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Wednesday, Nov. 7, and Thursday, Nov. 8, will feature all-day pre-conference institutes. Registration is $50 for one, $75 for two. The session lasts all day with lunch on your own.

Wednesday, November 7, 2001

People of Color Institute Part I - In the Beginning
A day of reflection and community-building for people of color at the only annual national gathering of progressive lesbian, gay, bisexual, Two Spirit, transgender, intersex people of color (LGBTSTI / POC). Come and meet other LGBTSTI / POC to network, discuss identity, share our herstories/histories, and struggle around those issues that divide our communities and undermine our organizing work. This year we will hear from local activists being mindful that we come as outsiders with little knowledge about struggles in our host community. We will also explore gender and gender identity to better understand intersexuality and how sexism persists within our work and our movement. Finally, we will define our work - understanding how differently we organize in our respective communities and identify what we need to more effectively organize for fundamental social change. For people of color only.

Organizing Committee (partial list): Don Kao, Project Reach; Ingrid Rivera, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Charmaine Francis, Project Reach; Dawson Her Many Horses, National Gay and Lesbian Task; Michael Marinez, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center; and Penelope Williams; Monroe France.

Dismantling Racism for White People
Racism will be eradicated if and when white people commit themselves to its end. This participatory workshop explores the ways racism impacts all our lives and helps us move from guilt to action.

Faculty: Pam McMichael, Southerners on New Ground (SONG); Matt Nicholson, Kentucky Fairness Alliance and SONG Board Member; Carla Wallace, Fairness Campaign.

Thursday, November 8, 2001

People of Color Organizing Institute Part II - The New Beginning
The second day of the People of Color Organizing Institute is a strategic planning and skills-building session where critical issues and questions about organizing within and outside people of color and queer communities will be addressed. Is there a movement? What is our vision of a multi-issue people of color movement? What does our organizing look like and have our strategies been effective? Given institutional racism and homophobia, what tools do we need and what strategies must we envision to move us toward building a sustained movement for institutional and systemic change? This will be a day of whole community discussions, issue-focused work groups, skill-building/problem-solving sessions, and technical assistance sharing. Issues, concerns, and needs identified during Part I will also inform the content and direction of this day's work. For people of color only..

Organizing Committee (partial list): Don Kao, Project Reach; Ingrid Rivera, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Charmaine Francis, Project Reach; Dawson Her Many Horses, National Gay and Lesbian Task; Michael Marinez, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center; and Penelope Williams; Monroe France.

Building Our House: Dismantling Institutional Racism
If we are to dislodge the "permanence of racism" from our movement, we cannot leave untouched the leadership, cultural character, and the organizational structure of our institutions and organizations. To make structural change we will need to commit resources and to demand a high degree of integrity from our leadership. Change will require a plan. For all interested persons.

Faculty: Carmen Vasquez, Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center of New York City; Betty Powell, Betty Powell Associates

Gender Splendor: Mobilizing A Diverse Movement for Gender Freedom and Transgender/Intersex/SOFFA Equality
This institute embraces the diversity of transgender and intersex experience, including significant others, families, friends and allies (SOFFAs) while focusing on how we will organize to win transgender/intersex/SOFFA equality. Topics include non-transsexual and gender-queer identities, intersex and SOFFA issues, the impact of age, ability, race, class and immigration status, building a diverse movement and making the case for gender freedom Non-transgender people are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Faculty: Marcus Arana, San Francisco Human Rights Commission; Kyler Broadus, Columbia, MO; Paisley Currah, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; Alexander John Goodrum, Director and Founder, TGNet Arizona; Imani Henry, Philadelphia; Richard M. Juang, Cornell University; Just Evelyn, Transfamily San Diego; Carolyn Laub, Gay-Straight Alliance Network, San Francisco; Shannon Minter, National Center for Lesbian Rights, San Francisco; C. Michael Munson, FORGE (For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression); Pauline Park, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA); Raquel Simoes, Minneapolis; Miranda Stevens-Miller, It's Time Illinois; Dylan Vade, Stanford Law School; Willy Wilkinson, public health consultant, Oakland, CA.

Community Centers Institute
The National Association of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers will host a day of fundraising training, issue updates, training on board and volunteer management, and program development. A portion of the day will be devoted to the CDC-funded National Tobacco Cessation Project.

Faculty: Executive Committee of the National Association of Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Community Centers, including Gwenn Baldwin, Los Angeles; Douglas Weiss, Orange County; Michael Smith, Denver; Ann DeGroot, Minneapolis; Richard Burns, New York City; Linda Malicki, Cleveland; Paula Wolfe, Salt Lake City; Barb Jones, San Jose.

Youth Organizing Institute
Participants at this daylong session will engage in discussions and exercises to expand their leadership skills and their networks. This Institute is open only to participants who are aged 24 and under.

Organizing Committee: Members of Rainbow Alliance for Youth and the LGBT Campus Center of University of Wisconsin Madison.

Outing Age: Ageism and Action
This institute will be open to all ages but will present the views and experience of GLBT elders, service providers and aging professionals about the realities of aging in the GLBT community. The daylong program will provide opportunities to examine the issues of ageism in our community, including the unique issues for transgender elders, and creating change in the aging industry. The day will conclude with a process of building a plan of action.

Coordinated by: Ken South, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Foundation and the Aging Initiative Planning Committee

Assessing Your Leadership Practices
Every social justice movement and organization needs effective leaders and principled leadership. Learn the practices of principled leaders; conduct a leadership style inventory and a conflict style inventory to build your own strengths as a leader. Get help with conflicts; learn how to cope better with organizational or community controversy; and get specific assistance with your leadership strengths and weaknesses.

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