NORTH CAROLINA
It will celebrate differences and showcase the
ways in which those differences have con
tributed to each unique experience.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
• How being forced to leave home as a minor
continues to impact adult life
• What happened upon leaving home and how
one survived
• Words of wisdom for today’s homeless queer
youth — what one wished someone had said
• Survival through the creation of “chosen
family”
• Challenges of dealing with Child Protective
Services or other agencies
• Success through adversity — overcoming a
troubled past
Submissions should be between 1,500 and
2,500 words in length and previously unpub
lished. Submit by email in .doc format to
KickedOutAnthology@gmail.com.
Multiple submissions per contributor are
welcome. Include a short biography and contact
information with each submission. Submissions
must be received no later than March 1. Rights
revert to the authors upon publication.
Contributors whose work appears in the anthol
ogy will receive as yet undetermined fiee
copy(ies) as well as ongoing royalties.
Contributions requested
BOONE — As an ongoing way to shore up
the community, Boone Pride is asking for
financial assistance. The monies raised will
continue to provide for support of a scholarship
fund at the Appalachian Regional Public
Library System for LGBT literature for the High
Country community, as well as other initiatives.
Boone Pride’s mission is to unite, celebrate,
and support. It produces public events that serve
as a crossroads for cultures to broaden their
understanding and acceptance of each other.
For more information, email greenlightl04
@hotmail.com or visit www.BoonePride.oi^.
Wanna make a difference?
REGIONAL — CBPM is looking for
African-American LGBT community mem
bers to serve on the Movement’s board.
Currently, they are looking to fill slots for vice
president, treasurer, marfeting/promotions
chair, programs chair, volunteer chair, devel
opment chair and board member at large.
Applicants must be between the ages of
18-35.
CBPM’s mission is to to foster, present and
celebrate black LGBT culture through educa
tion, the arts, cultural events and advocacy. It
was created to be an incubator of black gay
culture; to explore and exhibit the beautiful
duality of being gay and of African descent.
CBPM hosts empowerment workshops,
lecture demonstrations, theater productions,
film series, spoken word events, wellness fairs
and social justice demonstrations in North
and South Carolina.
Some of the initiatives it has fostered are
Columbia SC Black Gay Pride; the theater pro
duction of “For the Love of Harlem;” the MLK
Jr. Gala Reception and Awards Presentation;
and co-community sponsor of M.E.N., a
social/networking group for African-
American/Latino gay men.
To obtain an application or for more infor
mation, email info@carolinasblackpride
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Raise your hands
STATEWIDE — Equality North Carolina
(ENC) is asking everyone to make a pledge to
be more involved in public life. Ever thought
about running for public office as an openly
LGBT candidate? Want to help run an LGBT
candidate’s campaign?
Leadership matters. Openly gay candidates
are ruiming and winning more Sian ever. The
Gay Lesbian Leadership Institute can teach
participants how to run smarter campaigns
and win election to public office. ENC is a
sponsor of the Institute’s Candidate Campaign
Training in Charlotte from Feb. 21-24. The
training has made a huge difference for openly
gay candidates in N.C., like Sen. Julia Boseman
and Orange County Commissioner Mike
Nelson, and now ifs available to all Tar Heel
state interested parties. ENC Executive Director
Ian Palmquist attended one last year and was
really impressed by the quality of the training.
Right now, ENC is busy biding its politi
cal warchest to elect pro-equality candidates,
organizing and lobbying to pass the School
Violence Prevention Act and expand access to
HfV medicines for low income North
Carolinians, building our base of support,
raising awareness of the impact of discrimina
tion on LGBT North Carolinians and expand
ing on the success of our first Equality
Conference and Gala. This training can be a
catalyst for those who choose to step out.
For more information or to appfy to
attend, visit www.gUi.org/training. Space is
limited, sign up now.
ENC gets gr^t, marks success
RALEIGH — Equality NC Foundation has
been awarded a Civic Engagement Grant from
the Triangle Community Foundation through
its new civic engagement and youth leadership
and development programs.
Seventeen groups were selected from 114
nonprofit organizations submitting proposals.
Civic engagement grantees were the Carolina
Farm Stewardship Association, Democracy
North Carolina, the NC Rural Communities
Assistance Project, People of Faith Against the
Death Penalty, Preservation Durham, the
Triangle Lost Generation Taskforce and
Equality NC Foundation.
The grant wiU enable the Foundation to
build its list of online activists over the first
six months of 2008, so they wiU have a
stronger presence for ENC’s anti-bullying biU
during the next legislative session. Legislators
need to hear how important it is to protect
young people from being harassed and trau
matize for just being who they are.
Intern Josh Wynne has been chosen to
work on the project and ENC looks forward to
building its base and making the LGBT com
munity’s voice heard more clearly.
A reception in Hickory on Dec. 6 was a
wonderful success, with 50 people in atten
dance and almost $2,700 raised. Sen. Walter
Dalton and Dan Besse, candidates for lieu
tenant governor, were in attendance. Want to
assist with ENC’s future growth/strength?
Contact Ian Palquist, executive director, to find
out how. Email him at ian@equalitync.org. >
info: Announce your community event in NC News
Notes, email; editor@q-notes.com or fuc 704-S3I-I36I.
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