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 PFLAG Tampa – Homeless Youth Forum Invitation

Dear Mark & Carrie-

PFLAG Tampa has been working for months with The Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County (HCHC) and other service providers (some of whom are also members of GaYbor) to develop a Homeless Youth Forum event to raise awareness of the plight of homeless youth. On any given day there are hundreds of young people in our community who find themselves without a place to call home and this event promises to provide great insight into how our community can address this crisis. The Forum will include a guest panel of homeless and formerly homeless youth who will tell their stories through a powerful video and answer audience questions about their experiences and how they are addressing the challenges they have faced, including domestic violence, aging out of the foster care system, lockouts and commercial sexual exploitation. Resources for homeless adults in Hillsborough County are scarce. For youth, they’re almost non-existent. PFLAG Tampa is particularly concerned about this vulnerable population — research has shown that up to half of homeless youth are LGBT, having been locked out of their homes.

Mr. Jeremiah Kerr, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer working at HCHC (and a PFLAG Tampa officer!), has worked tirelessly to make the Homeless Youth Forum a reality. This event will be hosted by HCHC and co-moderated by Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner and Homeless Coalition CEO, Rayme L. Nuckles. (Please see the attached flyer.)

Invitations have been extended to elected officials at the city, county, state and federal levels. Gov. Rick Scott has graciously accepted his invitation and will speak at the Homeless Youth Forum.

PFLAG Tampa would like to extend a special invitation to the members of GaYbor to attend this extraordinary event. Seating is limited, so be sure to register as soon as possible for your FREE tickets. A complimentary breakfast will be provided.

We’d like these kids to look out across a packed theater full of interested and supportive allies. If you can possibly attend, please do. Feel free to forward this to anyone you think might be interested.

Where:

Straz Center for the Performing Arts, Jaeb Theater, 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Pl., Tampa, 33602

Date:

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Time:

Complimentary breakfast — 8:30am to 9:30am
Forum — 9:30am to 11:00am

Cost:

Free, but registration required.

Register:

www.homelessofhc.org (If the link doesn’t work, browse to the HCHC website and register from there.)

Parking:

Inexpensive and plentiful parking available at the Poe Garage, with a covered walkway to the Straz Center. Hourly parking entrances are on W. Cass St. and N. Ashley Dr.(Please see the attached map.)

See you at the Straz!

– John & Nancy Desmond, PFLAG Tampa

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
– Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from a Birmingham Jail, 1963

“We must make it clear that a platform of ‘I hate gay men and women’
is not a way to become president of the United States of America.”
– Jimmy Carter, 1996

Email: pflag.tampa@gmail.com
Web: http://pflagtampa.org
Telephone: (863) 535-5239
Calendar: http://goo.gl/gg3dp
Facebook: http://facebook.com/PFLAGTampa
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PFLAG Tampa meetings:
1st Wednesday of the month — 7:00pm in the Fellowship Hall of the First
United Church of Tampa (UCC), 7308 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, FL 33617.
(Temple Terrace area of Tampa, just off I-75.)
3rd Tuesday of the month — 7:00pm at Faith Family UCC, 9350 Bay Plaza
Blvd, Suite 125, Tampa, FL 33619. (Off Rt. 60, E. Adamo Dr., between
Rt. 301 and S. Falkenburg Rd.)
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PFLAG is a nonprofit organization that is not affiliated with any political
party or religious institution.

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6th Annual LGBT Community Survey
Dear CenterLink Friend,

We would like to invite you to take a new survey about your opinions and preferences, from an LGBT perspective.

There’s power in our Pride! Participating in this study helps open minds and doors around the world, and influences positive changes for our community. Previous surveys have yielded 45,000 respondents from 100+ countries! You may have seen CMI research quoted in the New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, etc.

Click here to start the survey, or paste the following into your browser: http://www.LGBTSurvey.com.

Please let them know that CenterLink referred you!

It only take about 10 minutes to complete. Everyone who completes the survey by June 30th may opt to be entered into a drawing to win one of five $100 cash prizes, or if you win, you can designate a charity to receive the $100.

If you have LGBT friends around the world who might be interested in this survey, please forward this message to them. And please post it to your Facebook and Twitter accounts

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 SPI Red Dress Ball

Novice Sister Tootie Truly Humble and the Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are excited to announce their first annual Red Dress Ball. It is a Sister event so it will be HOT, SEXY, and FUN.
The SPI Red Dress Ball in conjunction with St. Pete Pride is the Pre-Pride Kick-off in Tampa, and will be held at Bradley’s on 7th Avenue in Ybor City Saturday, June 23rd starting at 9 P.M.
ALL proceeds will benefit the Francis House and St. Pete Pride.  There will be Jell-O Shots, Two Raffles (prizes & 50/50), and Gift Basket drawings throughout the evening.
RED DRESS BALL
$10 suggested donation
June 23, 2012
9 P.M. till… ?
Bradley’s
1510 E. 7th Avenue
Ybor City, FL 33605
For more information about the Sisters and this event please visit www.tampasisters.org
Or search for the Red Dress Ball event on Facebook