Boston: Pride LGBTQ Multi-School Mixer (6/5/19)

In celebration of Pride Month, Tufts Pride on the Hill in coordination with Boston University invites LGBTQA alums together for Boston School Pride Alumni Happy Hour. Wear your favorite school swag and meet fellow LGBTQA alums from the different colleges and universities. Appetizers will be provided, and a cash bar will be available. If the weather is nice, we will be out on the patio celebrating Boston Pride Together!

In the spirit of supporting our Boston LGBTQA community during Pride Month, we invite Tufts alums to donate to AIDS Walk & Run Boston, which directly supports the work of AIDS Action Committee (headed by Tufts Alum, Carl Sciortino!)

To make your donation, visit: http://info.aidswalkboston.org/donate/

WHEN: Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
WHERE: Cathedral Station, 1222 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 (note parking available in the back)
RSVP: Please register by clicking here!

NYC: LGBT Pool Party (8/7/19)

Princeton BTGALA Presents…
An LGBT Pool Party in Manhattan!
Co-hosted by Columbia Pride, Stanford Pride, GALA Notre Dame/SMC, Harvard GSC

WHEN: Wednesday, August 7, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM
WHERE: Grace Room-Mate Hotel, 125 W 45th St, New York, NY 10036
COST: No cover, $4 clothes check, towels available for $5
$10 well drinks for our event!
Bring a bathing suit
RSVP: http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/EventRSVP
Please fill out our RSVP Form to help the hotel plan for staffing

Join us as we return to the beautiful Grace Room-Mate Hotel for a pool party in midtown Manhattan! We have had excellent events here in years past and are delighted to be returning for cocktails by the pool! All are welcome, but we anticipate that this will be primarily a men’s event.

Clothes check is $4. I recommend bringing a towel and checking it with your clothing so it’s dry when you need it to be, though the hotel is providing towel service for $5. We’ll have cocktails at the bar as well as access to their heated pool and spa facilities. Cash is recommended – the clothes check is cash only and there is a $30 minimum on credit card purchases at the bar. A ziplock bag is recommended to carry your cash, so you can feel free to get wet!

Thanks to Shawn Cowls for organizing and to our co-hosts
Dan Welden, NYU
Jim Farah, Stanford Pride
Michael Sin, Columbia Pride
John Flanagan, GALA Notre Dame/SMC
Michael Sonberg, Harvard GSC

http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/190807NYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/1018025511729074/

NYC: LGBT Party at Evolution (7/13/19)

Princeton BTGALA, Columbia Pride and Dartmouth BTGALA
with The Gay Latino Collective and Social_Qs Present…
An LGBTQ Party at Club Evolution
Jackson Heights, NY

WHEN: Saturday, July 13, 6PM to 10PM
WHERE: Club Evolution, 76-19 Roosevelt Ave, Jackson Heights, NY 11372
COST: No Cover
RSVP: Requested – please fill out our RSVP Form at http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/EventRSVP

Our April event was a big hit so we’re going back to Jackson Heights! We’ll network, mix and mingle! Thanks to Daniel Puerto for organizing. All are welcome and we particularly welcome our Latinx, Asian and black community to this very special event.

Cohosted by:
Daniel Puerto, LGBT Latin Activist
Sammy DA, Northeastern and the Gay Latino Collective
Shawn Cowls, Princeton BTGALA
Michael Sin, Columbia Pride
Justin Worthy, NYU

https://www.facebook.com/events/2212089902182678/
http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/190713NYC

NYC: Reception and Presentation of the Diverse Bodies Project (6/12/19)

Princeton BTGALA and the Diverse Bodies Project Present…
Beyond Skin Deep: Queer Representation in the Diverse Bodies Project
New York, NY
Co-hosted by Columbia Pride and Stanford Pride

WHEN: Wednesday, June 12, 6:30 to 9PM
WHERE: 345 W 54th St, New York NY 10019
COST: $25 in advance, $30 at the door, includes wine reception and a panel of models who participated in The Diverse Bodies Project
RSVP: Space is somewhat limited, so we encourage pre-paying at our EventBrite link
If you plan to attend but aren’t paying in advance, please register at http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/EventRSVP to help us with catering this special event

Join us for a cocktail party and a close encounter with the Diverse Bodies Project!

The Diverse Bodies Project is a photo-interview series celebrating diverse bodies! It seeks to broaden our view of what is beautiful and delve into the ways we see ourselves and others. The team intentionally brings together queer, straight, young, old, different races, body types, nationalities, and more to create an inclusive project focused on highlighting that diversity includes us ALL. Each individual interview delves into the relationship and unique experiences that the participants have with their bodies to create a project highlighting both the physical and the internal.

We’ll hear from a panel of participants from the Diverse Bodies Project speaking to queer and trans representation in the book. Attendees will have the opportunity to see previews of this beautiful work and there will be mini-book versions available.

The panel will run from 7 to 7:45 and we’ll have wine and light nibbles before and after.

Thanks to our hosts, Princeton’s Martin Kaminer, Princeton BTGALA’s Shawn Cowls and Diverse Bodies’ Yael Rosenstock!

http://btgala.tigernet.princeton.edu/190612NYC

Exploring & Rafting the Western Grand Canyon With a DGALA Guide!

While Road Scholar welcome LGBT families with open arms, DGALA member Victoria Allen ’06 will be the guide for one of their family-friendly educational trips at western Grand Canyon this year, June 18th-23rd.

https://www.roadscholar.org/find-an-adventure/9878/exploring-and-rafting-the-western-grand-canyon-with-your-family

If you’ve never been to the Grand Canyon and want to experience it with a little bit of adventure alongside grandparents, or kids, this trip is perfect for you!

NYC: LBT Women’s Ivy Plus GALA Mixer at the Yale Club (5/10/19)

Hosted by Yale GALA, Inc., Natasha of Yale GALA, Inc. and the Yale Club of New York City

Catch up with old friends at meet new ones, at the 11th annual LBT Women’s Mixer at the beautiful Yale Club of NYC.

We will be in the Grand Ballroom (floor 20), the largest room at the Club and NEWLY RENOVATED, with beautiful neoclassical architecture, an ornate, decorative ceiling, and nice city views.  The Yale Club is the largest Private Club in the world.

Last year over 475 women RSVPed and 300+ women attended.

Enjoy an open bar (beer, wine, soda & juice) – and a bounteous buffet of hors d’oeuvres (hot and cold, including a 3’ tall chocolate fondue fountain, fruit, vegetables, cheese, dessert, meats and more) while you mingle. We invite women from Yale, the Ivy League, Seven Sisters, Stanford, NYU, Duke, UVA, Georgetown, Williams, Amherst, UCLA, University of Chicago, William and Mary and their smart friends from any school for this spectacular evening!  Everyone is welcome to attend.

WHEN: Friday, May 10, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
WHERE: Yale Club of New York City – 50 Vanderbilt Ave, New York, NY
COST: $45 cash at the door, $20 students (any school with valid student ID). Yale Club members may charge their accounts $35 in advance.  Parents may bring children for $20 each (under 3 free). Includes an open bar of beer, wine, soda and juice plus sizable food buffet. Must be 21+ years old to drink.

For more details and to RSVP (required by May 9), see http://www.yalegala.org/2019YaleClubWomensMixer.

NYC: Spring Fling at the Ritz Bar (5/18/19)

Princeton BTGALA Presents…
LGBTQ Spring Fling!
Co-hosted by Yale GALA, Harvard GSC, Columbia Pride

WHEN: Saturday, May 18, 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
WHERE: The Ritz Bar – 2nd floor, 369 W 46th St, New York NY 10036 (Between 8th and 9th Aves)
COST: $5, Cash Bar, $5 vodka drinks all evening
Free admission for current students age 21+ with their university ID cards
RSVP: Please fill out our RSVP Form

We’re returning to the Ritz in Hell’s Kitchen for another great event! We’ll have the 2nd floor to ourselves! We’ll also $5 vodka specials just for us for the whole event, so come early and stay late as we celebrate spring! Shed the cold weather clothes and put on a tank top or t-shirt for this informal and a little bit wild party!

FFR/Princeton BTGALA is hosting and we especially invite all of our Ivy League, Seven Sisters, NYU, Stanford, Duke, UVA, U Chicago, Georgetown, Boston College, Amherst, USC, Emory, ND/SMC, Tufts and Military Academy friends. Our friends and loved ones from other schools are welcome as well! Alumni, faculty, staff, and students (21+) are welcome.

Thanks to our host Shawn Cowls of Princeton BTGALA and to our cohosts
– Michael Sin, Columbia Pride

NYC: Summer LGBT Party at the Rubin (7/19/19)

Princeton BTGALA & the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton
Cohosted by Cornell U GALA, PennGALA, Columbia Pride, Harvard GSC, Yale GALA, Northwestern U GALA, the Duke LGBT Network, Stanford Pride & UVA Serpentine Society, Dartmouth GALA

NYC’s LGBTQ alumni groups are returning to the Rubin Museum of Art for our summer party! Mingle with us in the lounge and lobby, have a seat and chat downstairs, and visit the galleries of the museum! The galleries are open and free to all from 6PM. Our events at the Rubin Museum of Art bring out a great mix of men and women of all races. We expect a great crowd, so come out and join us at one of our most special events of the year!

WHEN: Friday, July 19 at 6 PM – 10 PM
WHERE: Rubin Museum of Art – 150 W 17th St, New York, NY
RSVP: Requested – your RSVP helps us in our efforts to properly staff the event, so please fill out our RSVP Form

Please enter through the main entrance and check in in the lobby.

The museum is providing two tours of the museum, one leaving at 7 and the other leaving at 8. The tours are a half-hour long, are first-come, first-served and limited to 20 people for each tour.

Princeton BTGALA is hosting and we invite all of our Ivy League, Seven Sisters, NYU, Stanford, Duke, UVA, Georgetown, Amherst, Boston College and Notre Dame / SMC friends. Alumni, faculty, staff, and students are welcome and we particularly welcome our Asian alumni at this popular event! Thanks to our host, Shawn Cowls of Princeton BTGALA who organized this great event, now in its 12th year!

We have two after-parties planned! The men’s afterparty will be at Boxers Chelsea at 37 W 20th St, time 8PM to 2AM. And there will again be a women’s afterparty with The QGirls. Mix and mingle with the brightest and most sophisticated professional women of the tri-state. Address: Elmos, 156 Seventh Avenue (19th and 20th). Time: 8:00pm-2:00am Cover: $10.   https://qgirlsnyc.com/

Thanks also to our co-hosts!
Diana Silverman, Princeton BTGALA
Heather Martin, Princeton BTGALA
Heather of Q Girls
Dan Welden, NYU
Michael Sonberg, Harvard GSC
Sean Pierce, Harvard GSC
Michael Sin, Columbia Pride
Alan Yu, Penn GALA
Eric De Feo, Northwestern U GALA
Cage Brewer, Duke LGBT Network
Miriam Moctezuma, Cornell U GALA
Danny Taing, Stanford Pride
Kazz Alexander, UVA Serpentine Society
Melanie Pastuck, Dartmouth GALA

DGALA 2019 Mini Reunion in Hanover

Join DGALA (Dartmouth’s LGBTQIA+ Alum Association) for all our Mini-Reunion events during the 2019 Reunions season in Hanover (June 14-16)!

RSVP Online with our Facebook Event 

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Event schedule listed below:

Friday, June 14th:

8:00 PM — 10:00 PM
DGALA Cocktails (Open Bar!)
Six South Street Bar
6 South Street, Hanover

Saturday, June 15th:

9:00 AM — 10:00 AM
DGALA Annual Reunion Breakfast with President Phil Hanlon ‘77
Hinman Forum, Rockefeller Center

3:30PM — 4:30 PM
Special DGALA-Only Hood Museum Tour from Deputy Director Juliette Bianco
Hood Museum (meet in museum lobby). New voices bring fresh perspectives to the Hood’s collection, installed in 15,000 square feet of original and new galleries. The museum’s undergraduate interns curated a special exhibition titled ‘Consent: Complicating Agency in Photography,’ drawn entirely from photographs that were acquired for the museum by Dartmouth students.

Sunday, June 16th:

10:00 AM — 11:00 AM
Triangle House Tour & Student Meet + Greet
4 North Park Street, Hanover

DGALA Boston Service Event: Lunch at Rosie’s Place

Service Event: Lunch at Rosie’s Place in Boston, MA
Sunday June 23rd, 10am-12:30pm

RSVP to DGALA Director Yeja Dunn

Rosie’s Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Their mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment that helps poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives. Today, Rosie’s Place not only provides meals and shelter but also creates answers for 12,000 women a year through wide-ranging support, housing and education services.

Rosie’s Place staff will design a menu, purchase needed ingredients and guide us through lunch meal preparation. We will then serve the prepared lunch to the Rosie’s Place Community.

Register for the event online! 

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DGALA Block @ Yankee Stadium: Dartmouth Football vs. Princeton

DGALA Block @ Yankee Stadium: Dartmouth Football vs. Princeton
November 9, 2019
3:30pm – 7:00pm 
Screen Shot 2019-04-05 at 12.12.50 PMJoin DGALA for the Dartmouth Football vs. Princeton Game celebrating the college’s 250th Anniversary! We have created an exclusive link for our members and friends to purchase these tickets online. Click the link below to be taken to the ticket page, click on section 113 (you may want to zoom in with the magnifying glass icon in the top right) and select the seats you want to purchase.

Buy Tickets in Section 113 with DGALA 

These seats are only available by using this link. Other visitors will not have access to them. The link should open up a browser to the ticketing website. From there you will see at the top “Active promotions: DGALA”. (Please let me know if you do not see this.)

Or, you can call the Dartmouth Ticket Office (603-646-2466) and ask to be seated with the DGALA group in section 113.

Dartmouth TEDx featuring Rosi Kerr ’97

Dartmouth’s very own TEDx (TEDxDartmouth 2019: Living Bridges) will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2019 from 10 AM – 3 PM at Spaulding Auditorium in the Hopkins Center for the Arts. DGALA’s own Rosi Kerr ’97 will be a part of the programming!

Link to Register: https://www.tedxdartmouth.org/attend

More About Rosi Kerr ’97: Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth

Rosi Kerr is the Director of Sustainability at Dartmouth. Rosi is a Dartmouth ’97 and has a Master’s Degree in Environmental Science from Yale. Rosi unwittingly entered the energy sector at Yale when she and classmates developed a business plan to turn waste from salmon processing plants in Alaska into biofuel. That led Rosi to a series of energy start-ups, first in the commercial energy sector working for a new electricity supplier, and then in the demand side energy management market. As Sustainability Director at a sustainability and energy consulting firm called GreenerU, Rosi became convinced that universities can become innovation engines to make the world better, more efficient and more sustainable. She came to Dartmouth because she believes the College is uniquely positioned to help solve some of the most interesting challenges society faces, especially those related to energy and sustainability. Rosi has led expeditions in the Arctic, led horse-packing trips in the American west and has served on the board of Climate Ride, Vineyard Power and the Upper Valley Rowing Foundation. She lives on a farm South Strafford, Vermont with her partner and three kids.

NYC: Day of Service with Citymeals on Wheels (5/4/19)

Join DGALA for our Alumni Day of Service Project with Citymeals on Wheels!

Volunteers will be delivering meals to our homebound elderly neighbors. Volunteers should wear weather appropriate clothes and comfortable shoes as deliveries are done on foot within walking distance of the meal center. Volunteers will be given a brief orientation, route sheet instructions and meals. Volunteers will deliver in pairs or small groups. Meals are delivered RAIN or SHINE.

Project Information:
Citymeals on Wheels
Mullaly Recreation Center
1020 Jerome Avenue (between 164th & 165th St by Yankee Stadium)
Bronx, NY 10452
Saturday, May 4 – 10:30am-1:00pm

To register, please visit the Dartmouth Day of Service website.

Learn more about Citymeals on Wheels:
https://www.citymeals.org/

NYC: Fall Kickoff Dinner (9/25/18)

Our traditional post-DCNY LGBTQIA+ family dinner get together, meet & greet event! All are welcome including friends, supporters, family members, partners, significant others, etc. We’ll be upstairs!

WHEN: Tuesday, September 25 at 9pm
WHERE: Maggie’s Place – 21 E 47th St, New York, NY

(Suggestion: bring cash to settle and split the bill!)