N O R T H C A R O L I N A
This year’s financial support will range from
$1,000 to $3,000 and is made possible by
donations from the LGBT community, as well
as straight allies. Since its inception, all schol
arships have been named after members of
the lesbian and gay community. This year,
awards will also be named for bisexud and
transgender individuals as well as allies.
For more information or to obtain an
application, email zami@zami.org or visit
www.zami. org.
Strummers alert!
STATEWIDE — The Carolinas LGBT
music community is invited by Robert Urban
to join Gay Guitarists Worldwide, an interna
tional Yahoo! networking group.
The group is for electric and acoustic gui
tarists, bassists and players of all similar
stringed instruments. LGBT-friendly musi
cians and fans are also welcome.
It is not limited to guitarists. All kinds of
players, from students to pros, are welcome.
Find musicians, gigs, jams, tour accommoda
tions, private instruction, recording and per
formance tips. Make new musical friends.
Share/discuss guitar techniques, amps, effects,
guitar models, etc. Check out all the cool guitar
music-related information in the links, files
and photo sections. Homepage photos rotate to
feature a different LGBT player each month.
Urban is an award-winning artist, produc
er, activist and more. He was named
Outmusician of the Year in 2006 by Outmusic.
He was a 2007 Stonewall Society Pride-in-the-
Arts award nominee in two different award
categories: Lifetime Achievement in Music
Award and Production/Producer of the Year.
To learn more about him, visit www.my
space.com/roberturban, www.myspace.
com/areyoubee, or www.roberturban.com.
For more information, visit
groups.yahoo.com/group/gayguitarists.
Wanna quit?
STATEWIDE — Researchers at the
University of California-San Francisco (UCSF)
are looking for LGBT smokers to take part in a
free internet-based smoking treatment pro
gram, iQuit.
This program, developed by faculty from
UCSF with consultants from the LGBT com
munity, seeks to compare the effectiveness of
four smoking treatments: mail-based, self-
help; internet-based smoking; phone counsel-
• ing; and internet plus phone counseling.
All participants are randomly assigned to
one of the four treatments listed above by
researchers. Participants wiO be asked about
their current smoking patterns and readiness
to quit, along with personal characteristics,
such as age, gender, ethnicity, etc., and mood
and emotional status.
All information is confidential.
In exchange for completion of this survey,
participants will gain access to educational
materials on smoking cessation. These materi
als have been shown to be effective in helping
smokers quit when they are offered in printed
form and as part of a counseling program. In
order to evaluate the effectiveness of these
materials over the internet, participants will
be contacted via email on three-, six- and 12-
month intervals.
For more information, visit iquitmedschool.
ucsf.edu.
Campus Scene
Wanna go to camp?
STATEWIDE — The Campus Pride
Summer Leadership Camp is now accepting
applications for its July 19-24 event for LGBT
and ally college students.
Camp will take place at the Glen Complex,
Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, Md
The five-day camp experience works to
develop stronger undergraduate student lead
ers and safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and
universities. Participants have the opportunity
to learn valuable campus organizing skills,
coalition building and strategies for creating
change at colleges and universities.
This year. Campus Pride received two local
grants, one from the Wesley Mancini
Foundation and another from the Charlotte
Lesbian & Gay Fund, to send up to seven
LGBT or ally college students to the summer
camp. The scholarships will be awarded to
undergraduate students currently attending
colleges/universities in the Charlotte, N.C. area
(including neighboring counties/municipali
ties). Youth selected for the scholarships will
also serve after camp on the Charlotte Youth
Action Network to bring youth “voice and
action” to the local LGBT and ally community.
Other limited scholarships are also available
until end of May with a first priority consider
ation on Apr. 20. Any remaining scholarships
will be considered on a rolling-basis monthly
thereafter.
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“It is wonderful that the Wesley Mancini
Foundation and the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay
Fund have made it possible to fund area North
Carolina youth to go to ‘gay camp,”’ said Shane
Widmeyer, executive director of Campus
Pride. “Camp is all about investing in the
future - our LGBT and ally youth. As a com
munity, we need to do more than throw
money at politicians. We should be preparing
future leaders for equality!”
Students will learn developmental skills in
leadership and personal growth experience
inclusive of gender identity/expression and
sexual orientation. They will have access to a
premiere faculty and national leaders in social
justice, human rights and civil rights advoca
cy. Participants will also receive helpful
resources and innovative tools from national
organizations.
Camp is never complete without having
some fun, enjoying entertainment and foster
ing lasting relationships.
Early bird registration at $595 is due by
June 15. There is limited capacity, so apply
soon. After that date the cost goes to $695.
Registration includes five nights of suite-
style lodging, breakfast, lunch and dinner each
day, as well as all educational program materi
als and entertainment.
Visit www.campuspride.org to register, to
see a list of faculty, to find out about the regu
lations for attendees, as well as other perti
nent data.
For more information, email info@campus
pride.org. I
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