Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 06:27:43 -0700 (PDT) From: jessea@uclink4.berkeley.edu (Jessea NR Greenman) Subject: NATIONWIDE TOUR OF LOVE MAKES A FAMILY || PFLAG National conference update [go see it if you can, and, by the way, this is an EXCELLENT resource/exhibit to book for the educational policy makers in YOUR area, too!] NATIONWIDE TOUR OF LOVE MAKES A FAMILY "A family is a bunch of people, or not so many, who love each other," explains seven-year old Liza a seven year old who lives with her two moms, Stacey and Amy. Liza's family is one among twenty-five families represented in the photograph-text exhibit, Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families. In this traveling exhibit, photographs by Amherst photographer, Gigi Kaeser depict a variety of families of all races with gay or lesbian moms, dads, grandparents, and/or youth. Accompanying each photograph is text edited from interviews with family members conducted by writers, Peggy Gillespie and Pam Brown. Together, the words and the images show the strength, support, and love within these families. The exhibit has been endorsed by many national organizations including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF), Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International (GLPCI), and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG). Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay =46amilies is under such high demand that six copies of the exhibit were mad= e and are currently touring to places including Duke University, Yale University, Purdue University, Princeton University, the Los Angeles Unified School District, the Amherst, MA Public Schools, Colorado Equality, and many churches and community centers. It was the subject of a major controversy in the Amherst, MA school district. The school system, the principals, and the Superintendent were sued by five families who claimed the exhibit would be harmful to their children. The case was taken to Federal Court in April, l996, where the judge decided in favor of allowing the exhibit to be shown i= n the local elementary schools. According to Sandra Gillis, Executive Director of PFLAG, "Love Makes a =46amily: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families reminds us all that the fundamentals of love and support are to be found in all types of families, including gay and lesbian families. At PFLAG, we find that ignorance about gay and lesbian people is the greatest barrier to strong and healthy familie= s and communities. Love Makes a Family: Living in Lesbian and Gay Families ca= n be an important tool for overcoming ignorance and homophobia in so far as it presents truthful images of gay and lesbian people in the context of family.= " =46or information on bringing this exhibit to your community, please contact Peggy Gillespie, Family Diversity Projects, Inc. PO Box 1209, Amherst, MA, 01004-1209, call 413-256-0502, or send e-mail to FamPhoto@aol.com SCHEDULE: LOVE MAKES A FAMILY EXHIBIT SCHEDULE 1. Now- Sept. l5 Cathedral of Hope, 5910 Cedar Springs Rd., Dallas Texas 2. Now - November. COLAGE in San Francisco, CA is touring the exhibit in the Bay area (415) 861-5437 3. Sept. 4 opening-Sept 30 University of Illinois at Champaign 217-333-366= 0 email: jcdooley@uiuc.edu 4.. Sept. 9-23 Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, Oct. 4-- November ll University of Denver John Nichols, Director of the Driscoll University Center (after this, it will be going to the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado but dates aren't confirmed yet. 5. Tuesday, Sept. 24-October 20 Columbia University and Teacher's College, NYC--contact: fs94@columbia.edu Opening reception on the Colubia campus in NYC will be 5:30 p.m. in the Graduate Student Lounge in Philosphy Hall with = a talk by two gay dads who are in the exhibit. On Oct. 7th at 5 p.m. there will be a reception at Teacher's College Student Lounge in the Main Hall. The lounge is open 9 a.m. - l0 p.m. 6. October 7 opening-Nov. 1 University of Illinois at Chicago. 7. Oct. l9 - Nov. 13 Kansas City Public Library, 311 E. 12th St., Kansas City, MO 64106 Email: kkreicker@smtpgw.ksbe.state.ks.us 8. November 4-18 Michigan State University, contact: Dereth Glance. Email: glancede@pilot.msu.edu 9. November 8-Feb. 28 . Janice Pinto of Collegeville, PA is in charge of a Pennsylvania tour 610-489-34735. 10. November 29-Dec. 13. Bryn Mawr School, l09 W. Melrose Ave., Baltimore, MD. 11. Dec. 26th.-Jan. 15th. PWA Coalition of Jacksonville, email: wolfpup@dockingbay.com 12. December (entire month)- Landmark College, Putney Vermont. 13. Jan. 27- mid/late Feb. SUNY Cortland, Cortland, NY 14 . Feb. 13-29 University of Mass. Stonewall Center. 15.. MARCH 12- May 2. Diamond Edge Foundation in Delaware, Judith Armstrong 302-575-1735 is organizing a Delaware tour. 16. Mid-March-June l5. Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA 17. March 31-April l3. University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse. Sarah Hinkle, contact person. ---------------------- ---------------------- =46or more information visit the PFLAG web site, WWW.PFLAG.ORG or email the Balcom Group, the conference coordinator and registrar, at balcomgrp@aol.com. =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D URGENT CONFERENCE UPDATE - PLEASE ACT IMMEDIATELY!! Annual Conference Attendance - Our 15th Anniversary Conference IS ONLY 26 DAY AWAYS , and we want to see YOU! We wanted to make sure you knew all of the great things about this year's family conference. * Special Invited Guests: *PFLAG Founders, friends and families *Marsha Scott, Special Assistant to President Clinton *Honorable US Representative Gerry Studds *Honorable US Representative Barney Frank *Honorable US Representative Steve Gunderson =B0 *Honorable Washington, DC Mayor Marion Barry *Jean Dubofsky, lead Attorney in the Amendment 2 Colorado United States Supreme Court Case *Rev. Jesse Jackson =B0, civil rights leader * Cher=B0, entertainer and mother of lesbian daughter *Suzanne Westenhoeffer, comedian *Dot Ridings, former President of the League of Women Voters and current President of the Council on Foundations *Gay Men's Chorus of Washington and Holly Near, entertainers *PFLAG Founders, friends and families * Celebrations and Socials *Friday night celebration in honor of the Honorable US Representative Gerry Studds commitment and years of service in the US Congress; *Saturday morning "Honoring the Founders" Retrospective video presentation; *Saturday Chapter Awards luncheon honoring Chapters and their member= s; *Saturday night Candle Light AIDS Memorial Vigil across the Memorial Bridge to join thousands of others at the Lincoln Memorial; *Sunday Interfaith Celebration; *Sunday Networking- Roundtable Sharing Luncheon; *Sunday evening Founder's & Passing the Torch Banquet with big band dancing and entertainment; *Special Tours of Washington, DC environs produced by the PFLAG Washington DC/Metro Area Chapter, including the US Holocaust Museum. * Training and Sharing *Two day of Lobby training and Hill visits to your Members of Congress, Wednesday and Thursday; *Four full day Leadership Training Institutes on Friday: =46undraising, Prejudice Reduction, Youth, and Project Open Mind; *More than 60 Workshops ranging from support to building a Board of Directors to Transgender issues to Equal Marriage Rights; *Regional Caucuses to share what you and others are doing in your region and how you can continue to support and share with one another; *Special Outreach Networks addressing Support [Family AIDS Support, =46amilies & Friends of Bisexual Support,Families & Friends of Transgenders Support, People of Color, Straight Spouse Support] and Issue [Advocacy, Interfaith, Youth] areas. * Money & Transportation Remember, the conference is no more expensive than previous ones and there are many food and social opportunities, too. If people book now, they will still get 21 day advance on tickets and many could drive, too!!!! $SPECIAL EXTENDED RATE$ Finally, any Chapter Member or Leader who registers by October 1, 1996 will get the special rate of $190 per person instead of $235. Any Chapter Member or Leader who already registered after the last close date and requests in writing a refund, will it receive after the conference. Take care and see you in Washington in October. Thanks for all You do for PFLAG! =B0 =3D Invited, still waiting on final confirmation. =46or more information visit our PFLAG web site, WWW.PFLAG.ORG or email the Balcom Group, our conference coordinator and registrar at balcomgrp@aol.com. Please note: Effective immediately, correspondence to George Neighbors, Jr., PFLAG Field Services Director, should be sent to this address,"GNeighbors@PFLAG.org (George Neighbors.Jr.)", not "Neighbors@aol.com" PS: Visit our wonderful, helpful, useful and fun web site at: http://www.pflag.org *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ OK TO RE-POST. Jessea Greenman The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) CHECK THIS OUT FOR TONS OF INFO - - http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/ Please cc us (for our files) on correspondence you send or receive re our action alerts. "I have the great privilege to gather inspiration and pass it on to others." Maxine Hong Kingston