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LGBTQ Grad, Faculty, and Staff Social

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Monday, February 1st
5:30pm-7:30pm
The Bread Company
706 S Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801

The LGBT Resource Center, OUT at Illinois, and the Chancellor and Provost Committee on LGBTQ Concerns would like to invite all LGBTQ Graduate students, Faculty, and Staff to the first monthly social event for the spring semester.

Classes have started, work has picked up, so come out for an evening of fellowship and good fun with old and new friends.

Hope to see you there!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1537349006578365/

7/13/2015 – Meeting Notes

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LGBTQ Employee Affinity Group
Meeting 7/13/2015
Hessel Park

Introductions: Welcome from Manuel Colón
Business Items:
–What should our name be? It’s a wise decision to adopt a formal name for the group to have more of an identity and help with branding ourselves and our efforts. Note cards were passed around for everyone to contribute. Here is a small sampling of what we received:
*QueerWorks
*HomoHangout
*Illinoise
*QueerPros
*Illiance
*Queer-I
*Out @ Illinois

–What other activities would everyone be interested in? We want to be cognizant of the different interests of others, so notecards were passed around for everyoen to contribute their dieas. Here is a small sampling of what we received:
*Pumpkin/apple picking/Curtis Orchard
*Game night/board games
*Sports games/tailgating/homecoming event
*Kickball/rollerderby/other sports
*Movie night
*Speedmeeting (like speed dating, but just to know others)

Announcements:
-Manuel: Equality Illinois is creating their “Out and About: Good Business Network“. If you own a business or know a business that qualifies, considering nominating.
-Liz: Should we considering participating in the Champaign Pride Parade? Manuel: Yes! It would also be nice to also join forces with other higher educatioin institutions in the area (Parkland, EIU, ISU, WIU, etc) and have a join “Out in Higher Education” contigency. If interested in organizing this effort, contact either Liz (ethw@illinois.edu) or Manuel (macolon2@illinois.edu)
-Devon: As the Asst. Director of the LGBT Resource Center, they wanted to introduce themselves to the group and encourages everyone to learn more about their operations and consider ways that they could collaborate or work together.
-elizaBeth: As a graduate student and representative of the Graduate Employees’ Organization, wants to remind people that graduates are employees too and are also open to different opportunities to collaborate with our group and mutual support one another.

Miscelleanous:
-Every person has affiliated themselves with the group for a variety of reasons and it’s time that we capitalize on everyone’s individual interests, desires, and strengths. At our initial meeting in the spring, three “sub-committees” were proposed to allow people to engage in the capacity that they would be more interested.  For more info navigate to https://illinois.edu/fb/sec/7199565
-Cites Wiki, there is a Wiki page for any LGBTQ related news, resources, materials, etc. that everyone (with a netID) is welcome to browse and contribute. The hope is a create a centralized knowledge bank of different LGBTQ related information that is community-driven and crowd-sourced. Check it out at go.illinois.edu/lgbtqwiki