10 th Anniversary of Colega Almeria
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This year is the 10th year of Colega Almeria. And we will celebrate the best with an intense program of activities throughout the June, coinciding with celebrations of International Day of lesbians, gays, transsexuals and bisexuals, the program has already been presented to the press the day 3 / 06.
We have already done information tables in the villages of Almeria. And VII edition of the film series about LGBTT.
Another event of the Colega Almeria is “ VII ediciòn de bibliotecas por la igualdad 2010″ . The main aim is collecting books which contain anti-discriminatory messages. We are searching the people or organisations who want to donate this kind of books to city library. The campaign started in 24/05 and will be finished 9/07.
The largest celebration will surely be the demonstration for LGBT visibilty in 25/06 with cabalgada, and sponsored by Pub Dracena. We will start the demonstration after 21.00 through the streets of Almeria. It is essential the participation of each one of you!!!
Finally in 28/06 at 20:30 in Museo Arqueològico de Almeria will be delivered the awards of Colega Almeria 2010 for the promotion of solidarity, human rights and respect for sexual diversity.
Please contact us for any information and rely on your participation!!
REPAINT THE RAINBOW PROJECT, EXPLORING SEXUALITIES
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July 30th – June 7th 2010
Kosice, Slovakia
Conditions for being a participant:
- Age from 18 to 25 (exceptions can be made up to 30, contact your coordinator on this issue)
- Intermediate level of English (being able to express yourself)
Costs:
70 percent of travel costs will be reimbursed after the project, if participant had been attended the entire program.
Accommodation and meals will be covered; participants will be staying at youth hostel.
Idea of the project
The main idea of this project is breaking the invisibility of sexual minorities, with special focus on lesbian, bisexual and queer women (but not only!) We would like to give voice to these groups. We decided to do this through creativity and we have prepared 3 workshops for you. They will be followed by an exhibition of their products. The main theme is (G)LBTQ identities, exploring them, questioning them. Besides the workshops, there are many other activities, games, international evening, sightseeing, visiting local LGBT bar.
You can choose one of the workshops to attend:
Literary
What will we do: write haikus, mini essays, short prose – many genres, it depends on your inspiration and skills, but only short texts so they can be displayed in a creative way at the exhibition. Also we will discuss, try visual interpretation of some texts and many more.
Get prepared in advance: Do a small research about lesbian literature in your country. Is there any, what do you consider lesbian or queer literature?
Bring: anything connected to this, for example books, pictures, an english translation of a poem, short story, also your own texts if you have some, your favorite queer text (in english) there are no limits!
Visual – video, painting, photography
What will we do: depends on your skills – you do not have to be an artist, but a creative young person ready for an adventure.
Get prepared in advance: open up and bring your creativity, ideas and basic computer /software skills (basic photo editing).
Bring: anything would help, cameras, video cameras, laptops, statives
Organizational – managment, design
What will we do: This workshop will be preparing the actual exhibition, its role is very important, design, marketing, advertising, promo.
Get prepared in advance: basic computer skills ( microsoft word, basic photo editing)
Bring: laptop ( not compulsory, but will make work more effective)
Got interested? Fill in the application form and send us not later than
Mid-term evaluation
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As you may know in COLEGA work three volunteers from the progam European voluntary service. During each project wich is longer than 6 months it is obligatory to participate in Mid-term evaluation.
So also our volunteers participated in this. And how does it look like? It is opportunity to evaluate first part of your project, what did you like, is it fulfilled all obligations from the Activity agreement which you signed before the project started … Also it is time to meet old friends that you met during on-arrivel training and also meet new friends.
Approx. 100 volunteers from whole Spain in one place.
The agenda is full from the morning to the evening (parties included)
Time for meeting your friends.
“Also in your village”
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This is the name of new campaing which COLEGA does. It means that our work is not only situated in Almería capital, but also we go to villages in our province.
Who can participate?
Women and men from all the towns with less than 20.000 inhabitants, associations, federations, schools.
Description of our activities:
- legal advices and information
- education of antidiscrimination agents
- videoforum
- workshops in the differents high schools
- conferences about sexual diversity
- information table etc.
information table
Small workshop how to use a female condom
FAJU
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On the 27th of March we participated at FAJU (feria almerience de la juventud- Almería youth fair), in town Viator, in Province of Almería.
We presented COLEGA there, giving condoms, information about us, what we do, we also promoted European volutnary service.
Young people could see organizations working in the provinc of Almería ask them questions and get nice presents …
Our information table
Promotion of the European voluntary service by true stories of two volunteers from COLEGA
looking for COLABORACION
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My name is Mirka Makuchowska, I work for polish LGBT organization Campaign
Against Homophobia. I’ve just started a project which main aim is promotion
of civil act partnership bill in P, which is just being created.
A part of the project is a photo exhibition of:
- Polish same-sex couples who would like to legalize their partnership in
Poland, but due to lack of a proper law they can’t – these pictures will be
symbolically black and white.
- pictures of same sex couples from those EU countries that allow homosexual
couples to get married or legalize their partnership – these will be
colorful on contrary.
Therefore I am looking for couples from EU countries who would be willing to
send their picture from their celebration of legalizing the partnership.
If you are interested contact us on e-mail: youth.exchange.almeria@gmail.com
Youth Speak Up About Homophobia and Transphobia
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The First National Climate Survey on Homophobia in Canadian Schools
High school students are exposed to homophobic incidents that range from hearing “gay” used as a synonym for “stupid” or “worthless” to insulting and assaulting students because of their sexual or transgender identity or their perceived sexual or transgender identity. This report discusses the results of a national survey of Canadian high school students undertaken in order to identify the forms and extent of their experiences of homophobic incidents at school and measures being taken by schools to combat this common form of bullying.
Phase one of the study involved surveying almost 1700 students from across Canada through two methods: individual online participation and in-school sessions conducted in four school boards. This report analyzes the data from individual online participation. The study has been funded by Egale Canada Human Rights Trust, the University of Winnipeg, and SVR/CIHR.
The lack of a solid Canadian evidence base has been a major impediment faced by educators who need to understand the situation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) students in order to respond appropriately and to assure the school community that homophobic bullying is neither rare nor harmless but a major problem that needs to be addressed. The information presented here has come from young people themselves through the many hundreds of students, LGBTQ, questioning, and straight, who took the time to make their voices heard by completing our survey. We reached them by advertising the survey widely through news releases and direct contact with organizations across the country that had LGBTQ youth memberships.
The survey itself was a fifty-four item questionnaire made available online and in print, and consisting mostly of multiple-choice questions of three kinds: demographic (e.g., age, province, gender and sexual identity), experiences (e.g, hearing gay used as insult, being verbally harassed), and institutional responses (e.g., staff intervention, inclusive safe-school policies). Quantitative data were tested for statistical significance through bivariate analysis that compared the responses of various groups of students (e.g., LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ, LGB and transgender, current versus past).
For seeing results click here …
COLEGAS show their support for the new norm of “Cohabitation in Schools” in Andalucia
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The Andalusian Federation COLEGAS congratulates itself for the introduction of a new “method” by the “Department for Education” which includes the topic “Homophobia” as a punishable attitude which will be in Secondary Schools for the first time. It is the first school rule in Spain which includes the subject homophobia.
COLEGAS, the Andalusian Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transexuals felicitates the “Department for Education” for this new rule which will be inaugurated at the beginning of the new school term and which will help young people who feel hunted because of their sexual orientation, race or religion, giving them protection. Like this, crimes like bullying or homophobia will be punished with the transferring to a different school or the pupil would have to stay home a whole month.
This rule finds its roots in the Enactment of 2007 which declares the fight against homophobia to one of the biggest aims in Education.
COLAGAS also announced that together with this new subject in school there will also be formations for the teachers, parents and orientators.
Antonio Ferre, President of the Andalusian Federation COLEGAS: “It is a positive step in the right direction which we fought for 20 years. This rule will be in inaugurated with delay when one compares it with Madrid. But the andalusian law is more developed because it also takes into account the dignity and integrity of a gay person. In this subject there will be no room for doubts.”
For more information:
-Antonio Ferre Alonso/Presidente Federación Andaluza COLEGAS
Móvil: 665 53 03 87
-Jose Luis Salvador/ Coordinador de Programas
Móvil: 655 58 37 54
Federación Andaluza COLEGAS
C/Cuna, 16, 1º
Tfno: 954 21 40 40 Fax: 954 21 38 04
Announcement for search on Sunday 10th of January 2010
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By the family of Juan Antonio Sánchez Sánchez, we ask for citizen´s colaboration with the track searching, which will be realized next Sunday 10th of January 2010 together with the rescue group GRYBE. We aks all those who want to participate, to present themself at the Auditorium of Roquetas de Mar, at 9 am.
The search will take place on roads, beaches, countryside etc. Therefore it is necessary to come prepared with water and food for the whole day.
We appreciate your colaboration in advance.
Disappereance of Juan Antonio Sánchez Sánchez
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We need help and colaboration of all of you. Please if you have any information call to 091 and (+34) 669 77 51 78.
Last time he was seen during the night from Saturday 19th to 20th of December at 2:30 am in the city of Almería, zone Oliveros. He wore dark jeans, knitted sweater with horizontal stripes red (big) and blue (small) with round collar and dark jacket.
His car is also missing – AUDI A3 1.9 TDI BLACK COLOR, 5 DOORS, registration number 3499 FPS
Any information, call to:
091 National police
669 77 51 78
