ROD PATRICK RISBROOK Photographic|Imagery Feat. @ The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2012 Herbert Von King Park (aka Tompkins Park) Sunday, August 26th, 2012 (12PM - 6PM) Brooklyn, New York City

              

 My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

  

Audre Lorde Project‘s

Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS)

Presents…

The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2011
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
12PM - 6PM
@
Hebert Von King Park

(formerly/aka Tompkins Park)
(Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)

Hey Y'all,

I'll be one of the featured vendors at the 2nd Annual Bed-Stuy Pride event where you can meet me in person, chat a bit, and be able to purchase some photographic prints from my varied body of work.

See you out there Sunday... SAY CHEEEEEEEEEEESSSEEE!

ROD

 My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sonia Cheruvillil
Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11
Email: bedstuypridemedia@alp.org
The Audre Lorde Project (www.alp.org)

2nd Annual Bed-Stuy Pride 2012:

Challenging Violence and Building Resilience

Sunday, August 26th at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn

12PM – 6PM

Bed-Stuy Pride is an annual festival held in the heart of central Brooklyn that cherishes the diversity of our communities and recognizes the importance of creating safer spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, trans and gender non-conforming (LGBTSTGNC) people of color. Our communities experience greater violence related to both race and marginalized expressions of gender and/or sexuality including increased stop and frisks by police and stranger based violence. Transgender people of color are 2.38 times as likely to experience police violence and 1.85 as likely to experience discrimination [avp.org]. Organized by the Audre Lorde Project‘s Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS) --- Bed-Stuy Pride is an opportunity to remind the residents of central Brooklyn of our histories and celebrate our communities.

Traditionally, pride marches all over the world (and especially in New York City) have been in recognition of the historic Stonewall riots. Contributions of transgender women of color like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Riveria, and Miss Major --who were central to these historical riots are forgotten or ignored completely. Bed-Stuy pride is a chance to center these stories and provide the context of resistance and justice inherent in pride.

Bed-Stuy Pride highlights its commitment to safe neighborhoods and communities. On Sunday August 26th, there will be performances from local artists, interactive art installations, and community leaders. There will be a Freedom Tent [Inspired by 1968 Mississippi Freedom Schools] where skill-based workshops will be held including Navigating Gendered Public Space, Health and Wellness, Erotic Poetry, and much more will be offered throughout the day.

Free childcare, and Interpretation provided.

Want to get inlvoved in Bed-Stuy Pride? Here's how...

• Volunteer! Email us at bedstuypride@gmail.com

• Endorse! Go to www.alp.org to become an endorser

• Spread the word! Join the ALP Facebook group, share on twitter, tumblr and other blogs.

For more information on Bed-Stuy Pride or to schedule an interview please contact Sonia Cheruvillil Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11; Email: bedstuypridemedia[at]alp.org

PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR'S 1ST ANNUAL BED-STUY PRIDE (2011)...

ROD PATRICK RISBROOK Photographic|Imagery Feat. @ The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2012 Herbert Von King Park (aka Tompkins Park) Sunday, August 26th, 2012 (12PM - 6PM) Brooklyn, New York City

                 

 My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

 

Audre Lorde Project‘s

Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS)

Presents…

The 2nd Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2011
Sunday, August 26th, 2012
12PM - 6PM
@
Hebert Von King Park

(formerly/aka Tompkins Park)
(Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)

Hey Y'all,

I'll be one of the featured vendors at this event where you can meet me in person, chat a bit, and be able to purchase some photographic prints from my varied body of work.

See you out there Sunday... SAY CHEEEEEEEEEEESSSEEE!

ROD

 My Official Website: RodPatrickRisbrook.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Sonia Cheruvillil
Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11
Email: bedstuypridemedia@alp.org
The Audre Lorde Project (www.alp.org)

2nd Annual Bed-Stuy Pride 2012:

Challenging Violence and Building Resilience

Sunday, August 26th at Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn

12PM – 6PM

Bed-Stuy Pride is an annual festival held in the heart of central Brooklyn that cherishes the diversity of our communities and recognizes the importance of creating safer spaces for lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirit, trans and gender non-conforming (LGBTSTGNC) people of color. Our communities experience greater violence related to both race and marginalized expressions of gender and/or sexuality including increased stop and frisks by police and stranger based violence. Transgender people of color are 2.38 times as likely to experience police violence and 1.85 as likely to experience discrimination [avp.org]. Organized by the Audre Lorde Project‘s Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS) --- Bed-Stuy Pride is an opportunity to remind the residents of central Brooklyn of our histories and celebrate our communities.

Traditionally, pride marches all over the world (and especially in New York City) have been in recognition of the historic Stonewall riots. Contributions of transgender women of color like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Riveria, and Miss Major --who were central to these historical riots are forgotten or ignored completely. Bed-Stuy pride is a chance to center these stories and provide the context of resistance and justice inherent in pride.

Bed-Stuy Pride highlights its commitment to safe neighborhoods and communities. On Sunday August 26th, there will be performances from local artists, interactive art installations, and community leaders. There will be a Freedom Tent [Inspired by 1968 Mississippi Freedom Schools] where skill-based workshops will be held including Navigating Gendered Public Space, Health and Wellness, Erotic Poetry, and much more will be offered throughout the day.

Free childcare, and Interpretation provided.

Want to get inlvoved in Bed-Stuy Pride? Here's how...

• Volunteer! Email us at bedstuypride@gmail.com

• Endorse! Go to www.alp.org to become an endorser

• Spread the word! Join the ALP Facebook group, share on twitter, tumblr and other blogs.

For more information on Bed-Stuy Pride or to schedule an interview please contact Sonia Cheruvillil Telephone: 718.596.0342 ext. 11; Email: bedstuypridemedia[at]alp.org

PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR'S 1ST ANNUAL BED-STUY PRIDE (2011)...

Her Word As Witness: Portraits of Women Writers of the African Diaspora December 1st, 2011 (6 to 8pm) - March 31st, 2012 - Brooklyn, NYC

Image: Sonia Sanchez, poet, educator, activist
Philadelphia, 2011
(c) Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Skylight Gallery of the Center for Arts & Culture
of the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation

presents

Her Word As Witness:
Portraits of Women Writers of the African Diaspora
Curated and photographed by Laylah Amatullah Barrayn

Opening Reception: Thursday, December 1, 2011 (6 to 8pm)
On View: December 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012

Her Word As Witness is an exhibition of photographic portraits of a diverse group of contemporary women writers, celebrating their ability to incite our imagination, to expand our vision, to investigate, and to document. Novelists, poets, journalists, and songwriters, these women of letters are also daughters of the Diaspora; cocoa, crimson, amber, ginger-toned. Their stories are born in tongues of Kreyòl, English, patois, Spanish, Twi, Gullah/Geechee. They use the pen to witness for their lives and the lives of those around them.

The Writers: Malaika Adero ■ Elizabeth Alexander ■ Tomika Anderson ■ asha bandele ■ Kristal Brent Zook ■ Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond ■ Raquel Cepeda ■ Kandia Crazy Horse ■ Edwidge Danticat ■ Tananarive Due ■ Coco Fusco ■ Carolina González ■ Karen Good Marable ■ Farah Jasmine Griffin ■ Tayari Jones ■ Juleyka Lantigua-Williams ■ Demetria L. Lucas ■ Dominga Martin ■ Kierna Mayo ■ Bernice L. McFadden ■ Nekesa Moody ■ jessica Care moore ■ Joan Morgan ■ Jill Nelson ■ Liza Jessie Peterson ■ Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts ■ Sonia Sanchez ■ Danyel Smith ■ Akiba Solomon ■ Esperanza Spalding ■ Mecca Jamilah Sullivan ■ Susan L. Taylor ■ Hanifah Walidah ■ Terrie Williams ■ Ibi Aanu Zoboi ■ Nana Camille Yarbrough

Skylight Gallery
1368 Fulton Street
(between Brooklyn & New York Avenues in Bed-Stuy)
Brooklyn, New York 11216
"A" or "C" train to Nostrand Avenue
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Presented with The Institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University (IRAAS)/Towards An Intellectual History of Black Women Project

With special thanks April R. Silver of AKILA WORKSONGS, Inc.

For more information, contact the gallery at 718.636.6949 or 646.573.2422. www.restorationplaza.org

ALP's 14th Annual Chillin’ & Grillin’ Prospect Park Long Meadow North, 5th Street Entrance Saturday, August 13th, 2011 (12 Noon - 6PM)

When: Saturday, August 13th, 2011 - 12:00PM - 6:00PM
Where: Prospect Park Long Meadow North, 5th Street Entrance
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ALP's 14th Annual FREE Community Outing & Bar-B-Q!

Bring yourself, your family & your friends. Pack a lunch basket, blanket, beverages & your favorite outdoor games. (NOTE: When packing your favorite beverages, please remember, alcohol is prohibited in all NYC parks). We will provide: BBQ-type foods, salads, side dishes, vegetarian selections, bottled water & ice. Several organized games and activities await you!

Hope to see you there!

*Directions to Picnic site:

The Picnic will be held in Prospect Park, near the Picnic House, in Long Meadow North (the Picnic House is listed on all park maps). The entrance to Long Meadow North is on Prospect Park West & 5th Street. There are 2 ways to get there.

Take the F train to the 7th Ave./9th St. Station. Walk up 9th Street to Prospect Park West and turn left. Walk down Prospect Park West to the 5th St. park entrance.

OR

Take the 2 or 3 train to Grand Army Plaza. When facing the park, Prospect Park West is on the right side of the park. Walk down Prospect Park West to the 5th St. entrance. Expect to walk 6-7 blocks.

Go through the 5th Street park entrance and follow the chalk arrows on the pavement to the picnic site.

Contact: Lolan Sevilla at 212.463.0342 ext. 12, lsevilla[at]alp.org

1st Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2011 @ Tompkins Park (Brooklyn, NYC) Sunday, August 21st, 2011 (12PM - 6PM)

Audre Lorde Project‘s

Safe OUTside the System Collective (SOS)

Presents…

The 1st Annual BEDSTUY PRIDE 2011
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
12PM - 6PM
@
Tompkins Park
(Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues)
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Official Website: alp.org

Endorse BedStuy Pride

Initiated by the Safe OUTside the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project, a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Trans and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color Center for Community Organizing.

To endorse BedStuy Pride, send an email to
bedstuypride[at]gmail.com

ENDORSERS IN FORMATION

Brooklyn Men (K)onnect (BMK)

Azucar! – A Queer Latin Dance Party

Lutheran Family Health Center- Project Reach Youth

New York City Anti-Violence Project

Ali Forney Center

Counterpublic NYC

New Yorker For Safe Transit

HIV Prevention Justice Alliance

Pretty Queer.com

Sanctuary for Families- the LGBT Initiative/ Community Law Project

Committee against Anti-Asian Violence (CAAAV)

Brown Girls Burlesque

Marimacho Brooklyn

Filipinas for Rights and Empowerment-Gabriela USA

Come join the Safe OUTside the System Collective of the Audre Lorde Project for our first annual BEDSTUY PRIDE. The Safe OUTside the System (SOS) Collective is an anti-violence program led by and for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Trans, and Gender Non Conforming (LGBTSTGNC) people of color. We are devoted to challenging hate and police violence by using community based strategies rather than relying on the police.

Why BedStuy Pride?

Bed Stuy Pride 2011 is an opportunity for neighborhood folks to come together and celebrate the fabulous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender Non-conforming People of Color community in the neighborhood many of us grew up, and currently live in. As an anti-violence community-based collective, SOS feels that one of the best ways to combat violence in our community is to start AT HOME. Bed Stuy Pride 2011 is an opportunity for us to show our community how truly fabulous we are, Brooklyn style!

Sunday, August 21st from 12:00 – 6:00pm (at @ Tompkins Park on Lafayette Avenue between Marcy & Tompkins Avenues) the Audre Lorde Project’s S.O.S. Collective will host the 1st Annual Bed-Stuy Pride to celebrate Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Transgender and Gender-Non-Conforming people of color in the Bed-Stuy community. The day will feature performances, artists, vendors, activities for youth and adults, and more!Bed Stuy Pride 2011 is an opportunity for neighborhood folks to come together and celebrate the fabulous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Transgender, and Gender Non-Conforming People of Color community in the neighborhood many of us grew up , and currently, live in. As an anti-violence community-based collective, SOS feels that one of the best ways to combat violence in our community is to start at home. Bed Stuy Pride 2011 is an opportunity for us to show our community how truly fabulous we are, Brooklyn style!

We would love for your organization to support this event!

Become an Endorser!

Endorsers are organizations/ businesses that promote Bed-Stuy Pride through membership, outreach, and online promotion. There is no fee to endorse. Endorsers are placed, as appropriate on media releases/announcements/flyers as a Bed-Stuy Pride 2011 Official Endorser and receive verbal acknowledgement at Bed-Stuy Pride Day Celebration as Official Endorsers.

Mississippi Damned DVD Pre-Sale Begins Friday, November 12th, 2010

Official Website: www.MississippiDamned.com/

Own a Copy of the Award-Winning
Mississippi Damned
Pre-Sale Begins

Just in time for the 2010 holiday season, you can now purchase the Mississippi Damned DVD for your home collection! Own the film that made a definite mark on the film festival circuit, winning 15 awards at festivals all over the country. Honors include: Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the 2009 Chicago Film Festival, Grand Jury Award for Best Feature Film at the 2009 American Black Film Festival, and Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature at the 2009 Outfest Film Festival.

The DVD is full of GREAT features including Deleted Scenes, the Trailer, Behind The Scenes Material, Interviews from the Film Festival Circuit, and Tina Mabry's first short, Brooklyn's Bridge to Jordan, which stars Jossie Harris Thacker who plays Charlie in Mississippi Damned.

Starring Malcolm Goodwin (Leatherheads, American Gangster), Michael Hyatt (The Wire), Malcolm David Kelley (Antwone Fisher, Lost), Tessa Thompson (For Colored Girls), Simbi Kali Williams (3rd Rock from the Sun), and DB Woodside (24,The Temptations), the film has been cited as one of "the best ensemble casts of the year."

Buy now to get the pre-sale price of $14.95 + shipping and handling! Take advantage of this great price as it will go up at the end of the pre-sale period. DVDs will be available for shipping on December 3rd, 2010 in plenty of time for the holiday season.

Just visit www.MississippiDamned.com and visit the store to get your copy today! (Navigate to the STORE tab)

Mississippi Damned Awards and Honors

• Jury Award for Best American Independent Film: Philadelphia Film Festival/CineFest 2009
• Jury Award for Narrative Breakthrough Film: 2009 Atlanta Film Festival 365
• Audience Award for Best Feature Film: NewFest 2009
• Grand Jury Award for Best Actor (Tessa Thompson): 2009 American Black Film Festival
• Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature: 2009 American Black Film Festival
• Grand Jury Award for Outstanding U.S. Dramatic Feature Film: Outfest 2009 Film Festival
• Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Film: 2009 Urbanworld Film Festival
• Jury Award for Best Feature Film: 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
• Jury Award for Best Screenplay: 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
• Jury Award for Best Supporting Actress (Jossie Harris Thacker): 2009 Chicago International Film Festival
• The Cheryl Dunye First Lady Award for Writing & Directing at the 2009 QBC Film Festival
• The Cheryl Dunye First Lady Award for Producing & Editing at the 2009 QBC Film Festival
• Mississippi Damned's Writer/Director, Tina Mabry & Cinematographer, Bradford Young Named in Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Independent Film
• 2009 AfterEllen.com Visibility Award for Best Festival Release with Lesbian/Bi Characters
• 2010 Black Reel Award for Best Independent Feature Film
• Audience Award for Best Feature Film: Hayti Heritage Film Festival 2010
• Tina Mabry Named 2010 United States Artist James Baldwin Fellow.

Lez Talk About ToysA Forum Discussison With Women Who Like to Play With Other Women

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LEZ Talk About Toys
A Forum Discussion with
Women Who Like to Play with Other Women

Featuring
Ignacio Rivera
(Sex Educator, Performance Artist, Filmmaker & Activist)

Friday, November 12th, 2010
6:30PM - 8:30PM
At
GMHC
119 West 24th Street
(between 6th & 7th Avenues)
Room 405-410 (4th Floor)
New York City
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For More Information Call
Vanessa C. at 212/367-1475
or check us out on Facebook: LAP Notes

An Open Letter to Oprah Winfrey Concerning the Down LowBy David J. Malebranche, MD, MPH

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