This is a message from Jenn. Please let her know if you're interested by emailing her at jmauri-10@sandiego.edu.
Hi everyone!
Hopefully everyone is doing ok after everything last week. I wanted to ask again, is anyone available to do Habitat for Humanity on a friday? Habitat is booked for months in advance for saturday volunteers, so it's extremely unlikely that we will be able to volunteer on a saturday.
We would be volunteering in Jan or Feb.
Please email me and let me know, so I can coordinate with LaRaza and figure out a date.
Thanks to everyone who is willing to donate their time and energy to Habitat.
-Jenn
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Hate Crimes Awareness Week
Hello Everyone, I wanted to be sure that you got this e-mail about Hate Crimes
Awareness Week. Pride (the undergrad LGBTQ group) is tabling in front of the UC
today, tomorrow, and Wednesday from 11-2... this is a great chance to show our
support and introduce ourselves; also, if you're hungry or in need of some
queer keychains/ bracelets/ etc., they're selling baked goods and pizza along
with all kinds of rainbow merchandise... (I would also recommend the Laramie
Project showing tonight to anyone who hasn't seen it yet...)
Best,
Michelle
> HATE CRIMES AWARENESS WEEK
> Monday, October 15th 2007
> Table Display
> 11-2pm University Center
> Movie Night: "The Laramie Project"
> 8pm UC 107
> Discussion Facilitated by Jesse Mills, Ethnic Studies
>
> Tuesday, September 16th 2007
> Discussion Group: Breaking the Silence
> Come join in dialogue - for those communities affected by hate crimes and
incidents… email kfernandes@sandiego.edu for location.
> Lunch will be provided.
>
> Wednesday, September 17th 2007
> Student Leader Luncheon with Shane Windmeyer
> 12:15pm UC107
> Student dialogue with guest Shane Windmeyer regarding Hate Crimes, Hate
incidents, and a just community.
> RSVP required to kfernandes@sandiego.edu
>
> Keynote Speaker: Shane Windmeyer
> The Impact of Hate
> 7pm IPJ Auditorium
> Table Display
> 11-2pm University Center
Awareness Week. Pride (the undergrad LGBTQ group) is tabling in front of the UC
today, tomorrow, and Wednesday from 11-2... this is a great chance to show our
support and introduce ourselves; also, if you're hungry or in need of some
queer keychains/ bracelets/ etc., they're selling baked goods and pizza along
with all kinds of rainbow merchandise... (I would also recommend the Laramie
Project showing tonight to anyone who hasn't seen it yet...)
Best,
Michelle
> HATE CRIMES AWARENESS WEEK
> Monday, October 15th 2007
> Table Display
> 11-2pm University Center
> Movie Night: "The Laramie Project"
> 8pm UC 107
> Discussion Facilitated by Jesse Mills, Ethnic Studies
>
> Tuesday, September 16th 2007
> Discussion Group: Breaking the Silence
> Come join in dialogue - for those communities affected by hate crimes and
incidents… email kfernandes@sandiego.edu for location.
> Lunch will be provided.
>
> Wednesday, September 17th 2007
> Student Leader Luncheon with Shane Windmeyer
> 12:15pm UC107
> Student dialogue with guest Shane Windmeyer regarding Hate Crimes, Hate
incidents, and a just community.
> RSVP required to kfernandes@sandiego.edu
>
> Keynote Speaker: Shane Windmeyer
> The Impact of Hate
> 7pm IPJ Auditorium
> Table Display
> 11-2pm University Center
ACLU Internship
Dean Mitnick (from Career Services) sent this along. She said that she'd be willing to help people out with applications, looking for funding, etc. Her contact info is at the bottom of the posting...
2008 Summer Legal Internship-ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY (8/24/2007)
2008 SUMMER LEGAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Notice to Second and Third Year Law Students
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NY
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union seeks law clerks to work full-time in New York City for the Summer of 2008.
OVERVIEW:
America’s foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union is a nonpartisan organization founded in 1920. With national offices in New York and Washington and 52 affiliates throughout the country, it is widely regarded as the nation’s premier public interest law firm.
Founded in 1986, the Project is a special division of the national office of the ACLU. The goal of the LGBT and AIDS Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people with HIV enjoy the basic rights of equality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of belief, expression and association. This means an America where there’s the ability to live open and honest lives without fear of discrimination or abuse, where there’s respect for our identities, relationships and families, and where there’s fair treatment in employment, schools, health care, housing and public places and programs.
The Project brings “impact” lawsuits in state and federal courts throughout the country – cases designed to have a significant effect on the lives of LGBT people and those with HIV/AIDS. The Project’s legal strategies are built on the idea that fighting for civil rights means not only persuading judges but also ultimately changing the way people think. As we litigate for change, we implement targeted media, online and outreach campaigns to change public attitudes through education and to give people on the frontlines the tools they need to act.
As a part of the ACLU, the Project is in a unique position to work for equality. The ACLU’s national network of affiliates broadens the Project’s reach into every locality and into the federal government. Today, the ACLU brings more LGBT cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national civil rights organization. The Project strives to ensure that the racial and economic diversity of the LGBT community is reflected in its work and continues to explore ways to make its efforts more sensitive to the needs of people of color and people who are economically disadvantaged. The Project’s work as part of the broad civil liberties agenda of the ACLU exemplifies the notion that the LGBT community and the community of those living with HIV/AIDS must work in concert with other social change movements in order to achieve a just society for all.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Law clerks will help with the litigation and legislative/policy work of the Project. They will do legal and other research, work with clients, draft policy and legal memos, and help write pleadings, briefs and other litigation documents.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Second and third year law students are invited to apply. Familiarity with lesbian gay bisexual and transgender civil rights and liberties, the civil rights and liberties of those living with HIV/AIDS, and other civil liberties issues is desirable; commitment to those issues is essential. Excellent research and writing skills and superior analytical ability are required. Applicants should be self-motivated, dedicated, and have the proven ability to work with a wide range of people.
COMPENSATION:
Students are highly encouraged to seek Public Interest Fellowship funds for the internship. Arrangements can also be made with the student's law school for work/study stipends. Summer interns who do not secure funding, or who receive less than $500 per week from alternative sources, will be eligible for a stipend provided by the ACLU for the amount of the differential.
HOW TO APPLY:
The deadline is February 1, 2008, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and therefore candidates are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadline. Send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, transcript, and list of references to:
Summer Law Internship Coordinator
ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004-2400
(212) 549-2650 (fax).
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”
Cara Mitnick, Esq.
Assistant Dean for Career Services
University of San Diego School of Law
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 260-4152
cmitnick@sandiego.edu
2008 Summer Legal Internship-ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY (8/24/2007)
2008 SUMMER LEGAL INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Notice to Second and Third Year Law Students
Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project, NY
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, NY
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project of the American Civil Liberties Union seeks law clerks to work full-time in New York City for the Summer of 2008.
OVERVIEW:
America’s foremost advocate of individual rights, the American Civil Liberties Union is a nonpartisan organization founded in 1920. With national offices in New York and Washington and 52 affiliates throughout the country, it is widely regarded as the nation’s premier public interest law firm.
Founded in 1986, the Project is a special division of the national office of the ACLU. The goal of the LGBT and AIDS Project is the creation of a society in which lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people and people with HIV enjoy the basic rights of equality, privacy and personal autonomy, and freedom of belief, expression and association. This means an America where there’s the ability to live open and honest lives without fear of discrimination or abuse, where there’s respect for our identities, relationships and families, and where there’s fair treatment in employment, schools, health care, housing and public places and programs.
The Project brings “impact” lawsuits in state and federal courts throughout the country – cases designed to have a significant effect on the lives of LGBT people and those with HIV/AIDS. The Project’s legal strategies are built on the idea that fighting for civil rights means not only persuading judges but also ultimately changing the way people think. As we litigate for change, we implement targeted media, online and outreach campaigns to change public attitudes through education and to give people on the frontlines the tools they need to act.
As a part of the ACLU, the Project is in a unique position to work for equality. The ACLU’s national network of affiliates broadens the Project’s reach into every locality and into the federal government. Today, the ACLU brings more LGBT cases and advocacy initiatives than any other national civil rights organization. The Project strives to ensure that the racial and economic diversity of the LGBT community is reflected in its work and continues to explore ways to make its efforts more sensitive to the needs of people of color and people who are economically disadvantaged. The Project’s work as part of the broad civil liberties agenda of the ACLU exemplifies the notion that the LGBT community and the community of those living with HIV/AIDS must work in concert with other social change movements in order to achieve a just society for all.
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Law clerks will help with the litigation and legislative/policy work of the Project. They will do legal and other research, work with clients, draft policy and legal memos, and help write pleadings, briefs and other litigation documents.
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Second and third year law students are invited to apply. Familiarity with lesbian gay bisexual and transgender civil rights and liberties, the civil rights and liberties of those living with HIV/AIDS, and other civil liberties issues is desirable; commitment to those issues is essential. Excellent research and writing skills and superior analytical ability are required. Applicants should be self-motivated, dedicated, and have the proven ability to work with a wide range of people.
COMPENSATION:
Students are highly encouraged to seek Public Interest Fellowship funds for the internship. Arrangements can also be made with the student's law school for work/study stipends. Summer interns who do not secure funding, or who receive less than $500 per week from alternative sources, will be eligible for a stipend provided by the ACLU for the amount of the differential.
HOW TO APPLY:
The deadline is February 1, 2008, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis, and therefore candidates are encouraged to apply well in advance of the deadline. Send a cover letter, resume, writing sample, transcript, and list of references to:
Summer Law Internship Coordinator
ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project
125 Broad Street, 18th Floor
New York, New York 10004-2400
(212) 549-2650 (fax).
The ACLU is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and encourages applications from women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals.
The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU.”
Cara Mitnick, Esq.
Assistant Dean for Career Services
University of San Diego School of Law
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110
(619) 260-4152
cmitnick@sandiego.edu
Friday Mixer
Pride Law is getting together this Friday night in University Heights. At 6pm, we're meeting at El Zarape for a pre-gathering before heading over to Bourbon Street for the Thomas Jefferson Outlaw networking event. This should be a great opportunity to meet other law school students and network with attorneys in the community.
Parking will definitely be hard to come by in Friday night. If you're interested in attending, reply to this post so we can try and set up a carpool. Hope to see you there!
Parking will definitely be hard to come by in Friday night. If you're interested in attending, reply to this post so we can try and set up a carpool. Hope to see you there!
Thursday, October 4, 2007
An open invitation from Thomas Jefferson
Outlaw at Thomas Jefferson would like to invite you to an evening out with our LGBT students. We are holding a gathering on Friday, October 19th at 6:30pm. We will be meeting at "Bourbon Street" in University Heights for some drinks and fun (4612 Park Boulevard--down from Monroe Street).
Additionally, we are inviting attorneys from the Tom Homann Law Association to come to the event. We hope that the event will be a time to relax and also network with LGBT attorneys. Furthermore, we are eager to build a better relationship with other LGBT students at the law schools here in town. We all face the same difficulties, joys, and challenges. So, we should definitely get to know each other in solidarity.
Please pass the information on to your members. We sincerely hope that you will come and join us.
Additionally, we are inviting attorneys from the Tom Homann Law Association to come to the event. We hope that the event will be a time to relax and also network with LGBT attorneys. Furthermore, we are eager to build a better relationship with other LGBT students at the law schools here in town. We all face the same difficulties, joys, and challenges. So, we should definitely get to know each other in solidarity.
Please pass the information on to your members. We sincerely hope that you will come and join us.
Gay Days at Disneyland Reminder
I'm bumping up the post from 2 weeks ago. Let Jenn know if you're interested in going on Saturday.
The 10th annual unofficial Gay Days at Disneyland will be held on October 5-7 this year. I know some people expressed interested in going and organizing a carpool, so reply to this post if you're interested. The UC Ticket office sells "discounted" Disneyland tickets for $59, instead of the door price of $63. Yes, what a bargain. If you have any questions, check out this website www.gaydaysanaheim.com or you can also contact Jenn at jennmauri@aol.com.
The 10th annual unofficial Gay Days at Disneyland will be held on October 5-7 this year. I know some people expressed interested in going and organizing a carpool, so reply to this post if you're interested. The UC Ticket office sells "discounted" Disneyland tickets for $59, instead of the door price of $63. Yes, what a bargain. If you have any questions, check out this website www.gaydaysanaheim.com or you can also contact Jenn at jennmauri@aol.com.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Lavender Law Photo Gallery Now Online
The photos from the Chicago Lavender Law conference are now online. USD funded five PrideLaw members' attendance this year. Next year's conference will be in San Francisco; hopefully we'll have even more people there!
Here is the photo gallery site http://www.lavenderlaw.org/gallery.html.
Here is the photo gallery site http://www.lavenderlaw.org/gallery.html.
FYI: Noted Scholar Andrea Smith will be delivering a talk at the UC, next Friday (Oct. 5th) at noon.
FYI: Noted Scholar Andrea Smith will be delivering a talk at the UC, next Friday (Oct. 5th) at noon.
A bio of Andrea Smith
A cutting-edge scholar and cofounder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, the largest grassroots, multiracial feminist organization in the country, Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is an emerging leader in progressive political circles. In Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, Smith places Native American women at the center of her analysis of sexual violence, challenging both conventional definitions of the term and conventional responses to the problem.
Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to include the widespread appropriation of Indian cultural practices by whites and other non-Natives; environmental racism; and population control. Smith deftly connects these and other examples of historical and contemporary colonialism to the high rates of violence against Native American women-as a group, the poorest women in the US, and the most likely to suffer from poverty-related illnesses and to survive rape and partner abuse.
Essential reading for scholars and activists, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide is the powerful synthesis of Andrea Smith's intellectual and political work to date. By focusing on the impact of sexual violence on Native American women, Smith articulates an agenda that is compelling to feminists, Native Americans, other people of color, and all who are committed to creating viable alternatives to state-based "solutions."
A bio of Andrea Smith
A cutting-edge scholar and cofounder of INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence, the largest grassroots, multiracial feminist organization in the country, Andrea Smith (Cherokee) is an emerging leader in progressive political circles. In Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide, Smith places Native American women at the center of her analysis of sexual violence, challenging both conventional definitions of the term and conventional responses to the problem.
Beginning with the impact of the abuses inflicted on Native American children at state-sanctioned boarding schools from the 1880s to the 1980s, Smith adroitly expands our conception of violence to include the widespread appropriation of Indian cultural practices by whites and other non-Natives; environmental racism; and population control. Smith deftly connects these and other examples of historical and contemporary colonialism to the high rates of violence against Native American women-as a group, the poorest women in the US, and the most likely to suffer from poverty-related illnesses and to survive rape and partner abuse.
Essential reading for scholars and activists, Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide is the powerful synthesis of Andrea Smith's intellectual and political work to date. By focusing on the impact of sexual violence on Native American women, Smith articulates an agenda that is compelling to feminists, Native Americans, other people of color, and all who are committed to creating viable alternatives to state-based "solutions."
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