November, 2009 News (8 Articles with 8,571 total views)
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Local and Regional News
Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA Bread Box Awards
"The Erie GLBT Community" received a 2009 Bread Box Award from Second Harvest Food Bank. Food was collected around the holidays last year as part of the Nationwide Food Drive for Equality. Colledtion sites included Chicory Hill Herbs, Craze Night Club, Mercyhurst College, Papa Joe’s downtown, Zodiac Dinor, and Zone Dance Club. The Erie Gay News also received an award for donations collected at the 2009 Picnic. For more about the Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA, go to www.eriefoodbank.org.
Out in the Silence screening in Erie
On Wednesday, October 21, 2009, Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer presented a screening of their documentary, Out in the Silence, at the Hirt Auditorium at Blasco Public Library in Erie PA. The documentary addresses discrimination against GLBT people in rural areas, particularly Oil City. The screening was followed by panelists from a variety of backgrounds.
Giving Zone...
On the 10th & 11th of October, the Zone Dance Club held a fundraiser to benefit the fight for a breast cancer cure. A total of $846 was raised and made this years event a great success! The Pink Cotton Candy Carnival was a Saturday night of dancing and fun as customers at the Zone played carnival games, ate pink cotton candy, and tried their luck at winning one of 15 great prize filled gift baskets donated by the many great businesses and friends of the Zone! On Sunday evening, Michelle Michaels hosted a special edition of her Sunday drag series Face...Tears of a Clown with all the girls who performed donating their tips to help out such a great cause. The Zone would like to give a special Thank You to all the business and individuals who made this weekend a great success! Thank You for donating your time, talents, gifts, and baked goods and helping to make this a better community!
Rainbow Pride Connection LGBT Conference a success
The Rainbow Pride Connection LGBT Conference held Sept. 12-13, 2009 was an outstanding success. Over 100 people attended and all expressed real pleasure with the location at Bellinger Hall on the grounds of the Chautauqua Institution. The workshops were educational and interesting, the film "Out in the Silence" was inspiring and the Buffalo Gay Men's Chorus was sensation ... and that's just a few of the highlights of the weekend! The 2010 Conference will be on October 2.
Local Faces and Photos
Mercyhurst Gay Straight Alliance Social
On Thursday, September 24, 2009, the Mercyhurst College Gay Straight Alliance held a very nice social at the campus in Erie PA. Photos are by James von Loewe, staff photographer for Erie Gay News.
Erie Gay News Folding Party
On Tuesday, October 27, 2009, Erie Gay News had a folding/distribution work party at the home of Mike Kohler in Erie PA. Every month volunteers gather to help get out the newsletter and also have a fun time socializing. Photos are by EGN staff photographer James von Loewe. We are grateful for our friends who do so much to help out our community!
Political, Activism and Legal
National Equality March
On the weekend of October 10, 2009, several people from the Erie PA region traveled to Washington DC for the National Equality March. Photographers include Ted Smith, Fran Smith, Justin and Dr. Dan Burdick, faculty advisor to Identity, Edinboro University's, LGBTQA student group. Full video coverage of the rally is here.
Lobbying meetings with Dahlkemper's office
On October 8, several of us in Erie's GLBT community met with Amy Cuzzola-Kern of Congresswoman Kathy Dahlkemper's Erie office. The purpose of the meeting was to continue our effort of lobbying in support of pending federal GLBT legislation. Some of us had met with Kathy in January. We were the first group to meet with her the day her Erie office opened.
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