tv uimpuss S 1v9't ~ .; F 15: VT CARES Hosts Auction Vermont CARES Live & Silent Auction, Saturday, March 4, 2006, 7pm - 11pm, Inn at Essex, $15 NECI is planning quite an amazing spread with six differ- ent food stations; pasta, cheese and crackers, salads, pate’ etc. There will be wine, beer, coffee, and dessert. Everything (well, except the items you bid on) is included in the price of $15 per person. What a deal! Pleasejoin me for this eve- ning of noshing, drinking, bid- ding, and laughing! If you are interested, I can get you a ticket and/or reserve you a ticket. I can also send you the formal invite, or you can contact VT CARES directly at 863-2437. Organizer Jill Hoppenjans says: Money continues to be tight for the agency and at- tending the auction (even if you don't buy anything...but who are we kidding? You will; we have some great stuff!) is a fun and easy way to help support it. I'd really love to see you there! SafeSpace Plans Activities Be a part of social change in your community! SafeSpace is recruiting volunteers to answer the support line, organize spe- cial fundraising events, provide outreach in the community, and to provide administrative sup- port at the office. SafeSpace will be holding a volunteer training‘ beginning early summer. Please contact connie@safespacevt.org or call 802-863-0003 to register for the training and to learn more about how you can join the queer anti-violence movement. It's that time of year again! SafeSpace is holding the annual raffle. This year you could win exciting items from massage to fun ski passes. Tickets are $6 each or 2 for $10—aIl proceeds from the raffle go directly to SafeSpace programs and ser- vices to help queer survivors of violence across the state of Vermont. Be on the lookout for SafeSpace representatives in your community ready to sell i'n't'lfe l'iIiIiIiitIiiiis' I"‘ivi’AR'Ci4'2oo6 I MOUNTAINPRIDEMEDIAORG you a ticket or two! Thank you for your support! For more in- formation or to purchase a raffle ticket, please contact SafeSpace at info@safespacevt.org or call 802-863-0003. The drawing will be held at this year's Run Against Rape on April 29”‘ fol- lowing the day's event. Start your PLEDGING! SafeSpace is excited to an- nounce the second annual Run Against Rape, a 5k run/walk be- ginning and ending at Oakledge Park on April 29"‘. Participants commit to raising a minimum of $15 ($25 with a RAR tee-shirt) in pledges before April 15"‘ or a minimum of $20 ($30 with a RAR tee-shirt) after April 15"‘. Help make RAR SafeSpace’s most exciting and adventurous fundraiser yet! The top 3 fund- raisers of the daywin exciting prizes—last year's top pledge- maker won an IPOD shuffle. For more information about this year's run/walk during Sexual Violence Awareness Month and/or to pre-register, please contact SafeSpace at 802-863- OOO3 or email info@safespacevt. org. Bring your friends, family, and neighbors and make a dif- I ference in the lives of LGBTQQ survivors of violence. Together we can end sexual violence in our diverse communities. Thank you for your support! SafeSpace staff, board, and volunteers would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you who pledged during SafeSpace’s annual Phonathon. You helped make this year's Phonathon the most successful yet. We are so grateful for your continued ef- forts to help queer survivors of violence. Thank you! SafeSpace is a social change and social service organization working to end physical, sexual, and emotional violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ques— ~ tioning people. We provide information, support, referrals, and advocacy to LGBTQQ survi- vors of violence and those that care about them, and offer edu- cation and outreach programs in the wider community. Our Sup- port Line is (802) 863-0003 (V/ Tl'Y) or toll-free (866)869-7341 or info@safespacevt.org. suhstrihetn 'Farrner’s Night’ Songs at the Statehouse The Vermont Gay Men's Chorus will be performing in the House Chamber for "Farmer’s Night" at the Vermont State Capital on Wednesday March 29. The performance starts at 7:30 and is free to the public. For more information call the Sergeant At Arms at 1-800-322- 5616 or 802-633-3605. Rob and Yves: robnyves@ hotmail.com or www.vtpwac.org. Celebrating International Women's Day Wsions of Peace: Stories of Wom- en in Action. Join Vermonters in a celebration of International Wom- en's Day, Wednesday, March 8, 2006. Meet at the top of Church Street in Burlington for a Peace Wgil at 5:00 pm and then march down Church Street to Con- tois auditorium for an evening of women's stories and music begin- ning at 6:00 pm”. Speakers include former state poet Grace Paley. This event is free and open to the public. For more information contact Michelle at mcunning79@ yahoo.com. Join PRIDE in ' Vermont! Want to make Pride '06 the big- gest, baddest, best one yet? Well, get yourself to RU12? on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7pm and join the hardworking yet fabulous com- mittee! We need help all over the board - from writinggrants to planning fundraisers to track- ing down vendors to finding volunteers - your skills are need- ed! Questions? E-mail Chelsea@ pridevermont.org. We can't wait to meet you! Daddy and Papa at the Movies The Dean of Students Office is proud to present Daddy and Papa, a documentary film by Johnny Sy- mons about gay fathers in America. Thursday, April 6, 2006, 2:00 pm — 4:00 pm. Location TBD — depending upon RSVPs Please RSVP to deanofstu- dents@uvm.edu. A discussion will follow this one-hour film facilitated by Dennis and Dary DePaul. - Brattleboro Film Festival Kicks Off First Week The 15th Women's Film Festival, an annual benefit for the Wom- en's Crisis Center of Windham County, begins with a women's poetry reading at the Twilight Tea Lounge on Thursday, March 2 at 7:00 PM. Friday, March 3, coincides with Bratt|eboro’s monthly Gallery Walk and will feature an art exhibition and start of the silent auction, Visions and Voices, from 5-7:45 PM and a gala reception at the Sanctu- ary: Hooker-Dunham Theater & Gallery at 139 Main Street. Following the reception, there will be a showing of the - festival's first film, V—Day: Until the Violence Stops, at 8 PM at the Sanctuary: Hooker-Dunham Theater. This film captures spir- ited events and performances of The Vagina Monologues around the world on ”V-Day," a global, grassroots movement to end violence against women and girls founded by pIaywright/per- former Eve Ensler. On Saturday, March 4, at 1:00 PM there will be be a special screening of Hineini: Coming Out in a Jewish High School (preceded by a short film, Marjoun and the Flying Heads- carf) about a young woman at a Jewish high school in Boston who struggles to establish a gay/ straight alliance at her school, and the unfolding events that affect students and teachers alike. After the film, there will be a discussion with the film's direc- tor, Irena Fayngold, and area youth activists. The festival schedule, includ- ing film times and venues and special events, are available on the festival's Web site, www. womensfiImfestiva|.org. For other festival information, call: 802-258-9100. Art Exhibit and A Silent Auction The Seventh Annual Women's Art Exhibition and Silent Auc- tion, Visions & Voices, will be held on Friday, March 3 from 5-7:45 PM at the Sanctuary: Hooker-Dunham Gallery at 139 Main Street in Brattleboro and, as part of the gala opening and reception for the 15th Women's Film Festival, coinciding with BrattIeboro’s monthly Gallery Walk. The art auction proceeds, as well as those from the film festival, go to support programs" of the Women's Crisis Center of Windham County. The bidding for the artworks runs until the end of the Women's Film Fes- tival, Sunday March 19, but all the artwork will be on view until «March 31. Freedom to Marry Task Force Supports Gender Identity Bill . For the past year, the Vermont Freedom to Marry Task Force has worked with TransAction to pass H.865, the Gender Identity and Expression Non-Discrimina- I tion Act, which would protect people from discrimination based on their gender identity and expression in employment, housing, banking and public ac- commodations. Eight states and over 60 municipalities, including some in the conservative south, have gender identity non—discr'mnina- _ tion laws. Thanks to the leader- ship of Rep. Bill Lippert and the organizations working with Tran- Action, H.865 will hopefully pass this year. But there is still work to be done. We encourage readers of OITM to actively support H.865. Talk to your family and friends about H.865 and be sure to call your legislators this month to _ ask them-to support H.865. Go to our TransAction's partner's website at www.RU12.org to find 2 out more information about the bill. 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