Make Sure to Check Out the QuAM Calendar!

Remember to check out the online Queer Awareness Month Calendar to find out what’s going on all around campus for Queer Awareness Month!

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).

Writing the Queer Italian-American Experience

Join Columbia Alumnus Joseph LoGiudice and his partner, Michael Carosone, at a reading and discussion with various authors about the Queer Italian-American experience.

Monday, October 12 @ 7pm

On Columbus Day, in celebration of Italian Heritage Month, join writers Mary Cappello, Carl Capotoro, Michael Carosone and Peter Covino for readings and discussion on the diversity of experiences of gay and lesbian Italian-Americans.

BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORE
2289 BROADWAY AT 82ND STREET
NEW YORK CITY

EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

212-362-8835

Don’t Forget to Register for the March on Washington!

The time is NOW.

Join a number of organizations from Columbia University in heading down to the March on Washington on Sunday, October 11th, 2009.

The march has one single demand:

Equal protection in all matters governed by civil law in all 50 states.

If you are interested in going please Register Now to receive more information and learn how you can reserve a spot on a bus heading down to Washington with Columbia students. We will be organizing bus spots soon so get on the list now!

UPDATE: Our free buses are full. You may now register to take a bus from 116th Street to the march by signing up online and paying $34:
http://nycgomarch.eventbrite.com/

This is still the cheapest option for getting to and from the march!

Cleve Jones Comes to Columbia University

This Thursday, Sept 24th @ 12pm on Ancel Plaza, please join us and community leaders for a conversation with one of America’s most renown gay rights activists about the National Equality March, which is scheduled for October 11, 2009 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Cleve Jones began a career in activism as a protégé of Harvey Milk. He later founded the AIDS Memorial Quilt and continues to be one of our community’s most influencial voices.

Earlier this year he called for a national march on Washington to mobilize a grass roots movement to achieve full civil equality at the federal level and in all fifty states.

On October 11th, 2009, we will gather in Washington, D.C. from all across America to let our elected leaders know that now is the time for full equal rights for LGBT Americans.

Come hear him explain why our time is now!

RSVP on the Facebook Event.