Nov. 16 – GBM/Panel, Lt. Dan Choi, LA Listserv
Posted by Brian Wright on Monday, November 16, 2009
This Week in QUEST…
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- General Body Meeting / Health Graduate Student Panel
-An Evening with Lt. Dan Choi: Dinner and Discussion
-Lambda Alliance Listserv
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Salutations QUEST!
I hope everyone is making it through November without getting too beat up. It's hard to believe the month is half over! Anyway, attached to the this e-mail is our constitution which has not yet been ratified. We would like to vote on it this Tuesday. Please read it (or realistically skim it over) and come to the meeting a little bit informed. The positions for the 2010 QUEST Executive Board are listed in the constitution as well.
General Body Meeting / Health Graduate Student Panel
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-An Evening with Lt. Dan Choi: Dinner and Discussion
-Lambda Alliance Listserv
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Salutations QUEST!
I hope everyone is making it through November without getting too beat up. It's hard to believe the month is half over! Anyway, attached to the this e-mail is our constitution which has not yet been ratified. We would like to vote on it this Tuesday. Please read it (or realistically skim it over) and come to the meeting a little bit informed. The positions for the 2010 QUEST Executive Board are listed in the constitution as well.
General Body Meeting / Health Graduate Student Panel
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Join
QUEST on Tuesday, November 17th at 8:30pm in the LGBT Center as we have
our monthly general body meeting where we will be (finally) ratifying
our constitution. In addition, please join us in welcoming our invited
health graduate students for a panel on LGBT issues in the health
field. Do you have questions about how your LGBT identity might affect
the application process? Have you ever wondered what life is like as an
out medical, dental or veterinary student or professional? Bring your
questions and find out while joining our guests in a lovely cheese and
fruit reception.
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An Evening with Lt. Dan Choi: Dinner and Discussion
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The University of Pennsylvania will host a lecture by Lieutenant Daniel Choi on Thursday, November 19, at 5 pm in Houston Hall, Hall of Flags, followed by a unique student-led discussion. Choi will share his experiences as a gay Korean-American military officer who was dishonorably discharged for publicly coming out, and his ongoing fight for equality.
On March 19, 2009 Choi announced on “The Rachel Maddow Show” that he is gay. Upon this announcement, the U.S. Army began discharge proceedings against Choi for violating the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy (DADT), a U.S. Federal law restricting open gays and lesbians from serving in the military. A 2003 graduate of West Point, Choi was one of only eight in his graduating class who majored in Arabic. He served in the 10th Mountain division and in South Baghdad as a platoon leader, company executive officer, battalion and brigade staff officer, Iraqi Arabic language instructor, and civil-military reconstruction engineer. Despite his service to the U.S. Army and the country, he was discharged.
Following Choi’s speech, dinner will be served during discussions facilitated by members of two Penn student organizations, Queer People of Color and Sangam, in the Bistro and the Class of ’66 Reading Room at Houston Hall. Some topics the discussions will address include: homophobia in the military, homophobia in Asian Pacific American (APA) communities, interaction between APA and LGBT social justice movements, and unique issues faced by ‘double-minorities.’
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Lambda Alliance Listserv
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Sign up for the Lambda Alliance listserv to receive a weekly email listing every single LGBT event at Penn for that week and beyond! It's a great chance to learn what's going on in the LGBT community and choose where you want to get involved.
If you don't know what Lambda is, we are the coalition group dedicated to representing the interests of Penn's gender and sexual minorities and their allies to the Penn administration. There are 9 undergraduate constituent groups in Lambda, and we meet together on a biweekly basis at the LGBT Center to discuss how we can best advocate for the LGBT community.
To learn more about us, check out www.lambdaalliance.org
To join the Lambda Alliance listserv, click the link below and enter your e-mail address.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dDJCOWFmTzFHaDAtVDNvZUtmVzhYUVE6MA
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I just want to emphasize again that QUEST board elections will be held in just under a month. If you are even the slightest bit interested in running or want to find out what we do specifically, please e-mail the individual board members or the whole board. We'll even take you out for coffee if you're interested! Hope to see you all on Tuesday for the next GBM!
With QUESTLOVE,
Your soon to be former communications chair,
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An Evening with Lt. Dan Choi: Dinner and Discussion
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The University of Pennsylvania will host a lecture by Lieutenant Daniel Choi on Thursday, November 19, at 5 pm in Houston Hall, Hall of Flags, followed by a unique student-led discussion. Choi will share his experiences as a gay Korean-American military officer who was dishonorably discharged for publicly coming out, and his ongoing fight for equality.
On March 19, 2009 Choi announced on “The Rachel Maddow Show” that he is gay. Upon this announcement, the U.S. Army began discharge proceedings against Choi for violating the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy (DADT), a U.S. Federal law restricting open gays and lesbians from serving in the military. A 2003 graduate of West Point, Choi was one of only eight in his graduating class who majored in Arabic. He served in the 10th Mountain division and in South Baghdad as a platoon leader, company executive officer, battalion and brigade staff officer, Iraqi Arabic language instructor, and civil-military reconstruction engineer. Despite his service to the U.S. Army and the country, he was discharged.
Following Choi’s speech, dinner will be served during discussions facilitated by members of two Penn student organizations, Queer People of Color and Sangam, in the Bistro and the Class of ’66 Reading Room at Houston Hall. Some topics the discussions will address include: homophobia in the military, homophobia in Asian Pacific American (APA) communities, interaction between APA and LGBT social justice movements, and unique issues faced by ‘double-minorities.’
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Lambda Alliance Listserv
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Sign up for the Lambda Alliance listserv to receive a weekly email listing every single LGBT event at Penn for that week and beyond! It's a great chance to learn what's going on in the LGBT community and choose where you want to get involved.
If you don't know what Lambda is, we are the coalition group dedicated to representing the interests of Penn's gender and sexual minorities and their allies to the Penn administration. There are 9 undergraduate constituent groups in Lambda, and we meet together on a biweekly basis at the LGBT Center to discuss how we can best advocate for the LGBT community.
To learn more about us, check out www.lambdaalliance.org
To join the Lambda Alliance listserv, click the link below and enter your e-mail address.
http://spreadsheets.google.
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I just want to emphasize again that QUEST board elections will be held in just under a month. If you are even the slightest bit interested in running or want to find out what we do specifically, please e-mail the individual board members or the whole board. We'll even take you out for coffee if you're interested! Hope to see you all on Tuesday for the next GBM!
With QUESTLOVE,
Your soon to be former communications chair,
