[Qsc_asuw] SPRING! Newsletter Week 3
QTBIPOC Artist Spotlight of the Week:
Illustrator and graphic design student Illustrator from small and tropical El Salvador. Sonia Lazo is creating attention-getting art. Her lively, intriguing work addresses not only the world we live in but also unseen worlds—the land of the past and the realms of myth and fantasy.
The QSC Director is moving on to other opportunities. Now, it's your turn to take a swing at change-making and advocacy! Apply today to be the new QSC Director!
Applications close April 21st, 2019 at 11:55 pm.
In addition, every position at ASUW is hiring! If you're interested in serving in different capacities, check out all available positions here!
The mission of the Queer Student Commission (QSC) is to first support, educate, and to provide an open-minded environment for queer UW students. In addition, it aims to provide non-heteronormative, anti-racist, non-ableist and non-sexist programming, services, and atmospheres. The commission aims to create an anti-oppressive community by funding, sponsoring and endorsing events, ideas and information that share these anti-oppressive principles, promoting community, and working to increase acceptance of queer students.
The QSC also values the development of leadership skills among its members by encouraging them to be involved with commission activities and operations. Furthermore, the QSC commits to itself to inclusivity and intersectional activism by maintaining strong relationships with other ASUW Commissions, student groups, community groups, and UW faculty and the Student Activities Office (SAO) staff.
The Queer & Trans People of Color Alliance (QTPOCA) will be meeting this Friday, location TBD!
Machismo and Toxic Masculinity
(Monday, April 15, 2019) 6 PM - 8 PM @ ECC Unity Room
ASUW SARVA and ASUW La Raza Present:
A roundtable dissection of machismo and toxic masculinity in the Latinx community with La Raza Student Commission.
Celebration of National Poetry Month!
(Tuesday, April 16, 2019) 7 PM - 9 PM @ Warby Parker (305 East Pine Street, Seattle)
305 East Pine Street, Seattle, Washington 98102
SAL is delighted to partner with Warby Parker to present a free poetry reading at Warby Parker Capitol Hill. This celebration features 2016/17 Youth Poet Laureate, Maven Gardner; members of the 2018/19 Seattle Youth Poet Laureate Cohort, Maia Ruth Pody, Alex Newsom, and Kiyoshi Sakauye; Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna; and Seattle Civic Poet Anastacia-Reneé.
Seattle Reads presents Thi Bui
(Tuesday, April 16) 6:30 - 8 PM @ Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS)
3639 Martin Luther King Jr Way S, Seattle, Washington 98144
Thi Bui will discuss "The Best We Could Do." The evening will also feature a staged reading from the book, adapted by Susan Lieu and directed by Kathy Hsieh, in partnership with Book-It Repertory Theatre.
"The Best We Could Do" is a haunting memoir about the search for a better future and a longing for a simpler past. Thi Bui documents her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves in America. As the child of a country and a war she can’t remember, Bui’s dreamlike artwork brings to life her journey to understanding her own identity in a way that only comics can.
Thi Bui was born in Vietnam three months before the end of the Vietnam War, and came to the United States in 1978 as part of the “boat people” wave of refugees from Southeast Asia. Her debut graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do (Abrams ComicArts, 2017), has been selected as UCLA’s Common Book for 2017, a National Book Critics Circle finalist in autobiography, an Eisner Award finalist in Reality Based Comics, and made several Best of 2017 book lists, including Bill Gates’s top five picks. Bui is also the Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of A Different Pond, a picture book by the poet Bao Phi (Capstone, 2017). Her short comics can be found online at the Nib, PEN America, and BOOM California.
Seattle Reads is a “one book, one city” program, where people are encouraged to read and discuss the same book. It’s designed to deepen engagement in literature through reading and discussion.
- Everyone is invited to participate in Seattle Reads by reading the featured book, joining in a book discussion, and/or attending programs with the featured writer.
Baile Folklórico comes to the University of Washington
(Wednesday, April 17) 7-9 PM @ wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ - Intellectual House
Come join us at the Intellectual House to learn how to dance the traditional Mexican dance known as Baile Folklórico. The instructors will be from the group "Ballet Folklorico Angeles de México". We ask for you to bring small heels or flats (non-marking shoes) and water is encouraged! The event is free, for UW students only. Any questions please email [email protected].
(Tuesday, April 16) 7-9PM @ Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98122
Hanif Abdurraqib at Elliott Bay Book Company
Elliott Bay Book Company presents Hanif Abdurraqib for his New York Times Bestselling book GO AHEAD IN THE RAIN.
How does one pay homage to A Tribe Called Quest? The seminal rap group brought jazz into the genre, resurrecting timeless rhythms to create masterpieces such as The Low End Theory and Midnight Marauders. Seventeen years after their last album, they resurrected themselves with an intense, socially conscious record, We Got It from Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service, which arrived when fans needed it most, in the aftermath of the 2016 election. Poet and essayist Hanif Abdurraqib digs into the group’s history and draws from his own experience to reflect on how its distinctive sound resonated among fans like himself. The result is as ambitious and genre-bending as the rap group itself.
Abdurraqib traces the Tribe’s creative career, from their early days as part of the Afrocentric rap collective known as the Native Tongues, through their first three classic albums, to their eventual breakup and long hiatus. Their work is placed in the context of the broader rap landscape of the 1990s, one upended by sampling laws that forced a reinvention in production methods, the East Coast-West Coast rivalry that threatened to destroy the genre, and some record labels’ shift from focusing on groups to individual MCs. Throughout the narrative Abdurraqib connects the music and cultural history to their street-level impact. Whether he’s remembering The Source magazine cover announcing the Tribe’s 1998 breakup or writing personal letters to the group after bandmate Phife Dawg’s death, Abdurraqib seeks the deeper truths of A Tribe Called Quest; truths that—like the low end, the bass—are not simply heard in the head, but felt in the chest.
This event is Free and Open to the Public.
DISABILITY MONTH APRIL 2019
Sara Acevedo: Building Collectively Toward Institutional Access
(Wednesday, April 17) 5-6 PM @ HUB 340
(Friday, April 19) 4-5 PM @ HUB 340
Disability Studies Program Brown Bag Sharan Brown
(Tuesday, April 30) 12-1 PM @ MGH 024
(Tuesday, April 30) 5-7 PM@ HUB 340
ASUW SDC Presents: ASL Workshop
(Thursday, April 18) 5-7 PM @ HUB 332
Learn the basics of American Sign Language from the UW ASL Club, featuring presentations from TEDxUCLA speaker Austin Vaday and UW Professor Lance Forshay.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION
CART captioning and ASL/voice interpretation will be provided.
This event is a scent-free space! Please refrain from using scented products if you will be in attendance.
F*** Stairs Kick Off
(Friday, April 19) 4-5 PM @ HUB 340
Come learn about the purpose of the pledge, hear from Disability Rights advocates, and celebrate the beginning of our 2019 F*** Stairs campaign!
There will be donuts, veggies, coffee/tea, and lemonade! (Vegan/gluten free options available)
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
CART Captioning will be provided.
This is a scent free event! Please refrain from using scented products if you plan on attending.
2019 Youth Speaks Seattle Grand Slam
(Friday, April 19) 6-10 PM @ Kings Hall MS LLC
2929 27th Ave S, Seattle, Washington 98144
After months of preliminary slams, join Youth Speaks Seattle in our finale and the biggest youth poetry event of the year: GRAND SLAM.
10 of the highest-scoring poets of the season grace the stage for one transformative night of competition, storytelling, and community celebration. By the end of the night, the top 5 poets will be chosen to represent Team Seattle at renowned international youth poetry festival, Brave New Voices, this year in Las Vegas. You don't want to miss this!
TICKETS:
$10 for youth
$20 for adults
Tickets available at the door and Brown Paper Tickets. Email slam@artscorps for discounts on groups of 5+ youth ($7)!
HOSTED BY: Youth Speaks Seattle teaching artists, award-winning poets Ebo Barton, and Youth Poet Laureate of Seattle, Azura Tyabji.
FEATURING: Incredible singer and organizer, JustMoni
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
King's Hall is below and behind the Mt. Baker Light Rail Station Stop
Bus Routes nearby are 8, 48, 14, 7, 9, 106, 987 (many of which are available at the Mt. Baker Transfer Station)
Parking: There is a parking lot available at Kings Hall and overflow parking available next door at the University of Washington Consolidated Laundry parking lot.
No stairs or ramps necessary to enter King's Hall.
Two wheelchair accessible, gender free restrooms on the main floor.
Four spaces in the parking lot are designated for folks with disabled parking placards.
CART services will be available at this event.
This is not a scent free event/space but to request a scent free zone, email [email protected] by March 29th (acknowledging that King's Hall is not a scent free space overall).
For anyone needing seating anywhere in the seating area, we are happy to accommodate by moving any chairs.
There will be a row of seating reserved for folks that need access to the front for visibility.
Have access needs that are not listed here? Please email [email protected] with any questions, comments or concerns
YOUTH RIGHT NOW ARE THE TRUTH RIGHT NOW!
Emergent Strategy: An Evening with Adrienne Maree Brown
(Thursday, April 18, 2019) 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @
The Seattle Public Library
Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, Seattle, Washington 98104
Join activist and author Adrienne Maree Brown for a reading centered on her book "Emergent Strategy" and a celebration of community-led organizing in Seattle.
This event is made possible with support from The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Seattle Office of Civil Rights.
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
This program will be ASL interpreted.
Pasifik Voices Spring 2019
(Wednesday, April 24, 2019) 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM @ ECT
We are back for the last Pasifik Voices of the school year! You know the drill: come out and join us for a night of showcasing and celebrating the unique talents and performances of individuals who make up the greater Pacific Islander community on the UW campus!
As always, you can look forward to... music, dance, art, spoken-word, community and more!
Admission is FREE, bring all your homies!
Interested in performing?
Sign up NOW at: tinyurl.com/pvspring2019
Interested in MCing?
Apply here: https://forms.gle/GFHgbk6di1ZrCVhx7
SARVA, WAC, D-Center and SDC Present: Open Mic Night
(Tuesday, April 30, 2019) 5-87PM @ HUB 340
Join this safe space and hear stories from disabled survivors of assault and domestic violence.
Light refreshments will be provided! (Vegan/gluten free options available!)
ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION:
CART Captioning will be provided.
This is a scent free space! Please refrain from using scented products if you plan on attending.
Transgender & Gender Diverse Support & Social Group
(Wednesday, April 10, 2019) 6-8 PM @ U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle
205 E. Meeker St. Kent, Washington 98032
[trans] ACTION is a support/social group for sex workers that is held every first Wednesday of every month. It is an opportunity that provides sex workers a safe space to engage in topical discussions relating to their life and/or work. This gathering is open to transgender and gender diverse sex workers with current or past experience in the sex trade.
Discussions include topics such as:
*Decriminalization and Destigmatization of sex work
*Know your rights training
[trans] ACTION promotes and values confidentiality regarding interactions within the group.
The undisclosed location has ample parking, all-gender and ADA-accessible restroom. Come and build community with us! For more information please email Ara-lei at [email protected]
Upcoming Dates :
Let’s Talk is a free program that connects UW students with support from experienced counselors from the Counseling Center and Hall Health Center without an appointment. Counselors hold drop-in hours at four sites on campus:
Mondays, 2-4 PM, Odegaard Library Room 222
Tuesdays, 2-4 PM, Ethnic Cultural Center Room 306
Wednesdays, 2-4 PM, Q Center (HUB 315)
Thursdays, 2-4 PM, Mary Gates Hall Room 134E
Let’s Talk offers informal consultation – it is not a substitute for regular therapy, counseling, or psychiatric care.
To learn more, visit letstalk.washington.edu.
The HUB’s front entrance is wheelchair accessible and the common area is to the right of the main desk.
An all-genders restroom can be found at the 3rd floor, down the hallway from the Q Center. Gender binary bathrooms with multiple stalls can be found on each floor of the HUB.
The HUB IS not kept scent-free but we ask that you do not wear scented/fragranced products (e.g. perfume, hair products) or essential oils to/in the Q Center in order to make the space accessible to those with chemical injury or multiple chemical sensitivity.
Thank you for being a part of our community <3
We are so glad that you are here, and we are so glad to get to know you!
Have questions about the QSC? Just want to get involved? Find our office hours online at hours.asuw.org.
To hear more from the QSC be sure to like us on facebook, and follow us on twitter & instagram to stay up to date with all queer and trans related happenings on campus and in Seattle!
With love,
Mehria Ibrahimi, Outreach & Engagement Intern.
