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Queer Women of Color Week
By Mary
Created 2008-08-05 23:00

2008-08-04 00:10
2008-08-10 00:10

http://www.qwocboston.org/qwocweek.html

Monday, Aug. 4:  Panel Discussion

COMPLEX IDENTITIES: The Challenge of Providing Health Services to LGBTQ People of Color
          co-presented by members of Fenway Community Health
          @ MIT Bldg 14E-304, 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139
  • FREE
  • Open to ALL ages

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7 PM, Tuesday, Aug. 5:

“Diversity Speaks On Love, Friendship, and Family: A Discussion on Interracial Relationships within the Queer Community”
          Co-sponsored by Center For New Words [2] "Feminism and Dessert" discussion series
          @ YWCA 7 Temple Street Cambridge MA 02139
  • FREE
  • Open to ALL ages

[3]

7 PM, Wednesday, Aug. 6:  OUTSPOKEN: A Queer People of Color Spoken-Word Artist Showcase

          presented in collaboration with Truth Serum productions
             Co-sponsored by Queer Asian Pacific Alliance (QAPA) [4]

             @ MIDDLESEX LOUNGE 315 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139

Featuring performances from:

Good Asian Drivers, Ignacio Rivera, Judah Dorrington, Kay Barrett, Letta Neely, and Shante Paradigm

7 PM Thursday, Aug. 7:  Back to Basics: Summer Breezin' at DBAR
          Co-sponsored by MadFemmePride [5]
          @ DBAR 1236 Dorchester Avenue Boston MA 02136

  • FREE
  • 21+

Friday, Aug. 8, 8 PM:  Lights, Camera, Activism: Movie Night w/Film Screening of “U People” and Others
          @ MIT Bldg 32-141 STATA CENTER 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge MA 02139
          Hosted by MIT’s Women and Gender Studies [6] “Chick Makes Flicks” Program

  • FREE
  • Open to ALL ages
  • Socializing afterwards @ Location TBD

Saturday, Aug. 9, 1 PM - 5 PM:  We Are FamilY: Queer Women of Color and Friends TakeOver of JP Park
          Co-sponsored by Greater Boston PFLAG [7] (Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)
         @ Exact Location TBA soon (Stony Brook Station - Orange Line)
Spend Saturday afternoon together outdoors, with a fun game of kickball, next to a quiet (but fierce) poetry reading under some shady trees. Bring a picnic pot-luck item to put on the communal lunch blanket. It's all in the spirit of getting everyone together for a healthy, and active day of multicultural LGBT pride. 

  • FREE
  • Open to ALL ages (Families encouraged to attend)

[8]

9 PM - 2 AM Saturday, August 9:    *RSVP REQUIRED* This event will sell out
FUSION: the Official QWOC Week Pride Party for Men and Women of ALL Colors
     @ UMBRIA 295 Franklin Street Boston MA 02110 [9]

BOSTON.GOING.COM/QWOCWEEK [10] for advanced DISCOUNTED TICKETS AND RSVP


Sunday, Aug. 10:  Queer Women of Color and Friends Beach Getaway

          Hosted by the QWOC+ Boston Organizers and Volunteers
          @ Revere Beach  
*Just remember to bring your own blanket* 
Source URL: http://www.ethnicnewz.org/cpf/queer-women-color-week

Links:
[1] http://www.qwocboston.org/
[2] http://www.qwocboston.org/www.centerfornewwords.org
[3] http://boston.going.com/qwocweek
[4] http://www.qapa.org/
[5] http://www.madfemmepride.org/
[6] http://web.mit.edu/wgs/
[7] http://www.qwocboston.org/www.gbpflag.org
[8] http://boston.going.com/qwocweek
[9] http://boston.going.com/qwocweek
[10] http://boston.going.com/qwocweek