Frameline at The Center: Free Screenings for the Community
presents
“Desi’s Looking for A New Girl”
Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 7:30pm
San Francisco LGBT Community Center 1800 Market Street @ Octavia Please arrive early as seating is limited! Screening followed by Q&A discussion.
Co-presented by: Amor Sin Fronteras & Queer Latin@ Artists Collective.
The fifth season of Frameline at the Center opens with a festival favorite “Desi’s Looking for A New Girl” (Frameline24; 1998 Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund Recipient). Desi del Valle (Costa Brava) stars in this touching, realistic comedy set in the familiar sights and sounds of San Francisco’s Latino and Queer cultures.
J.T., a young Latina dyke, has three passions: her skateboard, comedienne Marga Gomez, and her friend Desi (not necessarily in that order). When Desi’s girlfriend dumps her for a younger woman, she journeys down breakup road with the requisite mourning and attempts at dating and recovery. Desi’s family and friends help and interfere every step of the way, setting her up on an array of blind disasters…dates… with the “perfect new girl.”
This debut feature from Mary Guzmán (Mind If I Call You Sir?) is an enjoyable and upbeat look at relationships, from friendly to familial - and everything in between. A fun, intelligent, and sometimes painfully true to life story, we get to tag along the emotional roller coaster of the dating world. As a brilliant diva once warned - hold on tight, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
Kindly arrive early as seating is limited. Don’t miss this FREE screening of this fantastic film and post-screening panel!
With generous support from Folsom Street Events, Frameline proudly presents admission-free screenings at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center at 7:30pm on the second Thursday of every month throughout 2009.
Please join us for the fourth season of Frameline at The Center, a provocative series of films and discussions focusing on social issues of particular relevance to the LGBT community. For more info please visit: <http://www.frameline.org >

Happy Holidays from HRC!
As everyone prepares for the busy weeks ahead, we wanted to send warm seasons greetings, as well as a few quick announcements and reminders.
Please note there will not be an HRC Third Tuesday event for December at Paragon (now called Mosaic) Restaurant in San Jose.
Third Tuesday will resume in January, 2009 with a new list of speakers and topics to kick off the New Year!
We also have several events coming up in the next few months:

* Sunday, January 18th - the official Showtime and HRC L-Word Season 6 Premiere event! To learn more, please visit www.hrc.org/lword/
* Our Workplace Panel series will resume in late winter. Additional information regarding the location, registration, speakers, and topics for our next event will be announced in February.
Have a wonderful holiday everyone, we’ll see you in the New Year!
Best regards,
Tom and the HRC SF Bay Area Team
Tom Floyd National Board of Governors Corporate Outreach Human Rights Campaign (HRC) http://sfbayarea.hrc.org E-mail: hrcsiliconvalley@yahoo.com Phone: (408) 891-7846

Happy Holidays from HRC!
As everyone prepares for the busy weeks ahead, we wanted to send warm seasons greetings, as well as a few quick announcements and reminders.
Please note there will not be an HRC Third Tuesday event for December at Paragon (now called Mosaic) Restaurant in San Jose.
Third Tuesday will resume in January, 2009 with a new list of speakers and topics to kick off the New Year!
We also have several events coming up in the next few months:

* Sunday, January 18th - the official Showtime and HRC L-Word Season 6 Premiere event! To learn more, please visit www.hrc.org/lword/
* Our Workplace Panel series will resume in late winter. Additional information regarding the location, registration, speakers, and topics for our next event will be announced in February.
Have a wonderful holiday everyone, we’ll see you in the New Year!
Best regards,
Tom and the HRC SF Bay Area Team
Tom Floyd National Board of Governors Corporate Outreach Human Rights Campaign (HRC) http://sfbayarea.hrc.org E-mail: hrcsiliconvalley@yahoo.com Phone: (408) 891-7846

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Public Health Foundation Enterprises, Inc. invites applications for the full-time position of Research Associate/ Peer Health Navigator for the HIV Research Section of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

JOB TITLE:
Research Associate/ Peer Health Navigator

SALARY:
$36,000-42,000 - Full-Time With Benefits

ESSENTIAL NATURE OF WORK
Under the direct supervision of the Project Director, and mentorship of a psychologist, the Research Associate/ Peer Health Navigator will be part of a team testing the feasibility of a new HIV prevention strategy for Black men who have sex with men.

Responsibilities include:
* Educating potential participants about the study * Interviewing study participants * Completing detailed data forms * Conducting HIV/ STD testing * Providing risk reduction counseling * Connecting HIV+ participants to health care and case management services. * Providing HIV prevention education and referrals to study participants. * Forming relationships with each assigned participant and working with him to identify life issues that threaten his stability, HIV-related prevention, health care, and case management.
* Skills utilized in addressing these life issues include:
* brief motivational interviewing; * strengths-based counseling; and * referral to local systems of healthcare and other services.
* Conducting meetings and telephone conversations with clients in a clear, open-minded, non-judgmental context;

** Responsibilities may also include: providing some clerical, administrative and laboratory support including scheduling appointments; performing phlebotomy and assisting with packaging and shipping blood and other research specimens to affiliated laboratories; some community outreach and recruitment.
** Some evening and weekend work may be required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and demonstrated abilities to work independently and take responsibility for assignments with deadlines.
2. Willingness and ability to work as part of a collaborative team are required.
3. Knowledge of or experience working with gay and bisexual men.
4. Ability to interact with persons of varied cultural backgrounds.
5. Strong interpersonal communication skills.
6. Extremely organized with close attention to detail in a work setting.
7. Phlebotomy experience or willingness to be trained in phlebotomy.
8. HIV pre- and post test- counseling certification or willingness to be trained.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
1. Experience working with communities of Black men who have sex with men.
2. Knowledge of HIV/STD prevention education with a focus on harm reduction
3. Knowledge of local medical and social services available to persons with HIV.
4. A minimum of 1 year of experience in one or more of the following areas: Conducting interviews, obtaining informed consent, HIV pre- and post-test counseling, patient education, telephone scheduling, maintaining confidential medical records, preferably in a research setting.
5. Ability to work effectively with a team of diverse individuals.
6. Training in counseling, social work, or a similar concentration.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested individuals must submit a resume and cover letter to research.jobs@sfdph.org or mail to Rachel Langdon, HIV Research, 25 Van Ness, Suite 500, San Francisco, CA 94102. Please include the job title in any submission. Open until filled, initial resume review December 12. No calls please. OK to repost.

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Please note our monthly meditation class is canceled for December. There will be no meditation instruction offered on Monday, December 8th at the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center. Meditation program will resume in January.
Happy Holidays, Jnana Otto Soul Support Coordinator
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Carry the Vision: Make the World of a Difference!
Saturday, Dec. 13, 9am-1pm Santa Clara University
Carry the Vision Community Nonviolence Conference (CTV) works to build bridges of peace through nonviolence education. This year’s event will offer an introduction to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Melbourne, Australia, as well as provide a window to explore the themes of strengthening understanding and goodwill within our own communities. This year, the Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center/Soul Support program will be a participating organization. As representative and advocates for the LGBT community, we will…
*ENGAGE with others who are transforming communities through the power of nonviolence. *LEARN practices to creatively and dynamically meet the challenges of our time. *DISCOVER how the values of caring and compassion can fuel our commitments to deep and profound change. *REALIZE what you can do to make a difference now.
Click carrythevision.org for more information & to register.
Or you may also contact Jnana at jolynnotto@yahoo.com for more information.
In commUnity Spirit, Jo-Lynn Jnana Otto Soul Support Program Coordinator Billy DeFrank LGBT Community Center
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