MN GLBTA Campus Alliance Spring Dinner

(We have 2 tables, please let Sidney know ASAP by emailing glbt@metrostate.edu if you are interested in attending)

The 2nd Annual Spring Dinner will be held on April 4th, 2008

The MN Campus Alliance Spring Dinner is an annual gathering of students, staff, faculty, alumni, and community members from college and university campuses from across the state. Held at a different campus each year, the Spring Dinner is an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of those doing GLBTA campus work, to share best practices, and to network with one another.

Social Hour & Tretter Collection,

6:00pm - 7:00pmDinner & Program, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Keynote: Farheen Hakeem

• Educator, community organizer, and advocate for social justice, Farheen Hakeem joins our MN GLBTA Campus Alliance event with a strong "Get Out the Vote" message promoting inclusive and progressive politics with a pro-GLBT stance in this important election year. Born and raised in Chicago, Farheen Hakeem moved to Minneapolis in 1999. Farheen has worked as a teacher and previously she was a strong third-party candidate for both Mayor of Minneapolis and Hennepin County Commissioner. Community advocacy is vital to Farheen's pro-inclusion stance, as she is affiliated with the Muslim Girls Initiative for the Girl Scout Council, policy advocacy with Grasstops Inc, and the MN Adoption Resources Network. We thank Farheen for serving as our keynote speaker for this event.
  

Entertainment: Tori Fixx

• A Minneapolis treasure, Tori Fixx is one of the first openly gay national hip-hop recording artists. A member of the pioneer hip-hop group, Rainbow Flava, Tori's success has launched in the Midwest with 6 solo albums, including "Black.Out," "Marry Me," and "Code Red." Tori has headlined the national HomoRevolution Tour for GLBT hip-hop artists. Media credits include the Tyra Banks Show, CNN with Paula Zahn, and he was selected as a featured pioneer in the homo-hop documentary, "Pick Up The Mic" regularly shown on Logo. Tori gives back to the GLBT community, serving as a member of Minneapolis' Gay & Lesbian Amateur Sports Society and the Twin Cities Goodtimes Softball League. Every attendee at the MN GLBTA Campus Alliance Spring Dinner will receive 1 of 300 Limited Edition CDs solely created for this statewide college event, courtesy of Tori. These CDs will feature some of his more political songs, in accordance the theme of 2008 as an election year. Listen to his hits at www.myspace.com/torifixx!

Featuring a display from the Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota

Location:

North Hennepin Community College 1st Floor,

Campus Center

7411 85th Avenue North

Brooklyn Park, MN 55445

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Sponsors:

• North Hennepin Community College
• GLBT Alliance
• Diversity & Multiculturalism
• Diversity Council
  

There will be gender neutral restrooms available at this event.