SDNYC May Meeting: Supporting the Racial & Ethnic Diversity of NYC's LGBT Community

On Wednesday, May 27th at 8:00 PM at The LGBT Center, please join SDNYC for a conversation about supporting the racial & ethnic diversity of NYC's LGBT community.

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RSVP on Facebook to join SDNYC next Wednesday for a discussion on “Supporting the Racial & Ethnic Diversity of NYC's LGBT Community” and invite your friends to participate this important conversation.

We hope to use this meeting as an opportunity to underscore the importance of ensuring discussions about the LGBT community include a diverse range of voices that speak to the full spectrum of unique and varied needs of LGBT New Yorkers as well as to discuss how organizations, and we as individuals, can support and amplify the work of those advocating for minority constituencies within NYC's broader LGBT community.

The following panel will lead this discussion:

  • LaLa Zannell, Community Organizer, New York City Anti-Violence Project
  • Bianey Garcia, Community Organizer, Make The Road New York
  • Terrance Knox, Executive Board Member of Brooklyn Community Pride Center & Business Development Director at Vodafone America
  • Moderated by: Juan Rosa, West Harlem Democratic District Leader, SDNYC Board Member and Government & Community Affairs Manager at Neighborhood Housing Services of New York Cit

In addition, attendees will be encouraged to engage in positive dialogue about coming together to support and recognize the importance of celebrating the racial and ethnic diversity of NYC's LGBT community.

SDNYC April Meeting on Health!

Please Join SDNYC TOMORROW (April 22nd) at Our Health Meeting!

Date: TOMORROW April 22, 2015

Time: 8:00 PM

Location: The LGBT Center (208 W. 13th Street)

RSVP: Facebook Event Page 

Agenda/More Information:

The meeting's agenda includes:

-Remarks from Susan Blank, MD, MPH, Assistant Commissioner and Director of the Bureau of STD Control & Prevention at the NYC Department Of Health And Mental Hygiene about the recent syphilis outbreak in Chelsea.

-Remarks from Council Member Corey Johnson, Chair of the NYC Council Committee on Health.

- A panel discussion with the following representatives from LGBT health service providers, who will provide information about available services, challenges serving the community, and how you can help support their missions:
---John Hellman, Director, Advocacy & Communications, BOOMHealth 
---Donnie Roberts, Senior Director of Development and Communications,Callen-Lorde Community Health Center 
---Representatives of Gay Men's Health Crisis 

This meeting is free and open to members of the public.