October 2016

Happy LGBTQA+ History Month!

We have a month jam-packed with events that we’re really excited

about. This issue strives to tell you about all of them (though if we’ve

missed something in our excitement, please let us know).

So as you muster your way through midterms and group projects, we

will have plenty of events you can come to, have fun, and relax.

Don’t have time to read the whole thing?

No worries! Here’s the highlights from this month’s issue:

It’s LGBTQA+ History Month! We have a lot of speakers during the

month, so check them out.

Our Navigating Campus series continues at 11am on Tuesdays in the

Green Room (room 200 of the Nebraska Union).

Jericho Brown is coming to read his poetry on October 5th at 7pm.

The History Month Dinner is finally here on October 6th!

Week Without Violence will have events from October 8th - 20th.

The Night of the Living Drag Show is October 28th at 8pm this year.

Navigating Campus,

SOGIE, and You

The LGBTQA+ Resource Center is

giving a workshop series on

getting involved, finding your way

around campus, SOGIE (sexual

orientation, gender identity, and

expression), and student wellness.

All workshops are bring your own

lunch.

Every workshop is on a Tuesday

from 11am-1pm in the Green

Room (inside room 200) of the

Nebraska Union.

October 4 -- Study Tips

October 11 -- Self-care

October 25 -- Budgeting

November 1 -- Inclusive Spaces

November 8 -- Brave Space

November 15 -- Ally Development

November 29 -- Social Justice

Advocate

Caffina Café Display

We’re taking over the display

boards outside the Caffina Café

(the coffee shop on the first floor of

the Nebraska Union)! For the first

week of October, there will be

history month information and

historical tidbits, followed by the

Women’s Center’s display on Week

Without Violence, then for the

remainder of the month you can

see hype for The Night of the Living

Drag Show.

Jericho Brown Reading

Renowned poet and associate

professor in English and Creative

Writing at Emory University in

Atlanta, Jericho Brown will be at

UNL on Wednesday October 5,

reading some of his works. Join us

at 7pm in the Nebraska Union’s

Colonial Room to listen to the

award-winning Jericho Brown.

History Month Dinner

The LGBTQA+ History Month Dinner is only a few days away! For the

14th year, we will be hosting a dinner to celebrate the contributions

made in the Lincoln and wider Nebraska LGBTQA+ community. UNL’s

own Stacey Waite will be our MC this year and the award-winning poet

Jericho Brown will be our speaker.

Once again, the venue will be held at the Cornhusker Hotel in

downtown Lincoln. There is a parking garage attached to the building for

easy access to the dinner. We will begin at 6:00pm on Thursday

October 6.

A vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free option will be available. Delicious

desserts will be served after the dinner.

In addition to food, we have a raffle courtesy of local businesses.

Night of the Living Drag

Countdown

The October drag show quickly

approaches! Final performer cuts

happen October 3. The Party at the

Union mini show and the How to Do

Drag Workshop were both a great hit,

and we’re looking forward to this

year’s Night of the Living Drag Show.

The show will be Friday October 28,

from 8pm - 10pm in the Centennial

Room in the Nebraska Union. If you

are hungry during the show, there

will be a bake sale and Pepsi

products (free with NCard) in the

back of the room.

Thank you to all the hard work of the

performers, volunteers, The Change,

and Spectrum UNL!

Week Without Violence

Join the Women’s Center and numerous other organizations on campus in

Creating A Safer World with this year’s Week Without Violence. There will

be events October 8 - October 20 to raise awareness, educate, and

reclaim space. If you want more information, please contact the Women’s

Center by going to their center (Rm 340 NU), by calling (402)472-2597,

or by emailing wcprogramming@unl.edu.

October 8, 10am - No Girl For Sale Walk

October 9, 10am - Safe Quarters

October 9, 2pm-4pm - You’ve Got A Friend

October 10, 11:30am - Same Sex Relationship Violence Lunch

Discussion

October 10-14, 11am-2pm - Purple Ribbon Campaign

October 10, 7:30pm - The Mask You Live In Film Screening

October 11, 12pm-1pm - Dish It Up! Week Without Violence Remix

October 11, 6pm - Get Konsent with Kappa Alpha Psi

October 12, 12pm - Lunch Discussion with Dave DiLillo and the UNL

Ethics Center

October 12, 8pm - Open Mic Night with ASUN/It’s On Us

October 12, 9:45pm - Take Back the Night Balloon Release and

Candlelight Vigil

October 20, 5:30pm - Voices of Hope Open House

Humanities on the Edge 2016-17 “Post-Racial Futures?”

If you didn’t get a chance to see Dr. Milton S.F. Curry speak last month,

you do not want to miss this guest lecture. As a part of this year’s

Humanities on the Edge series, Dr. Sue J. Kim will be presenting a lecture

on “Postmodern Fatigue: Post-Racial Fallacies.” Dr. Kim is a professor

of English, Co-Director of the Center for Asian American Studies, and the

Nancy K. Donahue Endowed Professor in the arts at the University of

Massachusetts Lowell. Don’t miss Dr. Kim speak on Thursday, October

13 at 5:30-7:00pm in the Ethel S. Abbott Auditorium of the Sheldon

Museum of Art. All presentations in this series are free.

Humanities on the Edge is a cross-disciplinary conversation about

“cutting edge” research topics in the humanities. This year’s central topic

focuses around race and the idea of “post-racial” futures. Now in its

seventh year, you can find more information about Humanities on the

Edge and next semester’s speakers at:

http://www.unl.edu/english/humanities-on-the-edge.

Peer Mentor

Social

There will be a social

game night for peer

mentors and mentees.

Join the peer mentor

program on Sunday,

October 23, at 6pm for

fun and games! Once

again, the social will be

held in the Village

Clubhouse.

October Awareness

Days

Every month has something

to celebrate! We want to draw

attention to relevant

awareness and celebration

days each month, so if we’ve

missed something, let us

know. This month we have:

All month: LGBTQA+ Pride

Month

September 15 – October

15: Hispanic Heritage

Month (con’t)

October 11: National

Coming out Day

October 23 - 29: Asexual

Awareness Week

October 26: Intersex

Awareness Day

UPCOMING EVENTS

Oct. 6, pre-dinner

social @ 5pm,

dinner @ 6pm:

History Month

Dinner

Oct. 8-20: Week

Without Violence

Oct. 23: Peer

Mentor Social

Oct. 28, @ 8pm:

Night of the Living

Drag

Want to Get Involved?

Help around the center

Become a part of our speaker’s bureau

Write reviews for books and movies in

our library

Staff booths and events

For more information, contact the

at

402-472-1652, or come talk to us in

person in the Nebraska Union, Room 346

October

LIBRARY THEME

LGBTQA+ History

Come check out what

we’ve got in the library!

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