ARTBeat, July-August 1996

              ARTbeat, July-August 1996
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
\T/^ Pride '96 has come and
IN V^/gone. For those of you who
were not able to attend, I must tell you
that it was absolutely fantastic.
Throughout the entire weekend, I saw
old friends, made some new friends,
and worked very hard with other
volunteers to make Pride happen. I am
very proud of ART and our
involvement in putting on the Under
the Rainbow Reception and the
Rainbow Ball. I also want to
acknowledge the award that Pride gave
to ART during the rally on Sunday,
June 9. It was great to be a part of that
atmosphere even while the rain
(sometimes in buckets) came down.
There have been so many
wonderful things said about the
Rainbow Ball and our efforts at ART in
putting on such a grand event. There
are so many people who need to be
recognized and thanked, which we did
in a program that was placed on each
table of the Rainbow Ball. These
people will be recognized again in
another place in this issue of the
ARTbeat. During all of this effort to
make sure that we had named
everyone, guess what , we missed
somebody. Due to an editing error I
removed the last name from our Board
of Directors list on the program. I
must say that Sharon Snow is definitely
a board member and also contributed
greatly to the Pride weekend Thanks
Sharon.
To add to all this activity,
several ART volunteers helped to move
the office from its location on Grove
Street to the Friendship Friends
Meeting Building on Guilford College
Road We completed the move the
Thursday after Pride. Thanks to all
who helped us, especially Mary, who
provided us with some tools that were
needed unexpectedly. Thank God for a
well-tooled lesbian. Now that we have
moved to a new office, I would like to
challenge all of the volunteers who left
because of concerns about our prior
location to come back and work the
lines. Remember, all we ask is a
commitment for one night each month.
That would return the Hotline to a 7
days per week schedule.
With so much completed in
terms of Pride c96, let's make sure that
the motto "Celebrate/Activate/Educate"
doesn't actually end now but continues
through the rest of the year. All three
are very important to our visibility to
the community at large. Education and
activism are critical in this election
year. Issues such as same sex
marriage, non-discrimination policies,
hate crimes, HIV/AIDS, and many
others provide opportunities to educate.
Activism makes sure that these issues
remain at the forefront of the
discussion and that religious political
extremists do not dictate their views to
everyone through the political process.
Celebration comes when progress is
made, whether it be one on one
education or when we actually win
landmark events such as the Supreme
Court decision on Colorado's
Amendment 2.
Have a hot and healthy summer.
by Stephen Carrigan , President
GSO
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BOARD MEMBERS
Stephen Carrigan - President
Kathryn Smith - Vice-President
Luke Jones -Treasurer
Frank Denny, Sharon Maitland,
Robin Neville, Jenny Roy,
Wendy Scott, & Sharon Snow
ART Hotline
Greensboro (910)-855-8558
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What a Diff/Wellness Letter 2
Special Thanks From Pride 96 2
Lesbian Link. 2
One Man's Opinion. „ 3
Fund-Raiser Yard Sale For Aug 3
FYI/What More Could You Ask For...4
Community Night/Schedules 5
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NEW ART LOCATION
ANNOUNCED
recently moved from its
old location at 1202-A
Grove Street where it had shared office
space with American Friends Service
Committee for a number of years. On
June 13, a group of 8-10 volunteers
met at the old office and laboriously
loaded all our 'stuff onto a rental truck
and moved ART to Friendship Friends
at 1103 New Garden Road.