All One Family: Fighting for LGBT Equality in Maryland’s Black Community

Bowie State University, the Eyes Wide Shut LGBTQA Student Organization, and the Social Work Club at BSU are teaming up with the Black Family Alliance to host a forum and panel discussion on “All One Family: Fighting for LGBT Equality in Maryland’s Black Community”, and we would really like your support.

Bowie State University is the 2nd oldest Historically Black University in the Country. It was established in 1865 and within the past 3 years it has had a revolution in regards to LGBT support with the forming of the 1st LGBTQA student organization and now receiving support from the University President and Cabinet to allow the development and implementation of our 1st LGBTQA Resource Center which will be spearheaded by an advisory board of faculty, staff, student, alumni and community activists.

“All One Family: Fighting for LGBT Equality in Maryland’s Black Community” is only our first of many forums, panels, roundtables and fun events at BSU.

The event is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 from 3:30 to 6 pm.

Bowie State University
Thurgood Marshall Library
Special Collections Reading Room -2nd floor
14000 Jericho Park Road
Bowie, Maryland 20715
www.bowiestate.edu

For more information, please contact Kevin Pothier.

Social November 6 at Bar Rouge

7-9 pm

1315 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
Tel: 202.232.8000
Metro: Dupont Circle (Red Line)
For more information:
More Info: http://www.loungedc.com/index.html

2008 GLBT Economic Development Summit

Saturday, November 15, 2008
Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW
9:30 am – 4 pm

The 2008 GLBT Economic Development Summit will take place Saturday November 15 from 9:00am – 4:30pm at the Washington Plaza Hotel, 10 Thomas Circle, NW featuring an opening plenary keynote by Dr. Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and former U.S. Cabinet official.  GAYLAW is proud to be a sponsor of this second annual event.  As part of the event, GAYLAW will be handing out pamphlets containing information on all GAYLAW Attorney Referral ("GAR") members that are active as of November 10, 2008.  Sign up for GAR here http://www.gaylaw.org/attorneyreferral.html.

The goal of the summit is to provide information about resources and tools that GLBT business leaders and entrepreneurs can use in ensuring that they continue to play an important role in leading the economic and creative development of the city.

Topics to be covered include:

• The future of economic development in DC.
• Doing business with the city: CBE certification and getting on the supply schedule.
• Mastering media relations.
• If you build it will they really come?
• Online marketing 2.0.
• Managing the business of life.
• The opportunity maker: Networking for new business.