QAAFA Meeting Today at 4pm in VU 462A

We're discussing Queer History. :-)

Come and learn....we are also going to talk about the event we want to do for valentine's day.

Josh Foley
Coordinator QAAFA

Change in Tabling Information!

Hello all! I apologize for all the confusion about tabling this week and next...I made a mistake due to miscommunication. We are going to be tabling next week. We are tabling Mon-Wed (the 25th-27th) in Vendor's Row. We will continuine to sell our T-shirts and will continue to collect signatures. Please sign up to table! We need as many people as possible. The times are below. =)
 
MON, TUES, AND WED
10:00-11:00
    10:30-11:30
11:00-12:00
     11:30-12:30
12:00-1:00
     12:30-1:30
1:00-2:00
     1:30-2:30
2:00-3:00
     2:30-3:00
 
Thanks again!
Midnightblue Auld, QAAFA Events Coordinator
wwuqaafa@gmail.com   or   auldm@students.wwu.edu   or Facebook (search 'Queers and Allies for Activism' or 'Midnightblue Auld')

Selling T-Shirts and GIH signatures

Hello all! For those of you who don't know already we are tabling in Vendor's Row this week! We will be there Wed, Thurs, and Fri (the 20th-22nd) from 11-3. We are selling QAAFA T-Shirts! They are $10 and we have the colors pink (slightly different from last year) and blue (turquoise). The design is the same with a few adjustments. We're selling them first come first served!

Also, we are getting signatures from students who support the idea of Western having gender-inclusive housing available on campus. This is being voted for on Monday morning so it's very time sensitive! Please stop by and sign our form! If you are confused on what gender-inclusive housing is exactly...then come by the table and we'll tell you! =)

For those of you who attend the meetings: We just found out that the meeting to decide on gender-neutral housing is now going to be held on Monday instead of Tuesday so we are not going to be able to do the event we had planned to do on Monday. Instead we need to get all our signatures in the next couple of days. Please come by the table any time you can and help! If we have people come by the help then some of those people can go into Red Square with signs. Even if you didn't sign up for a time, come help whenever you can! We'll do a 3rd big event to replace this one if everyone wants to.

Thanks everyone!
Midnightblue Auld, QAAFA Events Coordinator

January 19 minutes

January 19, 2010

Attending: 30

Comment cards for dining services: fill it out and tell Sodexo you don’t like Chik-Fil-A
-The reason we want Chik-Fil-A gone: it’s a privately-owned business, they don’t allow anyone who’s not Christian or support Christian values to work there, they fire people they suspect to be gay, they donate money to Focus on the Family
-Write as many comment cards as possible over the next few days
--Don’t have to write your name etc on the back, if you want you can write wwuqaafa@gmail.com in email slot
-Can also go onto www.dining.wwu.edu/comment.php
Check-ins: name, preferred pronoun, positive queer experience from your youth (if you can think of one)
Relay for Life
-Sign up online, link is on FB page (Queers and Allies Fight Cancer)
-$10 to sign up, goes toward your fundraising goal
--If you’re a cancer survivor, you don’t have to pay
-Don’t have to register to participate, registering just enables you to raise money online, get fed there, etc
Tabling for Shirts
-Please sign up if you can do it!!!!
Event planning
-Committee splitting off to plan GIH event
Internalized Homo-negativity
-Your own negative/conflicting feelings about homosexuality, queer identity
-Article on FB page: statistics about queer youth (they’re pretty old, thought – not a lot of recent statistics)
-Negative statistics provide evidence for the reasons there is internalized homo-negativity
--Harassment, negative attitude from outside sources, societal pressures
-One of the main reasons there’s so much low self-esteem among the queer community
-How do we remedy these issues?
Queer Youth Conference in spring quarter
-Spear-headed by QAAFA but involved with other queer clubs on campus
-Invite students from local schools’ GSAs to WWU campus
-Day where being queer is not hidden
-There are a lot of conferences, so this one would be pretty small, led by us and other club students
--If you have a workshop you would want to lead, start thinking about it
---We need everyone to help!
---Email workshop ideas to wwuqaafa@gmail.com
-Very queer positive
-Queer movie night afterwards
-Vote next week, then exec board will talk about logistics
Other things that we’re (Josh is) working on
-Safe space training
-LGBT support group in counseling center
GIH Event!
-Petition-like-thing/letter with places for people to sign, then we will drop it off for Willy Hart
--During shirt selling
--Table in vendor’s row/Red Square next Monday w/ big signs, flyers/pamphlets, list of schools that have gender inclusive housing, talk to people (because that’s the most effective)
Queer Club Summit 7-9pm in VU 462

Meeting Tomorrow VU 462 A 4pm

Hello friends,
Don't forget about tomorrow's meeting!

We're going to kick off our themed quarter with a discussion Queer youth statistics: http://www.pflagphoenix.org/education/youth_stats.html

We will be planning our Gender Inclusive Housing event for Monday (we will be doing it a little bit different than usual though: Committee style!)

Don't forget about tabling Wed-Fri from 11am-3pm.  PLEASE SIGN UP. We need more volunteers.  We will be providing Gender Inclusive Housing info at the table too.

Also, the exec board wants to discuss an idea for a super exciting way to empower the youth in Bellingham. 

Thank you,
Josh Foley
Coordinator QAAFA

Red Dance Tonight and Tabling next week!

Hey everyone, tonight is the Red Dance benefit for Sean Humphrey House.  Wear red and show your support!  It starts at 8:30pm in the Multipurpose Room on campus.

Also, next week we are selling our shirts on Vendor's Row! Come buy your shirt and say hi.  11am-3pm W, R, F.

Also, we officially have a relay for life team! woot.  Sign up online if you want to be a part of it.  It's $10 dollars but all of that is your first donation.  Our team name is "Queers and Allies Fighting Cancer."  We voted on Tuesday and half of the shirt profit is going to the team.  Yay.

Thank you,
Josh Foley
Coordinator QAAFA

Selling QAAFA T-Shirts!

Tabling event next week! We will be selling club t-shirts from 11-3 in Vendors Row Wed-Fri (the 20th-22nd). They are $10 each. Half of the profit will go to our club for future events, the other half will go towards our Relay For Life team! First come, first served. We have blue (turquoise) and a bright pink. The t-shirts have the same basic design as last year but were changed slightly in order to be more racially inclusive. If you want to help table please message me on facebook, e-mail the group, or e-mail me. =) -Midnightblue, QAAFA Events Coordinator
Groups e-mail: wwuqaafa@gmail.com
My e-mail: auldm@students.wwu.edu

Relay for Life!

Our Relay for Life team has been created! Go to
http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?fr_id=21689&pg=entry
and click on "Sign up here", then "Join a team" to join. Our team is called "Queers and Allies Fight Cancer". It costs $10 to participate (but that money goes right to our team's progress).

Minutes, Jan 12

January 12, 2010

Attending: 37

Check-ins
-Name, preferred pronoun(s), how was your break, homework report
This quarter’s theme: Queer Self-Esteem/History
-Meetings’ theme, not necessarily for events
-Why are these important to talk about?
-Self-esteem check-ins: What makes you unique?
NEW homework assignment
-Next week, bring in your letter to President Obama about what you think he’s doing well and what he could improve on
-Each week we’re going to have a new person to write to: bring it to the next meeting and we will put them all in an envelope and mail them (at club expense)
Three events!!!!!
-Gender Inclusive Housing Campaign – Jan. 25
-Valentine’s Day Event
-Think About What You’re Saying – Mar. 1-5
QAAFA Relay for Life Team:
-Do we want a team?
--Yes: unanimous
-Do we want to give half our shirt money to the team?
--Yes: 34
--No: 1
Should Kyle be able to stay on the exec board, even though he can’t come to very many meetings?
-Yes (keep): 18
-No (not keep): 2
-Abstaining: 13
Should Gina be able to stay on the exec board, even though she can’t come to very many meetings?
-Yes: 18
-No: 5
Abstaining: 9
We need someone to volunteer to be a representative of our club at Inter-club council
-Let Josh know!
We also need a representative to go to a mandatory club thing next Tuesday at 4 (during our meeting)
-Jeffrey volunteered!
Announcements:
-This week is AIDS Week
-If you are part of the Events Committee or Social Committee, meet after the meetings on Tuesdays or talk to Midnightblue or Kyle
-Relay for Life meeting Wednesday at 7 in the Biology building-Gender-Neutral forum on Viking Village online

Brand New Quarter, Amped Up QAAFA! First meeting tomorrow 4-6 pm VU 462 A

Hey everyone, our first meeting this quarter is tomorrow at 4pm in VU 462 A.

 

This quarter we are stepping it up! We will be twice as active as we were last quarter. 

This quarter's theme for meetings is Queer Self Esteem/Queer History. 

 

BRING MONEY FOR SHIRTS if you want one! $10 They are blue or pink.

 

Thank you,

Josh Foley

Coordinator QAAFA