[Qsc_asuw] SPRING! Newsletter Week 8
Welcome to Week 8! <3
QTBIPOC Artist Spotlight of the Week:
Peo Mitchie
Employable Femme WOC Animator, Illustrator, and Zine Artist.
The Queer & Trans People of Color Alliance (QTPOCA) will be meeting this Friday, location TBD!
LAVISH QTPOC Art Showcase (Tuesday, May 21, 2019) 6:30 PM - 9 PM @ Ethnic Cultural Theater 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
Lavish is a multi-arts showcase opportunity centering Queer and Trans People of Color (QTPoC). We will provide a platform for UW students to receive mentorship (by way of building a sustained relationship with a teaching artist) and community building among QTPoCs and artists on campus and in the greater Seattle community.
There are many ways to participate in the showcase. Opportunities include (but are not limited to): emcees/MC, deejays/DJ, performance artists, fine artists, spoken word, poetry, musicians, dramaturge, stage managers, community organizers, and more.
The showcase is student-driven and its final form will be created organically among the participating artists. Lavish centers artists who identify as QTPoC. White allies/accomplices are also welcome to participate. Artists of any experience level are enthusiastically invited to participate in this low stakes/high support experience.
Please consider filling out the following form if you are interested in participating at Lavish: https://forms.gle/dq7TMqV8YQAfvtu2A We will host an Informational Session on May 3, 2019, 3:00PM at the Q Center (HUB 315). Note: Prospective performers may submit their application using this form or in person at the informational session. Questions? Please contact Juan Franco or Jaimée Marsh @ the Q Center: [email protected] or 206-897-1430. Accessibility Information:
The Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Theatre is near landmarks such as Alder Hall and Lander Hall
For a map, search HUB on the campus maps: www.washington.edu/map
The ECC’s front entrance is wheelchair accessible. There is an elevator in the building
There are universal, all-gender bathrooms in the building, as well as gender binary bathrooms with multiple stalls.
The ECT is not kept scent-free, but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the event in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity.
University District Metro Bus Routes can be found here: metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/university_district.html
From Palestine to Mexico, All the Walls Have Got to Go! (Monday, May 20, 2019) 7 PM - 9 PM @ Southside Commons 3518 S Edmunds St, Seattle, Washington 98118 These days, the headlines are filled with Trump's proposal for a border wall, news about brutal family separation policies and baby jails at the border, police murdering Black people in the US, Islamophobic attacks, accusations that Congresswoman Omar is "anti-semitic" because of her criticism of US foreign policy in Israel, and anti-boycott legislation at the federal and state levels. How are all these things connected? What does it mean to build a powerful movement for change that connects these issues and wins change that actually reduces the harms of systems of policing, imprisonment, border enforcement, and colonial dispossession? Join us for a conversation between Maru Mora Villalpando and Nada Elia
Maru is the community organizer at the forefront of work aiming to close the Northwest Detention Center. She has been targeted by the Trump administration for deportation based on her activism and works to build a radical, visionary, border and prison abolitionist migrant justice grassroots movement in our region and nationally. Nada Elia is a diaspora Palestinian writer, organizer, and teacher who was one of the first activists to work to expose how US law enforcement trains with the Israeli military and to build coalitional feminist work to oppose it. Maru and Nada will be talking about the overlapping and interconnected law enforcement technologies being used to target migrants to the US, US communities of color, and Palestinians, and exploring how we build internationalist anti-law enforcement and anti-military resistance. This event aims to strengthen all our imaginations and strategies for building safety through solidarity, not law enforcement.
- Image by Catherina Horan, on Instagram at @fernfemmeart. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
Southside commons is wheelchair accessible and has two parking spots for people with disabilities.
Scent-free soaps will be provided in the bathrooms and we are currently working to find out what is usually used in the space and to what degree it leaves chemicals and fragrances in the space.
Gender neutral bathrooms are available.
The light rail to the Mount Baker stop, and several busses, stop nearby.
If you have any questions about accessibility please email [email protected].
My Own Precious Life: A Poetry as Therapy Workshop
(Tuesday, May 21, 2019) 6:30 - 8 PM @ The Hillman City Collaboratory 5623 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, Washington 98118
This 90-minute workshop is open to anyone living with a mental health condition. Explore your recovery by responding to poetry with writing or art. Writing is not only calming but is often an adventure of discovery. Come adventure with us! Any level of writing experience is welcome. Refreshments will be provided.
About the instructor: Naomi has a Master’s in Counseling and has worked in community mental health as a clinical intake specialist as well as a peer support specialist. One of her greatest joys is getting to companion people in poetry as therapy.
Workshop is free but space is limited; please email [email protected] or call 206-789-7722 to reserve your spot.
Education of Queer History (Tuesday, May 21, 2019) 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ Kane Hall Matthew Riemer, co-creator of Instagram's @lgbt_history and co-author of "We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power, and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation", uses imagery and anecdotes culled from years of research to draw connections between the struggles and triumphs of the queer past and present with an eye toward a more liberated future. Come learn about this more from Matthew himself May 21st in Kane 120!
Voices for Nicaragua
(Wednesday, May 22, 2019) 5:30 PM - 7 PM @ Grieg Garden Seattle, Washington 98195
Join us on May 22nd for an evening of poetry, dance, painting and more! This is a space for students to share their voices through art and raise awareness of the political prisoners in Nicaragua who are deprived of this right.
We will also be celebrating Mother's Day by writing cards to send to mothers in Nicaragua who have been affected by these tragic events.
Please contact us if you are interested in sharing your art at this event!
Away from the White Gaze: A Workshop for Anti-Racist Activists of Color (Thursday, May 23, 2019) 3 PM - 5 PM @ El Centro De La Raza 2524 16th Avenue South Room 311, Seattle, Washington 98144
Capacity is limited. Priority for NPARC members. Questions about membership? Contact [email protected].
Please note that this workshop is for black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) only. White allies, thank you for understanding the need for this BIPOC only space, a rare but needed space in our society (and especially in Seattle's non-profit sector). For white folks that have questions, please contact [email protected].
DARK AT DUSK - The Final Suicide (Friday, May 24, 2019) 7 PM - 9PM @ Gay City: Seattle's LGBTQ Center 517 E Pike St, Seattle, Washington 98122 Nic Masangkay Presents... DARK AT DUSK - The Final Suicide
After a medication overdose, our protagonist lays unconscious at a Seattle hospital. Piecing together their past via music, film, and spoken word poetry, we retrace what led Them to suicide - perhaps They aren’t the true killer. Find out if They live to tell Their own story: May 2019.
Cast and Team: Brian is Ze Falon Sierra Guayaba Moonyeka Lourdez Velasco Son the Rhemic Queerbigan Vanna Zaragoza Zora Seboulisa
Help compensate this talented team at http://www.patreon.com/nicmasangkay.
More information on the album and show at http://www.nicmasangkay.com/dark-at-dusk.
Project made possible in part by Jack Straw Cultural Center's Artist Support Program.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
The Calamus Auditorium at Gay City is ADA accessible & minimally scented.
There are two single-stall all-gender restrooms.
There will be scent free soap in the restrooms. More info: gaycity.org/access
Celebration of Our Nations (Saturday, May 25, 2019) 10 AM - 6 PM @ wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House
Come join us to celebrate our indigeneity with cultural dancing, stickgame, amazing food, language learning, and various indigenous arts & crafts.
If you are interested in volunteering, teaching, sharing knowledge or have any questions feel free to email us at [email protected].
Food: First Nations is pleased to offer an Elder's brunch, complimentary dinner, and snacks to fuel our community celebration.
Arts & Crafts: We will have various workshops including weaving (bear grass braids/cedar mats), beading (brick stitch earrings and mirror earrings). These stations are designed for all abilities, whether they have no experience or are experts.
There will also be a kids table where children can draw on formline design coloring sheets, play with pony beads, and learn basic weaving techniques.
Language Tables & Workshops: Learn Lushootseed phrases and how to do a proper land acknowledgment. We will also be playing Lushootseed bingo and giving out small prizes to those who remember the most words/phrases.
Stickgame: Learn how to play stick game with us, there will be opportunities to learn some new songs and win prizes. So please come out and take advantage of the chance to play a traditional strategy game.
(NO MONETARY GAMBLING, MATERIALS GAME ONLY)
Cultural Dancing: As for the dance portion we will be having powwow style dancing along with intertribal and various cultural dances for the whole community to take part in. We will also be having our Miss and Jr Miss First Nations royalty contest.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
The Intellectual House is wheelchair accessible into the building and Gathering Hall, there is accessible parking right next to the building. For accommodations, please contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450, or [email protected].
Ringside Revolutionary Poets at Folklife (Saturday, May 25, 2019) 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM @ Cornish Playhouse At Seattle Center 201 Mercer St, Seattle, Washington 98109
Catch the Ringside Revolutionary Poets, Dj Rise and your hosts Momma Nikki and Nikkita "KO" Oliver at the annual Northwest Folklife Festival!
ASC goes to PRIDE ASIA FEST 2019 (Sunday, May 26, 2019) 11:30 AM - 6 PM
Join the Asian Student Commission as we celebrate the wonderful intersections of being LGBTQIA+ and Asian! Feel free to bring along friends or come alone, everyone will be welcomed!
We will be gathering at the HUB Main Entrance at 11:30am and light railing down to the International District together (Please bring your Husky ID or some form of payment). People are also welcome to meet us at the event! Feel free to join in or exit at any point of the event :)
If you have any questions feel free to message our page or contact Erica (ASC Political Intern)! Visit the Official PRIDE ASIA FEST event page for the event schedule and more info! https://www.facebook.com/events/398070087671345/
FASA sa UW presents: Filipino Night 2019 (Saturday, May 25, 2019) 5 - 9 PM @ Kane Hall 1410 NE Campus Parkway, Seattle, Washington 98105 WHAT IS FILIPINO NIGHT?
Filipino Night is FASA sa UW's annual flagship event and cultural show. It is a show directed and produced by students, for the greater Seattle and UW community. Bringing in an audience of over 600 people each year, Filipino Night showcases Filipinx/Filipinx American narratives and culture through artistic expression.
Doors open: 5:00 PM Show begins: 6:00 PM EVENTBRITE LINK TO BUY TICKETS : https://www.eventbrite.com/e/filipino-night-2019-identity-defyned-tickets-60321084989?fbclid=IwAR29T2xOoPn-keE7SoysXJaz_O5zZhQQhC6wS_pf9Xd-krcRFz8tVuDMpNY Students: $7 General: $10 @ Door: $15 ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
Kane Hall’s front entrance is wheelchair accessible. Binary bathrooms with multiple stalls can be found on the second floor.
Parking in the garage under Kane Hall is free during the time of this event.
WHAT IS THIS YEAR'S FILIPINO NIGHT?
Five students at UW – Alex, Emmy, Max, Reyna, and Wil – are as different from each other as could be. When a Filipino American studies class brings them together, they must work with each other amidst personal troubles, the challenges of friendship, and family struggles. Will the five of them be able to learn how to understand each other and, more importantly, how to understand themselves? Or will their differences and difficulties prove too great for them to overcome? Identity Defyned will explore the ever-changing perceptions and definitions of identity and address a question pondered by many – “What does it mean to be Filipino?”
Further questions? Email us at []!
Further questions? Email us at [[email protected]]!
ASUW SARVA Presents: Love+
(Thursday, May 30, 2019) 2 PM - 3:30 PM @ ECC Unity Room 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
We're so excited for our last event of the year! SARVA is celebrating Pride by teaming up with the NW Network to host a Love+ workshop about consent, boundaries, and healthy relationships in the LGTBQ+ community. Come grab some free glitter, stickers, and temporary tattoos :)
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
The Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center is near landmarks such as Alder Hall and Lander Hall.
There are universal, all-gender bathrooms in the ECC, as well as gender binary bathrooms with multiple stalls.
The ECC is not kept scent-free, but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the event in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity.
University District Metro Bus Routes can be found here: metro.kingcounty.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/university_district.html
Queer LiberAsian: A Celebration of Queer Asian Excellence (Saturday, June 1, 2019) 7-9 PM @ Ethnic Cultural Theater 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, Washington 98105
Tickets at: bit.ly/QueerAsian $5 for UW students w/ valid ID | $7 General ALL TICKET PROCEEDS GO TO Official Pride ASIA!
Queer LiberAsian is a performing arts showcase of Queer Asian excellence. Queer visibility and Asian visibility have both reached ground breaking high points in recent media. However, the excellence of when Queer and Asian identity intersects has yet to reach the visibility it deserves. Join me for a night of celebrating Queer Asian excellence, expression, and liberation!
SPECIAL GUESTS: Aleksa Manila Kylie Mooncakes (Mikey Xi) Atasha Manila Dawson Dang Kince de Vera Arnaldo Drag Chanteuse Mika Magbanua Rylee Raw Noona Rowan Ruthless Andre Menchavez
Transgender & Gender Diverse Support & Social Group @ U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle 205 E. Meeker St. Kent, Washington 98032
[trans] ACTION is a support/social group for sex workers that is held every first Wednesday of every month. It is an opportunity that provides sex workers a safe space to engage in topical discussions relating to their life and/or work. This gathering is open to transgender and gender diverse sex workers with current or past experience in the sex trade.
Upcoming Dates :
Wed June 12 (6-8pm)
Discussions include topics such as:
*Safety and self- care
*Decriminalization and Destigmatization of sex work
*Know your rights training
*Legal assistance
*Employment & housing
[trans] ACTION promotes and values confidentiality regarding interactions within the group.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
The undisclosed location has ample parking, all-gender and ADA-accessible restroom. Come and build community with us! For more information please email Ara-lei at [email protected].
Let’s Talk is a free program that connects UW students with support from experienced counselors from the Counseling Center and Hall Health Center without an appointment. Counselors hold drop-in hours at four sites on campus:
Mondays, 2-4 PM, Odegaard Library Room 222
Tuesdays, 2-4 PM, Ethnic Cultural Center Room 306
Wednesdays, 2-4 PM, Q Center (HUB 315)
Thursdays, 2-4 PM, Mary Gates Hall Room 134E
Let’s Talk offers informal consultation – it is not a substitute for regular therapy, counseling, or psychiatric care. To learn more, visit letstalk.washington.edu. The HUB’s front entrance is wheelchair accessible and the common area is to the right of the main desk. An all-genders restroom can be found at the 3rd floor, down the hallway from the Q Center. Gender binary bathrooms with multiple stalls can be found on each floor of the HUB. The HUB IS not kept scent-free but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the Q Center in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity.
Thank you for being a part of our community <3 We are so glad that you are here, and we are so glad to get to know you! Have questions about the QSC? Just want to get involved? Find our office hours online at hours.asuw.org. To hear more from the QSC be sure to like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter & instagram to stay up to date with all queer and trans related happenings on campus and in Seattle! With love, Mehria, Outreach & Engagement Intern.
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