QConnect. 03.19.07

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04.01.07 ~ Mt. Diablo Grand Loop Hike 9am to 5pm. 3,900 feet tall, Diablo rises very abruptly from its surroundings and it towers over the nearly flat Bay Area and the Central Valley. We’ll take a 10-mile circuit hike around the summit that affords awesome views that extend as far as the Sierras to the east and Mt. Lassen to the north and 25 miles out to sea to the west. Info: Ron Levesque, ronlevesqu@aol.com.

04.06.07 ~ Kulture Kulcha 2007: A Night Of Festivities--The Desi Way 7pm-1am, The California Ballroom, 1736 Franklin St, Oakland. Trikone, the SF South Asian lgbt organization presents a cultural talent show celebrating creative growth and increasing visibility of the community on and off-stage. A night filled with talent, a delectable Indian dinner, followed by dancing to the best South Asian fusion-music, compiled by our very own DJ. This year, we will feature our first ever KK Fashion Show and a KK Art Exhibition! Info/tickets: www.kulturekulcha.org or kulturekulcha@trikone.org.

04.09.07 ~ The Link: A Magical Experience with the Radical Faeries 7:30, Canú Queer Center. The Diversity Center and Cantú Queer Center are proud to present The Link, a new program that brings the Santa Cruz and UCSC queer communities together, celebrating and learning from our own scholars, activists, and artists. This first forum will introduce the Radical Faeries of Santa Cruz, a vibrant group of that could be described as playful revolutionaries, social servants, gender queens, pagans, and queer hippies. Info: Jim, 831.425.5422.

04.10.07 ~ Esera Tuaolo Visits CSU Monterey Bay Campus Former football player talks about his new book, Alone in the Trenches: My Life as a Gay Man in the NFL. Info: http://news.csumb.edu/site/x6362.xml or www.eseratuaolo.com.

04.11.07 ~ Spring Student Mixer 9pm, Cantú Queer Center.

04.12.07 ~ Cherrie Moraga: A Publick Address: "Indigena as Scribe--The (W)rite to Remember" 7pm, Merrill Cultural Center. A preparation reading session will be held at the ERC on the evening of 04.10.07 (material on reserve at McHenry). Cherrie Moraga will also be facilitating two student-centered workshops on the April 13th. Please send feedback and confirmation of attendance by 03.31.07: Elisa Diana Huerta, ehuerta@ucsc.edu or Susy Zepeda szepeda@ucsc.edu.

04.18.07 ~ Day of Silence with Keynote Speaker Imani Henry 7pm, Kresge Town Hall. A GLSEN project connecting high school and universities in an effort to make the silence of the homophobia in classrooms visible. UCSC is organizing action addressing the multiple silences one endures because of sexuality, gender, class and ethnic/cultural identities. Guest speaker Imani Henry will discuss how coalition building and working with multiple issue politics--immigration, anti war, people of color, labor/unions, etc.--helps the strategies of making GLBTI issues visible in "nontraditional glbti spaces/ organizing". Day of Silence, www.dayofsilence.org, Imani Henry www.geocities.com/imani_henry, or queer@ucsc.edu.

04.19-22.07 ~ California Dreamin' Transgender Convention Open to, and appropriate for, all TG/TS folks and all providers who either serve these populations or want to serve them. Info: www.california-dreamin.org/index.html.

05.05.07 ~ 2nd Annual UC Berkeley Queer People of Color Summit Registration begins Friday, 03.23.07. Info: Billy Curtis, 510.643.0788, or billyc@berkeley.edu.

11.02-03.07 ~ Sex/changes: Historical Transformations of Sex, Gender, and Sexualities Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island. The 2007 Conference of the New England American Studies Association will examine shifting sexual sensibilities, changing sexuality legislation, and varying representations of sex, gender, sexuality, and the body in the United States, past and present. Info: neasacouncil@gmail.com.

06.01-02.07 ~ Pride and the Symphony The Santa Cruz Symphony will be performing with the White Album Ensemble in a benefit concert! Info: 831.425.5422 or www.diversitycenter.org.