2004). For a copy call 1-800-642-
3177. Information about applying is
also included at www.samarafoun-
dation.org, along with a link to
VSAC's website, wvvw.vsac.org.
Applications must be postmarked by
April 1, 2003

R.U.1.2?: No Rest for the
Wickedly Busy

With another successful Queer
Community Summit under their
belts, the volunteers and staff at the
R.U.1.2? Community Center are not
resting on their laurels. Christopher,
Khristian, and the crew are gearing
up fora variety of community organ-

izing events. They have ambitious
plans to promote, unite, and
increase awareness of the queer
community. R.U.1.2? is proud to
announce that they have been
elected to the governing board of

T the National Association of LGBT

Community Centers. Executive
Director Christopher Kaufman will
serve a three-year tenn on the
Board, promoting the work of rural
community centers in this national
organization. R.U.1.2? is the most
rural community center ever elected
to the board of the National
Association. The Burlington Center
will be joining peers from the New
York City, Los Angeles and San

Francisco Community Centers to
help fowvard the national community
center movement f . _

Current plans for the cen-
ter in Burlington include pursuing
new programs and growing estab-
lished ones. The women’s social
group, Womynetplay, has put out its
own calendar and has begun seek-
ing cosponsors for events. The
Vermont Diversity Health Project is
preparing for a second edition of
their guide to GLBT-friendly health-
care and creating programs to train
medical professionals. The Center
is sponsoring two community mem-
bers' attendance at the national
True Spirit conference this month.

This is a great opportunity for
R.U.1.2? to-support FTM transgen-
der members of the Center. Upon
return from the True Spirit
Conference, the center will host a
regular transgender social/support

group meeting on Friday nights at

Headquarters.

A glance at the calendar
page in this month's O/TM will show
the variety of popular education
classes that continue at the center.
The center is actively using its pro-
grams to build bridges into other
communities. Rotating the venue of
its bimonthly Coffeehouse socials
enables R.U.1.2? to create new
relationships with businesses like

Radio Bean. the host of February's
Coffeehouse, and other community
centers, like the McClure Multi-
Generational Center, host of the
April Coffeehouse.

The diversity of our com-
munity shows in the center's pro-
grams as well as its Board of
Directors, with the coming_ addition
of Ayana Al-Faruk. Al-Faruk is a
diversity trainer and a long-time
Burlington community organizer.
She is currently the Director of the
Women of Color Alliance. R.U.1.2?
is taking a leading role to show that
Vermont's LGBTIQA pop-
ulation cares about a wide
variety of social justice > >