Great benefit for both causes..please forward and help get the word out.

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From: wen minkoff [mailto:wen.qbabe@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 3:00 PM To: Events At Hillgirlz; LavenderEvents.com; Lezgroove; eb-Sappho Subject: 1/31 Dance for Equality to benefit Jane Doe and Anti-Prop 8 Lawsuit

Hello everyone,
Hope your New Year is off to a great start! Tara and I wanted to do something to help Richmond Jane Doe, so we’ve made some changes to our Dance for Equality event on January 31st. It will now benefit both Richmond Jane Doe and the lawsuit to overturn Prop. 8. All our profits will be split between these two causes, and we will have a silent auction, too!
We hope you will join us for an evening of dancing and socializing with friends old and new. (We’ll have singles stickers for all you single folks!) Please buy your tickets as soon as you can; we need to have counts for the food and seating. Thanks! Oh, and feel free to take this top note off and send the bottom part around or post it wherever you think interested folks might see it. Take care, wen and Tara www.walshchiro.net www.flickr.com/wenandtara Dance for Equality A same-sex community party Saturday, January 31, 2009 Just Dance Ballroom, Oakland, CA 7:00 PM to 12:00 AM $15 per person, advanced sale; $18 at the door (if available) Our profits will be donated to help overturn Prop. 8, which took away fundamental rights from gay and lesbian Californians, and to help Richmond Jane Doe. Come out and join us for an evening with friends old and new as we dance, socialize and have a gay old time together. There will be plenty to do–enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, beer or wine (cash bar), complimentary coffee & tea, chat at one of the cute cafe tables or strut your stuff. For those who want to learn partner dancing, we’ll have an absolute beginner lesson and one for intermediate dancers. We will have a silent auction, too! (To donate, just e-mail me.) The music will be appropriate for general “club/bar” dancing, partner dancing and listening as you tap your toes from the comfort of your seat. (There are a lot of songs that work for all three, believe it or not!) No need to be Ginger or Fred to join us.
Buy tickets: http://www.justdanceballroom.com/events/090131-equality/ More info: www.danceforequality.com On facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/event.php?eid=39408202317 To donate to the silent auction: wen.qbabe@gmail.com

As we welcome in 2009, we also have the opportunity to explore new adventures.

Please mark you calendars on July 10-12 for an exciting adventure rafting down the American River with other women from our community.
We have seen this event grow over the past years and look forward to another group of over 50 women on this LGBT weekend.

Our trip starts on Friday Night with Happy Hour introductions and then you are off to the river Saturday and Sunday.
Full information available at www.lavenderevents.com/rafting/

If you feel you just must go on the more advance trip, please consider sending in your deposits due to very limited availability.
Sondra Moore
LavenderEvents.com

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As we welcome in 2009, we also have the opportunity to explore new adventures.

Please mark you calendars on July 10-12 for an exciting adventure rafting down the American River with other women from our community.
We have seen this event grow over the past years and look forward to another group of over 50 women on this LGBT weekend.

Our trip starts on Friday Night with Happy Hour introductions and then you are off to the river Saturday and Sunday.
Full information available at www.lavenderevents.com/rafting/

If you feel you just must go on the more advance trip, please consider sending in your deposits due to very limited availability.
Sondra Moore
LavenderEvents.com

==== please forward widely to other list that would benefit from joining our adventure ====

Ongoing Auditions for Rainbow Women’s Chorus Spring Season! Come SING with us! Rainbow Women’s Chorus begins rehearsing for our Spring concert on January 26. Rehearsals are every Monday at 7 PM at Morrill Middle School, at the corner of Cropley and Morrill in North San Jose. We’ll be singing great Hollywood tunes like You’ll Never Walk Alone, Nine to Five, On the Street Where You Live, Seize the Day, Seasons of Love, La Bamba, Over the Rainbow (of course!) and more. There’s nothing quite like standing in the middle of women’s voices raised in song. We encourage all women to join us –opera singers and shower singers alike– you just need to be able to carry a tune. Come to one of our first rehearsals and see for yourself. Or if singing isn’t your thing, contact us about becoming a valuable non- singing support member. For more details, call Eileen at (408) 374-5228 or visit our website at www.rainbowwomen.org
Thank you. Sincerely, Ruth Huber Co-Director, Rainbow Women’s Chorus

Hello! Here’s something I’d like to share with you all Lesbian Women’s Over 45 Support Group…
Ongoing lesbian peer-led weekly support group for women over 45 is currently opening to new members.
This group is a general support group which focuses on any issue a member may be dealing with (health, family, relationships, work, etc.).
This group is intended to be a long-term project in which the members are committed to coming weekly over time to create strong bonds of friendship and mutual support.
We meet every Monday from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in the Santa Cruz area. (One absence per month OK.)
Please contact Chai (chai_priestess@yahoo.com) for more information, and put “Women’s Support Group” in the subject line.
If interested, please email soon, as space is limited.
Thanks Chai

Hello! Here’s something I’d like to share with you all Lesbian Peer-Led Support Group for Women over 45 (Santa Cruz CA)…
Ongoing lesbian peer-led weekly support group for women over 45 is currently opening to new members.
This group is a general support group which focuses on any issue a member may be dealing with (health, family, relationships, work, etc.).
This group is intended to be a long-term project in which the members are committed to coming weekly over time to create strong bonds of friendship and mutual support.
We meet every Monday from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in the Santa Cruz area. (One absence per month OK.)
Please contact Chai (chai_priestess@yahoo.com) for more information, and put “Women’s Support Group” in the subject line.
If interested, please email soon, as space is limited.
Thanks Chai

LESBIAN ARCHIVES
OF
SONOMA COUNTY
PRESENTS…..
Music & Memories
of all the wonderful lesbians
who came together between 1965 - 1995
And made community
And created safe places
And celebrated each other
And continue to fight for our rights
Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009
2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Congregation Ner Shalom
(formerly the Cotati Cabaret)
85 La Plaza
Cotati, CA
Everyone Invited
Sliding Scale Donation $25 - $10
For more information email
lascarchives@gmail.com

LGBT Job Fair @ the Center

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

The Bay Area’s premier LGBT workforce recruitment event will attract some of the Bay Area’s top employers seeking qualified candidates in customer service, administrative, sales, technology, entry, management, executive, retail, mail order, and call center seeking fulltime, part-time, and contract work.

Employers who have already confirmed include Bank of America, California Medical Center (CPMC), Federal Reserve, Bank SF, Jewish Vocational Services, Kaiser Permanente, Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Macy’s West, McKesson Corporation, Pacific Gas & Electric, SFPD, UCSF Campus, UCSF Medical, Walgreens, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo Bank.

Contact David Bach, Workforce Development Specialist at DavidB@sfcenter. org or call 415-865-5534, or visit www.sfcenter.org/job_fair.php for more information and to register.

Passing the info along..

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From: DeFrank_TwentySomethingsWomenTrans@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DeFrank_TwentySomethingsWomenTrans@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Elaine Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:41 PM To: DeFrank_TwentySomethingsWomenTrans@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DeFrank_TwentySomethingsWomenTrans] Meeting Tonight!

Hello everyone!
We have a meeting tonight, 8pm at Crema next to the DeFrank center. Come prepared to reconnect and talk about your plans and experiences in the new year. We’ll be gathering ideas for activism and social activities in the coming months. Also, I plan to be celebrating our new administration. See you tonight!
~Elaine

Forward if you are interested..

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From: MontereyBayWomensGroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MontereyBayWomensGroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chai Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:42 AM To: lezcruz@yahoogroups.com Subject: [MontereyBayWomensGroup] Lesbian Peer-Led Support Group for Women Over 45 Accepting New Members

Hello! Here’s something I’d like to share with you all Lesbian Women’s Over 45 Support Group…
Ongoing lesbian peer-led weekly support group for women over 45 is currently opening to new members.
This group is a general support group which focuses on any issue a member may be dealing with (health, family, relationships, work, etc.).
This group is intended to be a long-term project in which the members are committed to coming weekly over time to create strong bonds of friendship and mutual support.
We meet every Monday from 7:00 PM-8:30 PM in the Santa Cruz area. (One absence per month OK.)
Please contact Chai (chai_priestess@ yahoo.com) for more information, and put “Women’s Support Group” in the subject line.
If interested, please email soon, as space is limited.
Thanks Chai
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