THE NEW BLACK

Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at 6:30 p.m.
Film Forum | 209 W Houston St, New York, NY 10014
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Click here to watch the trailer! The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents activists, families and clergy on both sides of the campaign to legalize gay marriage and examines homophobia in the black community’s institutional pillar—the black church and reveals the Christian right wing’s strategy of exploiting this phenomenon in order to pursue an anti-gay political agenda.

The New Black takes viewers into the pews and onto the streets and provides a seat at the kitchen table as it tells the story of the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland and charts the evolution of this divisive issue within the black community.

STOPPING HATE @ ITS ROOTS
Screening of PUZZLES followed by discussion with leaders in the LGBT movement  
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 | 6:30PM
Lang Recital Hall at Hunter College
69th Street between Lexington and Park Avenues, New York City

Free & open to the public
RSVP to reserve a seat! Email pav10023@gmail.com

As civil rights for LGBT and other minority groups are won violent backlashes have been known to increase. Today LGBT people are far more likely than any other minority group in the United States to be victimized by violent hate crimes.  

PUZZLES: When Hate Came to Town tells the story of a hate crime in a gay bar when a teenager entered and brutally attacked its patrons.  As a result two different worlds collide, a homophobic hate crime offender and his victims. PUZZLES explores the correlation between American economic desperation, homophobia, intolerance, and, ultimately, violence.

PUZZLES is a deeply human exploration of the roots of hate violence and how a horrendous crime becomes a catalyst for a community to reach out for greater understanding and connection.
Barbara Abrash – NYU

Open discussion to follow the screening with Rebecca Wisotsky, Executive Coordinator at Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice, Shelby Chestnut, Co-Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy at the New York City Anti-Violence Project, Allison Steinberg, Hunter Graduate and Communications Director of the Empire State Pride Agenda, filmmakers Tami Gold and David Pavlosky, and audience.

Join Astraea on Thursday December 12 from 6-8pm for a conversation on advocacy and mobilizing in the Chilean LGBTQI community with Andrés Rivera Duarte, director of the Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad (OTD) in Rancagua, Chile.

Meet the Activist: Andrés Rivera Duarte
Thursday, December 12th, 6-8pm
Doors open at 6pm, talk begins at 6:30pm.

Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16^th Street, 7^th Floor, NY, NY 10003
Event is wheelchair accessible.
RSVP to attend!

Held as intimate gatherings at our office, Astraea’s Meet the Activist series provides a unique opportunity to learn about the work of LGBTQI activists and movements around the world.

Andrés Rivera is a Chilean activist based in Rancagua. He was a professor at the Universidad de Rancagua before co-founding Organización de Transexuales por la Dignidad de la Diversidad (OTD) in 2005. He was the first trans man in Chile to be awarded a Judicial Decree to change his name and legal gender. In 2008 he was awarded the IGLHRC Felipa de Souza Award based on his activism and leadership in Chile and the Latinamerica region. Andrés has represented OTD actively at the LGBTTTI coalition at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and is the Director of OTD.

OTD is an exceptionally strong organization that has managed to have large impact through its organizing approaches, including legal and policy advocacy, capacity building of members, arts and culture, historical international advocacy and mobilization of LGBTQI community in Chile. Last year OTD was part of the efforts that led to the passage of an anti-discrimination law in Chile that includes sexual orientation and gender identity as protected categories. Thanks to their tireless advocacy with the Ministry of Health they were also able to secure a Health Protocol for the respectful treatment of trans people. In addition, they are one of the main organizations that have carved the space for LGBTQI advocacy within the Inter-American system, and produced a CEDAW shadow report on the Human Rights situation of LBT women. This year they are working to pass a Gender Identity Law in Chile.

On December 11th, girlNATIONnyc is throwing a special holiday party to benefit Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice! Come out and dance for a great cause!

A Holiday Benefit for Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Wednesday, December 11th | 7:30pm-12am
M LOUNGE | 62 Thomas Street between West Broadway and Church, NYC

GUEST DJ: DJ Ri-MiX
GUEST DANCER: CJ JONES
AND SPECIAL GUEST: COMEDIAN ROBIN CLOUD
Lots of drink specials!

RSVP by email to girlnationnyc1@aol.com
Join the event on facebook

Special guest comedian Robin Cloud! Robin Cloud
is a New York City-based comedian, writer, college speaker, advice columnist for Dapperq.com and actor. She is the host and producer of her critically acclaimed live comedy show, “The Triple Minority Report,” which packs the house at NYC’s hottest comedy clubs.

Robin’s sassy, politically charged delivery coupled with her on-point character work has caught the attention of the press and media. She has been featured in GO magazine’s “Top 100 Women We Love,” Time Out New York’s “Quote of the Week”, and was a semi-finalist in NBC’s “Stand Up for Diversity Competition.”

Join Astraea on Tuesday November 19 from 6:30-8:30pm for a conversation on media advocacy and LGBTI human rights in South Africa with Jabulani C. Pereira, founder and coordinator of Iranti-Org. Johannesburg-based Iranti-Org is an African queer human rights documentation and media reporting organization that uses art and media to destabilize discrimination based on gender, sexuality and sexual orientation and bring communities together.

Meet the Activist: Jabulani C. Pereira
Tuesday, November 19^th, 6:30-8:30pm
Doors open at 6:30pm, talk begins at 7pm.
Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
116 East 16^th Street, 7^th Floor, NY, NY 10003

Please RSVP by emailing rsvp@astraeafoundation.org.
Join the event on facebook!
Event is wheelchair accessible.

Held as intimate gatherings at our office, Astraea’s Meet the Activist series provides a unique opportunity to learn about the work of LGBTQI activists and movements around the world.

MORE ABOUT IRANTI-ORG & JABULANI
Iranti-Org is a Lesbian, Transgender and Intersex media reporting organization for South Africa and Southern Africa. Based in Johannesburg, Iranti-Org is committed to documenting and gathering evidence-based materials for the purpose of advancing the rights of LGBTI people affected by various forms of human rights violations. Iranti-Org was formed with the intention of building local partnerships and movements with media as the key platform. They use videos, photography, audio recordings, and other mediums to document Queer memories that destabilize discrimination based on gender, sexuality and sexual orientation. They also use art as a way to promote social change and bring communities together. Iranti-Org has a team of seven staff members.

Jabulani C. Pereira is an activist, researcher, trainer and facilitator and the co-founder and coordinator of Iranti-Org. Jabulani lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa, Jabulani has been an organizer for 24 years. They have worked at the Legal Resources Centre, Soul City, and they served as a Board member of FEW, a national black lesbian organization, based in Johannesburg.  Jabulani graduated from New York University. They have a masters of arts degree, with a major and focus is museum studies. Their thesis titled Museum Exhibitions, Mass Violence and Human Rights, examines and tracks the ethical responsibility of museums in displaying photographs on atrocities.

Callen-Lorde Women’s Community Advisory Board presents:
Health Talk on the “Affordable Health Care Act”
Thursday, November 7, 2013 | 6-9pm
NYU, Rosenthal Pavilion, Kimmel Center
60 Washington Square South, New York, NY