Apply to be a QARC Coordinator!!!!

Have you been wondering about how to get involved in the queer community?

Do you have a passion for coalition building and queer retention?

Well here is your chance to get involved!

The Queer Alliance & Resource Center is opening up its coordinator positions

to all of you beautiful queer people!

How to get involved! Fill out the survey here:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C3XBPL8

Apply by May 1st and be ready for community interviews May 3rd!

More information on the interview process will be sent out after all applications have been received.

Don’t let this opportunity pass you by!

Apply. Get Involved. Queer up the world!

Call for Big Queer Workshop Working Group Collaborators!

Creating the Workshop:

The Big Queer Workshop Working Group (BQWWG) will meet every other week for 90 minutes during the Spring 2013 semester to develop workshop materials that will support queer communities to be more inclusive. This will include a set portion of a workshop that will be consistently included in every workshop for every group, and the BQWWG will identify how to support each organization to tailor the remainder of the workshop to their group’s specific needs. The BQWWG will support groups to collaborate on similar themes (e.g. SEO and GRL on greek intersections) when possible. The group will also identify if there is a need for different types of workshops (e.g. 101 vs something more advanced), and if these workshops will only happen at existing group meetings or if there will also be an open-call-for-participants-type workshop.

What Does it Mean to Join the Working Group:

Everyone should…
- commit to 90-minute meetings every other week for the whole Spring semester
- have a commitment and passion to creating inclusive queer spaces
- be able to work well in a group environment
- commit to transparency in the development process and accountability to queer communities
- be open to continuing work into Fall 2013 to continue implementing the workshop

A couple of people should have each of these (but they’re not required of all)…
- experience with curriculum design or running workshops
- content expertise on issues and experiences of transgender communities, QPOC communities, asexual communities, and/or other identities/experiences often marginalized in queer spaces
- interest in researching what other organizations are doing to address similar issues to see if we can learn from their work
- ability to keep the process structured, including meeting reminders, drafting documents, taking notes, etc.

How Do I Join the Working Group:

First meeting is on Wednesday, February 13th from 6-7pm in 156 Dwinelle. Or email Caitlin at thecaitlinquinn@gmail.com to get information about other meetings, or to ask questions.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGpMeWUzV1VYTnR3V2FPM0tPRF81T2c6MQ

Cal Q&A Presents Retreat at Santa Cruz!

Cal Q&A is excited to announce our 2nd annual Cal Q&A General Member Retreat! This retreat is a getaway vacation for queer APIs and allies to spend a relaxing time away from the Berkeley environment and socialize and bond with fellow queers, allies, and friends! There will be a fun games and exercises and downtime to just R&R! If you’re looking to make friends or just relax from stress or study under a beautiful beach home, this is the retreat for YOU!

Last year, we held our event in Bodega Bay. This year, we will hold our retreat in the warm sands of Santa Cruz, California from March 1st to March 3rd, 2013 (Friday late afternoon to Sunday noon). This event is open to the community and we encourage everyone to apply, especially new and old members of the Cal Q&A space! The price of the retreat ranges $35 – $45, depending on the amount of cool peeps who attend. But, for a nice 3-day vacation and ride back and forth, damn, that’s some good deal right there!

If this wonderful retreat entices you, apply by FEBRUARY 27th, 2013, Wednesday, 11:59 pm.

So let’s recap…

What: Cal Q&A General Member Retreat 2013
Where: Santa Cruz, CA (exact location TBA)
Deadline: February 27th, 2013, Wednesday, 11:59 pm
When: March 1st – 3rd, 2013
Price: $35 – 45
How: Click on this application!

Can’t wait to see you there!!

Yours Truly,

Cal Queer & Asian (Cal Q&A)

University of California, Berkeley

Perform at This Semesters Big Queer Event!! Apply by 2/22!

The Queer Alliance and Resource Center (QARC) and the Gender Equity Resource Center (GenEq) (both of UC Berkeley) are planning the semiannual Big Queer Event for our LGBTQIA and Queer communities.  And, we are looking for YOU, a talented member of the UC Berkeley community, to perform!
The Big Queer Event will happen in early to mid-March. We are not sure on the date yet because we have not heard back from Campus Event Services about location availability.
If you are interested in performing, please email Felipe Flores, the Director of QARC (felipe.flores@berkeley.edu) or Marisa Boyce, Program Coordinator of GenEq, (mboyce@berkeley.edu) with a description of your performance and its duration.  The deadline to apply is February 22.  Thank you!

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Queer Community ­ Why It’s Imperative to Fill Out Campus Climate Survey!
Make sure your voice is heard!!!
Win a queer prize (see below)!
The UC Berkeley Campus Climate Survey was sent out to students on February 5th – we need every LGBTQIA student at UC Berkeley to fill out this survey with as much information as possible!  This is the perfect opportunity to illuminate for the administration the needs and experiences of LGBTIQA undergraduate and graduate students throughout the entire university.     
“The UC Berkeley campus will use the survey data to help guide its policies and practices regarding campus climate, and to direct actions by the University to address particular challenges and improve the living, learning, and working environments for all of our students, faculty, and staff.” Source
Remember, this is a totally confidential survey.  And, just so you know, the survey is being administered by a member of our community and longtime LGBTQ advocate, Sue Rankin (http://www.rankin-consulting.com/staff).
In addition to the UC wide and campus prizes the general survey is offering, if you print out (or take a screen shot of) the page confirming that you’ve completed the survey, and email it to Felipe (felipe.flores@berkeley.edu) or drop off to Marisa (203 Cesar Chavez/mboyce@berkeley.edu) you will be entered for a chance to win queer prizes such as Rainbow Bear Shirts, queer books and more!  If you have any questions, feel free to contact either of us!
How To Fill It Out:
Locate your personal email invitation from Chancellor Birgeneau and Vice Chancellor Basri.  The email was sent on February 5, 2013 with the subject line “Take the UC Berkeley Campus Climate Survey”—be sure to check your spam folder. If you cannot find your personal email invitation, go to this website (http://diversity.berkeley.edu/campus-climate). Your personal identity will remain confidential. Once you have signed into the survey, your personal identification will be separated from all of your answers and never be reunited with that information again.

Queer Folk, Allies, and Film Lovers: We Need Your Help on our Film!

Dear Friends,

As some of you may know, I am currently working on producing a short 20 minute documentary about young immigrant Latin@ drag artists in the Bay Area. With my film making partner, Félix Buo, we have received a grant from the San Francisco Queer Cultural Center to present our documentary at the National Queer Arts Festival in June 2013.
The purpose of this film is to document stories of young latin@ drag artists and their experiences with immigration. We are interested in a range of experiences including: being undocumented, becoming a “citizen”, American acculturation, family dynamics and how sexuality and the practice of drag impacts their identity.
We are in the stage of interviews. This is where Félix and I need your help. We would like to interview and record as many testimonies as possible between now and January.  We are looking for LGBTQ Latin@s, between 16-25, who do drag as a personal matter or profession, and who have stories to tell about immigration (i.e coming to the U.S, deportation, mixed status family, becoming a “citizen”, activism, etc.). We are covering the Bay Area, with an emphasis in OaklandRichmond, and San Francisco.  
Please, spread the word. If you have any contacts, please send them our way, via email:erosfilmcollective@gmail.com or phone (Edgardo’s cell: 510-334-8517,  & Félix’s cell: 415-424-9617).
Also, if you’d like to receive monthly updates on our documentary please respond with “subscribe” in the subject line.
If you have any questions please contact us. If you’d like to help with our project, shoot us an email. We need help in researching grants, publicity, LGBTQ resources/organizations/student groups. 
Mil Gracias!
Edgardo Cervano-Soto and Félíx Buo
EROS Film Collective
Experimental Research in Otherness and Sexuality
Phone: 510.334.8517
Phone: 415.424.9617

Queer Advocacy Agenda Survey!

Hey everyone!

At the Big Queer Meeting a lot of different voices and concerns were heard/addressed. We know that not everyone was able to go and there are still voices left unheard. Here’s your opportunity to voice your wants/needs/concerns!

Please fill out the quick survey below and rank the concerns addressed at the townhall and feel free to add anything that is not addressed in the survey.

Want to help out even more? Add your friends to the event page, circulate the survey, and spread the word in any other way possible!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dF9WUU0yWlFyUmNUaVRtVjY1bmhzMHc6MQ

We will be closing the survey on the October 10th and debrief the 12th at our second Big Queer Meeting

 

Hope to see/hear from y’all!
Thank you,

Queer Alliance Resource Center

Art Submissions for MCC Art Gallery Presents: Movement of Queer Diasporas

***SUBMISSIONS REVIEWED ON A ROLLING BASIS UNTIL OCTOBER 7th ***

 

Who can submit: Anyone! Students, Community members

What medium: We welcome artists of various mediums including but not limited to paintings, sculptures, poetry, photography, film, and more.

 

The Theme:

 

Movement of Queer Diasporas explores the multiple ways movement is creatively present in the lives, resistance, and struggles of queer communities in the diaspora. There is movement in the fluidity of expressions of queerness, how notions of family are challenged, “coming out” narratives, and in the search for home. There is movement in navigating different locations and in the hiding, (un)masking, de-queering, and transformation that can come with queerness.  With the Movement of Queer Diasporas Exhibit, we hope to honor the mosaic of stories and hxstery of movement ingrained in queer diasporic communities.

 

diaspora- the movement, migration or scattering of communities from home/land(s)  to home/land(s).

We seek to acknowledge the non-neutrality of the construction of diaspora, to visibilize the displacement and renaming of lands, to queer any one static definition of diaspora.

 

If you are interested in submitting, please email your work to us at artcommittee.mcc@gmail.com and fill out the form below-

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGh4TmRKdjRzY2tEWHVQZ09tdEp4X2c6MQ#gid=0

What we ask: Art be ready to hang/display/present. Artist is responsible for delivery of art-work by October 10th and pickup by November 9th. The Art show will begin on October 15th and will be up for about three weeks. Artwork must be original work only.

 

The MCC Art Gallery is a free and accessible art space run by and for students and community members. We aim to provide a platform for artists who engage with social justice principles that encourage the use of art as a tool for empowerment, resistance, and engaged learning. Submissions will be reviewed and selected by the MCC Art Committee (a student-led collaborative committee) based on relevance to theme, ease of installation, and craftsmanship. Artists will be notified by October 8th of acceptance into this show. We apologize in advance that we are not able to accept every piece submitted.

Big Queer Meeting! This Friday

Are y’all ready for the next community wide event?

This year is a year of transition, whether it is regarding the move out of Eshlerman into the Hearst Annex or getting a new Chancellor, which means community support and building are more important than ever.

Join the queer community this Friday as we meet, mingle, and discuss what we want from the university. Or if that’s not your cup of tea, come out and be around some amazing queer people!

Date: September 28, 2012

Time: 6pm-7:30pm

Location: Heller Lounge (Old MCC space in MLK 2nd floor)

See you all there!

Facilitation by:

Andrew Albright, Undergrad Representative of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee for LGBT Rights

Felipe Flores, Board Director of the Queer Alliance Resource Center.

Nolan Pack, ASUC Senator

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