Greensboro PFLAG newsletter, April 2008

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PFLAG
You Have a Home in PFLAG!
GREENSBORO, N.C.
Vol. 15 No. 4
April, 2008
Welcome to PFLAG
Greensboro. We offer a safe,
confidential space in which to
explore our feelings and
understandings about the GLBT
experience, especially "coming
out" and what this means to
families and other loved ones.
Listen and share, as much or as
little as you feel comfortable with,
knowing that others can
understand. Welcome especially
to our returning members whose
love is so healing.
Parents, Famines, and Friends
of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
promotes the health and well-
being of gay, lesbian, bisexual,
and transgendered persons, their
families and friends through:
support, to cope with an adverse
society; education, to enlighten
an ill-informed public; and
advocacy, to end discrimination
and secure equal civil rights.
PFLAG provides an opportunity
for dialogue about sexual
orientation and gender identity
and acts to create a society that is
healthy and respectful of human
diversity.
PFLAG Greensboro
February meeting
Tuesday, April 15
7:30 p.m.
Friendship Friends
Meeting House
1103 New Garden Road
Greensboro, NC
PFLAG Program for April meeting
Regional PFLAG conference, Salisbury, NC,
April 26
Salisbury/ Rowan PFLAG is hosting the NC/SC PFLAG Conference in
Salisbury on Saturday, April 26. The conference will be held at Haven Lutheran
Church in Salisbury. This is a wonderful opportunity for us all to meet, network
and reap the benefits of some very interesting workshops, led by some very
knowledgeable and dynamic leaders from PFLAG National and EqualityNC.
The workshop topics were determined by a consensus of chapter leaders
from NC and SC. Whether you're a chapter leader, member or know someone who
would like to learn more in regards to GLBT equality, this conference will prove to
be a wonderful tool for you in learning how and what you can do to promote
equality for our GLBT friends and loved ones. So, talk to any interested parties and
make your plans to attend on April 26.
PFLAG North Carolina and South Carolina Conference Tentative Agenda
April 26, 2008
9:00 - 10:00      Arrival and Registration - Social time with coffee and continental breakfast
10:00 -10:30    Introductions- Each person has an opportunity to introduce themselves and
their chapter affiliation
10:30 - 12:00    Straight for Equality: How to Get Your Chapter Active!
Presenter: Jean-Marie Navetta, Director of Equality Partnerships, PFLAG National
12:00 - 12:45   Working lunch while chapters share successes and challenges within their
chapter
12:45-2:00     Lobbying 101 and State of the Sate update on Anti-GLBT andpro-GLBT
legislation in the states
2:00 - 3:30       Safe Schools: Strategies for Getting in the Door
3:40 - 5:00       Membership Recruitment and Retention
Presenter: Jamie Curtis, Senior Field and Policy Coordinator, PFLAG National
5:00 - 5:30 State Organizing and Communication Discussion/Brainstorm
Triad Pride Festival, May 7-11
The second annual Triad Pride Festival will be held May 7-11 this year.
Plans include a Community Faith service on Wednesday; kick-off parties at area
gay bars Thursday; PRIDE rally & festival Saturday; Picnic and softball game
Sunday and the Mr. & Miss Triad Pride pageant Sunday night.
Greensboro PFLAG has agreed to co-sponsor the picnic on Sunday at
Greensboro Country Park.
Dining for Friends, May 17
The annual Dining for Friends, fundraiser for the Triad Health project, will
be on May 17. There will be hundreds of dinner parties throughout the city,
followed by the gala dessert finale at 9 p.m. at the Greensboro Coliseum.