White River Junction, VT. The event,
which is free and open to the public,
is sponsored by G/LEARN, the
Gay/Lesbian Education and
Resource Network of the Upper
Valley. lt’s part of the group's new
series, Sundays at the Tip Top. For
more information, email a|exis.jet-
ter@dartmouth.edu.

Safespace Growth,

‘ Healing and Lau hter

The past couple months ave been
an exciting time of growth for
Safespacel We have welcomed in
seven new volunteers who have
completed over 25 hours of our first

joint volunteer training with Women ,

Helping Battered Women and
Women’s Rape Crisis Center. They
are already actively working in our
office and on our committees and
have been doing a great job! We
also welcomed Ashley Warren, our
new intern, into the office. Ashley is
a senior at UVM and a candidate for
the Bachelor of Social Work degree.
She has jumped right in and is excit-
ed to be joining us at Safespacel .
In October, for Domestic

Violence Awareness Month,

‘ Safespace expanded its Support

Line hours. Due to increased use,

- we are continuing these hours. The

Support Line is staffed 10-6pm
Monday through Friday, with extend-
ed hours from 9am-9pm on Monday
and Thursday. , A
‘ We are also excited to

announce our annual benefit,
Healing Laughter, an evening of
queer comedy. Audience members
will sample sumptuous.desserts and
coffees, with an available cash bar,
while being entertained by the
comedic acts of Jason P. Lorber and
Jane Holdman. Please join us on
November 15th at the Rose ‘Street
Artists Cooperative from 8-10 pm to
help Safespace continue its good
work into the next yearlcall

802.863.0003 for tickets or more

details.

Are you excited about
everything that is going on at
Safespace? We're currently welcom-
ing Board applications, and would
love to hear from YOU! Contact Kara
at kara@safespacevt.org for more
info, or give us a call at 863.0003.

Schmoozefests 03-04

The Men's Resource Center of
Western Massachusetts will again be
offering three Schmoozefest events
for gay and bisexual men and other
men who love men during.the 2003-
04 calendar year. This time each

event will take place inia different
geographical area and will have a —
different focus. ~

T.H.E. Men's Program of
Brattleboro will be the co-sponsors
for the first happening, _a gender-free
contradance at the Montague
Grange, Montague, MA, on Sunday,
November 9, 2003, from 2-5 pm.
Dean Allemang, an experienced
caller of gender-free dances, will
come from Boston. Wefwill have
food and drink and lots of opportuni-
ties to"‘schmooze” (socialize and
converse) with men from a
wide geographical area (last >>
year our Schmoozefests