Queer Cupcakes!

Join the Columbia Mentoring Initiative, Columbia Queer Alliance, and a whole host of other LGBTQ clubs AT MIDNIGHT for QUEER CUPCAKES this Sunday, April 18th/19th–our final Queer Food event of the year.

300+ cupcakes will be available from Lerner and Buttercup Bakery. All the regulars will be there plus:
- Red Velvet
- Hummingbird
- Lemon
- Carrot
- Coconut

Prospective Students AND Current Students will be invited to this event–however we will only begin once prospective students are able to join us. Make sure TO COME EARLY as we will probably run out quickly!

RSVP to our Facebook Event!

LGBTQ & Ally Retreat

Looking to make new friends and get involved? Apply to go to the LGBTQ Retreat happening November 20th – 22nd. Last year’s retreat was tons of fun and we had an awesome time meeting new people and learning more about our community and each other. Check out the full blurb below:

November 20 – 22, 2009 

Deadline to apply is Friday, October 30, 2009 by way of our online application.

Information Sessions:
Tuesday, 10/20/09; 1 PM, Intercultural Resource Center (Columbia)
Monday, 10/26/09; 1 PM, 323 Milbank Hall (Barnard)

Over three days in November, you will make new friends, build community, experience personal growth, explore leadership opportunities and get energized for Winter and Spring campus activities. We will explore what brings us together within the LGBTQA community, as well as how our different experiences and identities create spaces for ally-building and activism.  No leadership experience required – all students are welcome regardless of student organization affiliation or prior experience.

The LGBTQA Retreat is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs for CC/SEAS and College Activities and Diversity Initiatives at Barnard and is open to undergraduate students from GS / CC / SEAS / Barnard.

For more information, please contact Lea Robinson (lr2476@columbia.edu) or Joyce Lewandowski (jlewando@barnard.edu).

First-Year Position: Historian

Columbia Queer Alliance is looking for a first-year to take on the role of Historian, joining our board as the eigth member.

The historian will work with the Columbia Queer Alliance board to dually establish institutional memory while creating new memories. The historian will help keep hard records (both physical and electronic) of meetings, events, and news clippings in order to record our history as it happens. The historian will also use photos, video, audio, and writing to enhance this process in whatever creative way possible.

Please fill out the following form to submit your application or let us know if you have any questions by getting in contact with us or posting a response here!

CQA’s First-Year Brunch

Still haven’t gotten enough food over the past couple weeks? Then join CQA and CMI for our First-Year brunch, a time to welcome all the first-years to campus, meet new people, and get some food! We’ll be dining at everyone’s favorite first-year establishment, John Jay, Sunday, September 20th @ 1130am. After brunch we’ll have some downtime and then will be our CQA meeting at 2pm.

You can RSVP by checking out our Facebook Event.

Go Out Clubbing with CQA & EAAH this Saturday

The Columbia Queer Alliance and Everyone Allied Against Homophobia will be heading out to 18+ club Rush on Saturday night! Join us to do something non-academic nor structured for the evening and dance it out.

If you’re interested in going, please let us know by sending me an email (bwr2106@columbia.edu) so that we know to try and wait for you before we leave as a group. We’ll be planning to leave at around 930pm (for the Olds among us) and will get back whenever ya’ll want!

Make sure to check out the other events happening throughout the week by checking out our calendar on the right!

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone for coming out with us and having a great time! We hope to see you again soon at another one of our events.