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Submit your banner ad at 113px x 200 px, along with your payment for $35.00 per month.
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The PINK Gala
August 16, 2008 on the luxurious “Majestic” yacht.
On Saturday, August 16, 2008, The Center Long Beach will host The PINK Gala, a fundraising event for 300 guests aboard the luxurious 150', 3-level “Majestic” yacht. Celebrities, political figures and supporters will be welcomed down the “pink carpet” to hosted bars, hors d' oeuvres, a 3-course, full service dinner, celebrity entertainment, silent auctions, awards and dancing during the 4 hour cruise. This event will highlight the social and activist works of Judith Light, Logo, Wells Fargo, and Mayor Bob Foster for their service to the LGBTQ community while also raising money to support much needed programs and services. Host and presenter includes comedian Jason Stuart.
We are writing today to ask if you would consider purchasing a table or possibly a few seats for this event. Each table seats 10, and there are General or VIP tables. The tickets for the General seats are $200 each; the VIP seats are $250.00. You may also be interested in purchasing an ad in our program book. The ad prices are: Business Card, $60; 1/4 Page, $100; 1/2 Page, $200, Full Page, $400; Inside Front or Back, $500.
With a general admission every guest receives a gala bag with a signed copy of Leslie Jordan's new book, hors d' oeuvres, a full host bar, dinner, awards ceremony, access to silent auction items, and a four hour cruise. The VIP admission entitles everyone to the above amenities in addition to preboarding with a VIP reception, personal oneonone signings with Leslie Jordan, special “buy it now” feature with silent auction items, and dinner on the exclusive openair deck of the yacht.
RESERVE YOUR PINK PASSPORTS NOW!
Tickets can be purchased on line at .
Click on general donation, fill out the credit card information and in the notes section on the bottom write
“Pink Gala Tickets” and how many regular or VIP you want.
or
RSVP to Kimberlee Woods 562.434.4455, x233
The Pink Gala is Proudly Sponsored By: Wells Fargo, Inspiration, Daye Fitness, Pink Vodka, Budweiser, Hansen’s, Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, Crystal, Express Graphics & Printing, Long Beach Post and CLOUT Magazine.
Women's Mixer Night at Quinn's Irish Pub
August 5, 2008
Tickets $20 - Hors d’oeuvres will be served
Bring a friend, meet other women
Proceeds benefit The Center programs and services
-Mentoring Youth Through Empowerment
-Support Groups -Cyber Center -Health Education
Quinn’s Irish Pub
200 Nieto Ave Ste A,
Long Beach
(562) 434-2606
Prudential Financial is recruiting within the LGBTQ community!
Are you interested in a new career?
If you are entrepreneurial with a desire to own your own business,
generate your own income, have flexibility with your time and
be able to give back to your community, then this information session is for you!
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
7:00 – 8:00 p.m.
at The Center Long Beach
2017 E. 4th Street, LB 90803
NEWS
Third Annual Center Icon Awards
Was a Delightful Success!
The Center celebrated its 3rd Annual Icon Awards honoring Patty Moore and Mayor Michael Noll for their long standing contributions to The Center in its most formative year. During the evening Rick Velasquez, from Don Knabe office of the 4th Supervisorial District, presented a check for $25,000 to create a much need on-site counseling center.
Jean Shapen, Patty Moore & Marsha Naify
Patty Moore & Mike Noll
Sue & Kelly Caves
Kim Woods & Rick Velasquez, from Hon. Don Knabe's Office
Click on the photos to see larger images
Vote No on Proposition 8
EQUALITY FOR ALL Campaign Vote No on the Marriage Ban in November
Our State Constitution - and the law of our land - should guarantee the same rights to all Californians. That’s why we are urging you to vote No in November on the proposed constitutional amendment that attempts to ban marriage for LGBT couples.
This election is all about simple fairness. Regardless of how anyone feels about marriage for LGBT couples, people should not be singled out for unfair treatment under the laws of our state. Loving and committed LGBT couples who want to accept the responsibility that comes with marriage should be treated like everyone else – no better, and no worse.
It’s wrong to vote on people’s fundamental rights. The freedom to marry is fundamental, like the freedoms of religion and the freedom of speech – and that freedom must be protected. We all deserve the same right to personal privacy and the same right to decide for ourselves who to love and who to marry.
* VOTE NO on PROP 8 *
GET INVOLVED - GET THE WORD OUT!
Everyone’s help is needed now to defeat this initiative! The only way we can win is if we identify 100,000 undecided voters and persuade them to vote NO! We have the perfect messages to talk with swing voters, but we just don’t have a big enough team in LONG BEACH to get the job done!
Come join us in building a big team of volunteers by calling your friends and family, fundraising, providing or helping to find daytime office space and/or evening phone bank space. Or help in other ways. Find out more by calling Kathleen Campisano, Long Beach Area Field Manager, 202.577.3139.
Volunteer for a phone bank on Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday evenings, recruit volunteers at an event, become a speaker or trainer, help with office work, help prep our clipboards with materials, find pizza and other food for volunteer actions, do data entry from home, help make confirmation calls from home, sign up your friends and family to help
Making a donation today or at equalityforall.com/donate
Contact Kathleen Campisano, Long Beach Area Field Manager at kcampisano@thetaskforce.org or 202.577.3139, cell
Set up a wedding registry at
ANNOUNCEMENTS
YOGA ~ Saturdays @ 9:00am
The Gay & Lesbian Center of Long Beach is very happy to bring back yoga to our weekend events. The new classes will be Rudra Yoga with a Hatha focus. Classes will focus on the body, breath and mind moving together in each movement to reveal clarity and wisdom with in you.
Change the breath to change your mind. Develop an internal fire to digest your experiences and a vehicle that is harmonious, joyful, powerful and creative.
Promiss is a teacher trained in the Yoga styles of Hatha, Kundalini, Tao and Tibetan Yoga. Her style in the Rudra Yoga lineage is fluid, energetic, physical, fun and inspirational. Classes includes basic and advanced instruction in postures as well as a historical and physiological background.
Day: Saturdays
(Except the 1st Saturday of the month )
Time: 9:00 - 10:30am
Cost: $10 per session
Location: 2017 East 4th Street,
Long Beach , CA 90814
Contact: Ismael Morales, Community Health Coordinator - (562) 434-4455
The Center Wants You!
Please call James Gaither at 562.434.4455 to register. Orientations will be held on Friday's from 7:30-8:30pm.
PROGRAMS
Mentoring Youth Through Empowerment (MYTE)
MYTE Pool Tournament (Monday 7/28 – Thursday 7/31)
Thirty youth were in attendance for the kickoff day of MYTE’s Pool Tournament! Prizes for the tournament were: a pool stick, two $15 Hot Java gift cards, a $25 Olives gift card, and an It’s A Grind gift basket valued at $40. These donations (except the pool stick) were made possible by the diligent footwork of a MYTE youth. Great job, Alina! She did a fantastic job encouraging her peers to sign up for the tournament. We worked on this together (reinforcing the kind of 1:1 onsite mentorship in MYTE). Sixteen youth signed up prior to the deadline and we still had four alternates waiting in the wings to play should a player not show. We ordered pizza and beverages while Alina and I opened the tournament as the MCs. I suggested she act as referee for the games and the day took all of her energy. It’s a good experience since she wants to be a youth worker when she grows up—pardon, she’s already grown up, according to her.
The Meeting at 4:00 on Tuesdays: This group had its first meeting last week and was created to serve as a check-in hour with our youth who are going through their substance or chemical addiction. I have a handful of youth who met with me privately and preferred not to discuss their substance use with other peers and even the MYTE volunteers. I brought them together and so this program-based group was formed.
New HipHop Dance group: One of our MYTE youth, Damien, asked if MYTE could have a hip hop dance group. I said “go for it; plan it” and he sure did! We drafted a proposal together and our first Hip Hop Dance group will be on Wednesday, August 13th!
GOT LAW? The Legal Clinic. The Center's Legal Clinic is back!
Call the front desk to schedule an appointment.
562-434-4455
The 20 Something Group
Wednesdays -
7:00 9:00pm
Be part of a very active and energetic group of men and women who meet every week to discuss topics that matter to them, plan events to support our community and have fun in and around Long Beach as part of young, gay social network.
The group is made of gay, lesbian and bisexual people who live in Long Beach and are looking to make new friends. Join Ish Morales, the facilitator, every Wednesday for upbeat topics and games and every 3 rd Wednesday of the month for a group outing in the city.
For program updates and upcoming events check out the HEAT blog at
HIV/STD Testing at The Center LB
Please contact
Ismael Morales, for more dates & times.
562-434-4455 x 245
Men of 40+
Support Group Men of 40+ support group. Tuesdays 6:30-8:00 PM, starting November 6th, 2007, in the conference room. Facilitated by Tom Waage. This new support group will feature a reading group, social outings, chat and support. For information contact:
Tom Waage, tom@tomwaage.com
HIV/AIDS
Couples Group
at The Center LB
Thursdays ~
6:30 - 8:00 pm For Partners and couples. This group focuses on sero different couples and the unique challenges they face in regards to keeping their relationships strong and healthy. Develop communication and problem solving skills to create harmony and overcome obstacles. This group will be facilitated by Thomas Waage, LMFT.
