Community Compass
Community Compass is a service of OITM. GLBT organizations from around the state are invited to provide brief — 200 words or less — descriptions of recent or upcoming activities and events. Send your submissions to us by email by the 15th of the month.
Thanks SafeSpace Volunteers!
Like many non-profits, SafeSpace could not exist without volunteers. We are indebted to our committed volunteers who help SafeSpace provide the quality programs that we offer. In fact, SafeSpace would not exist at all if it were not for the volunteers from various community groups and parts of our LGBTQQ communities who helped create this organization in December 2002. Volunteers at SafeSpace serve on our Board of Directors, help organize or host fundraising events, participate in outreach activities and help in the office. As we grow as an organization, volunteer opportunities will increase as well.
Currently SafeSpace is looking for volunteers to help us in the office with administrative tasks, which ensure the existence of our services. Volunteers are also needed to participate in fundraising activities and with education/outreach events. If you are interested in any of these volunteer activities please call Kara at 802-863-0003. We promise you will have fun while working to ending violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning people!
SafeSpace is a social change and social service organization working to end physical, sexual, and emotional violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) people. We provide information, support, referrals, and advocacy to LGBTQQ survivors of violence and offer education and outreach programs in the wider community.
Bored? Join the MPM Board!
Mountain Pride Media has positions open on their Board of Directors. If you are looking for an opportunity to put your skills and energy to work for the GLBTQ community in Vermont, this is an excellent way to get involved as well as meet new people. Mountain Pride Media’s mission is develop and strengthen the community of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning Vermonters and their allies through the development and maintenance of communication vehicles (such as Out In The Mountains and www.mountainpridemedia.org). If you are interested in learning more please contact Roland Palmer (president) at 802-383-7679 or rfpvt@together.net.
Mountain Pride Media is excited to be sponsoring our second performance at Lost Nation Theater. We are co-sponsoring Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour which stars Janice Perry and runs May 15 - June 1. We have a special benefit performance on Sunday, May 18 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $21 with a portion of the ticket price going to support Mountain Pride Media. If you’d like benefit tickets please call or email Roland at 802-383-7679 (days) or rfpvt@together.net.
Mountain Pride Media is still actively looking for new distribution volunteers for the following areas: Plattsburgh (NY), Bennington (VT), and the Putney (VT)/Keene (NH) area. We are also looking for couriers to deliver papers throughout the state to our distribution volunteers. For more information about distribution opportunities please contact us at circulation@mountainpridemedia.org or call us at 802-434-6486.
Mountain Pride Media also has ad sales rep positions open to sell ads for Out In The Mountains and our web site www.mountainpridemedia.org. A monthly stipend and commission on all sales make this a great part or full time job. We have a unique readership that likes to eat in restaurants, go to movies, rent films, get massaged, remodel their homes, plant gardens, and more. Without an increase in ad sales, we can’t print the paper. Just give us a call at 802-434-5237 or email us at ads@mountainpridemedia.org for additional information.
R.U.1.2? Builds Community Partnerships
Whether it’s bringing people together to think about important issues like the intersections of race and gender or just to enjoy good music, your R.U.1.2? Community Center is building on community partnerships or beginning new ones.
We begin on Friday, May 9 when we join Vermont Stage Company to present a benefit performance of To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s timeless story of racial prejudice and dignified courage. The show is at 7:30 p.m. at the FlynnSpace, 153 Main Street, Burlington. Join us at 6:15 pm for a pre-show discussion about the intersections of gender and race. Benefit tickets are available from R.U.1.2? Community Center at 860-7812. We accept Mastercard, Visa, checks and cash!
Next, if you couldn’t get enough of Burlington’s bubblegum indy-pop band, The Smittens, at our 5th Annual Community Dinner and Silent Auction, don’t miss “Q-Squared at Red Square.” The Smittens will open for the Vermont installment of the northeastern tour of Hawaiian queer band Juha, a hip-hop crew with a queer Arab twist, that The Portland Mercury says “thrive(s) on the fringe of both gay and hip hop cultures.” “Q-Squared at Red Square” will begin at 9 pm on Friday, May 16th at Red Square Bar and Grill, 136 Church Street, Burlington. Admission is $5, benefiting your community center. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from the Center.
Finally, coming up for Pride month, R.U.1.2? is working with organizations including Haymarket People’s Fund, Vermont Anti-Racism Action Team, Outright Vermont, P.R.I.D.E. Vermont, and the Women Of Color Alliance to present Brother/Outsider, the powerful documentary about gay and black civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, organizer of the 1963 March on Washington. It will be followed by a discussion of Stonewall and Juneteenth and what they continue to mean for equality and civil rights in this country. This June 21st event will be free and open to the public. Look for more details in next month’s Out in the Mountains.