Be part of allgo’s Fab20!

allgo has a wonderful opportunity for you to jump in and play a major role in supporting this amazing journey of liberation and social justice.  In 2008, allgo launched the Fab20 FUNdraising initiative: 20 people sign on and commit to raise or give $1,000 resulting in $20,000 for this necessary and life sustaining work!

This has been quite the year of inspiring steps forward and heartbreaking setbacks in the work.  We can truly say that our movements to create a world in which we can all thrive are making a huge impact.  And yet there is still so much work to be done.

That’s where you and allgo come in!  This hardworking organization keeps bringing us together to create and celebrate our cultures and art, to  build community and networks, and to equip and position us to organize powerfully and effectively to bring about true change.

Ultimately we are allgo and allgo is us!  We continue to hear amazing stories of the difference allgo has made in community
member’s lives year after year, and every time we do, it reminds us why we do this work.   And why allgo is so necessary as a
pivotal force bringing about the dream of social justice for all people.

We are excited to put the call out for this year’s Fab20 -  20 people to raise and/or give $1,000 each for allgo.   Is this you? Are you ready to be one of the Fab20?!

Raising $1,000 is easier than you might think.  It creates a wonderful opportunity for you to talk to your friends and loved ones about something that is important to you and really matters. After you tell people how much allgo means to you and why you are so excited about this work, there are hundreds to ways to raise the money.  For example:

• Use facebook to ask 100 of your friends to give you $10
• Set up a fundrasing page on facebook
• ask 50 friends to give you $20
• e-mail 10 of your friends and ask them to donate $100
• e-mail 100 of your friends and ask them to donate $10
• Host a get together at your home in honor of allgo and ask for donations.
• Buy a $100 item and “sell” 200 raffle tickets for $5 each.

If you sign on we will support you with more ideas and lots of encouragement!

E-mail rose@allgo.org today and let us know that you are taking on the challenge - the Fab20 is ready for you to join us!

Once you or others are ready to turn in your donations, you can donate through allgo’s website: www.allgo.org. , by calling in the donation and using a credit card or mailing a check to
allgo
701 Tillery Street Box 4
Austin, Texas 78702

The Fab20 are ready to rock allgo into a new year - Hope you are feeling FAB and join us!

The Texas Queer People of Color Statewide Summit, was held July 9-11, 2010. This  gathering of individual and organizationally connected activists coming together to build relationship, think critically, envision liberation, and create strategies that build and sustain a queer people of color movement across the state of Texas. More

Held this year at Alma de Mujer, the Summit brought together more than 30 queer people of color activist from all over the state of Texas.  We created a space of restoration, engagement and fun. In addition to the activist training and action planning, the creative sharing portion of the summit allowed participants to utilize and share their creative talents as a means for engagement and education. We look forward to the Summit next year.

A Juneteenth Celebration

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

an artistic set featuring poetry, spoken word, Hip Hop, acoustic and soul music

Open Mic & after-party to follow

Hosted by:  Nationally recognized poet and spoken word artist: Tim’m West
8 pm June 18, 2010

The Historic Victory Grill

1104 East 11th Street
Austin, TX 78702

Free before 9 pm
$5 donation after 9 pm

Doors open and open mic sign up at 7:30.

with featured performances by:

The Qure (Houston)
ScudR Jones (San Antonio)
Mz. Marlah (Austin)
Dino Foxx(San Antonio)
Kimberly Taylor (Austin)

This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

Join allgo for the movie screening and discussion of

Stonewall
This 1995 historical comedy-drama film was inspired by the memoir of the same title by openly gay historian Martin Duberman, Stonewall is a fictionalized account of the weeks leading up to the Stonewall riots, a seminal event in the modern American gay rights movement. Stonewall was the final film of British film director Nigel Finch, who died of an AIDS-related illness shortly after completing filming.
Stonewall stars Guillermo Díaz, Frederick Weller, Duane Boutte and Brendan Corbalis. Dwight Ewell and Luis Guzmán also make cameos.

After a long history of police raids, extortion, and brutality, a gaggle of drag queens at the Stonewall decide they have had enough and begin to riot when the police try to load them into a paddy wagon. And so began the modern gay liberation movement. Told by “La Miranda” (Hector), a regular customer at the Stonewall Inn, the film is a recounting of events that led up to that fateful day in 1969. “Matty Dean” is the handsome angry young man that La Miranda meets at the Stonewall one day and with whom she/he quickly falls in love. “Bostonia” is the self-styled Queen Mother of the drag queens and guides each initiate gently “into the life.”

Tuesday June 8, 2010
6:30 PM
allgo offices,
701 Tillery St. Suite A1, Austin, TX 78702
Free. Donations accepted.
Snacks provided