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2008 Program AND PETITION!
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Celebrating our third year of operations

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The Fred Martinez Project and Two Spirit Press Room create collaboration

http://www.twospirits.org/


The Fred Martinez Project and Two Spirit Press Room have formed an alliance to bring awareness to the story of Fred Martinez, a 16 year old Navajo transgender who was beaten to death in Colorado in 2001.  Please visit the film documentary's website above, and read the words of Fred's mother, Native community voices, and our allies.  Fred's life is bringing focus to Native Two Spirit people, in particular transgender people, and a message of hope for a future without violence for our communities and the world.

 

Jan 5, 2008 - Benefit Performance for Two Spirit Press Room with Native Classical Pianist Tim Hays   http://www.kfai.org/node/7724


Read Twin Cities Press coverage about the 2SPR benefit in the Twin Cities Planet online:


http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/01/03/native-american-composer-louis-ballard-be-spotlighted-benefit-concert.html

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Jan 31 - Call-in Broadcast interview with pianist Tim Hays; Richard LaFortune and local 2 Spirit Gathering grassroots organizers - on the legacy of Louis Ballard and oral  history of GLBT Native cultural revitalization across North America.

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February 6–10, 2008 Creating Change, Detroit Michigan

Native collective dialogue
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Richard (Anguksuar) "Little Man" La Fortune

6pm Kirby Ballroom

Winter Feast

Collaboration by GLBT Services with the American Indian Learning Resource Center at University of Minnesota at Duluth

Richard LaFortune is a two-spirit public speaker, artist, writer and activist, who will be sharing what it means to be a 2-spirit person today, and discuss some of the history of two-spirit people. He will be sharing his experiences, some stories from his tradition and will take questions.. Richard is also concerned about the suicide rate of native youth as it relates to sexual orientation/identity. This presentation will begin traditionally, in a good way, and everyone is invited to attend.

http://www.d.umn.edu/mlrc/glbt/

 

 

 

 

February 2008

 

Detroit – Feb 8,9,10 – Creating Change conference, 2SPR becomes part of First Nations/Indigenous Collective

 

Feb 14 – Two Spirit Press Room becomes a project team member of  The Fred Martinez Project, joining advisory board member Wesley Thomas, PhD. Fred Martinez was nadleeh—someone who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits—a special gift according to his traditional Navajo culture. But his determination to express his truest identity tragically cost him his life. At age sixteen, he was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was murdered in Cortez, Colorado.

Two Spirits to be Released in 2008

The film is currently in post-production and will be completed and released in 2008. Production partners are actively seeking broadcast distribution and theatrical release. Two Spirits will be screened at numerous LGBT, Native American, human-rights, and general-interest film festivals throughout the U.S. and internationally. After broadcast and film-festival release, the film will be made available on this website, and through a network of outreach partner organizations.

http://www.twospirits.org/

 

Feb 23    World Pride & Power conference February 23, 2008 in Los Angeles - Olympic Collection Conference Center. “Unity, Empowerment & Inclusively,”- 2SPR presentation of 20th Int; 2 Spirit Gathering Posters to symposium participants

 

March 2008

March 26- Aboriginal Peoples and Decolonization: A Dialogue on Cultural Competency, a provincial dialogue in Winnipeg Manitoba

http://breakkay.blogspot.com/2008/03/aboriginal-decolonization-conference.html

 

March 27 – filming of forthcoming Film Board Canada documentary on Two Spirit People

 

April

April 4-5:  “Queer Motions: 1st Bi-Annual Twin Cities Conference on Global/Local Sexualities,"

http://queermotions.umn.edu/index.htm

 

April 18- Tulsa 2 Spirit Gathering

 

April 24 – Common Vision – LGBT Funders Concerned national dialogue, Minneapolis

http://eventful.com/events/minneapolis/qm08msp-queer-motions-1st-biannual-twin-cities-conference-on-globallocal-sexualities-/E0-001-009140504-4

 

April 29

“The Good Green Earth: Sustainability” – a inclusive dialogue among faith leaders among all religions, on the past and future of the earth, life on earth and how we think about our human roles-

7-9PM

Shepherd of the Hill Presbyterian Church

145 Engler Boulevard, Chaska, MN

952-448-3882

 

June

Jun 5 – Common Vision – Media Reform conference - with on camera interview for Albuquerque public access television for national and international webcast, concerning GLBT Organized philanthropy and National GLBT policy organizations.

 

Jun 19  KFAI live radio broadcast on state of LGBT Philanthropy to Indigenous communities, National Policy organizations and Gathering update.

 

June 28-29 – Minneapolis Gay Pride

http://www.tcpride.org/index_main.php

 

July

July 23-27 – Native American Journalists Association/UNITY Journalists of Color conference http://www.2008unity.org/

Chicago

 

August

July 30, 31 – August 1, 2008 - Mexico City XVII Int’l AIDS Conference- Two Spirit Press Room is invited to present at the  2ND INTERNATIONAL PRE-CONFERENCE FOR INDIGENOUS/NATIVE COMMUNITIES AND AFRO DESCENDENTS RESPONDING TO HIV/AIDS, SEXUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS

 

            http://www.aids2008.org/admin/images/upload/affiliated_events.pdf

 

August 7th, 2008-Tonight on Fresh Fruit

Program:

Fresh Fruit

Host: Leigh Combs
Cohost: Ka 
Richard LaFortune - National Two Spirit gathering in Minnesota

August 21 -National Lesbian And Gay Journalists Association- DC

Two Spirit Press Room and Fred Martinez Project display national organizing information

August 28-Sept 1 – 20th International Gathering of Two Spirit Native People, Sandstone Minnesota.

           http://intltwospiritgathering.org/

 

September 2-4

Peace Island – Concordia  University

http://map.actionsoptions.org/calendar/showevent.php?eventID=616

Indigenous Peace Organizing and Integrative Analysis


Nov 19-21 – Washington State University at Pullman

 

thank you to Philanthrofund for a first-time grant!