Immigrant – LGBT Dialogue
Candidates being recruited for participation in an
Immigrant – LGBT Dialogue
TEN HOUR COMMITMENT REQUIRED
ON MONDAYS FROM 6 PM TO 8:30PM BEGINNING NOV. 15
DINNER INCLUDED
Services Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) and Equality California are seeking LGBT participants who could benefit from a better understanding of the issues confronting immigrants in Silicon Valley and immigrant participants who could benefit from a better understanding of the issues confronting the LGBT community. It is desirable to be active in your community.
Goals of the Dialogue:
·Improve understanding around LGBT and immigrant issues
·Create a space for getting to know each other
·Take action on whatever dialogue members unanimously agree to
Format of the Dialogue:
·Meeting for dinner from 6 to 6:30 pm and for dialogue from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
·Introducing concerns of immigrant and LGBT communities
·Allowing participants to choose their own areas of inquiry / concern
·Ending each session with “what we can agree on” statements
·Providing the space for new action steps if the participants so choose
Three Things You Should Know:
1. The dates of the dialogue are on Monday evenings: Nov. 15, 22, and 29 and Dec. 6.
2. If you sign up to participate in this unique opportunity you will be asked to sign a commitment to be at all four dialogues. If you cannot make 1 of the 4, please do not sign up.
3. To assure commitment and an equal number of participants a commitment form must be completed.
To receive the commitment form or for further information please contact Richard Hobbs, Associate Director of SIREN, at richard@siren-bayarea.org, 408-460-2999, or Chris Riley, Silicon Valley Field Manager of Equality California, at chris.riley@eqca.org, 408-569-6320.
Did You Know?
About 24,000 gay and lesbian couples in the U.S. include at least one foreign partner.
Co-sponsored by Equality California, Service, Immigrant Rights and Educational Network (SIREN), and the Office of Human Relations of Santa Clara County.
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