LGBT Center Opens in CWE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

LGBT Center Opens in CWE

St. Louis, MO – July 29, 2008 -- Welcome Home!

The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis will open this Tuesday, July 29, 2008. After a four year journey, the goal of a community center for the St. Louis Metropolitan area that services the LGBT community has been reached. This is a place the LGBT community of the St. Louis and Metro East area can find resources, gather and experience cultural outlets. The Center consists of two meeting rooms, a developing multimedia library, a staff office and a lobby lounge area. The location is 625 North Euclid, Suite 420 in the Euclid Plaza Building in The Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri.

The days and times of operation for The Center will be Noon to 9PM Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Please alert the guard at the front desk that you are going to room 420. For privacy issues, attendees do NOT need to sign in. If you have any issues in this matter, please contact or ask for Linda Davis, property manager. After 7PM the main doors will be locked and one will have to call up to The Center at 314-367-1166 for access.

The Grand Opening Celebration will be held on Friday, August 29th at 7PM. Please come and celebrate with us and be introduced to the new location.

The Center is extremely grateful to all of our granters and donors who have allowed us to open our doors and begin to service the community. All of our interns and volunteers have been an invaluable element to the opening of The Center and we are very happy with all of their teamwork and efforts. We welcome all to our open doors and again say, “Welcome Home”.

Contact:
Muriel Lynn Jones (Blue)
Executive Director
The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender Community Center of Metropolitan St. Louis
625 North Euclid Avenue
Suite 420
St. Louis, MO 63108
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com
Ph: (314) 367-1166

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PrideFest Workshops

Hello all,

Find out what's new with the Center - LIVE!

Ms. Blue, Executive Director of the Center, will be holding a discussion at 10:30a on Saturday during the Pride LGBTQA Education Networking Series.

See you there!

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2008 PRIDE LGBTQA
EDUCATION NETWORKING SERIES

An informal opportunity to learn, network, dialogue, and strengthen our community

“Friends of Philip” organized by Philip Deitch 314.843-6769 plloydd@aol.com

All programs will be held in the Gazebo adjacent to the PRIDE Food Court

Saturday June 28, 2008

10:00a -- Greater Physical and Emotional Intimacy: Art of Living Foundation and Body Electric

10:30a -- Welcome Home: The LGBTA Community Center of Metro St. Louis

11:00a -- HIV-AIDS National Updates by AIDS Service Organizations

11:30a -- HIV-AIDS Local Issues by AIDS Service Organizations

Noon -- We Are Family - PFLAG, G.A.Y., COLAGE, SAGE

12:30p -- Coming Out Stories... from different generations

1:00 p -- Welcome the new St. Louis Police Department LGBTA liaisons and learn about the new Anti-Violence Advocacy Project, ADL and the US Attorney’s Hate Crimes Task Force

1:30p -- On Line Computer Safety

2:00 p -- Out on Campus –representatives from regional campuses

2:30 p -- Health care issues and opportunities - Planned Parenthood, Steps Alano Club, Health Department, MO Health Initiative, Catherine Williamson, Nurse Practitioner

3:00p -- Trans Aware

3:30p -- Breast Cancer: help create an action group with the Komen Race for the Cure

4:00 p -- Our Cultural Warriors - Choruses, Band, Film Festival, Artists, Theater

4:30 p -- Sports Talk: Team St Louis and local teams

5:00 p -- Pride at Work: Gateway Business Guild

5:30 p -- National issues - HRC, Victory Fund, Service Members Defense, Woodhull Foundation

6:00p -- Meet Mr. Leather

6:30 p -- Greet and dialogue with members of the PRIDE Board


Sunday June 29, 2008

2:30p -- Gay by God – meet diverse denominational Clergy who will bless the PRIDE fair grounds

3:00p -- Show Me Missouri issues by PROMO and introduction of special guests!!!

4:00p -- Meet The Press – representatives of area media will answer your questions

4:30p -- St. Louis LGBTQA history presentation and organizing effort

5:00p -- OUR diversity - Black Pride, International Institute, Diversity Awareness Partnership

5:30p -- Southern Illinois - a growing network


For more information about workshops, contact Philip Deitch at 314.843-6769 and/or plloydd@aol.com.

For more information about PrideFest in St. Louis, please visit http://www.pridestl.org/

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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com

Respond by 6/9: Paid Volunteer Opportunity

CheckUp Project
Missouri's First LGBT Health Survey

The CheckUp Project is looking for a few good people.

Are you outgoing? Do you love your community and want to be an active supporter? Are you willing to spare some of your Pridefest time to help the community and earn some cash? Then keep reading...

The CheckUp Project is the first state-sponsored effort to take a serious look at the attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs of the LGBTQ community regarding tobacco use. We believe that this project could help identify health disparities prevalent to our community that are currently being ignored by leading health agencies. Participation in this study will help facilitate what we believe is ground breaking research in this area with the potential to generate more funding to address health disparities in the LGBT Community. We deserve the same level of state support as any other population.

What you need to do is:

• Sign up
  Submit your name, email address, phone number to Sue McDaniel at mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu or call her at: 573-230-8582. Please contact by June 9th. Each applicant will have to pass an online quiz prior to training, which will be emailed to you. Please keep in mind we are looking for enthusiastic outgoing folks who are comfortable walking up to strangers and asking them to complete a paper survey.
  
  
• Participate
  You will be acting as representatives of the University of Missouri, hired for a 4-hour period (plus training) as consultants. While under the direction of the University, you will be collecting surveys from Pride Festival Attendees.
  
  
• Get Compensated
  You will be paid 100 dollars to collect surveys for 4 hours plus training... some training will be through email and there will be 1/2 hour of training the day of the event. You can work two shifts if you want to, but not on the same day. Being sober is required for this position.

Dates of participation:

• Saturday, June 28th
  
  
• Sunday, June 29th

Shift availabilities and times:

• First shift will work from 10:30am to 3:30pm, showing up at 10:30 for training
  
  
• Second shift will work from 1:00pm to 5:30pm, showing up at 1:00 pm for training

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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com

6/19: LGBTA Business Assoc. Mtg.

Gateway Business Guild Meeting

Mike Shannon's Steaks & Seafood
Outfield Deck
620 Market Street
St. Louis, MO 63101 US
Click here for Google Map

Thursday, June 19, 5:30PM

$20 per person

**Click here to RSVP**

The Gateway Business Guild exists to promote and support LGBTA businesses, trades, and professions and we do this through offering networking and educational opportunities for our community.

Please join us for good food, good drinks, and good conversation. Mix and mingle with like-minded business professionals at our June 19th event at Mike Shannon's Steaks & Seafood.

Payment of $20 in advance must be received on or before June 16th.

Any reservations and/or payments received after June 16th are at the cost of $25.

Payments may be submitted on-line through PayPal. Or by submitting a check payable to the Gateway Business Guild at:

Gateway Business Guild
P.O. Box 16723
St. Louis, MO 63105

Your payment includes food and drinks compliments of Patty Long Catering.

Please direct any questions regarding this event or our organization to gatewaybusinessguild@gmail.com

Hope to see you there!

Introducing Missouri's Historic LGBT Health Study!

Checkup Project

Missouri's Historic LGBT Health Study

Monday, May 19 -- 6:30p
Tuesday, May 20 -- 6:30p
Thursday, May 22 -- 6:30p

* LGBT Smokers & Ex-Smokers Needed*

RSVP:
573-529-9704
mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu

You heard it right.

This is a Missouri-wide, grant-funded study on the health of LGBT individuals.

Both smokers & ex-smokers are encouraged to participate in 60-minute focus groups on smoking.

Each person receives a $20 stipend.

For more information, call 573-529-9704 or email Sue at mcdanielsu@health.missouri.edu .

See you there!


Shän
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The Lesbian Gay Bi Transgender
Community Center of
Metropolitan St. Louis
P.O. Box 19071
St. Louis, MO 63118-9071
http://www.findmycenter.com
info@findmycenter.com