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A buse T raining O ffered
ori B. Girshick, author of the newly pub
lished book Woman-to-Woman Sexual Vio
lence: Does She Call It Rape.’, will conduct a train
ing on the subject of woman-to-woman sexual
violence and battering Oct. 21 in Ashland.
Based on the most recent research, the ses
sion will address many related topics, including
documenting the problem, denial in the broad
er society and within the lesbian community,
survivors’ actions and needs, programming and
agency issues, language and outreach recom
mendations. A n open discussion will follow.
The training will be held from 8:30 a.m. to
2 p.m. in the Rogue River Room at Southern
Oregon University’s Stevenson U nion, 1250
Siskiyou Blvd. The cost is $25 for adults and $ 10
for students.
To register contact Evangeline Simmons at
541'864-8725 or
evangeliries@community-iuorks. org.
A gency P resents A ward
he Community Health Partnership pre-
I sented the 2002 Public H ealth Genius
Award to Lori Buckwalter during a breakfast
meeting Oct. 10 at the M ultnomah A thletic
Club. The executive director of It’s Time, O re
gon! received an unrestricted award of $5,000
“for her compassion, dedication, achievement
and commitment to social justice in behalf of
transgendered people in the city of Portland and
elsewhere,” chairman Paul Cosgrove said.
Agency officials report her advocacy has
October IB, 2002
resulted in lasting changes to both local and
national law enforcement and public safety initia
tives, public health policies and civil rights ordi
nances. They say her volunteer work has made a
profound difference in the dignity, health and
safety of individuals and the entire community.
Buckwalter played a key role in working with
both the city of Portland and M ultnomah
County to expand civil rights protections to
cover gender identity. She is employed by Kaiser
Permanente, where she has made substantial
contributions to the company’s handbook on
Culturally Competent Care: Lesbian, Gay, Bisex
ual and Transgendered Population.
In presenting the award, M ultnomah C oun
ty Commissioner Serena Cruz said: “Sometimes
we are lucky enough to have a citizen who can
illuminate a problem and who will work with
government and the community to create a
remedy.... Buckwalter has taken the private
injustices and discrim ination that she had
endured and channeled her passion towards
establishing rights and protections for others
who face the same discrimination.”
Buckwalter is donating half of her $5,000
award to Outside In, a Portland agency support
ing homeless and runaway youth, particularly
queer kids. Powell’s Books responded by m atch
ing the gift of $2,500 to the nonprofit, and sex
reassignment surgeon Toby Meltzer’s office
made a contribution as well.
C o u n ty C reates
C ultural C ommittee
ultnomah County Commissioner Maria
Rojo de Steffey recently appointed mem
bers to the new Cultural Coalition Planning
Committee, which will be responsible for “set-
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ting up guidelines for
future arts representa
tion” in the region and
“ensuring humanities”
for O regon’s future,
said member Tony
Stroh, Portland Gay
M en’s Chorus execu
tive director.
W ith 15 representa
tives from various arts,
heritage and hum ani
ties organizations, the
com m ittee will be
developing guidelines
for delegating money
from the Oregon C ul
tural Trust, which aims
to raise significant new
funds to invest into the
state’s arts, humanities
and heritage. The plan
was launched when
Gov. John Kitzhaber Tony Stroh and Multnomah County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey
signed House Bill 2923 warm up for AIDSWalk02 on Sept. 21 at Pioneer Courthouse Square
into law last year.
“The individuals on the planning committee
Association, Oregon Museum of Science and
will be asked to develop a local cultural plan and
Industry, Portland State University, Oregon
establish a local cultural coalition,” Rojo said.
Folk Life, Oregon Council for the Humanities,
“T he Oregon Cultural Trust will give funds to
A rtists Repertory T heatre and M ultnom ah
the [coalition] each year; using their plan, the
C ounty Public Library. PG M C is the only
[coalition] will decide how these funds are allo specifically gay organization on the roster.
cated locally.”
The nominations will be forwarded to the
Committee nominations span a wide range
Oregon Cultural Trust for final approval. “W ith
of organizations, including Portland C enter for
M ultnomah C ounty’s vibrant arts and cultural
the Performing Arts, Miracle Theatre, N orth community, it is imperative we take advantage
west Business for Culture and Arts, Regional
of this incredible opportunity,” Rojo said.
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