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Mountain Pride
Media

Mountain Pride Media is
excited about this new year and
hope you are, too. We start our
year with a goodbye. Barb
Dozetos, OIT M editor for more
than two years, is leaving to
pursue other amazing opportu-
nities. This is Barb’s final
issue, and board, staff, and vol-
unteers extend our heartfelt
thanks and bestswishes for the
future. OIT M would not be the
paper it is today without her
hard work and dedication. We
will miss her very much.

Last month, MPM launched
its redesigned Web site at
mountainpridemedia.org.
Please take some time to check
it out if you haven’t done so
already. We are extremely
excited about our new
Shopping Section, which
allows you to “give” twice.
Every purchase made through
one of our. affiliate merchants
results in a donation to MPM.
So when you need to buy a gift
for someone, you automatical-
ly give a gift to us at no further
charge. We have many other
exciting plans for our site in
2001, and look forward to find-
ing more ways to connect us.

MPM would like to thank
Bennett, Carrie, Kevin, Tage,
Elizabeth, Denny, Euan, and
Jim for stopping in to help with
the Nov. stuffing. Our Jan.
Stuffing is- scheduled for
Thursday, Jan. 25, from 5(ish)
to 8(ish) at our office in
Richmond (above the Daily

Bread). Come out and help get

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volunteer to deliver packaged
copies of OITM to the
Richmond Post Office the day
after the stuffing. If you’re
interested in helping with the
stuffing in any way, email us at
distribution@mount'ainpride-
media.org.

MPM would like to thank
everyone who responded to our
year-end appeal, renewed a
subscription, or gave a gift sub-
scription for the holidays. We,
like other non-profits serving
Vermont’s GLBTQ communi-
ty, depend on the financial sup-
port of individual community
members. If you didn’t give or
subscribe, it is never too late.
Your investment not only helps
us, but helps support our com-
munity.

NLGJA New
England

The New England Chapter
of the National Lesbian and
Gay Journalists Association
will be meeting on Jan. 7 in
Fayston. We’11 ski and other-
wise make use of the snow and
beautiful scenery in the after-
noon and hold a business meet-
ing starting at 4:00 pm.

Anyone interested in getting
to know more about the organi-
zation is _welcome. For more
information, contact Barbara
Dozetos at bgdoze@aol.com or
388-8298. Information about
the national organization is
available at www.nlgja.org.

Pride Vermont

Pride VT will be having two
meetings this month for the
planning of Pride 2001 on
Tuesday, Jan. 9 and Monday,
Jan. 22. Both are open to the

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b. High Volume Copying
c. Mailing Services

community, as we look for-
ward to feedback, fresh ideas,
and increasing enthusiasm for
this year’s upcoming festivi-
ties. The meetings are from 7 to
9pm at the McClure Multi-
Generational Center, 241 N.
Winooski Ave, Burlington. For
more information on how to
become involved with Pride
VT, please call Brian Cina at
859-9238 or Eric Cross at 658-
0061.

Samara
Foundation of
Vermont

Samara has established its
Year 2001 granting cycle dead-
lines. Samara grant applica-
tions begin with a Letter of
Intent postmarked no later than
March 1, 2001. By April 6, the
Samara Grants Advisory
Committee Following will
review letters and ask selected
organizations to submit full
applications for further compe-
tition. Completed applications
must be postmarked by May 7.
Awards are announced in June.

Guidelines, application
information, and downloadable
grant applications will be
available in Jan. at Sama-
rafoundation.org. Samara’s
Web site will also list and link
to past Samara grant recipients.

Samara Scholarships for
Year 2001 will be processed
through the Vermont Student
Assistance Corporation.
Scholarships are listed in
VSAC’s Scholarships (for the
College Year 2001-2002). (Call
(800) 642-3177 forcopies.)
Information will be appear at

rsamarafoundationorg, along

with a link to VSAC’s Web
site, vsac.org. Applications
must be postmarked by March
25, 2001.

Representatives from the
growing national network of
GLBT community founda-
tions gathered in San Diego
in Octoberto share best prac-
tices and ideas for growing
philanthropy within the GLBT
communities. Board members
Linda Markin, Howard
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Blackwood and Executive
Director Bill Lippert, repre-
sented Samara.

Through a Chicago
Resource Center grant, the net-
work will be establishing a
national Web site to serve as a
central resource for GLBT
foundations. The joint site will
also include links to the 15
individual GLBT community
foundation sites.

Bill Lippert recently pre-
sented a workshop at
OutGiving 2000, Gill
Foundation’s annual national
donor’s conference. With
Nancy Cunningham of the
Working Group on Funding
Lesbian and Gay Issues and
donors from Horizons
Foundation San Francisco, he
outlined how donors add tangi-
ble and intangible benefits to
their communities when they
use GLBT community founda-
tions for their charitable giv-
ing. In closing, Lippert encour-
aged attendees to find ways to
support GLBT communities
emerging in small centers
across the country.

Four new Board members
recently joined the Samara
Board of Directors: John
Crane, White River Junction;
Bart Evans, Brattleboro; Nancy
-Wasserman, Montpelier; and
Richard Wizansky, Guilford.
Samara’s board continues its
commitment to gender parity
and to expand its board
throughout the state.

Vermont CARES

We will be holding volun-
teer and peer outreach trainings
in the Burlington area in
January. For further informa-
tion about opportunities and
trainings, call Tim Harvey at
800-649-2437.

Through training, thought,
and compassion, volunteers
help Vermont CARES achieve
its mission and provide ser-
vices that otherwise would not
exist. There are many ways to
volunteer, and training is an
essential step. In the trainings,
we cover information about the
agency, the basics of HIV
transmission, confidentiality,
and boundaries. The next Core
Volunteer Training will take

Community Compass is a service of OITM.
GLBT organizations from around the state are
invited to provide 200-word descriptions of

recent or upcoming activities and events.

email to editor@mountainpridemedia.org

place in Burlington, January 29
and 31 from 5:30-8:30pm.
Are you good at talking to
your friends, family and neigh-
bors? Vermont CARES’ Peer
Outreach Program uses these

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and pass on prevention infor-
mation to your natural commu-
nity. The premise of peer out-
reach is that most of us learn
the difficult, uncomfortable, or
private stuff in life best from
someone with whom we feel
comfortable. To learn about
HIV in high school health class
is one thing; to have your
roommate in college show you
exactly how to use a condom or
give you a bunch of condoms is
a whole other thing.

The full training series is 10
hours and helps you (casually
and confidentially) educate and
support friends and family
about HIV. The next Peer
Outreach training includes the
training dates above, plus
February 5 from 4:30-8:30pm.

Vermont Freedom
to Marry Task
Force

As we look forward to a new
year, it also pays to look back

to acknowledge the work we .

have done and the gains we
have made since the Baker
decision just one year ago on
December 20, 1999. VFMTF
wants to express an enormous
public thank you to the many
volunteers and donors whose
collective efforts brought us so
far toward equal legal treat-
ment for same-gender couples
this year. Literally thousands of
you contributed your time,
energy and money.

It’s not over; there is back-
lash and still a lot of work to
do. But we have_ taken a giant
step forward in socialjustice.
We offer each and every one of
you our most heartfelt thanks.
This historical advance could
not have happened without
you. V

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