Astraea Leadership Gift Circle Update: The U.S. Social Forum

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice

Brief Update to Leadership Gift Circle Members

on the U.S. Social Forum

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Dear Ariel,

As you may know, this week is marked by an historic gathering of people passionately committed to social justice. The first ever U.S. Social Forum is bringing together activists, donors, academics, volunteers, and members of the many social movements working in the U.S. and transnationally to coordinate agendas, learn from each other and build solidarity.

Astraea staff, grant partners, donors and peer organizations have been in Atlanta since Monday and are leading and participating in a number of workshops and events. This morning, for example, Astraea, in partnership with the Ms. Foundation for Women, The Funding Exchange, the Overbrook Foundation and the Third Wave Foundation, convened a Feminist Funders' Delegation Breakfast for groups and individuals that received travel grants to attend the Social Forum.

Below, please find a list of some of the many LGBTI-specifc workshops, cultural events and activities that are certain to help further our shared vision of a more just world. Please note that these are only a few of the thousands of sessions taking place and in which members of our communities will be participating. To see the full list of U.S. Social Forum workshops and more detailed session descriptions visit: https://www.ussf2007.org/en/submitted_proposals

Warmly,

Alex

Alexandra Teixeira, Philanthropic Partnerships Officer

phone +1.212.529.8021 x13 | fax +1.212.982.3321

ateixeira@astraeafoundation.org | www.astraeafoundation.org

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LGBTI/Queer Sessions and Activities at the U.S. Social Forum

Thanks to the USSF Queer Visibility Working Group for compiling this list.

▪ The Role of Queer Politics in Liberating Families and Communities from Intimate Violence

▪ Building A Queer Left: Pre-Conference Convening

▪ USSF Queer Visibility Working Group
▪ Queer Visibility Table

▪ Stonewall Reenactment!
▪ USSF Contingent in the Atlanta Pride Parade
▪ ZAMI Party

▪ We're Here; We're Queer; (Why They Refuse to) Get Used to It

▪ A Call for Change: Combating Sexual Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) Detainees

▪ Sexuality and the Left: Queering the Public

▪ HomoHop: Queer HipHop Artists Talk Back

▪ Radical Queer Elders

▪ Sex, Queer Relationships & Radical Politics

▪ Stonewalled: Police abuse and misconduct against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the US

▪ How many ways to be gay: From Rainbow Flags to Rainbow Solidarity

▪ InterSEXion of Oppressions on Transgender Workers of Color

▪ Bursting Through Homophobia And Transphobia On The Job: Concrete Strategies To LGBT Equality In The Workplace

▪ Bringing the Immigrant Rights and LGBTST Movements Home

▪ Our Schools, Our Future: Youth, LGBT and Parent Movements for Quality Education

▪ LGBTIQQ and Muslim: Living Amid Multiplicities

▪ We Are the People We've Been Waiting For: LGBTST People of Color Organizing Against Violence.

▪ Surviving Desire: Queer People of Color Talking Love, Sexuality and our Cultural Legacies

▪ Intersexuality and Intersex Activism: An Introductory Workshop

▪ Sexuality & Gender ~ The Body as the Site of Colonization & Liberation

▪ Demystifying "Gender Responsive Prisons": Lessons and Next Steps

▪ Race, Gender, Nationality: A Fight for the Right to the City

▪ Transforming Hip-Hop: Challenging Male Supremacy and Gender Oppression in Hip-Hop Music and Culture

▪ Feminism: Gender, Race and Class

▪ Creating a 2008 US Agenda for Gender and Economic Justice

▪ Igniting the Kindred ~ Beyond 501c3 Non-Profits

Sessions and Activities focused around Philanthropy

and/or Fundraising at the U.S. Social Forum

▪ Class and Activism

▪ Challenging Racism in Philanthropy and Transforming Power Relations

▪ The Politics of Funding and Fundraising