Sweet Sophia

Wisdom calls. Understanding raises her voice.
We hear Wisdom from on high, standing near, and at the intersection of our lives.
She is at the door and at the city limits, crying out.
We listen for her words of truth.
Wisdom tells us - Be in awe of God!
Our hearts know no other worthy of our praise.
Wisdom and happiness meet when we follow her ways.
We watch and wait daily for the sound of Wisdom’s voice.
Our ears tingle, our souls become alive, and our hearts find happiness.

Research on Lesbian Experiences of Social Attitudes and Discrimination

This comes forwarded from a friend.
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... helping the scholars helps us, friends. Please take a minute to participate if you qualify.

Research Study Looking for Lesbian Women

Looking for lesbian women to participate in a research study examining social attitudes and experiences of discrimination.

Participation involves completion of an anonymous online questionnaire. Participants must:
-Self identify as a lesbian woman (i.e., not heterosexual or bisexual)
-Be 18 years or older

This survey is being conducted in two parts and is estimated to take you no longer than 15 minutes total to complete. At the end of part one you will be asked to provide your e-mail address in order to be contacted when it is time to complete part two. Because your email address will be collected in a separate survey, there will be no way for the researcher to associate your email address with the answers you provided to the other questions.

If you would like to participate, click on the following link. Alternatively you may copy the link and paste it in your web browser.

Link for LESBIAN women:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BRIEFstudy

Regina Chopp may be reached at rchopp@gmu.edu or 530-219-5582 for questions or to report a research-related problem.

The Brown Boi Project leadership retreats

Worth the read to the bottom where it says, "if you are selected your travel, lodging, and food will be covered to attend the retreat in Oakland, CA from August 18th-22nd."
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The Brown Boi Project leadership retreats work to build leadership, economic self sufficiency, and health of young (35 and under) masculine of center* womyn, trans men, and straight/queer men of color-pipelining them into the social justice movement.

*Masculine of center (MOC) is a term coined that recognizes the breadth and depth of identity for lesbian/queer/ womyn who tilt toward the masculine side of the gender scale and includes a wide range of identities such as butch, stud, aggressive/AG, dom, etc. ©B. Cole 2008

During the 5-day training retreat you will have the opportunity to work across issues and communities, talk about race, class, culture, gender and sexuality, and explore whether the social justice sector might be the right place to help their community. Our retreats bring participants from across the country to experience an intensive introduction to community organizing while doing important personal leadership development.

We’re looking for people who are interested in deepening their path or career to include building power for communities of color. You will receive training in understanding power, communications, cross culture coalition building, personal finance, community organizing, conflict resolution, fundraising, relationship building, gender justice, and personal life planning. The program is open to participants from around the country and if you are selected your travel, lodging, and food will be covered to attend the retreat in Oakland, CA from August 18th-22nd.

To apply please complete our survey by June 11th at http://www.brownboiproject.org/brown_boi_project.html