In this issue of GSA Network News, you'll find:

GSA Network Highlight
GSA Network's Governing Board Update

GSA Network Announcements

1. Not Down With the Lockdown II (Bay Area)

2. Gender Blender Dance Party (Santa Cruz)
3. Q-Force (Bay Area)
4. 20 Something Group (Pleasant Hill)
5. Youth Needed to Fill Out Health Survey
6. Job Announcement:LYRIC Program Assistant (SF)

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GSA Network's Governing Board Update

Congratulations to the new Board Co-Chairs!
GSA Network's Governing Board elects a youth co-chair and an adult co-chair each year. At the Governing Board meeting this past weekend, Viannah Duncan and Geoffrey Winder were elected to serve as co-chairs. Congratulations!

Viannah Duncan is going to be a senior at La Cañada High School in the Los Angeles area, where she will be the GSA President this year. This is Viannah's first year serving on the GSA Network Governing Board.

Geoffrey Winder has served on GSA Network's Governing Board for one year and on the Northern California Youth Council for 2 years before that, while he attended Davis High School and served as the president of his school's GSA. Geoffrey currently attends New York University.

Thank you and goodbye to the outgoing Board Members!
We wanted to say a huge thank you to GSA Network's outgoing youth Board Members, who have just completed their terms serving as representatives of the Youth Councils:

Lauren/Charlie Bruton
Katelyn Dorrah
Vanessa "Andrew James Walker" Duran
Elizabeth Mefford
Brianna Pulskamp-Lockhart
Jordan Schmidt

And, last but not least, another huge thank you to outgoing adult Board Member, Radha Patel, who has volunteered as a board member over the last 3 years!

We will miss you all!

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1. Not Down With the Lockdown II (Bay Area)

This Saturday * August 3rd * 12 - 4
Frank Ogawa Plaza * 14th and Broadway * OAKLAND

A rally against the proposed alameda county superjail and for youth action, leadership, and collective power.

NOT DOWN WITH THE LOCKDOWN IS AN AFTERNOON OF CULTURAL PROTEST AND RESISTANCE THROUGH MUSIC, ART AND POLITICAL EXPRESSION. IT INCLUDES PERFORMANCES BY SAN QUINN, RENAISSANCE, DESTINY ARTS, KIWI, HANIFAH WALIDAH, SPOKEN WORD AND MORE. ALSO FEATURING SPINNING BY DJ HEN 10.

This event is wheelchair accessible.
Childcare is provided.

This event is brought to you by YOUTH FORCE COALITION, BOOKS NOT BARS AND MINDZ EYE.

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2. Gender Blender Dance Party (Santa Cruz)

Annual Summer dance party, Saturday August 10th from 7:00-10:00pm. Put on by STRANGE (a youth group for queer and queer friendly people) and held at Temple Beth El. The night will feature three DJs, a band and a drag show. People 23 and under are welcome to attend, sliding scale $5-10. The event is handicap accessible. To request a ride, or for more information, contact STRANGE at 425-3155 or sccstrange@yahoo.com. Temple Beth El is located at 3055 Porter Gulch Rd in Aptos, near Cabrillo College.

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3. Q-Force (Bay Area)

Are you aging out? Are you a little too old to participate in most youth programs, bored with bars and clubs, or both? Come kick it with Q-Force, a group of urban queer kidz 18-28! We volunteer with community service organizations and at special events all over the Bay Area. Plus we hook up monthly go out to movies, dance, or just chill at the park. Send your contact info to qforcesf@yahoo.com or call 415-626-7075.

For more info, visit Q Force at http://www.geocities.com/qforcesf.

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4. 20 Something Group (Pleasant Hill)

20 Something is a new discussion/support/social group for lgbtq folks in their twenties and thirties who want a supportive environment to talk, meet other lgbtq people and socialize.

1st and 3rd Mondays from 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Center for Human Development, 391 Taylor Blvd, Ste. 120, Pleasant Hill, 94523.

The first meeting will be this Monday, August 5, 2002. Please feel free to contact Rachel Floyd at the Empowerment Program at 925/687-8844x307.

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5. Youth Needed to Fill Out Health Survey

*** Youth needed to complete 15-minute online survey - "Youth Speakout to [Health Care] Providers" ***

Youth Guardian Services is helping researchers conduct a health survey, and we are seeking participants between the ages of 13 and 21 years old to fill out an online survey.

The survey should take about 10-15 minutes, and there is a drawing for a $50 gift certificate at the end of the survey (if you want to enter the drawing, it is optional).

You can follow this link to do the survey:http://www.youth-guard.org/healthsurvey/339

The purpose of the YOUTH SPEAKOUT TO PROVIDERS study is to find out what youth ages 13 to 21 years old in the U.S. and Canada consider to be important qualities for health care providers and health care settings, and what concerns or problems youth consider to be important to discuss with health care providers. Information from this study will be used to inform and train health care providers on how to better serve youth.

If you have any questions or if you have technical problems with the survey, please email jason@youth-guard.org

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6. Job Announcement:LYRIC Program Assistant (SF)

LYRIC is a non-profit youth community center that provides educational, recreational and peer leadership development activities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. The Youth Recreation Program provides safe, fun activities including an after school program, dances, field trips, camping and special Saturday.

TITLE: Youth Recreation Program Assistant (Full-time)
SALARY: $10-12 per hour plus generous benefits
REPORTS TO: Youth Recreation Program Coordinator

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBIILITIES:

• Assist with facilitation of recreational activities and daily drop-in activities
• Facilitate Saturday program activities
• Work with Youth Recreation Program Coordinator and youth to initiate new programs and activities
• Assist with maintenance of program records including intakes, sign-in sheets and data entry
• Update and maintain program bulletin boards and resource materials
• Assist with maintaining cleanliness of program space on a daily basis
• Assist with program outreach and evaluation
• Assist with reporting

• Experience leading or facilitating activities with youth
• Commitment to working in a multicultural environment
• Ability to foster youth leadership and decision-making
• Ability to establish good communication with young people, familiarity with contemporary youth culture and knowledge of youth issues, particularly lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth of color
• Interest in youth recreational programming and program development
• Ability to work independently, good organization and time management
• Reliable, friendly and out-going
• Fluency in Spanish a plus

Application Procedure
For consideration, submit cover letter and resume by August 9, 2002:
LYRIC - Attn.:Personnel - YRP
127 Collingwood Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
FAX:(415) 703-6153
tracy@lyric.org
No phone calls, please.

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empowering youth activists to fight homophobia in schools

Carolyn Laub
Executive Director
Gay-Straight Alliance Network
160 14th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
ph:415.552.4229
fax:415.552.4729
carolyn@gsanetwork.org
http://www.gsanetwork.org/
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