In light of the numerous reported violent attacks on transgender people in Minneapolis this summer and fall, here is an opportunity to show the community is opposed to such acts of bias motivated violence.
David Strand Loring Park -------------------------------------------------- This Saturday, November 20 is the 6th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance, a national day set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice: www.gender.org/remember/day A community-wide memorial service will be held at 7 p.m. at Spirit of the Lakes United Church of Christ (13th and Lake Streets, 2930 - 13th Ave S), Minneapolis. The program will include TransVoices, our own community choir. I hope you will all try to participate in memory of the 22 victims killed during the past 12 months. Any questions? E-mail Barbara Satin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or call 612-670-1978 Additionally, on the University of Minnesota St Paul campus, the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) and other campus organizations including the GLBT Programs Office and the Queer Student Cultural Center are co-sponsoring two events this week to raise awareness around transphobic violence: MINCAVA 6th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Memorial Wall November 15-22, 2004 � Peters Hall Atrium, 1404 Gortner Ave., St. Paul Campus (http://onestop.umn.edu/Maps/PetH/) The MN Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA) will display over 500 names and stories of people who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice from 1972 to 2004. Please feel free to bring any items to decorate the Memorial Wall to commemorate the lives of those who have been killed. � The film, �Boys Don�t Cry� will be shown from 11:30AM to 1:30PM Friday, Nov. 19 in Room 39, Peters Hall, St Paul Campus. The film explores the true-life story of Brandon Teena, a transgender man, who was brutally raped and killed in rural Nebraska in 1993. Attendees may bring lunch to the movie. Light refreshments will be served. For more information about these campus events, contact Yukiko Nakajima, graduate assistant, MINCAVA, at (612) 624-3059 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
