGELA DAVIS SPEAKS AT OU THIS WEEK!
Angela Davis, noted author, civil rights activist and feminist, will speak at OU as part of the Ohio University Department of African American Studies 40th Anniversary celebration. During her presentation titled, "Prisons and Democracy," Davis will discuss why there are more than 2 million Americans behind bars and the legal, social and cultural issues related to what she has termed the "prison industrial complex." She also will address the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the persistent criminalization of poor and minority communities. During the civil rights movement, Davis gained national notoriety as an outspoken civil rights activist during one of the most turbulent periods in American history. A book signing will follow the lecture, which is free and open to the public.
DATE/TIME: Thursday, November 5, 7:00pm
LOCATION: Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium
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