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.
26 SafeSpace Volunteers Needed
We need 26 volunteers for a day! Save the date: July 16 from 10:00-5:00pm! Help SafeSpace raise some easy money! Join SafeSpace volunteers & staff at a company picnic for Lane Press at Oakledge Park, managed by TrueNorth Events. You will help SafeSpace raise over $1,000 for your help and in return you will receive a free t-shirt and lunch! Volunteers will help set-up, clean-up, and serve food outside. All are welcome (volunteers must be over 15 years old). Contact connie@safespacevt.org or 802-863-0003.
Pride: Show Your Colors!
The 2005 P.R.I.D.E. in Vermont Festivities are about to begin with barbeques, sunset cruises, drag performances and more, with all events leading off with the annual parade and Speakout! Parade formation begins at 10am at Edmunds Elementary and kicks off at 11:45. The Speakout will follow at City Hall, where vendors and community organizations will be available to peruse. A full list of events, times and forms is available on the website, www.pridevermont.org, or please call 863-0003 for more information. Come all, show your colors!
March For Freedom to Marry
The Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force would love to have any interested volunteers marching with us in the PRIDE parade on July 9. Our biggest contribution to PRIDE will be our presence, so please come to show your support and bring your friends! We will meet in the City Market parking lot in downtown Burlington at 10:30 am on Saturday, July 9. We've ordered new tee-shirts for the event, so please bring $15 to purchase a shirt if possible.
Outright Needs Grownups
Outright VT once again needs YOU! (whoo hoo!) We are currently recruiting adult volunteers for our facilitator and drop-in training coming up later this summer & for our Board of Directors. For volunteering with us, you need to be queer identified (LGBTIQQ) and over the age of 23. (We especially need male-identified folks and people of color.) Requirements range from 4-10 hours monthly (mainly weekend evenings.)
For Board Membership, please send a letter of intent & resume to info@outrightvt.org We need folks who are not afraid to fundraise and to be a visible and outspoken advocate for queer youth in Vermont. (No age requirements - youth wanted!) Make a difference in the life of a queer youth today! Visit our website today to find out more about Outright www.outrightvt.org
Also be sure to check out our annual Pride night event, Sat. July 9th, the 2nd annual Vermont Drag Idol from 7-9pm at Burlington City Hall. Featuring all ages, local drag talent from around Vermont. This American Idol spoof event will produce Vermont's 2nd Drag Idol in as many years.
This year contestants compete for a cash prize & local fame/performance opportunities. To compete or for more information please visit: www.outrightvt.org or call 802-865-9677. This event was hugely popular last year, so get there early! Doors open at 6:30pm and tickets are only $5. Come to Pride's ONLY substance free and all ages evening event! This event is hosted by and supports Outright Vermont.
R.U.1.2? Barbeque
Bob Wolff will host a Summer Indoor/Outdoor Fundraising Event to benefit R.U.1.2? Queer Community Center on Sunday, 7 August 2005, 3 pm until dark. Join friends and family, and meet new friends on Fish Hill, overlooking Braintree Mountain and the beautiful valley that embraces Randolph, at the geographic center of Vermont.
Bob will serve filet of beef, summer green salad (an entire meal for those not eating meat), potato salads, Vermont cheese, fresh baked bread, desserts galore, beer, wine, soft drinks & iced herbal tea.
Suggested donation to R.U.1.2? Queer Community Center: $25 - $50 for adults; $5.00 for children. Reservations are necessary. For reservations call: 802 728 7071 or e-mail to rwwolff@innevi.com
Lesbians, Bisexual, Transwomen and R.U.1.2?
R.U.1.2? has launched new programs with a focus on women and on elders and wants to plan more activities for women. The Lesbian Health Project was recently funded by the Vermont Women's Fund and also by Samara. This project is affiliated with the Mautner project in Washington D.C. which is coordinating a coalition of lesbian health programs and raising the visibility of lesbians dealing with breast cancer. The health project will be initiating an online women's health digest to inform readers about resources and research relevant to their health. We are looking for volunteers who would like to be involved with the lesbian health project. We will continue the work R.U.1.2? has been doing in training Health care providers to cultural competency for LGBTQ folks in this case with an emphasis on how women, including transwomen are treated by providers.
The Sapphic Cinema series continues with a few gaps in the summer schedule due to vacation and Fourth of July. We are also looking at events for single women. In the past R.U.1.2? had WomenNetPlay and we would like to launch more programming that offers some play for our busy community. Are there women who'd like to participate in organized bike rides or sports? We would like to plan single women's socials if there is interest. Lets us know if you're interested in attending and even better if you'd like to help organize some new and fun activities.
R.U.1.2? is also initiating the Queer Elders project. We are doing this in conjunction with UVM Gerontology Studies and as part of a newly emerging national movement of LGBT elders programs now coordinated by the NGLTF. The old are going to be a new wave of the LGBT movement.
Volunteers are highly encouraged to contact us at 860-7812 if you want to do a group or join one. Providers of wellness services are invited to do workshop series at the Center or one off presentations of their services. We continually get requests for transition groups for women leaving relationship and are now signing up members to start those groups. Make it your community center.
Calling All Theatrical Shirleys
Theatre on a Shoestring is seeking an actress to play the title role in Willy Russell's one-woman comedy "Shirley Valentine."
The storyline: Our heroine is a rather ordinary middle-class English housewife. As she prepares chips and egg for dinner, she ruminates on her life, talking to the wall about such subjects as her husband, her children, her past and an attractive offer she has received from a girlfriend to go with her on holiday to Greece in search of romance and adventure. Well, her husband shuns the egg and chips, which is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Shirley goes to Greece, has an "adventure" with a Greek fisherman, and decides to stay in Greece. In the end, her husband is on his way to try and retrieve her and she dreams of sitting at her table by the sea, saying to him: "Hello. I used to be the mother. I used to be your wife. But now, I'm Shirley Valentine again. Would you like to join me for a drink?"
TOAS is seeking a strong actress aged 45-60, who can do and hold a British accent for two hours, has a flexible schedule, and willing to work hard. This show is being directed by TOAS member Jeffrey Garrant.
All interested individuals should send a resume and picture by July 25 to Shirley, c/o TOAS, PO Box 1012, Burlington, VT 05402-1012 or email them to info@theatreshoe.com. The production team will review all submissions and will call potential Shirleys for an audition at a later date.