Kim Hunt's City Council Committee on Human Rights Hearing Testimony
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UCAN and Howard Brown Health Center have partnered to create the LGBTQ Host Home Program as a viable housing option for homeless LGBTQ youth. Affinity has agreed to be a partner to the program to help combat this crisis and provide youth with an opportunity to heal and thrive. We are calling upon our constituents to consider providing a safe space for an LGBTQ youth. You can find out more about the program at http://www.ucanchicago.org/site/epage/93794_682.htm.
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This year's camping trip will be June 18 - 20. We have reserved 11 sites. If you'd like to go, we need your name and reservation fee by 12:00pm on June 1st. There is a two-tent maximum for each site. The registration fee is $35 for members and $40 for nonmembers. The fee can be paid by check, money order or credit card. Payments can be mailed in or made in person at the office Monday - Thursday. Credit card payments can be made over the phone or via the website. For website payments, please add $3 to cover the online processing fee. For questions or clarification and to arrange to make your payment, please call the office at 773-324-0377.
]]>Queer Students of Color Research Project
Dani White is studying queer people of color in higher education institutions. Participation in the project would be anonymous and would consist of a half hour to an hour long phone interview. The results would be used as reference material for higher education institutions and to construct a curriculum guide for building affirming atmospheres and sufficient resources in schools. If you or anyone you know identifies as LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, queer and/or questioning), is of color, and is currently or was previously enrolled in a higher education institution, and would be interested in participating in this project, please contact Dani White at dani.scholar@affinity95.org with the following information to set up an interview/survey slot: name, telephone number, email address, and times available for the interview.
Differences between LGBTQ Non-Welcoming and Welcoming Churches
Alexia Rice-Henry's project explores the fundamental difference between both non-welcoming churches (those who are heavily African-American populated) and welcoming churches (those of the reconciling ministries-United Methodists and other denominations). She will also explore how and if the church plays a role in the development and sustainment of the African-American lesbian and bi-sexual woman and will briefly include perspectives on marriage equality and civil unions. If you identify as a woman, please click on http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RBVGDZB to take the survey.
Join Affinity for an evening of fun and enlightenment as we attend the May 28th performance of Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South based on the book by E. Patrick Johnson, chair, director of graduate studies, and professor in the Department of Performance Studies and professor of African American studies at Northwestern University. We want to support Patrick by selling out the house. Affinity is selling tickets at the group rate of $15 for general admission and $12.50 for students. Call the office at 773-324-0377 for details. ]]>
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a contribution to the Anaya Renae Clark Trust Fund, a fund for Renae's grand niece, Anaya, or gifts may be made in Renae's honor to the Crossroads Fund, 3411 W. Diversey Parkway, Chicago 60647.
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Thank you to all of those who RSVP'd!