Events

Please join Astraea on May 27th for Letters To CeCe, an afternoon of letter-writing to support CeCe MacDonald as she awaits sentencing. Chrishaun "CeCe" McDonald is a young African American transgender woman who is charged with two counts of "second degree murder" after an incident that began when she was violently assaulted because of her gender and race.

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Join us at the Flomenhaft Gallery in New York City for a talk on Philanthropy and Gender Justice presented as part of Have Art Will Travel (HAWT) and Flomenhaft Gallery's The Fluidity of Gender: Sculpture by Linda Stein.

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Join us for a workshop on women-directed media at the 2012 Women's Funding Network Summit. [More]

Get some soul and house music in your system and dance the night away at a benefit for the Astraea Foundation in San Francisco! On April 7th, monthly happy-hour dance party DRIFT, SF is throwing Astraea a party featuring House Music DJs that will be sure to keep you going all night!

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We are celebrating Women's History month! Join Astraea at performances of Meshell Ndegeocello and Bernice Johnson Reagon at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture's 2012 Women's Jazz Festival. [More]

Friends and supporters of Astraea are being offered four free tickets to the première of MISSING on Thursday, March 22nd, 2011 at WOW Cafe Theater in New York City. [More]

Astraea and GO Magazine will co-host a presentation of Lenelle Moïse's Ache What Make as part of the Culture Project’s 2012 Women Center Stage Festival. On Wednesday, March 14th, 2012, join us for a performance of Lenelle Moïse's latest work and stay for a Q&A with the artist led by Astraea Executive Director, J. Bob Alotta, and GO Magazine's Arts & Entertainment Editor Carolyn Sarkis. 

Supporting transformative art practices is an important part of our work at Astraea. We enjoy and value getting together with community members to see art, performance and film that is changing the way we think about social justice, about ourselves and each other. We are pleased to announce our next engagement. 

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Join the Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice at an evening reception on Tuesday, March 6th 2012 as we introduce FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund. [More]

Astraea has discounted $11 tickets to see Pariah at the Landmark Sunshine theater on Sunday, January 8th 2011 for the 3pm screening. Click here to buy your ticket and join Astraea staff at the theater. You must register online with the previous link to get our discounted rate. Astraea staff members will be handing out your tickets prior to the screening starting at 2pm on Sunday at the theater. [More]

On November 11th, 2011, we celebrated the Lesbian Writers Fund's 20 Years with very special readings and tributes as well as lively music and dancing.  Hosted at the Brecht Forum in New York City's West Village, Writeous! was a lively, warm and spirited celebration that looked at the twenty year history of the Lesbian Writers Fund and reminded us all of the vital importance of supporting lesbian artists, poets and authors. [More]