Events

Join Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice on Friday, March 12 for a Meet the Activist event featuring Colombia Diversa, an International Fund grantee partner. Come to our New York office or call-in to listen to Marcela Sánchez Buitrago of COLOMBIA DIVERSA. Marcela, an expert on LGBT communities in Colombia, will discuss victories for same-sex couples, progress on the rights of trans people in prison, and other trends on sexual rights in Colombia and the Latin American region. [More]

Thurs. 2/11 UPDATE: This event is still happening. Please join us tonight.

 

For Valentine's this year, we're sweet on you. Come get sweet on Astraea!

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On Friday December 11th, meet leaders of Astraea International Fund grantee partners Minority Women in Action (MWA) in Kenya and Labrys in Kyrgyzstan for a roundtable discussion. Join us at our office or call in to learn about the issues first-hand from two lesbian-led organizations working for justice for LGBTIQ communities in East Africa and Central Asia. [More]

If you’ll be in New York in December, cap off the year on a high note at the 2009 Holiday Appreciation Party on Thursday, December 10.  Hosted in our very own offices in New York City, it will be a fun and intimate evening with fabulous Astraea staff, board, supporters and grantee partners.
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Join us for a one-night-only performance on November 10th with extraordinary comedian Karen Williams in honor of Astraea's Lynn Campbell Memorial Fund.  Whether as an organizer of the first Take Back the Night, or through her work with the Funding Exchange, or as co-founder of Funders for Lesbian & Gay Issues - Lynn's legacy serves a reminder to us that justice is sweet, and worth the fight. Let's share and locate those essential moments of joy, humor and activism together. [More]

Looking for a boost of empowerment? Come to artist-activist  and Astraea Visual Arts Committee member, Linda Stein's presentation: The Chance To Be Brave, The Courage To Dare at the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center.  Stein will be discussing her exhibition Women of Valor at the Flomenhaft Gallery in Chelsea, her book The Power to Protect, sexism in the art world, and gender issues from a global perspective. [More]

Want to meet and rub elbows with 400+ women in one night?  Then on October 16th,  join Astraea, OP.LYNX and Q-Wave for cocktails, chatting and mingling for Women's Night at Asia Society's Leo Bar!  Enjoy the free exhibition tours, sip on cocktail specials and chat the night away at one of the most popular women's event in NYC.  A record turnout of over 500 women joined us at the last mixer! [More]

Join us on Thursday, October 8 as we celebrate photographer, writer and activist Lora Jo Foo's new book, Earth Passages. Consisting of 28 vignettes and 53 color nature photographs, Earth Passages tells the story of the author growing up in the inner city ghetto of San Francisco's Chinatown - in poverty, in a housing project, at the age of 11 sewing in a garment sweatshop. In the girl's rare escapes into the woods she discovers a magical world so unlike the ghetto in which she lives. The stories from childhood are paired with color nature photographs taken by the author as an adult. [More]