Join Us in Honoring and Celebrating Queer Youth Leaders! When: Saturday, May 9th, 2015 @ 5:30pm Where: San Lorenzo Valley High School, Felton Cost: Youth & Seniors = $10, Adults = $25 - $95 Click Here to purchase your tickets today! Schedule of Events: 5:30 pm Community Resource Fair 6:00 pm Catered Buffet Dinner 7:00 pm Awards Ceremony For more information, visit www.QYLA.org or call (831) 427-4004 or email us at info@QYLA.org Interested in volunteering? Contact QYLA to get involved with … [Read more...]
[Reminder] PFLAG Santa Cruz County: “Creating Families Through Local Adoption and Foster Care”, April 14
Please join us as we discuss adoption and foster care as a way to create warm and loving families in the LGBTQ Community. The first hour is dedicated to discussion groups and the second will feature first hand stories of adoption and foster care. When: Tuesday, April 14th 2015 @ 7pm - 9pm Where: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA Questions? Contact PFLAG at pflagscc@gmail.com, pflagscc.org or call (831) 427-4016. … [Read more...]
[Reminder] UCSC Dreamweavers: “An Evening of Dreams” Fundraiser & Film Screening of “Documented”, Mar 6 & 7
"An Evening of Dreams" a Fundraiser for UCSC Dreamweavers, LGBT Youth Welcome, Mar 6 “An Evening of Dreams” brings José Antonio Vargas, a LGBT Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and award-winning director/producer of “Documented” and UCSC Dreamweavers together to raise funds for scholarships that support over 400 Dream Act/undocumented immigrant students at UCSC. When: Friday, March 6th 2015 @ 5pm - 7pm Where: Peace United Church of Christ’s Fellowship Hall, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, CA Cost: Middle and High school aged students can RSVP with … [Read more...]
[Reminder] AIDS Walk & Fun Run, Mar 7
Looking for a fun team building activity for your GSA? Organize a team for this years AIDS Walk and Fun Run! Get on your running or walking shoes and put on a colorfully outrageous costume and join us for a 5k course that will take you along the river levee in a traffic free environment. We promise a super time filled with happy people, creative costumes, food, and a raffle! Registration opens soon! When: Saturday, March, 7th 2015 @ 9:30am Where: San Lorenzo Park, 137 Dakota St. Santa Cruz, CA For more information contact … [Read more...]
[Reminder] Queer Skate Night! Mar 3
Join Theta Pi Sigma - Alpha Chapter in supporting the Safe Schools Project, a program of the Queer Youth Task Force of Santa Cruz County! Meet The Santa Cruz Derby Girls and get a chance to win some awesome prizes they’ve provided for the raffle! When: Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 @ 7:30pm - 9:30pm Where: Santa Cruz Roller Palladium, 1606 Seabright Ave, Santa Cruz, California 95062 ** Easily accessible by bus routes: 66, 69, or 71 Cost = $5 presale - $10 at the door (Includes skate rental and raffle ticket) ΘΠΣ seeks to make all of our events … [Read more...]
[Reminder] “Beautiful Love Stories Need To Be Told Twice” PFLAG Santa Cruz County is Proud to Announce that their February meeting Will Feature Ann & Nancy Forsberg, Feb 10
When Nancy and Father Larry Forsberg were married in 1973, they vowed to stay together through all of the changes in life. When Ann (Father Larry) began to show subtle signs of change over 20 years ago, Nancy knew that she needed to understand and make changes of her own for their marriage to survive. Today they have a thriving partnership. Please join us as they share their love story! When: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 @ 7:00 – 9:00 pm Where: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA Questions? Contact PFLAG at … [Read more...]
[Reminder] Jandy Nelson & Annameekee Hesik Book Reading and Discussion, Jan 28
Jandy Nelson plus local YA author and teacher Annameekee Hesik for a Young Adult Fiction double-header and conversation. Come to enjoy a book reading, signing, Q & A, and discussion. Both of their latest books have LGBT characters. When: Wednesday, January 28th, 2015 @ 7pm Where: Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA Visit Bookshop Santa Cruz for more about the authors, their written work, and this event! … [Read more...]
[Reminder] YOUTH DAY: Celebrating Compassion and Courage: In the Spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., Jan 17
Where: Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St. Santa Cruz, CA When: Saturday, January 17th, 2015 @ 12pm - 4pm Cost = FREE for all ages + Free food Schedule of Events 12pm - 2pm: Interactive Workshops 2pm – 3:30pm: Youth Talent Showcase 3:30pm: Rainbow Theater presentation For more information call: (831) 423-1626 ext.103 Events co-sponsored by The Resource Center for Nonviolence & NAACP … [Read more...]
[Reminder] PFLAG Santa Cruz County is proud to announce “PFLAG National View: Policy & Direction” With Guest Speaker Cesar Hernandez, Jan 13
Please join families from around Santa Cruz County as they come together to hear from a representative of the national PFLAG organization. The first hour of the PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) Santa Cruz County meeting is dedicated to discussion groups, followed by a brief break. The second hour will be dedicated to our January guest speaker. When: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 @ 7:00 – 9:00 pm Where: Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High Street, Santa Cruz, 95060 Questions? Contact PFLAG at pflagscc@gmail.com, … [Read more...]
[Reminder] Equality and Justice for All, Kate Kendell, Executive Director, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Jan 4
Celebrate La Selva Beach Community Church’s upcoming 9th anniversary of becoming Open and Affirming with guest Kate Kendall, Executive Director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights. When: Sunday, January 4th, 2015 10:00 am - Noon Where: La Selva Beach Community Church, 26 Florida Avenue, La Selva Beach Questions? Contact Pastor Jane Grady, laselvabeachcc@sbcglobal.com or (831) 688-4033 … [Read more...]