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nTîTiTTTÏÏTTSSlnews The cost is $3. Plenty of teachers, adult friends and other volunteers will he oh site to ensure everyone’s safety. Performers include Gordon Mellot, aka Ash ley Diamond; about five performers from a semi- professional company in Salem, including the former Mr. Gay Oregon; and a professional standup comedian and friends from Portland, most likely impersonating Diana Ross and the Supremes. Organizers promise the entertainers will be hilarious. The opening speaker is Linda Klinge, the new president of Oregon’s National Organiza tion for Women. The event also will have an information table about AFTER 8, a lesbian, gay and hi education and advocacy group serving Benton and Linn counties. F our M onths a n d C o u n t in g U n t i l D a y o f S il e n c e E ugene V o lu n t eer s : S h ow Y o u r P r id e F u n d -R a is e r B e n e f it s C o r v a l l is PFLAG I T lanning already is under way for the June 22, he Gay-Straight Alliance at Crescent Val 2002, Eugene Pride Day Festival. To encour- i ley High School in Corvallis is planning a age wider participation, an open meeting will be fund-raiser for Parents, Families and Friends of held from 1 to 3 p.m. Jan. 6 at the Eugene Water Lesbians and Gays. and Electric Board Community Rixim, 500 E. The “Red Carpet Drag Show and Dance” Fourth St. will he held Dec. 22 at Oddfellows Hall, Eugene Pride Day is created and run by vol 223 S.W. Second St. Dx>rs open at 7 p.m., the drag show will run from 8 to about 9:30, and unteers. It relies on individual donations and dancing will follow until midnight. sponsorships to make the annual celebration possible. Coming in drag is recommended but not required. However, dancers should leave their For more information call 541 '342-1490. i high heels at home. I'LL GIVE YOU WHAT YOU NEED THE MOST no matter what it is •rt*e B rokeT MSOC M a * * * 6' , „o v»«v e l^ * U'° ix p 6 _ ,'S nt I can heal your life and any afflictions, answer your questions, and organize fate. $ 20 0 /n o u r t e n eir tW e Gravity Jade EFFECTIVE HEALER & PERFECT SAINT 503 - 228-0433 Call for appointment or more information he Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network announced Dec. 10 it is leading the coordination of the Day of Silence Project, which will take place April 10, 2002. It is the largest youth-run gay, lesbian, hi and trans action in the country. Started in 1996 at University of Virginia, the project has students take a vow of silence to protest the discrimination faced by sexual minorities. Instead of speaking, participants hand out cards printed with a message explain ing why they have chosen not to talk. The project now occurs in hundreds of high schools and colleges across the country. Past par ticipants in Oregon include high schools in Bend, Forest Grove, Philomath and Eugene as T well as colleges in Ashland and Monmouth. “Our hope is that the Day of Silence Project allows schools to hear the powerful voices of stu dents who protest discrimination against LGBT people,” said Chris Tuttle, national student organizer. “The Day of Silence Project can be a tremendously powerful launching pad for youth to make a concrete difference in their school communities.” For more information visit the Internet site uxitc. day of silence. crrg. S a fe S c h o o l s C o a l i t io n E x p a n d s r 'j he Safe Schools Coalition— which has I been addressing the needs of Washington state’s gay, lesbian, hi and trans youth for a decade— has broken onto the national scene. In an effort to end the isolation of gender- nonconforming kids and their families through out the country, the organization has launched five new publications and two new Web sites. They offer training ideas, curriculum suggestions and links to thousands of brochures and posters, many of them free. The new publications include the third edi tion— the first to he national— of the Safe Schools Resource Guide ; the first-ever Washington State Supplement to the Resource Guide; and the first-ever youth edition of the guide, The Safe School 'Zine, containing most of the same resources as the educators’ materials as well as students’ own poetry, essays and art. Also hot off the presses are brochures about the coalition’s shift from a statewide to a national group as well as a one about its intervention services. R etirement I s N ot T he T ime T o R ealize Y ou C a n ’ t R etire . There’s no time like the present to plan for the future. 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