We really need your help in nominating deserving students (undergrad and grad), faculty, staff and outstanding department/organization by April 2, 2007.

The categories available for nomination include undergraduate student, graduate student, faculty member, staff member, and SU department/ organization. The awards will be presented at the 5th Annual Rainbow Banquet on Saturday, April 21, 2007 in the Regency Ballroom of the Sheraton Syracuse University Hotel.

Professor Amy Lind, Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Cincinnati Monday, April 2, 2007, 4:00 p.m., 100 Eggers Hall

This paper addresses how sexual subjectivities are produced, understood, and imagined in the global development industry.

You are cordially invited to lunch with the keynote speaker Reverend Jimmy Creech. Rev. Creech has been a long standing advocate for LGBT Rights, and has worked tirelessly for the inclusion of LGBT people within faith communities. The luncheon will be held in the Hendricks Chapel's Noble Room from 11:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. on April 11th. At the event, attendees will have the opportunity to informally meet Reverend Creech, who will present a brief lecture followed by a question and answer session. Here are a few links to learn about Rev. Jimmy Creech: http://www.lgbtran.org/ Profile.aspx?A=M&ID=21

Please RSVP with Jacqueline Spears, Receptionist for the School of Social Work at 315-443-5550 or jespears@syr.edu. Food and refreshment will be served!!! The Social Justice Award ceremony and keynote address will be held on April 11th at 6pm in Maxwell Auditorium.

The Future of Minority Studies at Syracuse presents "Recasting the Political Terrain of Gender, Poverty and Violence: Transnational Feminist Collaborations", April 5th at 4:00pm in Watson Theater, Watson Hall.

Surbala Vaish and Richa Singh work full time as grassroots activists in forty villages of Sitapur District in Uttar Pradesh, India. Richa Nagar teaches in the Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Minnesota. All three women are members of the Sangtin Writers collective and work in alliance with Sangtin Kisaan Mazdoor Sangathan (SKMS), a people's movement that emerged in the Sitapur District as a direct outcome of the writing of Sangtin Yatra: Saat Zindgiyon Mein Lipta Nari Vimarsh (2004) and Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism through Seven Lives in India (2006).

Ten years ago a group of seven SU students were victims of a vicious beating outside a Denny's Restaurant. The Denny's Incident of April 11, 1997 created uproar on the Syracuse University campus. In light of the event, student organizations rallied together to in protesting Denny's Restaurant and hate-crimes. Since the case of Lizardo V. Denny's Inc was dismissed at the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, there was no justice served for the 7 victims. Since then the incident was forgotten.

In the spirit of commemorating the 10th Anniversary, Denny's Incident: 10th year Remembrance Committee was created. This group of seven students and various supporters are working to educate students and the community of issues involving racism/bias.

The Office of Orientation and Transition Services is seeking students, faculty and staff to serve as volunteers for the Syracuse Welcome 2007 (New and Transfer Student Orientation Program). Volunteers are needed for Goon Squad, Orange Crew, Residence Hall Move-in, and a number of orientation events (including the LGBT Resource Center Welcome Picnic) from Wednesday, August 22 to Monday, September 3.

Pride In Our Families: Our struggle for equal rights a photo display of LGBT people and their families, April 1 ? 30 at Laci?s Café at the Palace Theatre, 2384 James St., Syracuse. Opening Reception: Sunday, April 1, 1 - 3 pm.

?Album Pages? on display? photographs, collages and scrapbook pages ? will feature Central New York lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people with their families. The ?pages? are a part of a photo album that is being compiled statewide by the Empire State Pride Agenda. Open to all. For more info: 315-478-1923. Presented by the Rainbow Alliance of Central New York (RACNY) and the Empire State Pride Agenda.

The goal of the Rainbow Project is to better understand and promote the well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. Results of this study will be used to improve our survey questions, better understand the links between LGBT-specific experiences and health outcomes, and to develop culturally-sensitive programs to promote health among LGBT people.

We are especially interested in hearing the diverse voices within our communities. Must be 18 years or older. This is an anonymous, web-based study run through the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington.

What is a bi short story? We are seeking stories that illuminate something about the experience of being bi. Stories can focus on relationships, romance, dating and sex, of course, but we?d like to see more than that. We?d like to see stories about relationships with parents, relatives or children. Passover Seder anyone? We?d like a bi military story, a bi same-sex marriage story, a senior citizen story, a job discrimination or acceptance story. There is no pre-set maximum story length. A chapter (or chapters) of an unpublished novel may be submitted if it can stand alone.

Story title & author's pen name (or legal name if the same) on first line. Author's legal name, email address, street address, phone number and genre of story below. Start story right below, no large blank space If story has been published anywhere before, please state when and where.

Submit as attachment along with bio to info@biwriters.org. Your bio should specify whether you are bi and if not, say what led you to write a bi short story. If beginning work on a new story send ?intention to submit? to: Sheela Lambert at info@biwriters.org