Join allgo and Resistencia for a night with author Charles Rice-González. He will be reading from his latest book, “Chulito” – about a young gay Latino man coming out in the South Bronx and the impact it had on his community.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Charles Rice-González, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist and Executive Director of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He received a B.A. in Communications from Adelphi University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. His debut novel, Chulito, was released in October 2011, and he co-edited, with Charlie Vázquez, From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction released in August 2011. He is also an award-winning playwright and serves on the boards of the Bronx Council on the Arts and the National Association of Latino Art and Cultures.

For more information about Charles and his writing visit:

 www.CharlesRiceGonzalez.com

This event is co-sponsored by Resistencia Books and free to public. 

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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.                                      

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]]> 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.

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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

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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!

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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