Hi LA people! Free event opportunity here!
We have reserved 9 tickets for The Broad in March. Please RSVP on Facebook, and the first to respond will have a place held.
NY Times review: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/arts/design/review-broad-museum-los-angeles.html?_r=0
Arrive before 7pm as the group must enter together promptly at 7pm.
Questions: contact Rigel Cable – DGALA Board of Directors.
rigel.cable@gmail.com
Join DGALA in Chicago this Spring!
DGALA president Brendan Connell will be in town, so come say hello and take the opportunity to meet other members of the DGALA Chicago community. Drinks and appetizers on DGALA until the tab runs out!
April 8 at 6:00pm – 8:00pm (CDT)
Silversmith Hotel, 10 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60603
RSVP on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/915623345125724/
Tales of the City author Armistead Maupin
Date: Wednesday, January 28th
Time: 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Place: Kepler’s Books, 1010 El Camino Real, Menlo Park
It’s a rare thing for a book to capture a time and place as beautifully as Armistead Maupin’s original Tales of the City series did for 1970’s San Francisco. In the era of mood rings and discos, Maupin created a cast of characters he lovingly calls the “Logical Family” (as opposed to the biological family). Originally a newspaper serial in the San Francisco Chronicle, Maupin’s series started in 1976 and ends in 2013 with his final book, The Days of Anna Madrigal. DGALA is proud to co-sponsor this unique event with the DAASV.
http://www.daasv.org/events/#1114
To aid in the planning of this event, RSVP by January 25th. Please include the first and last name, and Dartmouth class (if applicable), of each attendee. Event costs $25 (includes signed copy of Maupin’s latest book).
DEADLINE TO GIVE: DEC 31, 2014
FUNDRAISER SET UP DEADLINE: DEC 31, 2014
Help us make business schools a great place to be for all students!
Friendfactor’s 3rd annual MBA Ally Challenge is in full swing, with 23 top US business schools competing to engage as many students as possible as allies to make their MBA programs great environments for their LGBT classmates.
To support the sustainability of the MBA Ally Challenge in 2015 and beyond, we’re inviting students, alumni, and friends to get in on the fun. Between now and Dec 31, 2014, you can contribute to Friendfactor on behalf of the school you love (or another group you feel close to), and have the chance to win prizes and props in addition to supporting your school’s commitment to equality. Details are below. Thank you for your commitment to activating allies for LGBT equality and creating spaces where every person can be proud of who they are!
HOW TO CONTRIBUTE
There are two ways you can get involved:
You can also invite your fellow alums and friends to join you in contributing to support your school or group. Just send them the direct URL link to your fundraising group page and that group will get credit for the donations you bring in!
PRIZES
To thank you and your friends for helping support the sustainability of this program, we’re giving out a number of perks for individual and group contributors:
GROUP AWARDS
INDIVIDUAL AWARDS
Reese Kelly, director of the Center for Gender and Student Engagement and interim director of the Office of Pluralism and Leadership, gives the opening address at IvyQ 2014, held at Dartmouth Nov. 6-9. (Photo by Eli Burakian ’00)
The annual conference, which has previously been held at the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Brown, Yale, and Princeton, offers a mix of workshops, forums, speeches, and events with educational, social, and networking goals. It was planned and organized by a team of Dartmouth students, who handled everything from funding to logistics to hospitality. Attendees included students from the University of Oxford, RPI, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Middlebury, Stanford, and Duke in addition to the Ivies.
“Student leaders, professional educators, performers, and advocates offered lectures, workshops, and discussions that empowered and challenged conference attendees,” says Kelly. “Due to generous support from the college and corporate sponsors, the Dartmouth IvyQ schedule boasted prominent voices on the national scene including Denice Frohman, Kim Katrin and Tiq Milan, Mara Kiesling, and the Rev. Dr. Jamie Washington.”
“As the CGSE, we are honored to have had the opportunity to support this endeavor, to engage student leaders in the process of conference organizing and community development, and to encourage critical reflection around topics of gender and sexuality,” says Kelly.
Michelle Hector, CGSE associate director, says, “Towards the end of the conference I overheard two Dartmouth students discussing how different the campus felt. They said something that students constantly reiterated throughout the conference: having so many LGBTQIA+ students on campus felt good. That made me so happy and proud of our students.”
IvyQ student chair Kelsey Weimer ’16 has received positive feedback about the conference from attendees and from “both institutional and student LGBTQIA leaders.” Dartmouth’s campus “really opened up and welcomed attendees,” she says, including 121 Dartmouth students who hosted guests. And, she says, “ideologically, the conference is progressing well, and is built to be up to speed with important social movements within the queer community.”
“We spent over six months planning this conference, and while there were struggles along the way, the planning committee went above and beyond to make the conference a success. We had amazing keynotes, informative workshops, and fun social events,” says team member Yeja Dunn ’16.
The Rev. Nancy Vogele ’85, director of Religious and Spiritual Life at the Tucker Foundation, was one of several Dartmouth community members on the conference program. Hosting the IvyQ conference this year was important for three reasons, she says.
“First, it allowed our LGBTQIA students to create and be a part of a larger LGBTQIA community. Dartmouth students loved meeting their peers from other institutions,” Vogele says. Also, she says, “a great deal of intellectual learning, debate, and networking happened. One student from Princeton took part in my workshop to get ideas for his senior thesis. Over 30 students attended a workshop given by Ethan Falleur ’16 on “What the Bible Says about Homosexuality” in order to learn in more detail from where and why opposition continues.” And finally, says Vogele, “hosting the IvyQ allowed the entire campus to think about issues of sexuality, justice, inclusion, and acceptance.”
“I think Dartmouth can benefit in a lot of ways from IvyQ,” says the conference’s finance chair. “It expands the minds of Dartmouth students to see the diversity of people out there and to learn to be less scared of them. It also helps Dartmouth as an institution by showing the visiting students and, by extension, the rest of the collegiate community that Dartmouth simply is not the scary, wild place that so many make it out to be. By ensuring this conference was funded, I hope we’ve made a difference in the lives of the attendees. IvyQ is a really unique opportunity for people to find lots of others with similar experiences and see the resources available to them.”
DGALA, the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender Alumni/ae Association, is currently seeking nominations and applications for new members for our Board of Directors. This is an exciting opportunity to stay connected to life at Dartmouth and to be deeply involved in all of DGALA’s activities, including:
– Planning and vision-setting for the organization
– Providing leadership for and participating in one or more Board projects or initiatives
– Working with the College administration on policies that affect LGBTQA alumni/ae and students
– Organizing educational, social, and professional events around the country
– Mentoring young alumni/ae and current students
– Managing DGALA’s communications with its members and others, including via web properties, social media, and email
– Sponsoring important on-campus events such as annual Pride programming, all-class reunions, and mini-reunions
The DGALA Board of Directors is extremely active and members are required to commit to a minimum level of engagement during the entirety of their terms. Minimum engagement levels are defined as:
– Participating in at least 75% of Board conference calls (usually held once a month on Saturdays)
– Playing an active leadership/co-leadership role in at least one DGALA project or initiative
– Making a financial contribution at a level that is comfortable for your budget
Prospective Board members should be aware that DGALA is a not-for-profit corporation separate and apart from the College, and that the Director role includes fiduciary responsibilities to the corporation.
Applications, nominations and questions should be emailed to DGALA at DartGala@gmail.com. To apply, please submit a resume and brief cover letter outlining your interest in serving on the DGALA Board on or before December 8, 2014. In outlining your interest in serving on the DGALA Board, please discuss the following:
– Specific DGALA initiatives that are of interest to you, and why
– Other Dartmouth alumni leadership, Non-Profit or Board experience
– How you plan to align your commitment to DGALA as a director with your schedule
– Anything special about your candidacy that we should consider
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DGALA Mission:
The Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association (DGALA) strives to foster community between and among the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Allied (GLBTQA) alumni/ae of the College by furthering the intellectual, social, cultural and educational well-being of GLBTQA alumni/ae and students and providing the College and the greater College community with active support in matters of mutual concern.
DGALA also aims to enhance the experience of GLBTQA persons at Dartmouth and support the College’s commitment to diversity by fostering communications between and among GLBTQA alumni/ae and students, faculty, staff, administrators, the other affiliated groups and the College community as a whole.
To learn more about DGALA, visit dgala.com
Dartmouth Now article, published November 17, 2014, “Experiencing a More Inclusive Dartmouth” by Caroline Kerr ’05
S. Caroline Kerr ’05 serves as president of DGALA, the Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Alumni/ae Association.
I savor those rare moments that are pinnacles of community. Moments when you have time to pause, reflect, and celebrate a community’s history, present, and future. Dartmouth’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied community is marking historic milestones this fall and enjoying many of these moments.
Over the weekend of Oct. 31 through Nov. 2, DGALA, Dartmouth’s LGBTQIA alumni association, celebrated its 30th anniversary with an all-class reunion that brought more than 200 alumni, students, faculty, staff, spouses, partners, and friends together in Hanover. The weekend events included the celebration of Triangle House, a new Living and Learning Community that supports LGBTQIA students.
The DGALA anniversary provided many moments when Dartmouth’s past and future came together. For some alumni, this was the first return to campus in decades, as their own time in Hanover was painful. One alumnus shared with me that he came to Dartmouth as a legacy, hoping to love the College as much as his father and his classmates had. Dartmouth wasn’t a welcoming place for him, and he described feeling cheated out of that storied Dartmouth experience. But this alumnus, along with others who suffered here as students, keeps coming back. Their resilience is remarkable, and they enjoyed a weekend of events and a community that embraced them. Some encountered a Dartmouth that they could proudly reclaim.
Alumni were welcomed back to campus by the rainbow lights shining on Blunt Alumni Center, with a DGALA banner and rainbow pride flag flying from the front. The weekend began with a reception hosted by President Phil Hanlon ’77 at Rauner Special Collections Library. The special collections team pulled articles, programs, and other items out of the archives that spanned gay history at Dartmouth between 1900 and 2014. Jim Noonan ’01 and Jimmy McNicholas ’01 took the stage in Collis and performed their fabulous Dartmouth Halloween show, Go Big Queen!, to a packed audience of students, alumni, and staff.
On Saturday morning we started early with a hike up to the fire tower on Gile Mountain in Norwich. Associate Professor of Government Sonu Bedi gave a lively talk on the future of civil marriage. Mid-day, the group convened at Triangle House, a place where LGBTQIA and allied students can spend time talking about topics related to their community, intellectual life, and social justice.
The first residents of the house moved in this fall, and the opening ceremony celebrated the long road to making Triangle House a reality, including the role alumni have played, from advocating for its existence, to serving on planning committees, to raising more than $500,000 to date to support construction and almost $90,000 for programming—a figure that exceeded the initial $500,000 goal for construction only. The ceremony and sheer existence of the house constitute a historic moment for Dartmouth, and a most moving one for alumni.
The day continued with a talk by Eric Fanning ’90, a member of DGALA and undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force. The event was the result of a collaboration between DGALA and the Dartmouth Uniform Service Alumni group (DUSA). We then enjoyed a special tour of the Hood Museum exhibit “Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties,” and wrapped up the evening with an awards gala at which several alumni were honored. Pete Williams ’76 received the Hero Award for his exceptional dedication and decades of service as DGALA’s secretary and treasurer. Lee Merkle-Raymond ’86 received the Leadership Award as one of DGALA’s early leaders and the first female president. Amanda Rosenblum ’07 and Laura Erickson-Schroth Med ’09 received the Vanguard Award for their groundbreaking work Trans Bodies, Trans Selves.
Sunday morning began with a celebratory service at the Top of the Hop, led by the Rev. Nancy Vogele ’85, DGALA member and director of Religious and Spiritual Life at the College. The Rockapellas performed Born This Way, Ella’s Song, and Same Love, with lyrics by rapper Angel Haze.
A member of the group spoke about how important it was to her to have alumni back on campus. Our presence, she said, helps make the College a place where she can be her full self. Andrew Nalani ’16 spoke as a straight man from Uganda whose own views have evolved over time. He gave a beautiful blessing, and we closed the weekend with a brunch and community forum discussing what’s next for DGALA.
At moments like these, I see Dartmouth at its best: innovative and inclusive. I look forward to many more in the future.
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Original Article: http://now.dartmouth.edu/2014/11/vox-populi-experiencing-a-more-inclusive-dartmouth
Got Something to Say? Members of the Dartmouth community are invited to submit essays for possible publication on Dartmouth Now. Email essays to:dartmouth.now@dartmouth.edu.
We would like to thank so many of you for attending our 2014 All Class Reunion in Hanover! Please take our brief post-reunion survey (regardless of whether you attended) to let us know about your experience: Survey Link
All Class Reunion Photos: If you have Reunion photos that you would like to share, please either post on Facebook or send them to dgala2014reunion@gmail.com so that we can host them on our page. Existing photos from the weekend can also be found on the DGALA Flickr and DGALA Facebook pages.
Board of Directors Elections: We will be holding Board of Directors elections in December of 2014. If you are interested in running for the Board and would like to see a full job description, please contact us at dartgala@gmail.com. Information about the current Board of Directors can be found at: dgala.com/about/board
Triangle House Giving: Additionally, there is also still time to contribute to Triangle House Dartmouth’s new LGBTQIA Living and Learning Community. Give online before the November 30th contribution deadline! (leadership level of $2,500+ for inclusion on the plaque)
Dartmouth GALA, Stanford Pride, Cornell U GALA, Harvard GLC, and FFR/Princeton BTGALA Present…
An LGBT Intercollegiate Fall Alumni Mixer
Denver, CO
WHEN: Wednesday, October 15, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
WHERE: Denver Bicycle Cafe, 1308 E 17th Ave, Denver, CO 80218
COST: No Cover, Cash Bar & Food
RSVP: Please RSVP at http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/AlternateEmail.html
Join Ivy+ LGBTQ alumni and friends for local craft brews, coffee, and conversation at Denver Bicycle Cafe. Friends, partners, and significant others welcome! Please RSVP using the link above.
Co-sponsored by Stanford Pride, Cornell U GALA, Harvard GLC, Dartmouth GALA, and FFR/Princeton BTGALA.
Details: http://tigernet.princeton.edu/~ffr-gala/Events2014/141015CO.html
Dartmouth to Host IvyQ in Fall 2014
Dartmouth will host IvyQ on Nov 6-9, 2014, the weekend after the DGALA All-Class Reunion (Oct 31-Nov 2). The student planning committee is seeking alum participation:
IvyQ is an annual undergraduate conference focused on issues of gender, sexuality, identity, and leadership and is open to students throughout the Ivy League. Through meaningful and diverse programming and community-building, IvyQ aims to create an intercollegiate community of LGBTQ students and allies equipped with the skills to examine self-identities, value those of others, and understand the importance of intersectionality. While empowering all students to feel confident in their identities and their potential to instill positive change in their own lives and the communities they inhabit, IvyQ stresses the acknowledgment of our institutional privilege and seeks lasting social change for LGBTQ communities.
Landed: Together in Canada by Sarah Foy ’01
The Landed exhibition opens on May 28 with the launch of DOC NOW, the Ryerson University documentary media festival. Landed is also an official affiliate event of WorldPride 2014 Toronto, and will be in the Emerging Artists Project gallery at the Elgin and Winter Garden Theatre Centre, May 24 to June 29. For gallery hours and more information, visit: www.landedtogether.ca.
What was the inspiration for Landed: Together in Canada?
“I am an American, and in 2009, I fell in love with a non-American. At the time, U.S. federal law did not recognize same-sex marriage, and it did not permit U.S. citizens to sponsor their same-sex partners for permanent residence in the U.S. For my partner and me, this meant that our only viable option was to leave the U.S. when her student visa expired in 2012. We left our home, our community of friends and family, and our jobs and professional networks for the hope of finding a permanent home together.
“Fortunately in our case, my partner is Canadian. Because the Canadian government recognizes same-sex relationships, it was fairly straightforward for me to begin the process of immigrating to Canada as her partner. For many binational couples, the situation is far more complex because neither partner is from a country that recognizes same-sex relationships. Within a couple of weeks of my arrival in Canada, I met another couple who landed here for this reason. This inspired me to find as many couples as I could who immigrated to Canada because they could not live together in the U.S. I ended up identifying over 50 couples (including one who contacted me after reading about my project on the WorldPride website), 17 of whom I interviewed and photographed for Landed.”
Future plans:
“I am in the process of thinking through how I might continue to work on my thesis project. I would love to arrange for an exhibition of Landed in a gallery in the U.S. I may also seek funding to expand the project, e.g., to same-sex binational couples without a connection to the U.S. (or Canada), or to LGBT individuals who have sought refuge in Canada because it is too dangerous or difficult for them to live in their own countries.”
Nancy Vogele ’85 Profile & Interview
In December 2012 the Reverend Nancy Vogele ’85, an Episcopal Priest, was named by the Tucker Foundation to become Director of Religious and Spiritual Life at Dartmouth. Prior to joining the Foundation, Nancy served almost twenty years in Episcopal parish ministry, most recently as Rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in White River Junction for over a decade. Nancy was a Director and Vice President of DGALA from 2000 to 2003, and served as co-chair of DGALA’s first all-class reunion in the fall of 2002. She was appointed in 2008 to serve on the Vermont Commission on Family Recognition and Protection to study same-sex marriage in Vermont. The Commission’s findings were instrumental in Vermont’s landmark legislation granting marriage equality to all.
Would you tell us a bit about the Tucker Foundation and your role in it?
The Tucker Foundation began in the mid 1950s as the moral and spiritual authority of the College. Today it is Dartmouth’s Center for Service, Spirituality, and Social Justice. We literally have thousands of students engaged each year with our many programs. I am currently the Director of Religious and Spiritual Life. In addition to overall Foundation work, I focus providing programming and one-on-one work that helps students (and others) who are interested to grow deeper in their faith as well as multi-faith programming that help foster an appreciation and knowledge of the role faith plays in peoples’ lives (on campus, across the country, and throughout the world). One part of my role is that I oversee about two dozen student religious groups and their 30+ advisors.
What’s it like to be back at Dartmouth and working with students?
I love working with students! Even when I was a local parish priest, Pam Misener would contact me whenever she thought a student could benefit from talking with me. Now, I spend a good portion of my time working directly with students. I feel this helps me keep perspective on the administrative part of my position! The Dartmouth students I work with are so smart, energetic, creative, and deeply
Are there any parts of your current role that you find particularly enjoyable or moving?
Working with students. During Winter Term, I also shepherded another group into being: “Journey Inward, Journey Outward.” This group, started by two international students, is designed to help fellow students explore what is at their core that brings vitality to their lives and then how to live from the place of vitality. I’m their “elder” (!) and I don’t mind the term because the student who gave me the title is from Uganda where elders are respected.
What opportunities do you have to collaborate with colleagues across campus?
During Winter Term, I co-facilitated an Intergroup Dialogue on sexuality with 10 students. Our IGD met for 2 hours each week – which is a big time commitment for students and the facilitators. But it was so worth it. Together we learned about gender and sexuality and shared our life stories. Students got to be real and themselves and really appreciated being able to have a safe and brave space to explore these issues. This program was developed through the Office of Pluralism and Leadership (OPAL). I interact with these wonderful people on a weekly basis. Since it is just my nature to be about campus collaborating with other departments and folks, I think I spend ½ my time doing this. I am part of the Orientation Committee for next fall’s incoming call of 2018; I am a member of the search committee for a staff position in OPAL; I talk with a lot of people across campus about mindfulness and meditation; and am always looking for possible new partners and friends. It’s great to have so many here at Dartmouth.
What changes have you observed in the climate for LGBT individuals at Dartmouth, from when you were a student, through when you were a DGALA leader, through today?
First of all, when I was a student – way back when (1981-1985), there was VERY little in terms of LGBT support. There was no OPAL; no IDE (Institute of Diversity and Equity). There probably was some sort of Gay-Lesbian student group, but I didn’t know about it. All I know if that I went to a frat with a gay friend of mine and while I was using the restroom, he got kicked out of the party. There was no one to register a complaint with. Today, there is a way to anonymously register such a complaint (a “bias incident report”) on-line (another thing we didn’t have when I was a student – believe it or not!!). There is an advisor for LGBTQ students, a Center for Gender and Student Engagement, a Gender Neutral Living and Learning community, and a soon to be opened Triangle House. And there are official policies against discriminating along sexual orientation or gender lines. None of this was present when I was a student. There was also no DGALA acting on behalf of the students and the College. DGALA is a very important and powerful alumni group and we use our power judiciously and well. We must never take this for granted but also shirk from the responsibility was have to be a voice of inclusion for all.
What are your hopes for LGBT students at Dartmouth today?
Like all students, I hope their Dartmouth experience will help them think in totally new ways about this world we live in and how it operates as well as about themselves: Who are they? Who do they want to be? What gives them a sense of vitality and purpose? What brings them deep joy?
What are you looking forward to regarding DGALA’s 30th?
I can’t wait to see other LGBTQ alumni and all the smiles and laughter that happens when we all come together. I only went to one of my class reunions and ended up hanging out with all the queer alums from the various class reunions. I realized, at least for me, the DGALA reunions were the most positive way for me to reconnect with other alums and enjoy each other’s company. It will also be great for everyone to see the finished Triangle Office and getting to interact with alums and students involved in this effort.
The Spring 2014 GREEN LIGHT is now available online! View our latest newsletter here: Spring 2014.
The GREEN LIGHT is the official newsletter of The Dartmouth Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Alumni/ae Association
Special focus in the latest GREEN LIGHT on upcoming DGALA events:
MINI REUNION: JUNE 13-14, 2014
ALL-CLASS REUNION October 31-November 2, 2014
Edited by Pete Williams ’76
e-mail: DartGALA@gmail.com
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