Dumbledore's "Secret"

For those of you who are Potter fans (even if you're not...this is quite interesting):

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071021/ap_en_ot/books_potter_dumbledore

Community Service Opportunity

Looking for a community service opportunity?

Come join your fellow Broomies for:

Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon Folding Party!

When: This Thursday, October 25th @9:30pm
Where: Room 604

We will be making little pink ribbons and attaching them to Self-Exam tip sheets to help educate women (and men) about how to be pro-active in detecting breast cancer in its earliest stages.

The ribbons and self-exam tips will be placed in the lobby for all to take.

Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches will be served!

**This program is open to all streams and it COUNTS towards your 15 hours of community service for the semester!!**

Anti-abortion clinics pose as pro-choice advocates

Hi guys! I just got an e-mail over the gender and sexuality listserv. I thought its content would be relevant to our stream so here is the jist: anti-abortion clinics in the US have been posing as "pro-choice" and advertising their counseling services to trick or persuade women into carrying out their pregnancies. I'm posting the e-mail with the links to some articles here, but I would strongly encourage you guys to go on http://prochoice.com/ and see how they portray adoption under the pretenses of being pro-choice. As the termination of "an unborn child's" (they mock the use of "embryo" and "fetus" and call these terms "Orwellian" in nature) life in an environment where it feels "safe" and I believe they used the word "happy". They also call abortion "murder" and use all kinds of gruesome terms to describe it.
I was shocked not at the existance of such groups, but at their posing as "pro-choice" impartialites. Here is the e-mail:

"Here are some articles about Anti Abortion Crisis Centers and also some names of AACC nearby, just so you can see that they are right here around us. Best, Sophie

http://www.fwhc.org/abortion/fake.htm

http://alternet.org/rights/35545/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/08/AR2006090801967_pf.html "

I think regardless of your stance on the abortion rigthts pro-life pro-choice issue, you will agree with me that women should not be duped or coerced into making decisions they do not want to make.

Corina

Safe Zone is a Smash!

I believe a HUGE congratulations is in order for Alex, one of our amazing Peer Educators here at Broome Street for having a successful program with the Safe Zone Training Session! The event was so informative and fun. Above all, it was so well put together and truly "safe" for everyone to share their thoughts and questions. The presentation was extremely engaging, and the student turn-out was phenomenal! Thank you to all who participated in this event! It was truly a success. Enjoy your weekend!

-Holly

Safe Zone Training Session Here at Broome Street!

Interested in doing more to show your support for the LGBT Community?

Then come join your stream, peer educators, and respresentatives from the Office of LGBT Student Services at:

Safe Zone Training Session, Here at Broome Street!

When: Friday, October 19th 6:30-9:30pm

Where: The Broome Room

**You MUST R.S.V.P. to Peer Educator Alex LoPinto at ajl341@nyu.edu by Wednesday, October 17th if you wish to participate in this event!**

Dinner Will Be Served For All Who Attend

--This Event is Open to ALL Streams--

Gender, Race, and the 2008 Election

*May be of interest for Big Ideas Stream as well.

GENDER, RACE, AND THE 2008 ELECTION

Presented by the NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality

October 16, Tuesday
6 to 7:30 PM

“Are Americans ready to elect a woman or a black man as president?”

A panel discussion with:

Kenyon Farrow, co-editor of Letters from Young Activists: Today's Rebels Speak Out

Richard Kim, Associate Editor, The Nation

Tavia Nyong’o, Performance Studies, NYU

Marianna Torgovnick, English, Duke University

19 University Place, Great Room, 1st Floor
between 8th Street and Waverly Place

This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.

Sign language interpretation services WILL be provided.
If you need other accommodations, please let us know as soon as possible.

For more information, please call 212-992-9540 or email gender.sexuality@nyu.edu .

Like A Virgin

The Gender and Sexuality Stream Presents...

Like A Virgin

Come join your stream for food, dessert, and a rousing discussion about virginity, asexuality, hypersexuality, and what it means to be "a virgin" in society today.

When: Tuesday, October 9th @8pm

Where: The Broome Room

**This Event is Open to ALL Streams**

Links To Check Out

Hello Gender and Sexuality Streamers!

Jon Wetter, one of our awesome stream memebers has stumbled upon some articles of interest for us to check out. I STRONGLY urge you all to read these- as they contain some very warped insight to gay and heterosexual lifestyles and cultures. **Please note, some of the information in these articles may be considered "hurtful" or "stereotypical" and is being posted on this site SOLELY for us to view through an academic lens. Members of NYU, Residential Education, and the Broome Street Residential College faculty, staff, and residents do not necessarily share the ideas and opinions expressed in these articles.** The opinions in these articles serve as just a few of the many reasons why streams like ours and learning environments such as those here in the Broome Street Residential College exist- because as members of these learning communites, we have the intelligence to see, question, challenge, and make some changes!!
I am hoping that maybe we could get together sometime in the near future to have an open discussion about these articles.

Excellent find, Jon! We appreciate it!

Have a great week!

Links:

http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/02/24/he-man-woman-haters-club-explains-homophobia

http://townhall.com/columnists/DougGiles/2007/02/24/i%e2%80%99m_not_homophobic;_i%e2%80%99m_chick-o-centric

Adrienne Rich Reading tonight

Those of you who are interested in attending the Adrienne Rich reading at Columbia tonight at 8:00, we're going to meet outside of Broome at 6:45 and take the subway up to the reading. If you want to come on your own, see email I sent with directions. Hope to see you tonight!

info for event:
http://calendar.columbia.edu/sundial/webapi/get.php?vt=detail&id=16342&con=embedded&br=ais