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		<title>NJPAC’S Alternate Routes Series  Annual GLBT FESTIVAL: WORK! A BIG OL’ GAY DANCE PARTY, Friday, May 6 HIP HOP: OUT, LOUD &amp; PROUD V, Saturday, May 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 04:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NJPAC'S Annual GLBT FESTIVAL May 6-7]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><div id="attachment_799" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 204px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/LGBT2011_wincard-nocrops_1-194x300.jpg" title="LGBT2011_wincard-nocrops_1" width="194" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-799" /><p class="wp-caption-text">May 6 &#038; 7 - NJPAC’S Alternate Routes Series  Annual GLBT FESTIVAL </p></div><strong>NEWARK, N.J., April 29, 2011</strong> – NJPAC’s Alternate Routes series returns to Newark for its annual two-day GLBT festival, opening with Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party, an event that takes place on the stage and under the lights of the Arts Center’s Victoria Theater, featuring a performance by Vogue Evolution from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew and dancing to house music by Newark’s own DJ Naeem Johnson.   Night two heralds the return of the annual audience-pleaser, Out, Loud &#038; Proud V, a night of spoken word focusing on sexuality with performances by international folk poet Alix Olson and Brave Soul Collective.  The evening will also feature the premiere of a new work by guest curator and host Pandora Scooter.<span id="more-798"></span></p>
<p>Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party takes place onstage in NJPAC’s <div id="attachment_801" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Vogue-Evolution-049348-150x150.jpg"  title="Vogue-Evolution-049348" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-801" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Vogue Evolution from MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew </p></div>Victoria Theater on Friday, May 6 at 7:30p.m.  Tickets are $28.  Out, Loud &#038; Proud V takes place in NJPAC’s Chase Room on Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $16.  All tickets can be purchased by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or at <a href="http://www.njpac.org">www.njpac.org</a>. Alternate Routes is made possible, in part, by American Express, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and Discover Jersey Arts.</p>
<p>OUT, LOUD &#038; PROUD V is a provocative evening featuring international spoken word artist/folk poet Alix Olson.  Olson twice headlined HBO&#8217;s <div id="attachment_805" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Alix-Olson-150x150.jpg" title="Alix Olson" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-805" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Alix Olson, spoken word artist/folk poet</p></div>Def Poetry Jam and was included in Utne Magazine&#8217;s InRadio compilation.  Since winning the National Poetry Slam with her New York City team 1998 and the OutWrite LGBT Slam in 1999, Olson co-authored Burning Down the House, published two <div id="attachment_818" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Cornelius-Jones-150x150.jpg"  title="Cornelius Jones" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-818" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Cornelius Jones</p></div> <div id="attachment_809" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Monte-Wolfe-150x150.jpg" title="Monte Wolfe" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-809" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Monte Wolfe</p></div><br />
books of poetry, produced two spoken word CD’s and an award-winning documentary, and has had her work featured in publications such as The New York Times and The Advocate as well as in dozens of anthologies and compilations. Sharing the stage with Olson will be Brave Soul Collective, an education, outreach and support organization for LGBT individuals and comprised by actor/vocalist/musician/spoken word artist Monte Wolfe, rapper/poet <div id="attachment_807" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/m-T.-West-150x150.jpg" title="m T. West" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-807" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Tim'm T. West</p></div>Tim’m T. West and actor/writer/educator/award-winning performance artist Cornelius Jones.  The goal of the collective is to help stop the spread of HIV and AIDS by using the arts as a platform for honest discussion about disease prevention, stigmas, and personal responsibility.  For more information: www.alixolson.com and www.bravesoulcollective.org.</p>
<p>Pandora Scooter, the host and guest curator of Out, Loud &#038; Proud V, is a self-identified “QUEERMAMASAPIEN,” whose words and rhymes have inspiring effects on audiences.  Her work has included everything from stand-up comedy to hip hop to folk poetry to performance art.  Scooter, will premiere a new work about coming out at the performance.  Among her numerous credits, including a critically acclaimed and timely anti-bullying work “Outwordly Fabulous,” this frequent NJPAC collaborator has performed multiple solo shows and four sold-out performances of Out, Loud &#038; Proud.   <div id="attachment_816" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/new-Pandora-1-150x150.jpg" title="new Pandora 1" width="150" height="150" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-816" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Pandora Scooter, the host and guest curator of Out, Loud &#038; Proud V</p></div>www.pandorascooter.com </p>
<p>Work! A Big Ol’ Gay Dance Party will include performances by Vogue Evolution (from MTV&#8217;s America&#8217;s Best Dance Crew) and house music by DJ Naeem Johnson, who will mix contemporary, urban-flavored tracks with dance classics in an effort to resurrect the height of the club era, including the glory days of The Paradise Garage, The Loft, and Newark’s own Zanzibar.</p>
<p>New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States.  As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city.  Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts.  NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.  Visit www.njpac.org for more information.</p>
<p>Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.</p>
<p>NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities.  For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.</p>
<p>Media Contact:  JOSH BALBER, NJPAC 973-353-8051, or jbalber@njpac.org</p>
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		<title>Forum &amp; Candlelight Vigial for Rutgers Freshman Tyler Clement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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Please join the Rutgers Community for a candlelight vigil for Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, who last week took his own life. At this event, we will discuss the devastating affects of LGBTQ bullying and the tragic loss of LGBTQ Youth to suicide. The event also seeks to provide Rutgers students [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Newark, N.J., October 1, 2010</strong> —<br />
Please join the Rutgers Community for a candlelight vigil for Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi, who last week took his own life. At this event, we will discuss the devastating affects of LGBTQ bullying and the tragic loss of LGBTQ Youth to suicide. The event also seeks to provide Rutgers students with a safe space to discuss how Rutgers University and the nation can help stop the injustice LGBTQ individuals face in our society. We hope you will attend, not only to memorialize this devastating loss, but also to engage in a necessary and urgent discussion of what we must do as proud students of Rutgers University to protect our fellow classmates from such despair, and to ensure this tragedy is never again repeated.</p>
<p>FORUM&#8230; &amp; CANDLELIGHT VIGIL<br />
Monday, October 4, 2010<br />
7:00 p.m.<br />
Paul Robeson Campus Center<br />
Essex East Lecture Hall (Room 232)<br />
350 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard</p>
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		<title>Status Is Everything HIV Testing Social Marketing Campaign Will Be Featured At the XVIII International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria July 18 – 23, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 21:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Status Is Everything Will Represent Newark At Conference in Vienna]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_739" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 253px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/SIELogoRGBFINAL1-243x300.jpg" title="SIELogoRGBFINAL" width="243" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-739" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Status Is Everything will represent Newark at the XVIII Annual International AIDS Conference in Vienna</p></div>
<p><strong>NEWARK, N.J., July 6, 2010</strong> – The African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC) is proud to announce that the XVIII International AIDS Conference taking place in Vienna, Austria July 18-23, 2010, has selected the Status Is Everything HIV testing social marketing campaign to take part in the conference poster exhibition on July 19, 2010. The AAOGC poster is titled, “Creating a social marketing campaign targeting African American men who have sex with men (MSM) in Newark, New Jersey, in an effort to increase HIV rapid testing within a high risk population.” AAOGC is the only agency funded by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, selected to take part in the six-day conference.<br />
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“Our campaign is making a difference in Newark, which is the nationally and internationally recognized epicenter of HIV infections in New Jersey. This is a tremendous opportunity for the AAOGC to be among international leaders in HIV research and prevention and it’s an international kudos to our agency for advancing HIV prevention strategies in Newark, NJ among high risk populations,” states Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director of the African American Office of Gay Concerns.  Gary Paul Wright will be present and available to answer questions about the poster at the conference on July 19, 2010 between 12:30 pm – 2:30pm. For those who can not attend the conference, the poster will be published at a later date electronically on the conference website and as a CD-ROM.</p>
<p>Status Is Everything is a pioneering HIV testing campaign targeting African American men between the ages of 18-24 who have sex with men in the Greater Newark area. Status Is Everything is the first HIV social marketing campaign in New Jersey to combine new media and traditional media strategies including: text messaging, Twitter, Facebook, PSAs and large-scale outdoor advertising. Candidates can receive 24-hour access to local Newark-based testing centers three ways: by texting NJ and their zip code (NJ07102) to 36363, calling 1-866-HIV-CHECK, or by visiting www.statusiseverything.org. A key component to the campaigns success is featuring local African American men who self-identify as men who have sex with men, in the campaign’s original photography and PSA’s. The New Jersey Department of Health &#038; Senior Services Division of HIV/AIDS Services funds the campaign, as part of its efforts to target high-risk African American men. Results will be evaluated through the HIV Prevention Community Planning Support and Development Initiative of Rutgers University.</p>
<p>About the African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC)<br />
African American Office of Gay Concerns has a mission to serve as a resource for the well-being of men of color, inclusive of, but not limited to the gay, bisexual, transgendered and questioning communities through outreach, education and compassionate care. The African American Office of Gay Concerns is committed to delivering quality HIV/AIDS services to the Gay community in the Newark Area. We provide an array of services focused on changing individual behavior. For more information about AAOGC or “Status Is Everything”, please call 973-639-0700 or visit www.AAOGC.org.</p>
<p><strong>Media Contact: </strong> Kimberlee Williams, FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705, kwilliams@femworksllc.com</p>
<p><strong>Source: African American Office of Gay Concerns</strong></p>
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		<title>FEMWORKS Selected As The “Outstanding Small Business of the Year” By the Greater Newark Business Development Consortium</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><strong>NEWARK, N.J., June 10, 2010</strong> &#8211;  FEMWORKS is proud to announce that  it has been selected to receive two business awards, “2010 Outstanding Small Business of the Year” presented by the Greater Newark Business Development Consortium, Inc. (GNBDC), and the “Professional Ally Award”  presented by Newark Essex Pride Coalition (NEPC). </p>
<p>“FEMWORKS has distinguished itself as a leading-edge social entrepreneurial firm, with a highly valued specialty and triple bottom line focus; community, planet and profit.  Tamara Fleming and I have poured years of passion and dedication into making FEMWORKS a sustainable business model that achieves success for its clients and has a positive impact in the local community.” says Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal and Marketing Director of FEMWORKS.  <span id="more-692"></span></p>
<p>FEMWORKS principals, Tamara A. Fleming and Kimberlee S. Williams, will receive the award for  “Outstanding Small Business of the Year” at the 6th Annual Opportunities &#038; Awards Breakfast on Friday, June 18, 2010 at The Center for Law &#038; Justice, Rutgers Law School, 123 Washington St, Newark, NJ.  The event will run from 8:00AM to 11:00AM.   To attend the event in support of FEMWORKS, register at www.gnbdc.org  or call 973-242-5564.</p>
<p>In addition to receiving this regional business award, on Sunday, June 13 FEMWORKS was honored with the  “2010 Professional Ally Award” presented by the Newark Essex Pride Coalition (NEPC).  The Board of Trustees of NEPC presented this award to FEMWORKS for demonstrating service to the Greater Newark LGBTIQ community over an extended period of time, going beyond its typical scope of work and obtaining measureable achievements as a result of its service.  The Community Impact Awards were a part of the week-long Newark Essex Pride festivities June 7-13, 2010. </p>
<p><strong>About FEMWORKS, LLC</strong><br />
FEMWORKS is an integrated marketing communications firm that specializes in media that reaches multicultural consumers, building public / private partnerships, and empowering business to engage burgeoning urban markets. FEMWORKS core agency capabilities are marketing and advertising strategy, public relations, community relations, photography, social media management, graphic design and web development.  </p>
<p>FEMWORKS is a certified Small Business Enterprise, Minority Business Enterprise, and Women Owned Business Enterprise by New Jersey Commerce and the Port Authority and NY &#038; NJ.  The National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce also certify FEMWORKS as gay-owned.</p>
<p>Media Contact:  Kimberlee Williams, Principal and Marketing Director of FEMWORKS, 973-494-9705.</p>
<p><strong>Source:  FEMWORKS</strong></p>
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		<title>Clubhouse Music Enterprises and G.L.T. Arts &amp; Entertainment Presents Broadway &amp; Recording Artist Lee Truesdale Live In Concert</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:18:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 1st, Lee Truesdale, Broadway &#038; Recording Artist, Will Perform at the Key Club ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_687" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><div class="imagecaptioneasy"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/leetruesdalelive@keyclubfront2.jpeg-1-300x231.jpg" alt="Lee Truesdale" title="leetruesdalelive@keyclubfront2.jpeg-1" width="300" height="231" class="size-medium wp-image-687" /><span>Lee Truesdale</span></div><p class="wp-caption-text">Lee Truesdale performs live at the Key Club on May 1, 2010</p></div>
<p><strong>NEWARK, NJ, April 15, 2010</strong> &#8211; Clubhouse Music Enterprises and GLT Arts &#038; Entertainment presents Live in Concert Broadway &#038; Recording Artist, Lee Truesdale on Saturday, May 1, 2010 at the Key Club located at 58 Park Place, Newark, NJ.  For more information call 973-799-0306. <span id="more-685"></span></p>
<p>Who: Lee Truesdale, Broadway and Recording Artist<br />
What : Live in Concert<br />
Where: The Key Club, 58 Park Pl. / Newark, NJ (Downtown Arts District)<br />
When: May 1, 2010 (Saturday) / 8:00pm / $20.00<br />
<div class="imagecaptioneasy"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/leetruesdalelive@keyclubback2.jpeg-11-300x231.jpg" alt="leetruesdalelive@keyclubback2.jpeg-1" title="leetruesdalelive@keyclubback2.jpeg-1" width="300" height="231" class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-688" /><span>leetruesdalelive@keyclubback2.jpeg-1</span></div></p>
<p><strong>Media Contact:  973-799-0306<br />
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<strong>Source:  Clubhouse Music Enterprises and G.L.T Arts &#038; Entertainment</strong></p>
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		<title>NJPAC’S Alternate Routes Series Turns Up the Heat with Two-Day GLBT FESTIVAL</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NJPAC’S Alternate Routes Series Heat's Up with Two-Day GLBT Festival]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="attachment_662" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 237px"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Newark-Is-Burning1-227x300.jpg" width="227" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-662" /><p class="wp-caption-text">NJPAC Alternate Routes Series presents Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud and Newark Is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk</p></div>
<p><em><br />
HIP HOP: OUT, LOUD &#038; PROUD IV, April 9, 2010<br />
and<br />
NEWARK IS BURNING: CAKEWALK TO CATWALK, April 10, 2010</em></p>
<p><strong>Newark, NJ, March 17, 2010</strong>  – The New Jersey Performing Arts Center’s (NJPAC) Alternate Routes series brings to Newark a two-day GLBT festival, opening with the return of the annual audience-pleaser, Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud IV, a night of spoken word and hip hop focusing on sexuality and performed by artists of all sexual orientations, and Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk, an homage to the gender-bending high energy performances and haute couture fashions from the gay “House Ballroom Scene.”<span id="more-660"></span></p>
<p><strong>Purchase Tickets<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/9ZaiAj">Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud IV, April 9, 2010</a><br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/9LaFto">Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk, April 10, 2010</a></strong></p>
<p><strong>Artist Video and Photos:</strong><br />
 <strong>April 9 &#8211; Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud IV</strong><br />
Pandora Scooter at NJPAC -<a href="http://bit.ly/cpbBkr">&#8220;The Alphabet&#8221;</a><br />
DaLyrical &#8211;  <a href="http://bit.ly/arZ9rA">&#8220;Let me know&#8221;</a><br />
Simply Rob  &#8211;  <a href="http://bit.ly/9NrNc3">&#8220;Blind&#8221;</a><br />
JenRO &#8211; <a href="http://bit.ly/cRyG9">&#8220;Try It&#8221;</a></p>
<p><strong>April 10 &#8211; Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk</strong><br />
House Ballroom Scene &#8211; <a href="http://bit.ly/ctfIje">Photos by Frank Leon Roberts aka Father Frank Garcon</a><br />
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<p>Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud IV takes place in NJPAC’s Chase Room on Friday, April 9, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $16.   Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk takes place in NJPAC’s Victoria Theater on Saturday, April 10, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.  Tickets are $28.  All tickets can be purchased by telephone at 1-888-GO-NJPAC (1-888-466-5722), at the NJPAC Box Office at One Center Street in downtown Newark, or by visiting the NJPAC website at www.njpac.org. Alternate Routes is made possible, in part, by American Express, the Ford Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. For more information: <a href="http://www.njpac.org">www.njpac.org</a>.</p>
<p>HIP-HOP: OUT, LOUD &#038; PROUD IV is a provocative evening featuring six performing artists of different races, ethnicities and sexual orientations.  The lineup of artists revisiting their sexcapades includes Atlanta’s eclectic old school hip hop/R&#038;B/rock singer DaLyrical; Los Angeles hip hop artist JenRO, who has appeared on VH1 and MTV’s LOGO; one of the first openly gay hip hop artists, Tori Fixx; the theatrically-trained lyrical virtuosos Mayhem Poets, who blend elements of hip hop, theatre, improv and stand-up comedy to tell gut-wrenching truths; and activist and poet, Simply Rob.</p>
<p>Host and guest curator of Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud IV, is Pandora Scooter, a self-identified “QUEERMAMASAPIEN,” whose words and rhymes have inspiring effects on audiences.  Her work has included everything from stand-up comedy to hip hop to folk poetry to performance art.  Scooter, like her work, defies traditional social labels.  Her “pro-people” stance makes her an advocate on behalf of the misfits and ‘fits’ of the world.  Among her numerous credits, this frequent NJPAC collaborator has performed two solo shows, along with sold-out performances of Hip Hop: Out, Loud &#038; Proud.   <a href="http://www.pandorascooter.com">www.pandorascooter.com</a></p>
<p>NJPAC’s Alternate Routes brings to the stage a behind-the-scenes look at the culture of the &#8220;Ballroom scene&#8221; in Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk.    The &#8220;Harlem Drag Balls,&#8221; brought to mainstream audiences in the award-winning controversial 1991 documentary &#8220;Paris is Burning,”  were full of stylish competition, fabulous haute couture fashion, gender-bending runway theatrics and one- of-a -kind dance performances. Through Newark is Burning, NJPAC creates a catwalk of its own in this production that tells the story of the creative Ball competitions and honors the long history and love that reside in a community that has transfixed and evolved a social scene for nearly a century.   There will be a post-performance discussion immediately following the event and a late-night after party at Aljira, a Center for Contemporary Art, at 591 Broad Street (across the street from NJPAC).  Newark is Burning: Cakewalk to Catwalk is curated by James Credle in collaboration with The Federation of Houses.</p>
<p>New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), located in downtown Newark, New Jersey, is the sixth largest performing arts center in the United States.  As New Jersey’s Town Square, NJPAC brings diverse communities together, providing access to all and showcasing the State’s and the world’s best artists while acting as a leading catalyst in the revitalization of its home city.  Through its extensive Arts Education programs, NJPAC is shaping the next generation of artists and arts enthusiasts.  NJPAC has attracted over 6 million visitors (more than one million children) since opening its doors in 1997, and nurtures meaningful and lasting relationships with each of its constituents.  Visit www.njpac.org for more information.</p>
<p>Programming has been made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts and by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.</p>
<p>NJPAC is a wheelchair accessible facility and provides assistive services for patrons with disabilities.  For more information, call 888-GO-NJPAC.</p>
<p><strong><strong>Media Contact:  Josh Balber, Public Affairs, 973-353-8051, jbalber@njpac.org</strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><strong>Source:  New Jersey Performing Arts Center</strong></strong></p>
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		<title>2010 Census Town Hall Meeting in Newark, NJ Engage the LGBT Community</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight:  2010 Census Town Hall Meeting In Newark]]></description>
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<p><strong>2010 CENSUS TOWN HALL MEETINGS IN NEW JERSEY ENGAGE THE LGBT COMMUNITY </strong></p>
<p>Liberation In Truth Unity Fellowship Church Sponsor ‘March Monday’ Forum to Educate and Motivate a Full Census Count </p>
<p><strong>NEWARK, N.J., March 15, 2010</strong> &#8212; The 2010 Census will be explained and discussed in the context of the LGBT community at todays town hall meeting in Newark, New Jersey, hosted by Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church.  This event is part of the U.S. Census Bureau’s dedicated outreach program to the LGBT community, and will allow community members the opportunity to have their questions answered by a panel of Census staff, community leaders, local organizers and civic officials. The town hall format promotes an open environment for discussion of specific concerns and reinforces the message that the participation of the LGBT community is vital to ensure that the 2010 Census is complete and accurate. <span id="more-652"></span></p>
<p>WHAT: 2010 Census LGBT Town Hall Meeting in Newark, NJ </p>
<p>Sponsored by: Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church</p>
<p>WHEN:  Monday, March 15, 2010   6:00pm </p>
<p>WHERE:  Liberation in Truth Unity Fellowship Church, 11 Halsey Street, Newark, NJ 07102</p>
<p>Featured guests:  Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal and Marketing Director, FEMWORKS<br />
Darnell L. Moore, President, City of Newark Municipal LGBT Commission<br />
Ronald Rice Jr., Esq., City of Newark Municipal Council, West Ward<br />
Gary Paul Wright, Founder/Executive Director, African American Office of Gay Concerns </p>
<p><strong>About the 2010 Census </strong><br />
The 2010 Census is a count of everyone living in the United States and is mandated by the U.S. Constitution to be<br />
conducted every 10 years. Census data are used to apportion congressional seats to states; to distribute more than<br />
$400 billion in federal funds to local, state, and tribal governments each year; and to make decisions about what<br />
community services to provide. The 2010 Census form will be one of the shortest in U.S. history and consists of just<br />
10 questions, taking about 10 minutes to complete. Strict confidentiality laws protect the respondents and the<br />
information they provide.  </p>
<p><strong>2010 CENSUS LINKS </strong></p>
<p>Main Page: http://www.2010census.gov  </p>
<p>NY Regional Website: http://www.census.gov/regions/new_york </p>
<p>Facebook ID: New York Regional Census Office </p>
<p>2010 Census Timeline: http://2010.census.gov/2010census/about_2010_census/013279.html  </p>
<p>2010 Census Logos: http://2010.census.gov/partners/census-logos/  </p>
<p>Multimedia Center: http://2010.census.gov/mediacenter/index.php  </p>
<p>Images, b-roll and other tools: http://mediadownload.census.gov/  </p>
<p>Local data: Data from the 2000 Census and American Community Survey are available at http://www.census.gov<br />
Enter the specific city or zip code into the “Population Finder” on the right hand side. </p>
<p><strong>Media Contact:  Igor M. Alves, Media Specialist, (212) 356-3089, or (973) 619-2349 cell<br />
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<strong>Source:  U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau – New York Regional Census Center </strong></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Newark, N.J., March 3, 2010 </strong>- The Rutgers Race &amp; the Law Review is excited to announce the new date for our Symposium, &#8220;<strong>An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality</strong>.&#8221; Please join us on Tuesday, March 9th from 5pm &#8211; 9 pm for this FREE and open to the public event, in the Baker Trial Courtroom at the Center for Law &amp; Justice, as leading scholars, attorneys, and activists discuss the effects of current laws and social policies on LGBT communities of color. </p>
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<p>Our speakers include:</p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>OPENING REMARKS by </strong><br />
Rutgers–Newark Vice Chancellor <strong>Marcia Brown</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><strong>Panel 1: LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN NEWARK AND NEW JERSEY </strong><br />
<strong>Chas B. Brack</strong>, director, Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Documentary Project<br />
<strong>Bryan Epps</strong>, executive director, Newark Pride Alliance<br />
<strong>Perris Straughter</strong>, acting director, Newark-Essex Pride Coalition<br />
<strong>Frank Vespa</strong>-<strong>Papaleo</strong>, senior counsel, New Jersey Department of the Public Advocate</p>
<p><strong>Panel 2: LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITHIN THE LARGER</strong> <strong>COMMUNITY – ISSUE ROUND-UP </strong><br />
<strong>Carlene Jadusingh</strong>, representative, Lesbian &amp; Gay Law Association of Greater New York<br />
<strong>Flor Bermudez</strong>, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Attorney, Lambda Legal<br />
<strong>Kenyon Farrow</strong>, executive director, Queers for Economic Justice<br />
<strong>Katherine Acey</strong>, executive director, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<br />
Professor <strong>Carlos Ball</strong>, Rutgers School of Law–Newark, moderator</p>
<p>Dinner will promptly follow the program.</p>
<p>To RSVP:   <a href="http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposium.html" target="_blank">http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposium.html</a></p>
<p><strong>Source:  The Editorial Board of the Rutgers Race &amp; the Law Review</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Newark<strong>, N.J., Feb. 19, 2010</strong> </strong>–Prominent scholars, activists, and attorneys will discuss the effects of current laws and social policies on LGBT communities of color at the annual symposium of the Rutgers Race and the Law Review, to be held from 5 – 9 pm on Thursday, February, 25, 2010 at Rutgers School of Law–Newark. The title of the journal’s symposium is “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality.”</p>
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<p><strong>Admission is free and open to the public. RSVP required by February 20 to <a href="http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposiumrsvpform.html" target="_blank">http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~racelaw/symposiumrsvpform.html</a>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>What:</strong> “An Affront on Civil Rights: A Multicultural Perspective on the LGBT Struggle for Equality,” sponsored by the Rutgers Race and the Law Review<br />
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<p><strong>Who:</strong> OPENING REMARKS Rutgers–Newark Chancellor <strong>Steven J. Diner</strong></p>
<p><strong>LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN NEWARK AND NEW JERSEY </strong><br />
<strong>Chas B. Brack,</strong> Dir., Dreams Deferred: The Sakia Gunn Documentary Project<br />
<strong>Bryan Epps</strong>, Exec. Dir., Newark Pride Alliance<br />
<strong>Perris Straughter</strong>, Acting Dir., Newark-Essex Pride Coalition<br />
<strong>J. Frank Vespa-Papaleo</strong>, Sr. Counsel to the State Public Advocate<br />
Moderator: <strong>Suzanne Kim</strong>, Associate Professor of Law,<br />
Rutgers School of Law- Newark</p>
<p><strong>LGBT COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WITHIN THE LARGER GAY COMMUNITY – ISSUE ROUND-UP</strong><br />
<strong>Carlene Jadusingh</strong>, Rep., Lesbian &amp; Gay Law Association of Greater New York<br />
<strong>Flor Bermudez</strong>, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Attorney, Lambda Legal<br />
<strong>Kenyon Farrow</strong>, Exec. Dir., Queers for Economic Justice<br />
<strong>Katherine Acey</strong>, Exec. Dir.,  Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice<br />
Moderator: <strong>Carlos Ball</strong>, Professor of Law and Judge<strong> Frederick Lacey Scholar</strong>,<br />
Rutgers School of Law- Newark</p>
<p><strong>When:</strong> 5 – 9 pm, Thursday, February 25, 2010, with dinner to follow<br />
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<p><strong>Where:</strong> Baker Trial Courtroom, Rutgers School of Law–Newark</p>
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		<title>African American Office of Gay Concerns and the Mayor&#8217;s Office LGBTQ Commission Launch “Status Is Everything” HIV Testing Campaign</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[AAOGC Joins Mayor Booker and LGBTQ Commission to Launch Status Is Everything]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>MEDIA ADVISORY </strong><br />
For February 4, 2010</p>
<div id="attachment_575" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 310px"><div class="imagecaptioneasy"><img src="http://comeunitywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/EcardMessage22-300x200.jpg" alt="Status Is Everything HIV testing campaign targets young African American men in Newark, NJ." title="EcardMessage2" width="300" height="200" class="size-medium wp-image-575" /><span>Status Is Everything HIV testing campaign targets young African American men in Newark, NJ.</span></div><p class="wp-caption-text">Status Is Everything HIV testing campaign targets young African American men in Newark, NJ.</p></div>
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To Increase HIV Testing Rates in Newark &#8220;Status Is Everything&#8221; Pioneers New Media, Text Messaging, and Social Media</strong><br />
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NEWARK, N.J.,  Jan. 27, 2010</strong> &#8211; On February 4, 2010, during a full day of events, the African American Office of Gay Concerns (<a href="http://www.AAOGC.org">AAOGC.org</a>), Mayor Cory A. Booker and the LGBTQ Commission will kick-off &#8220;Status Is Everything&#8221;, a pioneering, Newark, NJ focused HIV testing social marketing campaign targeting African American men who have sex with men, aged 18-24.  This is the first New Jersey public health campaign of its kind to utilize social media and text messaging to provide residents 24-hour instant access to local HIV/STD testing centers &#8211;  text NJ+YourZipCode (NJ07102) to 36363. 1-866-HIV-CHECK access is provided by the New Jersey HIV/STD hotline.</p>
<p><strong>Status Is Everything Social Media</strong><br />
Twitter &#8211; <a href="http://bit.ly/69k7mP">http://bit.ly/69k7mP</a><br />
Facebook &#8211; <a href="http://bit.ly/SIEFacebook">http://bit.ly/SIEFacebook</a><br />
YouTube  -<a href=" http://bit.ly/SIEBernard1"> http://bit.ly/SIEBernard1</a><br />
Causecast &#8211; <a href="http://bit.ly/SIECausecast">http://bit.ly/SIECausecast</a></p>
<p>The multifaceted six month campaign features an interactive website <a href="http://www.StatusIsEverything.org">StatusIsEverything.org</a> that promotes seven &#8220;friendly reminder&#8221; e-cards and six video PSAs of Newark spokespeople; PSAs in movie theaters and on Cablevision Networks; bus wraps, a billboard, and light rail train signs.<span id="more-567"></span></p>
<p><strong>WHEN: </strong> THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2010</p>
<p>       <strong>8:30AM until 10:00AM</strong>    &#8211;   CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST   &#8211;  Open To All To Attend<br />
       Newark City Hall, Rotunda, 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102<br />
       AAOGC staff and key campaign spokespeople will be available for interviews. </p>
<p>       <strong>11:00AM </strong>   &#8211;    PRESS CONFERENCE     &#8211;  Open To All To Attend<br />
       Newark Municipal Council&#8217;s Chamber, Room 221, 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ</p>
<p>       Invited Speakers<br />
       Mayor Cory A. Booker, City of Newark<br />
       Mildred Crump, President, Newark Municipal Council<br />
       Laurence Ganges, MSW, Assistant Commissioner, New Jersey Department<br />
         of Health and Senior Services: Division of HIV/AIDS Service<br />
       Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay<br />
         Concerns<br />
       Kimberlee S. Williams, Principal and Marketing Director, FEMWORKS<br />
       Danielle Bush, Counseling, Testing and Referral Services Manager, North<br />
         Jersey Community Research Initiative<br />
       Dwight Peavy, Executive Director, Newark EMA HIV Health Services<br />
         Planning Council<br />
       Timothy Daniels, Campaign Model and Spokesperson</p>
<p>      <strong> 2:00PM &#8211; 3:00PM</strong>    &#8211;   MOCK HIV TEST SESSION FOR B-ROLL  &#8211; Media Only Please<br />
       NJCRI &#8211; 393 Central Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102</p>
<p>       Interviews<br />
          Timothy Daniels, Status Is Everything Campaign Spokesperson<br />
          Danielle Bush, Counseling, Testing and Referral Services Manager, NJCRI<br />
          Brian McGovern, Executive Director, NJCRI<br />
          Gary Paul Wright, Executive Director, African American Office of Gay<br />
            Concerns</p>
<p>       6:00PM    &#8211;    LGBTQ COMMUNITY SOCIAL MIXER AT THE SPOT   &#8211;   Open To All To Attend<br />
       The Spot, 45 Commerce, Newark, NJ 07102<br />
       Models, spokespeople, dignataries, elected officials, and partners  will be in attendance.</p>
<p><strong>WHERE: </strong> Various locations.  Please see details above in the WHEN section.      </p>
<p><strong>Media Contacts: </strong>Contact:   Kimberlee Williams, Marketing Director of FEMWORKS,  (973) 494-9705 or kwilliams@femworksllc.com, or Robyn Butler of FEMWORKS, (973)494-9705, or rbutler@femworksllc.com. </p>
<p><strong>Source:  African American Office of Gay Concerns</strong></p>
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