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.
Green Mountain Film Fest
The
seventh annual Green Mountain Film Festival will be held March 19-28 in
Montpelier, VT. The festival includes 27 selected films, about half features
and half documentaries, with appearances and talks by filmmakers and critics
and special events.
Films are shown in the Savoy Theater,
26 Main St., and the City Hall Arts Center, 39 Main St. Opening the festival
in the Savoy will be
Postmen in the Mountains, an award-winning feature film from
China about a father and son delivering mail over a mountainous 112-mile
route. The documentary series opens in the City Hall Arts Center with
the Oscar-nominated My Architect, a biography of Louis Kahn by
his son.
Tickets are $7 and $6 for seniors and students.
Discount ticket packages are available. For further information call (802)
229-0598 or go to www.savoytheater.com/gmff.
Tickets may be purchased by mail with check or cash until March 9. They
may be reserved (and purchased later) by e-mail until March 13 at film@savoytheater.com.
Tickets may be ordered by phone starting March 15 at (802) 793-7423. The
Festival's walk-in ticket office above the Savoy Theater will be open
starting March 15.
Samara Scholarships
Do you know a Vermont high school
senior who is working to create a more respectful and welcoming community?
If so, encourage them to contact the Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
(VSAC) about the 2004 Samara Scholarship. Samara Scholarships are listed
in VSAC's Scholarships (for the College Year 2004-2005). For a copy call
1-800-642-3177. Information about applying is also included at
www.samarafoundation.org,
along with a link to VSAC's website,
www.vsac.org. Applications must be postmarked
by April 1, 2004.
The Samara Scholarship was established
in 2000 as an investment in the future of Vermont students who oppose
discrimination and prejudice and who stand for the elimination of homophobia
in our society. Visit www.samarafoundation.org
to read about the outstanding Vermont high school students who have been
past Samara Scholarship recipients.
Special Thanks from MPM
Mountain Pride Media would like to
thank Concept II of Morrisville, Vermont for their generous grant of $250.
We are also seeking Board and Fundraising Committee members. If you are
interested in more information please contact us at mpm@mountainpridemedia.org.
Your time and energy can really help make a difference.
PRIDE VT's Got High Hopes
New People! New Energy! New P.R.I.D.E.!
Pride festivities are scheduled for July 10th this year. We have high
hopes to make the upcoming celebration bigger and better than ever before,
and encourage all to come out and get in on the pride planning process!
Meetings are open to everyone, and held
the second and fourth Tuesday every month at UVM's Waterman building in
room 427A. If you can't make the semi-monthly P.R.I.D.E meetings, check
out one of our sub-committees: parade, waterfront, fundraising, or media/
advertisement. You can help out when you have time and be on your merry
way!
P.R.I.D.E. also needs help with upcoming
mailings: This is a call for any willing packers, lickers, and sealers
to come to the table. Good times are to be had by all! Parade registration
forms will be available soon for folks interested in participating. For
all the latest and greatest P.R.I.D.E. updates, check out our website
at www.pridevermont.org.
SafeSpace Staff Expands
The SafeSpace office has quickly become
a bustling place! In the past month we've welcomed in three additions
to the staff. We are excited to introduce Mackenzie Gray, our Women's
Studies Intern, Clark Sheldon, our Youth Violence Prevention Advocate,
and Aidyn Laurynz, our Americorps*VISTA. The SafeSpace Fundraising Committee
has also blossomed in recent months and continues to seek out new members!
Things will be picking up in the next couple of months as we take on a
plethora of events. We started up our annual raffle last month and will
continue selling tickets through March. By buying these raffle tickets
you're helping us in our efforts to provide a wide array of support to
survivors of violence. The drawing will take place on April 6 at The Waiting
Room restaurant in Burlington. Last year's winner won $800 and we hope
to have as large a turn-out this year!
Our search continues for folks interested
in joining the SafeSpace board! For more information or an application,
contact Kara at Kara@safespacevt.org
or call the office at 802.863.0003.
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.
Outright Turns 15
Please attend our Celebration of 15
Years of Outright Vermont: Family Reunion & Annual Silent Auction.
Friday March 26th, 7-10pm at the Firehouse Gallery (2nd floor) on Church
St. in Burlington.
As one of the oldest LGBT organizations
in the state, we have been a cornerstone of our community for 15 years.
Through our work with young gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and questioning
youth ages 22 and under, in Vermont we have been able to provide a safe
and supportive space and multiple resources for youth to connect with.
Outright Vermont would like to extend a
special invitation to folks from around the state (and beyond), to all
past youth, donors, board members, staff and volunteers who have been
involved with Outright over the past 15 years to come to our "Family
Reunion" celebration in March. Connect with folks you haven't seen
in years, find out what is new and exciting at Outright and browse and
bid on one or more of the 100+ items and "packages" we will
have for music lovers, kids, getaways and more.
You know the work we do is vital
to our community. Without your much-needed donations, Outright would be
unable to provide an outlet for the voice of queer youth in this state.
Use this opportunity to find out how you can be part of the work we do,
financially or by donating your time.
For more information call: Co-Executive
Director, Lluvia Mulvaney-Stanak at 802-865-9677 or go online to: www.outrightvt.org.
R.U.1.2? on the Move
The 6th Annual R.U.1.2? Queer Community
Dinner and Silent Auction is coming soon! Join us April 10th at the Wyndham
Hotel
(formerly the Radisson) for a very special evening that will include a
keynote address by national leader Matt Foreman, the executive director
of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, speaking on sodomy laws, marriage,
the US constitution and all Americans' duty to vote. Also in store, entertainment
by local jazz chanteuse Jenni Johnson, the best silent auction in Vermont,
the queer community volunteer of the year award and more!
Tickets are $35 each and must be
reserved in advance. Check out the flier in this issue of Out in the Mountains
for information on ticket ordering, table-of-ten reservations and special
discounts for R.U.1.2? members or call us at 802.860.7812 for more information.
Upper Valley Gay Men's Space
We are officially opening our new
gay men's space in W. Lebanon NH on Wed. March 31st from 5pm to 8pm and
again on Sat. April 3rd from 1pm to 8pm. This is a first for the upper
valley area as it provides a safe and comfortable atmosphere for men of
the area to gather rather than just at a bar etc. Please feel free to
check out our new website at www.uvmp.net.