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THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR


HAVE A HEART, HOST A FOOD DRIVE TO REPLENISH


CONFERENCE The Center for Excellence in School Counseling and Leadership and the Harvey Milk


MAMA’S PANTRY Mama’s Pantry, a service of Mama’s Kitchen, provides a nutritional shopping


opportunity at no cost for men, women and children of San Diego County affected by HIV/AIDS. The public’s help is needed in February to host food drives throughout the county, to ensure that shelves are full with nutritious, non-perishable food items. “February is the month of love, so we encourage local businesses, schools,


places of worship and social clubs to sponsor one or more of our barrels to collect much-needed food for impoverished San Diegans,” says Alberto Cortés, executive director at Mama’s Kitchen. “These donations will help us ensure that we can continue our mission of providing a basic necessity of life—nutri- tious food.” In February 2011, Mama’s Kitchen hopes to collect 100 barrels of food for the Mama’s Pantry drive. Established in 2004, Mama’s Pantry service is designed to meet the needs of clients with HIV/AIDS who can benefit from occasional nutritional support to maintain their health and stretch their food budgets. Once a month, clients can visit Mama’s Pantry and select their own non-perishable items such as cereals, pastas and canned goods from the donated inventory. It is easy to sponsor and host a food drive for Mama’s Pantry. To schedule a barrel delivery to your location, contact Bill Patten at bill@ mamaskitchen.org. Mama’s Kitchen will also make ar- rangements to pick up the barrels once the food drive has ended. A wish-list of the non-perishable food items will also be provided for your location to use during the promotion.


Foundation will present the 2nd Annual International Conference the weekend of February 25-27. This year’s conference is “Solution to a Crisis: Supporting Students— Saving Lives, Empowering School Counselors and All Educators to Support our LGBTQIA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex and Ally) Youth.” The conference offers education professionals a unique opportunity to gain the


knowledge and skills to access resources to improve students’ lives and effectively cre- ate positive change, while focusing on issues of awareness. With more than 40 diverse workshops and breakout sessions, the conference will cover a wide range of topics to both empower and provide attendees with the tools, resources, attitude and the understanding necessary to go back and put a support system into effect at their respective schools or districts. The “Solution to a Crisis: Supporting Students –Saving Lives” conference will be held


at the Hazard Center Doubletree Hotel in Mission Valley. Registration is now available at $249 per person. For more information, visit lgbtqia2011.com


DESERT AIDS PROJECT OPENS


REVIVALS THRIFT STORE IN HILLCREST A new thrift store operated by the Desert AIDS Project, (the Palm Springs-based HIV/ AIDS service provider) will open in Hillcrest on Wednesday, February 9. The store, called Revivals, will occupy the space at 1644 University Ave. which formerly housed Legends Home Furnishings. The store will raise money to provide services for more than 2,300 of Desert AIDS Project’s clients, including free HIV testing, counseling, health services and legal assistance. Desert AIDS Project opened its first Revivals store in 1995 as a means of diversifying Desert AIDS Project’s revenue base through earned income. The local connection with San Diego clients and donors had a major influence in Desert AIDS Project’s first-time venture outside of the Palm Springs region to open its fifth Revivals store in Hillcrest. “Opening a store in Hillcrest would be an appropriate and welcoming way for us to give back to the San Diego community, as well as Palm Springs,” said Barry Dayton, the organization’s director of marketing and communications. Of the project’s $11.2 million annual budget, one-third of its funds are raised through


Revivals’four existing stores. Dayton said a portion of the money raised at the new Hillcrest location will directly benefit the San Diego LGBT community, not just Palm Springs. Each year the Palm Springs nonprofit chooses two local organizations offering HIV/AIDS services to be the beneficiaries of a “significant donation.” Dayton could not reveal just which two San Diego organizations would be chosen. For more information, visit DesertAIDSProject.org.


SUPPORT MAMA’S KITCHEN AT BUFFALO


AUDRE LORDE POETRY NIGHT Looking for a little inspiration? Join the Women’s Resource Center and Latino Ser-


EXCHANGE Mama’s Kitchen was recently chosen as a recipient in Buffalo Exchange’s


Tokens For Bags program. Shoppers are encouraged to accept a token instead of a bag for purchases. For each accepted token, Buffalo Exchange donates 5¢ to a featured charity of the customer’s choosing. This program will run from January to June 2011 at Buffalo Exchange—located at 3862 5th Avenue in Hillcrest. The Tokens for Bags program has generated nearly $360,000 for hundreds of nonprofits since 1994, saving 7.2 million bags.


vices for the Audre Lorde Poetry Night, an evening of creative expression in the name of Audre Lorde. In her own words, Lorde was a “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” and we will gather to honor her memory through music and poetry. Read her work or share your own during the open mic session, or just listen and be


inspired! Featured poet Succinct, member of the 2010 San Diego Slam Team, will be our special guest for the evening. This event is free, open to all and will take place Tuesday, February 22, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Latino Services room at The San Diego LGBT Community Center—located at 3909 Centre Street. For more information, contact Abby Schwartz, women’s resource center coordinator, at 619.692.2077, ext. 212, or women@thecentersd.org.


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