Get ready for the 4th annual Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference (November 14-15), sponsored by the Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance! The conference registration fee is set at $30, but no one will be turned away for lack of funding. Please visit our website to get all the exciting details, or email us with questions or concerns.

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The fourth-annual Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference on November 14–15, 2009 is our premier annual statewide conference that discusses issues facing GLBTA students, staff and faculty on college and university campuses across Minnesota.

Registration

Online registration is available for $30.00 per person, but no one will be turned away for lack of funding. Check the MOCC website for details.

Register now for the 2009 Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference at McNally Smith College of Music (November 14-15).

Either of these links will take you to our online registration system.

See the main RSVP page: https://www.blacktie-minnesota.com/rsvp/rsvp.cfm?eventcode=%255I.%2B304%20%0A

To Register Online: https://www.blacktie-minnesota.com/online_sales/rsvp_ticket_purchase.cfm?rsvpid=315

(Note: Please continue checking back at http://www.mncampusalliance.org/mocc/index.php for any updated details about the event schedule as the conference draws near.)

The Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance strives to build a statewide network of individuals and organizations working for equality and justice on issues of gender and sexual diversity; empower the voices of groups that are underserved and underrepresented in our campus communities; and create welcoming, affirming, and safe environments on college and university campuses throughout the state of Minnesota. (http://www.mncampusalliance.org/index.php)

The 4th Annual Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference on November 14-15, 2009 is our premier annual statewide conference that discusses issues facing GLBTA students, staff, and faculty on college and university campuses across Minnesota.

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Join us for a community-building conference featuring keynote trainings, workshop sessions, caucus and mentorship space, and a resource fair.

9:00 am – 5:30 pm – Conference Workshops & Programming at McNally Smith
5:30 pm – Dinner and Evening Activities are To Be Announced…

Sunday, November 15, 2009 – minor adjustments to schedule may be made

9:00 am – Morning Energizing Activity
10:00 am – Networking Brunch
11:30 am – Closing Keynote (Eli Clare)

*Caucuses and Voting for Regional Representatives to the Campus Alliance Executive Board will take place during the conference.

LODGING

A block of hotel rooms has been reserved at a conference rate of $79 per night at the Hilton Garden Inn St. Paul City Center, a short distance from the college. Please ask for the Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference rate when booking.

TRAINERS & KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

SEBASTIAN MARGARET

Sebastian Margaret’s involvement with disability culture, anti- oppression and community work spans some 25 years. In both England and in North America he has presented, trained and consulted on disability rights as a bedrock issue for social justice movements and service providers.

Born and raised in Yorkshire, U.K, Sebastian is a disability activist, a trans/ gender-variant queer and a parent of young children. He currently lives in New Mexico, where he pays the bills working as a personal attendant. Through his small business Access Change he provides trainings and consults nationally on disability justice for progressive organizations and direct service providers.

Greatly informed by an analysis of power and privilege and the necessity of racial and economic justice and community self determination; Sebastian’s work is deeply influenced by a commitment to cross disability access and a strong working class approach to inclusion and social justice politics. A trained advocate and experienced anti-violence provider, his involvement in service provision is rooted in a client centered, and harm reduction model.

Currently Sebastian is working on the development of anti-racism  workshops and trainings specifically tailored for disability activists and community members. His workshops are engaging interactive and audience-centric. As an experienced trainer and community educator Sebastian’s trainings offer organizations and personnel a powerful learning experience without complicity to either tokenism or voyeurism.

ELI CLARE

White, disabled, and genderqueer, Eli Clare has a B.A. in Women’s Studies, a M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and most importantly a penchant for rabble-rousing. Among other pursuits, he has walked across the United States for peace, coordinated a rape prevention program, and helped organize the first-ever Queerness and Disability Conference. He has spoken all over the United States at conferences, community events, and colleges about disability, queer and trans identities, and social justice. Eli is the author of a book of essays Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (South End Press, 1999) and a collection of poetry The Marrow’s Telling: Words in Motion (Homofactus Press, 2007) and has been published in many periodicals and anthologies.

WORKSHOPS

Workshop topics will include gender identity and expression, sexuality, building and maintaining Gay Straight Alliances and other campus organizations, disability and queerness, anti-racism work, economic justice, music, art, technology, and MORE!

REGISTRATION

The registration fee is $30 for each student, faculty, and staff member, though no one will be turned away for lack of funding. You will receive information about our online registration system. Please keep checking your email checking back at our website for more information about registration..

On-site registration may be available, up to 200 total participants, but please pre-register if you can to help us account for meals and seats available.

RESOURCE FAIR

There will be an opportunity for organizations, vendors and exhibitors to set up tables at MOCC to share work and information about events and services with conference attendees. There is no cost to table, but tabling staff who intend to attend workshop events and eat meals on-site should register for the conference. To sign up for a table, please contact matt.tentis@gmail.com.

VOLUNTEERS

Interested in volunteering at MOCC?  We appreciate your help!  Please contact
mocc@mncampusalliance.org to get involved.

CONTACT US

For more information, to register, propose a workshop, volunteer, sign-up for exhibitor space, ask questions, get involved, etc — please contact mocc@mncampusalliance.org.
Hope to see you there!

The Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance is proud to be a community partner of Quorum, the Twin Cities GLBT and Applied Chamber of Commerce, as they present Minnesota’s 16th annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon and the first Quorum Business Equality Conference.

Join us this Friday, October 16, as our community celebrates the strength, courage and wisdom of GLBT and Allied people who live openly and authentically. GLBTA businesses and community organizations will share information about their valuable work in the Exhibitor area. Inspiring speakers will challenge and inspire you with their powerful stories, including:

• Andrea Jenkins—artist, writer, activist; Senior Policy Aide, Minneapolis City Council Ward 8; 2009 Power of One Award Recipient
• Robert and Carol Curoe—authors of the groundbreaking memoir, Are There Closets in Heaven?
• Deb LeMay—Executive Director, PFLAG Saint Paul/Minneapolis
• Shelly Boyum-Breen—Founder and President, Foundation IX

The day also features the Quorum Business Equality Conference, a day-long intensive learning experience designed to support GLBT employee groups and their companies’ work towards their common goal of fully inclusive, healthy and productive workplaces.

To make your reservations or find more details, visit the Quorum website, or contact the Quorum office at info@twincitiesquorum.com or 651-646-1029.

More than 100 MN Campus Alliance members and supporters gathered on Friday, April 25 at the Holiday Inn Metrodome to celebrate another year of GLBT campus work.

Guests heard from Antonio Cardona of Pillsbury United Communities about the importance of building GLBT student leaders. Beth Zemsky spoke about the importance of seizing this political moment to capitalize on gains from GLBT movement past. We capped the evening off with entertainment by Erin Schwab and Jay Fuchs. It was a lovely evening raising funds and visibility for the MN Campus Alliance. Funds raised at the Spring Dinner will help subsidize the cost of Minnesota OUT! Campus Conference 2009 to lower student registration fees.

Many thanks to those that made the dinner a reality, including McNally Smith College of Music, Print Craft Inc., Anne Hodson and the staff of the Holiday Inn.

The Minnesota GLBTA Campus Alliance is looking for Board Members. We are

currently looking to fill the following positions on our executive board for 2008–2009.

Please contact info@mncampusalliance.org if you are interested in running for any of

these positions.

Communications Coordinator

The Communications Coordinator’s responsibilities include chairing the

Communications Committee; developing and maintaining all MN Campus Alliance

official marketing publications; creating and delivering the E-Newsletter and various EBlasts

to the MN Campus Alliance membership in a timely manner; primarily responsible

for managing website design and major updates; managing the MN Campus Alliance

blog; managing the consistency of the MN Campus Alliance brand and its assets to the

community at large; writing and sending out press releases in conjunction with other

committees; developing and maintaining public relations campaigns and structures.

Internal Relations Coordinator

The Internal Relations Coordinator is responsible for writing Board meeting agendas;

writing meeting minutes; scheduling times, reserving rooms, and handling all technology

needs for all Board meetings; collecting and distributing minutes from all MN Campus

Alliance Board and committee meetings; making minor web updates; coordinating and

collecting content for the Campus Resource Guide.

At-Large Representatives (3 open positions)

The At-Large Representatives’ responsibilities include acting as pipelines for the MN

Campus Alliance; serving on the Outreach Committee; working on promoting Training

and Education Initiatives.

The Campus Alliance Outreach Committee will be holding a meeting in early July. This committee is responsible for organizing tabling and event participation as well as assisting in the statewide mission of the Campus Alliance. Please contact outreach@mncampusalliance.org for more information.