Save the Date! Samara
Foundation of Vennont will celebrate
the 2003 grant and scholarship recipi-
ents, and the sixth anniversary of
Samara grantmaking,» at the third
annual Thank You! Celebration at the
Vennont Statehouse on Friday,
September 12, 6 — 8:30 pm. The
Samara Foundation Board of Directors
invites members and allies of
Vermont's LGBT community to join
‘hem at the statehouse for hors d’oeu-
Vfes as Samara recognizesits 2003
grant and scholarship recipients, and
‘he many donors who make Samara‘s
9'3"?-°> find scholarships possible. This
téear will feature vocalist Francois. '

lernmons singing American Negro

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Spirituals in_a special House Chamber
performance.

FtSVPs are appreciated by
September 10. Contact us at 860-
6236 or ted @ samarafoundation.org.-
(If you forget to RSVP, just come join
us at thestatehouse!)

R.I.|.1.2?vVoIuntoon Open
Montpelier support Group

The Fl.U.1.2? Community Center is
expanding its current spectrum of sup-
port groups to include a mixed-gender,
Questioning and Coming Out Support
Group forthe gay, lesbian, bisexual, ‘

~ and transgender community in Central

Vennont. Starting on Tuesday, August
1961, this support group will meet In a

quiet part of Montpelier, centrally
located for individuals coming from
many parts of the state. Scheduled at
6:30pm on the first and third Tuesday
of every month, this group will meet
on the off weeks of the existing
R.U.1.2?'Questioning and Coming Out
Support Group which meets at 6:30pm

in Burtington on the second and fourth *

Thursday of every month.
~ R.U.1.2? has developed a

spectrum of support groups, including
one for transgender individuals and
one for women only, to help members
of the community with the many
issues facing each of us as GLBT
community members today. The
groups are open to anyone with ever-

changing compositions. They are all
facilitated by individuals or teams of
facilitators that have gone through a
facilitator-training workshop. The
Montpelier support group is being co-
facilitated by a gentleman who has
been a part of the Burlington support
group from its inception and a male-to-
female transgender person who has
been with the Burlington support
group for over two years. They are
committed to recreating the sense of
respect, confidentiality and safety that
has developed in the Burlington group.
l And remember! We are
now offering a transgender support
group on the last Friday of each
month at 6:30pm and a group for part-

ners and allies of trans folks on the
second‘Friday of each month at
6:30pm. Both of these groups are in
Burlington. The Women-Only Group is
switching nights — starting in August, it
will meet on the 1st and 3nd Monday

V of every month _at<6:30 in Burlington.-

For more information about
the new Montpelier Group or any of
the R.U.1.2? Peer Support Groups
contact Christopher at the Fl.U.1.2?
Community Center, P.O. Box 5883,
Burlington, VT 05402. The Center's
phone number is 802.860.7812 and
we can be reached by email at the-
center@m12.org or on the web at
www.n112.org.