JOIN US FOR allgo’s LARGEST ANNUAL FUNDRAISER!

About ¡Baile!

For the past 26 years, allgo’s annual Baile, has come to be known as one of the largest gathering of queer people of color and allies in Central Texas.  It is through the nurturing of our community’s love, passion and relentless dedication that Baile continues to be a much anticipated annual event across the State.                                      

 Tickets are available for purchase at:

OR

online at: baile2012.eventbrite.com

Pre-sale Tickets: $25/ Door Tickets: $35  

Interested in Sponsoring ¡Baile! The Dance?

Download Benefits of Sponsorship     Download Sponsorship Form

]]> http://allgo.org/allgo/news/?p=1802/feed 0 http://allgo.org/allgo/news/?p=1741 http://allgo.org/allgo/news/?p=1741#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:25:53 +0000 Carre http://allgo.org/allgo/?p=1741 Want to help raise money for allgo in a fun and active way? Consider joining Team allgo in the Hill Country Ride for AIDS! 

ABOUT THE RIDE

The purpose of the ride is to give people a fun and active way to raise money for local non-profit organizations that do HIV/AIDS advocacy work.  allgo is one of the many beneficiaries of the ride, so your participation  helps sustain the work of allgo for queer people of color across the state of Texas.

Team allgo 2011

 Calendars should be available for local pickup at the allgo office (701 Tillery Street Suite A-1, Austin, Texas 78702 on 12/19,12/20, 1/6/12, 1/7/12.

Qpocalyptic 2012

Delivery $19.95 USD

Qpocalyptic 2012

Local Pickup $15.00 USD

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP?

• Participation in an annual allgo membership meeting.

• Pre-sale ticket prices at any time for allgo events.

• Individual membership in the allgo statewide network.

• Connect with other Queer POC and ally organizations

• Access to information on current events, activities, and emerging issues around the state

• Be informed about opportunities to take action

HOW DO I SUBMIT MY allgo MEMBERSHIP FORM?

1.Submit in person at the allgo offices

2. Mail Completed form to:

3. Fax completed form to (512) 385-2970

4. Email completed form to allgo@allgo.org

WHAT TYPE OF PAYMENTS DO YOU ACCEPT?

Debit/Credit Cards

Paypal

Cash

Personal Check/ Money Orders made out to: allgo

WHEN DOES MY MEMBERSHIP EXPIRE?

Your Membership Expires 12 months from the date of payment.

WHEN WILL I RECEIVE MY MEMBERSHIP CARD?

Membership Cards are mailed out during the fourth week of every month.

YOUR GROUP OR ORGANIZATION CAN SIGN UP TODAY & JOIN THE NETWORK!

Organizations interested in becoming a part of the allgo Network should download and completed our Network Questionnaire.

English or Español

Tickets available here.  Contact allgo@allgo.org to see how you can purchase tickets for half the ticket price.

Check out the rest of the Black Arts Movement Festival offerings at www.bamaustin.org

What can one say in this circumstance?  We are angry, we are hurt, we are scared we are grieving. The myriad of emotions is absolutely necessary as this is a time of extreme grief and sadness, as these killings have rocked our worlds, opened up old wounds, and created new ones. Although, the news reports are sketchy what we do know is that two Latina women are no longer with us.  We also know that in one day a young woman lost her girlfriend and her girlfriend’s mother.  This surviving victim is left to try to recover from the actions of her own father because he disapproved of her gay relationship.

We offer our sincerest condolences to all of the family members, friends and community members affected by this tragedy. We feel compassion for all of those who were unfortunately involved in this situation.  We send love.

In this moment, what we can do is try to heal and reach out to those who are hurting. In light of this allgo member Rev. Virginia Marie Rincon, M.Div, BLSW is offering pastoral and counseling support to the Austin LGBTQ community during this difficult time. Virginia is bilingual in English and Spanish and an ordained minister in our community. Contact the allgo office at 512-472-2001 to contact Virginia.

allgo participated in the candlelight vigil that took place at Out Youth Thursday, April 21st. Additionally, allgo will be hosting a community forum on April 28th at 6:30 p.m. at a 5604 Manor in Austin, TX.  This will give us an opportunity to come together to share as a community what this means to us and to explore together about what our community has and what it needs to prevent and respond to homophobia, hate, and violence.

allgo Community forum
Thursday, April 28th 6:30 pm
Location: 5604 Manor

Please take good care and do not hesitate to contact us for any reason.

In Solidarity,

allgo, a statewide queer people of color organization
701 Tillery Box 4
Austin, Tejas 78702
512.472.2001
512.385.2970 fax
www.allgo.org

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!