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Listed below is our list of workshops that will be offered at BECAUSE 2016.
Workshops are listed in alpha-order.
The Art and History of Drag: Cultural Foundations in Queer Gender
Presenter: Jac Stringer
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
Drag is fabulous. Whether it is in a bar or a theatrical stage, drag is more than dressing up; it is challenging societal systems of gender and culture through a queer lens.Drag is rooted in the history of trans and queer communities, uniquely promoting visibility, validation, and artistry for a wide spectrum of identities. In this workshop, attendees will learn about the history of gender performance and how it shaped the trans and queer community today. It will also discuss drag as an modern art form, the cultures surrounding it, and what the future may hold.
Asexuality & Intersectionality (Panel Discussion)
Panelists: Anna, Sandra Breuer, Lynn Dugan, Emily Keyes, Alexandra Kriz, & Kristin Youngblom from MN Asexuals
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
Join members of Minnesota Asexuals for a discussion and Q&A on how asexuality influences and interacts with our identities as a whole.
Presenter: Michael Holt
Ages: 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
So what is BDSM? The acronym is a mash-up of B&D (Bondage and Discipline), D/s (Dominance/submission) and SM (Sadomasochism). Public awareness of BDSM is growing, but portrayals in mass media are often highly unrealistic and even dangerous. Come get the real skinny. What do people actually do? How do they stay safe? How is BDSM different from abuse? What's the appeal? This workshop will address these questions and more, including questions from participants. There will be a handout with resources for further learning.
Being Out Online: Visibility Management in the Technology Age
Presenters: Melissa K. Bergdall, M.S. & Markie L. C. Twist, Ph.D
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Bi Beginnings, Sex & Sexuality, Youth, Intersecting Identities
"Visibility management" is a process that LGBTQ+ people use to decide, manage and monitor how "out" they are in various contexts (e.g., school, work, home). However, little research has addressed how folks manage their visibility in electronic environments (e.g., social networking sites, apps, blogs), or what the presenters are calling "e-visibility management". In this workshop, recent theoretical and research-based information about how to manage e-visibility, both individually and in relationships, will be discussed. In addition, participants will explore what factors influence how they decide to manage technology in their life. Throughout the session, unique challenges for folks in Bi+ communities will be addressed, and relevant resources will be given to participants.
Beyond Binaries of Gender & Sexual Orientation
Presenter: Mary H. Hoelscher, Ph. D
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Bi Beginnings, Intersecting Identities, Sex & Sexuality
This interactive workshop will engage participants as they explore their own gender and sexual orientation outside of the boundaries of male and female, gay and straight. All participants will then engage and discuss as they share across their unique identities, experiences, and perspectives about gender and sexual orientation. The outline of this workshop was developed by Robyn Ochs and has been shared in books and classrooms across the country.
Beyond G and L: Ensuring Bi+ Visibility and Equity in the Workplace
Presenters: Rebecca Waggoner & Eva Wood
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Community Building & Leadership, Intersecting Identities
Bi+ erasure and invisibility continue to be major issues in many workplaces across every sector with discussions about the LGBT communities primarily focused on the G and L. This highly interactive seminar creates opportunities for participants to engage in real-world problem solving and inclusion strategy development. Discussions will include current language, inter-related oppressions and how they support Bi+ exclusion, a snapshot of current workplace culture and a participant driven discussion of best/better practices for creating true Bi+ inclusion in the workplace.
Beyond the Binary: Gender-Based Violence and LGBTQ Communities
Presenter: Megan Rae
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Community Building & Leadership
*Content/Trigger Warning*
We know that violence affects all of us regardless of our intersectional identities. Yet, statistics show that violence impacts marginalized communities at an alarmingly higher rate. With half of bisexual women and a startling 64% of transgender individuals reporting sexual assault in their lifetime, we invite those who identify as queer and allies to focus their lens on the nuanced challenges that face our queer community. Join Megan Rae for an active discussion addressing community challenges and how we can support, raise awareness, and make a difference. Presentation topics will include: sexual violence, consent, rape culture, and queer identities.
Bi+ Essentials
Presenters: Camille Holthaus & Martha Hardy
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Bi beginnings, Community Building & Leadership
This workshop will address questions and common misconceptions about people who are attracted to more than one gender. This bi+ community often uses labels such as bisexual, pansexual, fluid, or queer. Through presentation of personal stories and study and survey results, participants will learn about the ways the bi+ community is both similar to and different from the gay and lesbian communities, explore how to combat stereotypes of bi+ people that have such negative impacts on the community, and discuss how to be more inclusive of bi+ people individually and within organizations.
This is BOP's basic Bi+ 101 presentation. It debunks stereotypes by discussing the real data about our community and challenging damaging societal attitudes like slut shaming. At BECAUSE, we bring the whole presentation and if the attendees need an "ally organization and new bi" presentation we do that. If it is more seasoned folks who are curious about our presentation, we talk through the presentation discussing why we bring certain things out. What we are going to do is determined by asking folks at the beginning "what are you hoping to get out of this workshop?"
Bi & Large: Conversations about Body Size & Sexuality
Presenter: Kim "KJ" Jorgensen |
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Social Justice & Solidarity, Sex & Sexuality
This workshop will briefly introduce terms, theories, and movements related to oppression of people with larger body size (sizeism) and the intersection with gender and sexuality. The primary focus will shift toward a facilitated discussion among participants. What are your experiences with gender and sexuality as it relates to body size? What have you noticed about how the world treats larger bodied people? How do you respond? Do you identify as fat? Is it ok to say fat? How does your body size affect how others see your gender and sexual identities or vice versa? Do others perceive your gender or sexuality differently based on body size? What is body size privilege? How do body size, gender and sexuality relate to our other identities such as race, social class, and ability? How do you cope with sizeism?
The discussion will help us untangle (or further entangle) sizeism as a form of systemic oppression, cultural standards of beauty, size and social acceptability. This workshop will encourage self reflection and request participants to share as they feel comfortable. We will also critique larger social and cultural examples. This workshop will NOT focus on weight loss, although related themes may arise. This workshop is open to people of all body sizes.
Bibrarians' Best Bi Books
Presenters: Martha Hardy,
April L. Anderson, Mary Gen Davies
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Bi Beginnings, Community Building & Leadership
Bibrarians know all the best bi books! And that's because they slog through masses of good, bad, and ugly books so you don't have to. Join these bi librarians as they discuss publishing trends and talk about some of the very best bi books of all types - new, old, youth, fiction, genre fiction, history, biography, non-fiction, and more. Be ready to talk about your favorite books, too, as we build The Big Bibliography of Bi Books.
Bisexual Asylum - Then & Now
Presenter: Apphia Kumar
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Social Justice & Solidarity
Take a walk through the years to see what immigration has looked like for Bisexual Immigrants and Asylum Seekers. Discover the amendments that changed and challenged immigration and hear about the work today's bisexual asylees are doing to make sure that no one gets turned away because of their non monosexual identities.
Bisexual Erasure and LGBT Studies
Presenter: Victor Raymond
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Community Building & Leadership, Social Justice & Solidarity
This workshop is intended as an opportunity for academics and activists to take a stand against the erasure of bisexual identity in current academic research, and to discuss ways to address bisexual erasure and biphobia within the academic community. There are persistent reports of queer studies programs and curricula which either mis-define or erase bisexuality altogether. By coming together to address this issue, we can develop effective strategies to deal with this issue, in terms of research, teaching, and community/academic partnerships.
Bisexual Identity Development
Presenter: Patrick Richards Fink
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Bi Beginnings, Health & Wellness
Identity development is a basic piece of overall human development, and sexual orientation is an important facet of this. The popular models of identity development that are commonly used for LGBT populations frequently deprecate bisexuality. We'll discuss some of those identity development models, including implications of staged vs. non-staged, and ways they are harmful or helpful to bisexuals. Part of the time will be spent comparing the lived experience in the room with these models. We'll discuss some ideas on ways to move forward with more accurate identity development models. This workshop may be heavy in jargon/psychology specific terminology for the beginning while explaining identity models that often miss the mark in application towards bi+ folk. Then we will talk about the ways that we have come to understand our own self-identification, taking into account erasure and discrimination, and suggest models that might be more useful for us as a bi+ community.
Bisexual-Specific Issues for Mental Health Workers
Presenter: Harrie Farrow
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Health & Wellness, Social Justice & Solidarity
The fact that bisexuality is a distinct orientation, with distinct challenges and joys expressly different from those of gays and lesbians, has been historically neglected by mental health educators and workers. Meanwhile, research shows there is a huge need for many bisexuals to access mental health assistance. This workshop is for bisexuals interested in the mental health profession (providers, patients, former patients), and for non-bisexuals involved in the mental health of bisexuals (advice columnists, hotline workers, psychiatrists, counselors, etc.). A suggested list of issues specific to bisexuals will be presented. A brainstorming session about the list will follow, with ideas for additions/edits towards creating a document of concrete use to the mental health field. We will also discuss ideas on how to formulate an eventual final version endorsable by relevant groups/organizations and possibilities for dissemination.
Bisexuals at the White House: From Federal to Local Public Policy Advocacy
Presenters: Dr. Lauren Beach, Esq. & Dr. Herukhuti
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Health & Wellness, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
In September 2015, 100 bisexual community leaders and advocates gathered at the White House to discuss the needs of the bisexual+ people. Members of the team that drafted specific policy recommendations for the meeting in consultation with community leaders and bi+ subject matter experts in eight key areas: data collection; education; employment and entrepreneurship; HIV prevention, treatment and care; immigration and asylum; mental health and suicide prevention; physical health; and sexual assault, domestic partner violence, and intimate partner violence. We are refining the recommendations and working collaboratively toward their adoption by the Obama Administration. In this workshop, we will share the recommendations and provide space for participants to comment and give feedback on them so that we can continue to be informed by your perspectives.
Boys Who Love Straight Boys, Girls Who Love Straight Girls: A Cross-Cultural Discussion of Intense Friendship
Presenter: Dave White
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities, Health & Wellness
The queer community supports all sorts of sexual relationships within the community, but one area we can improve on is supporting and understanding intense relationships that aren't sexual and that might involve straight people. Even some of our GLBT historians gloss over the intense love that exists between friends in every age. In this workshop, we will learn about customs in other places and times that honor emotionally intense friendships, and we'll discuss how to navigate intensity in modern friendships so that everyone can feel supported and have a happy ending.
Complicated Selves, Complicated Connections, Complicated Communities
Presenter: Elise Matthesen
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
We're complicated. Working together for a shared goal doesn't mean we agree on everything. Our connections might not happen in places we expect them to, and may surprise us. Our communities are intricate, growing, and adapting -- and if any of us think they're not complicated, we haven't been paying attention. Appreciating complexity can be part of getting certain work done. Understanding and acknowledging our own complexity can strengthen us and can lead to connections that keep us going when the work is difficult. Come be part of a little exploration of a big truth: we're complicated. Come share ways to be complicated and survive -- and even thrive.
Connecting Across Class: Session A & Session B
Presenters: A.L. Genaro & Maggie Ewing |
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Social Justice & Solidarity
Last year we packed rooms large & small trying to dig into our complex class backgrounds and then quickly throw it back together to see where we had moved to (class status wise) now. Trying to encompass histories of class for folks aged 16-64 was a bit hit or miss and we didn't leave enough room for mixed class experience or movement. How can we adjust this year to account for more realities of lived experience as well as see more of how class changed for us over the years, while leaving adequate room to discuss painful periods of radical change? This year we will try to adjust.
Economic Justice is vital if we wish to see of our movements succeed in providing real change for those most targeted by oppression. Let's see where our spots of pain are around our class stories and try to turn those stories into tangibles for our organizations and movements today. Our society doesn't talk about class status and denies the existence of our class system where few benefit the most, while the many suffer mostly needlessly. This will be an intense exploration of class. Expect to be uncomfortable and for the center to be on poor/working class experiences. You may come to only one session, but you will miss a lot and still be held accountable to posted group agreements. In Session A, we will move around the room to try to find where we've been in our class journeys. In Session B, we will try to put it all together and find how we can use our class stories to pursue economic justice. There will be discussion throughout in small, medium, and large groups. Don't expect any bows to wrap this up nicely because I'm afraid there aren't many. Please take care of yourself and others as we discuss sensitive topics and moments of past and present pain.
Cut 'N Paste: Introduction to Bi and Trans Zines
Presenter: Sam R. Schmitt
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Trans Identities
In this introductory workshop, participants will learn how zines can be used to educate, raise consciousness, create coalitions, and empower bi+ and trans people. Zines are home-made, small-scale, non-commercial publications that can be used to elevate the voices of historically marginalized people. Participants will learn how and why people make zines to facilitate change and explore possibilities for their own self-expression and activism. All participants will learn to develop and create a mini-zine during the workshop.
*some of the zines we will be discussing may have strong language and content*
Differences in Attraction and Desire
Presenter: Calum Campbell
Ages: 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Health & Wellness
When we talk about sexual attraction and sexual desire, do we all mean the same thing? What about all the other flavors of attraction, and variations in how
desire affects us. Communication is very important in relationships, but to communicate we need to have language in common. We'll discuss some ideas/quotes around
how attraction and desire work, looking for similarities and differences in our own experience - with the intention of being able to better communicate how attraction
and desire work for us individually.
Finding My Place At A Protest...Where I Fit As An Activist
Presenter: James Schwartz
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
Is it my place to show up? Will I take up space that isn't mine? What if I don't feel safe going out? What about my child(ren)? Knowing the 'right way' to protest or show up as an activist can be complex. There are many things to consider before going out to front of the line blocking cars on the freeway, or even going to a rally on a college campus. Knowing what questions to ask yourself can be tiresome even. This workshop aims at unpacking those questions through personal experience and will attempt to create an environment for conversation about how we show up in different spaces/ways in solidarity, support each other, and learning to find our own inner activist.
Funding Social Change
Presenter: Camille Holthaus
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Community Building & Leadership,
While there is a lot of community building and social change that can be done without formal funding plans, many organizations and communities reach the point where they need reliable sources of funding to keep creating community and social change.The ways we secure funding for social change all have advantages and disadvantages as well as social justice implications. Selecting how you want to fund your work as an activist, organization, or social change agent can affect what you do, how you are perceived by other organizations, and the relationship you have with your community.
Some funding is only available to certain types of organizations or may come with requirements outside the capacity of small organizations. Funders may not have programs that match an organization's needs or may have program requirements that are not aligned with an organization's mission and values. However, large foundations have the deep pockets to help create larger programs and support larger organizations. Community grassroots funding brings its own challenges, but can create stronger ties within a community. We will explore all of these ideas and more with a panel of three development experts from the Twin Cities community.
Getting Bi+ (Pan/Fluid/Omni/Poly/Queer/Unlabeled)
Presenter: Mary H. Hoelscher, Ph.D.
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Bi Beginnings, Youth, Community Building & Leadership
From the White House to Miley Cyrus, bi+ people are moving an agenda. In this session, we'll smash the myth of bi+ privilege, interrupt biphobia, and put our pansexual people in the spotlight as we rocket beyond sexual orientation binaries. You'll leave ready to support those attracted to more than one gender in your GSA (Gender and Sexuality Alliance). We'll highlight resources like HRC's Supporting and Caring for our Bisexual Youth and a guide for making student groups bi+ affirming.
This workshop is focused on youth (middle & high school) and people serving youth populations.
How to Develop a Bi+ Discussion Group in Your Community
Presenters: Tania Israel & Heather Stevenson
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Community Building & Ledership
Visibility and social support are some of the most important ways to combat isolation and minority stress for bi+ people. A bi+ discussion group is one way to accomplish these goals, however the question of how to plan and implement such a group may deter some people from taking leadership in creating one. This workshop will provide participants with the tools they need to create a discussion group in their own community. The workshop will be facilitated by the founders of Bialogue, a discussion group for bi+ people in Santa Barbara, CA.
Intersectional Leadership: Why Just Being A "Leader" Won't Get The Job Done
Presenter: Frankie Jader
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership, Social Justice & Solidarity
Being a good leader takes more than being organized and delegating responsibility. It's about listening, learning and valuing the skills and knowledge of those we interact with. In this workshop, we'll define intersectionality and discuss how to incorporate it into our organizations, workplaces, schools, and communities. Attendees will also be given tangible action steps to take away from this session to use in their own leadership development.
Introduction to Asexuality
Presenters: Liam Gilson, Erin Topley & Lauren Sekelsky from Minnesota Asexuals
Ages: 11-15, 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
Join us for a brief exploration of asexuality, and other identities encompassed by the asexual umbrella. We'll cover romantic and sexual identities, common misconceptions about asexuality, academic research, and the asexual community, as well as sharing our own experiences. We'll also explore how the particular challenges the asexual community faces elide with and mirror those of the Bi+ community, and the intersectionality between these diverse groups. Bring your questions and be ready to learn about a unique viewpoint on human sexuality!
Introduction to Non-Monogamy (Poly 101)
Presenter: Andy Adams
Ages: 11-15, 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
What is non-monogamy?! Come to this session if you have ever been curious to understand what a non-monogamous relationship is. This is intended for people who are brand new to the concept and are interested in knowing more! We will be learning definitions, different structures, and asking ourselves some questions to find out if this relationship path is one for you!
Kink In Community
Presenter: Michael Holt
Ages: 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
Kink communities are imperfect sex-positive spaces. They offer social connection, education, and events which provide for personal growth while emphasizing safety. At the same time they can pose significant challenges. Learn about kink community values, practices, potential pitfalls, some of which are specific to bisexuals. This workshop will cover general characteristics of kink communities, as well as information specific to the Twin Cities kink community. Participants will get a handout with recommended entry points to the Twin Cities kink community. There will be time for participant questions and discussion.
Mixed Race Caucus: The Boxes Will Never Be Enough
Presenter: Noelle Martinez
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice and Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building and Leadership
Come engage in community with other mixed race folks! People of all genders and sexualities are welcome in this space where we will explore the intersections of our racial, ethnic, gender and sexuality identities. You are encouraged to come even/especially if you are not quite sure what your mixed race identity means for you. This interactive session will respond to the needs of attendees, so come ready to reflect and build community while examining the intricacies of privilege and oppression as they show up for each of us as individuals. We will also discuss how our mixed race identities intersect with our Bi+ identities. Personal and community advocacy will be explored and participants will leave with newfound community and tools for creating a world that can hold all of them in all of their identities.
My Friends are Acting Odd Now: Navigating Relationships After Coming out as Trans*
Presenters: James Schwartz & Eli Coffin
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Trans Identities
Navigating relationships in the world is already very difficult and rewarding as it is. Adding on queerness or being trans* can alter or shift relationships for many folks. Whether it be all the questions that we are asked to explain our identity, having to put ourselves in uncomfortable or unsafe situations, or not having a friend quite 'get it'. This workshop will provide a space for folks to talk about shifting relationships after having come out as trans*/genderqueer/non-binary/gender non-conforming/ect and how we all navigate those shifts and changes, as well as all of the hard (and at times, triggering) questions we get asked so frequently.
This workshop is focused on trans* & GNC people
Navigating Mental Health Providers: What You Need to Know about Therapy
Presenter: Jasmine Marshall
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Health & Wellness
This workshop will help attendees learn how to advocate for themselves and fellow community members in mental health institutions. This is a workshop for attendees to discuss their own and their community's struggles in receiving competent mental healthcare. Topics of discussion will include discussion of mental healthcare jargon and consumer rights. There will be discussion of common examples of incompetent care that bi+ communities and other marginalized communities experience and what to do in those situations will occur. This workshop will discuss healthy therapeutic relationships and red flags in problematic therapeutic relationships. This workshop is designed to be an open group discussion that will address the questions and needs of the attendees of the group.
NeuroQueer: Queering Sexuality and Gender Identity Among Autistic & Other Neurodivergent People
Presenter: Jess Banks
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
Researchers in autism and other neurological conditions have long believed that autistic people lack a "theory of mind," making them a blank slate without self-definition. Autistic activists offer the opposite theory with evidence from their lives: neurodiverse people have a more vast and flexible sense of self that frequently queers definitions of gender and sexuality. The "neuroqueer" movement explores this idea, and advances important new concepts of self-image and relationships as defined by the unique minds of neurodiverse people.
Open In Case Of Emergency: Building a Self Care Toolkit
Presenter: Natalie Clark
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Health & Wellness
When you feel down, emotionally exhausted, like you need a blanket fort or your happy place, and you just can't even, do you know how to care for yourself? Recharge your own batteries without derailing your social life, relationship, job, schoolwork, etc? Give yourself a pep talk? These important life skills are not taught at school, unfortunately, and so we must learn them for ourselves. Join us to gather tools and resources to use when you're in need, to help you to see more clearly when you're out of sorts, and remember that you are important and worthy of care.
Poly 201
Presenter: Vera Sky & Jai Negri
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Health & Wellness
What does your poly/open/non monogamous journey look like? This workshop is aimed at individuals who are already practicing a poly/open/non monogamous lifestyle. I ask participants to be familiar with common words and terms. Topic questions: What does your poly/open/non monogamous lifestyle look like for you? Has your philosophy or dynamics around poly changed over time? What do you wish you knew when you first started exploring a poly/open/non monogamous lifestyle?
Poly Panel
Presenter: Vera Sky & Jai Negri | Panelists: Leah Yoemans, Stephen Yoemans, and more
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Health & Wellness, Sex & Sexuality
Come hear stories from local Minneapolis individuals who identify as polyamorous/non monogamous. Panelists will talk about how they came to poly/non monogamy and the positive and negative things they have learned on their own unique journey.
Putting the Sexy Back in Sex Ed
Presenter: Teen Council - Rochester
Ages: 11-15, 15-17 | Sex and Sexuality, Youth
This interactive workshop is a crash course in LGBTQ+ inclusive sex education. We cover everything you've ever wanted to know. Putting the Sexy Back in Sex Ed will allow you to hear from peer sex educators, who are members of Planned Parenthood's Teen Council. We welcome all kinds of questions, and no topics are off limits! And if that's not enough? There will be candy.
This workshop is youth led and focused on youth.
Queer and Faithful: How ALL persons can integrate their sexuality, gender identity, and relationships with their faith.
Presenter: Rev. Dr. Claudia Hall
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Faith & Spirituality
This workshop will trace queer intolerance and fear in America's major religions, and it will offer alternatives within those traditions that affirm life, love, and wholeness of being. If your faith of origin has been a place of pain and shame, this workshop will help you see that every religion has options which are wider and more accepting. The major passages from the Jewish and Christian scriptures which are used to discriminate will be looked at and put in their proper context, and alternatives to hate will be examined, including welcoming churches/synagogues/mosques.
Self Identified: Embracing Internal Dialogues of Identity
Presenter: Rae Eden
Ages: 11-15 & 15-17 | Youth, Bi Beginnings, Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
The way we define ourselves is often based on our relationships with others. Our self-image can be shaped by how we perceive others see us. But our identity can be limited when our focal point is outward. What happens to our sexual identity when we define it by who we are dating? How do we remain authentic to ourselves regardless of who we are intimate with? In this workshop we will explore the inner dialogue that shapes our concept of self. Rae will share their personal journey in learning to embrace their identity. Through a guided movement exercise, participants will have an opportunity to explore how it feels to define self in relation to self and self in relation to others. There will be time for discussion, so that we can learn from one another in a supportive space.
This workshop is focused on bi+ youth.
Sensual Majik: Spirituality & SM
Presenter: Rich Hunt a.k.a Sargeant Major & Riches Jodi
Ages: 18+ | Sex & Sexuality
While SM for some means sadomasochism for others it means sensual majik, a way in which a couple can communicate on both a physical and spiritual level in an erotic context. Going beyond kinky foreplay to a deeper level of eroticism the workshop will discuss the use of ritual and other techniques to arouse the most important of the sexual organs, the mind. The use of ritual in a scene can be used to create an aura of mystery to induce a spiritual response. Scenes are a form of erotic bonding, a merging of two persons into a single being, this bonding takes on many forms, much more than just putting Part A into Part B, and to not explore those forms is cheating oneself of the banquet which is available. When the spirit becomes a part of what we do then whole of our being is nourished.
Setting and Maintaining Boundaries
Presenter: Calum Campbell
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Health & Wellness
Boundaries are an important part of how we interact with others – but what are they, as differentiated from etiquette and social contracts? How do we trip over our understanding of our own boundaries and others, and how can we establish, communicate, and maintain our boundaries to improve our interactions with others. We'll focus on techniques to support our understanding and interactions around boundaries, rather than diving into the difficult situations that create boundaries for us.
Sharing your Story for Justice
Presenters: Rachael Mills & Noelle Martinez
Ages: 11-15 & 15-17 | Social Justice & Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership, Youth
Contrary to popular (media) belief, we all have a unique and important story to share that is shaped by our identities, experiences, and personalities. Please join us in a space where we welcome your whole self to practice naming, reclaiming, and sharing our stories in community with one another. We'll discuss what holds us back from sharing our whole stories with others and from knowing our own whole-selves. You matter, and all the pieces of your story matter. We hope you'll join us in this compassionate exploration of self.
This workshop is focused on youth.
Shaykh Dr. Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé: Remembering the Mixities and Fluidities of His Life & Work
Presenter: H. Sharif "Herukhuti" Williams, Ph.D., M.Ed.
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Community Building & Leadership, Intersecting Identities, Bi Beginnings, Social Justice & Solidarity, Faith & Spirituality
Ibrahim Abdurrahman Farajajé has returned to his Beloved Friend, his Ancestors, and the Oneness of All Things. We gather to remember his life, work, scholarship and activism: unearthing fluidities, mixities, and pleasures. Showing their value, revolutionary and transformative potentials. Join this celebration of the life and work of a Black bisexual elder who contributed to the founding of the modern bisexual movement in the United States. Bring your tattoos and piercings, clothing optional sensibilities, multi-religiosity, fetish gear, stories, and curiosities. This session will be an open forum for people to reflect upon the life and work of a Black bisexual scholar, activist, artist and religious leader. Session activities include an introduction, screening his addresses, and an invitation for attendees to share their reflections.
Telling Your Story In The Media To Accelerate Bi+ Acceptance
Presenter: Alexandra Bolles
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Community Building & Leadership, Intersecting Identities
A primarily instructional workshop, attendees will be sustainably empowered to reshape the mainstream narrative about the bisexual+ community as a way to close the gap between quickly-advancing legal equality for LGBT Americans and the lagging cultural acceptance and understanding of bisexuals. The workshop will include a reflection on representations of bisexuality in mainstream media and an overview of the digital strategy behind Bisexual Awareness Week (#BiWeek). This instructional presentation will provide research-based strategies for bisexual people to, most effectively and accessibly, use the media as a tool for advocating for our community and educating America's average audience in order to accelerate acceptance for the bi+ community.
Texting, Sex and Doing the Dishes: Increasing Connection in Your Intimate Bi+ Relationships
Presenter: Irene Greene, MSEd.
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Sex & Sexuality, Health & Wellness
This relationship workshop will help participants:
Identify the impacts of trauma and oppression fatigue on our Bi+ relationships, identities and sexualities
Explore four common relationship beliefs that actually undermine effective communication, sexual satisfaction, expression of feelings, and balancing of needs.
Learn four strategies to improve listening, clearly convey needs, argue respectfully, and problem-solve mutually.
This workshop is open to folks who are single or involved in a relationship(s). It is intended as a safe, affirming, sex-positive, non-judgmental, and accepting space for all gender, sexual, and romantic forms of expression. This interactive workshop combines group discussion, lecture, and handouts. It is a modified version of an all day relationship workshop, specifically designed for folks who identify as BTLGQ, poly, and/or kinky.
Theatre of the Oppressed: A Means To Create Change
Presenter: Megan Rae
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Intersecting Identities, Bi Beginnings, Community Building & Leadership
Theatre of the Oppressed was created by Augusto Boal in 1971 as a means to address social justice issues through the format of interactive theatre. Boal created a format that promotes a safe playing space to address and practice social strategies to create change. Join Megan Rae in a presentation that lays out Forum Theatre, a subset of Theatre of the Oppressed, to address issues such as relationship violence, consent, and bystander intervention in a venue that highlights marginalized voices and also uses interactive play as an educational platform to create change. No acting experience required! Just come excited.
(Trans)Gender 101
Presenters: Cheyenne Johnson & Remy Corso
Ages: 11-15, 15-17 & 18+ | Trans Identities, Intersectional Identities, Social Justice & Solidarity
(Trans)Gender 101 offers an opportunity to think critically about the gendered lives we all lead, and how creating accessible environments and inclusive understandings of gender can benefit everyone. This training creates a space for participants to examine gender identity, gender expression, and our cultural notions of femininity and masculinity. Drawing on experiences and scholarship of transgender and genderqueer communities, combined with facilitated activities and small group discussion, attendees think about gender in new ways and leave with steps they can take to help make our communities more welcoming and affirming for everyone.
Transparenting - My Story
Presenter: Marsha Partington
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Trans Identities, Intersectional Identities, Youth
This interactive workshop will address core elements of sexual and gender identity, gender definitions and explore the diversity that exists within the trans*community. Time will be devoted to identifying our own internal biases in order to become fully accepting and supportive of those who identify as gender different. As the cisgender mother of a trans* identified child and an active ally, Marsha will share part of her personal journey travelling alongside her child on his road to coming out as a transgender male. The goal of this session is to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to have cisgender privilege and how to eliminate the impact of discrimination and replace it with love.
Turning Analysis Into Action: Understanding and Challenging White Supremacy
Presenters: Betsy Raasch-Gilman & Alexandra Vagac |
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
White men are 31% of the United States but make up 91% of the CEO's of big businesses. Why? In order to begin to understand the frameworks of internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and systemic oppression this workshop will use popular education to dig into how racism, whiteness, and white supremacy affects us all and how we can take individual and collective action to dismantle it.
We Need to Talk....Disclosure for Real Life
Presenters: Angela Callais & Shawny Sena
Ages: 15-17 & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Trans Identities, Sex & Sexuality, Intersecting Identities
"I have something to tell you"….. instant stomach ache, right? Sexual disclosure is touted as a necessary component of intimacy, but it's vulnerable, high stakes, and scary as hell! In this workshop, we will deconstruct the cultural systems that inform disclosure and apply it to our real lives. This workshop challenges the idea that disclosure is an obligation and breaks down the act into concrete, manageable steps. Let's practice how to disclose in a way that supports our agency and how to respectfully receive disclosure from others, no matter what it is!
What is Disability Justice?
Presenter: Galen Smith
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership, Elderly/Aging
What is ableism? How does ableism impact our bodies, our communities and our work? How can we move beyond accessibility to interdependence? What does disability have to do with race, gender, sexuality, capitalism, and colonialism? Let's dig into these questions together. Come learn about the Disability Justice framework developed by Patty Berne, Mia Mingus, Stacey Milbern, Leroy Moore, Eli Clare, Sebastian Margaret and others. Hear from artists and activists about what Disability Justice means to them. Discuss what including a Disability Justice framework in your social justice work might look like. Expect to be challenged and to leave with more questions than answers. #cripBECAUSE
"You look like a Freak…" Gender, Societal Recognition, and Trans Community Politics
Presenter: Jac Stringer
Ages: 11-15, 15-17, & 18+ | Social Justice & Solidarity, Trans Identities, Intersecting Identities, Community Building & Leadership
Each of us uses gender expression to communicate our identity to others in order to find societal recognition and cultural inclusion. Gender identity and sexuality directly relate to the creation of who is "normal" and who are the "freaks." This workshop evaluates the cultural concept of normalcy and how it impacts members of trans and queer communities. It will cover who is normal vs. a freak, as well as who enforces the rules of gender expression, why we feel we have to follow them, and how we can break them.
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The timezone in Osakabe is Asia/Tokyo
Sunrise at 06:48 and Sunset at 16:55. It's Dark
Latitude. 35.0833°, Longitude. 133.5667°
Weather near Osakabe; Report from Okayama Airport, 56.6km away
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- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
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- Akamatsu (8km)
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- Akuchi (12.1km)
- Katsuyama (13.4km)
- Tsukida (13.5km)
- Shimo-azae (18.1km)
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- Kamiichi (19.3km)
- Shimmachi (20km)
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- Hokubō-chō (21.9km)
- Hino-chō (23.7km)
- Ochiai-chō (24.1km)
- Kuse-chō (25km)
- Shingō-chō (27.8km)
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- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
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- Ōkura-yama (25.9km)
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- Hino-gun (29.2km)
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Okayama(OKJ), Okayama, Japan (56.6km)
Miho(YGJ), Miho, Japan (68.5km)
Izumo(IZO), Izumo, Japan (90.3km)
Tottori(TTJ), Tottori, Japan (92.8km)
Hiroshima(HIJ), Hiroshima, Japan (117.7km)
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Kohnan, Kohnan, Japan (81km)
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Experience the ultimate location, luxury, and service at this unique and exclusive beachfront estate on 2 lots: every room in the mansion directly faces sunset on the sea. Perfect secluded location directly on stunning Langosta Beach, Costa Rica's #1 wedding destination - yet just 5 minutes from the dining, shopping, and hopping nightlife of Tamarindo, the leading tourist town on Costa Rica's Gold Coast.
Four well-appointed master suites, a family room with 3 beds, a bunkroom for 6, a separate poolside apartment, and a separate courtyard bedroom suite make this the ideal getaway for multiple families or groups. Total of 7+ rooms and 15 beds, for up to 23 guests. Enjoy spacious entertaining areas indoors, poolside, and beachside, plus infinity pool sunsets, palapa bar, spa, multiple outdoor living areas, amazing tide pools for snorkeling, and world-famous surfing 5 minutes walk in either direction.
Fully gated w/private courtyard, 2-car garage, gated beach access, key-less entry, fast WiFi, cable TV, whole-house audio, landline, guest cell phone, AC throughout. VIP-class service includes housekeeper, groundskeeper, and pool maintenance 6 days/week, plus personal concierge and optional services such as private chef, massages, transportation, bucket-list tours, event gear, and childcare.
Comfort, location and estate best describe this castle by the sea. Perfect for the best vacation you have ever had.
- Daily Housekeeper (excluding Sundays)
- Beachfront Real Estate
- Perfect for Large Groups
- Events and Parties Allowed (Additional Fees)
- Ecological House with Solar Panels
First Floor
- North Upstairs Master: King Bed
- South Upstairs Master: Queen Bed
- Transformer Room: Queen Bed
- Bunk Room: Queen Bed, 3 Twin XL Beds, 1 Twin Trundle with easy stair access to top bunks
Second Floor
- North Downstairs Master: King Bed
- South Downstairs Master: Queen Bed
Separate Structure
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One of the most prestigious estates in the region... Boasting a 2 lot beach estate situated on the #1 wedding beach in Costa Rica. With the most spectacular ocean sunsets.
The beaches in Costa Rica are all public. Some attract less traffic by virtue of the public ease of access. Our beach is one of those that is typically quite private. Low tide yields tide pools for exploration and high tide gives you shore break onto white sands. Then spend your day watching waves from the infinity edge pool. There is nothing like it.
Our week at Casa De Luz could not have been better. We had two families and 6 kids ages 6-11. There was more than enough to to do. The concierge Aly made everything easy and teed us up first class. Surfing was awesome. Zip lining was unreal. Palo Verde river was OK. Food and hospitality were abundant. This is a must visit.
This was an amazing house and the pictures do not begin to show how wonderful it is! We traveled with 12 people and the house more then exceeded our expectations! The location is wonderful, and close to everything but yet felt very secluded! Would highly recommend to anyone looking for the perfect vacation! The service was top notch!
We were a multigenerational family of nine and this was the best trip any of us have ever been on! We travel frequently as we are in the tourism business and we welcome guests from all over the world. This experience was great empathy training! It felt like Christmas morning everyday waking up in this beautiful home, listening to the surf and hearing the howler monkeys. The house was very spacious and well appointed and although it was a large home (8000 square ft), it felt very cosy for our family due to the many communal gathering places throughout. We enjoyed meals in that were specially prepared by Cook Patricia which always included the most amazing guacamole to start. Deep sea fishing resulted in a mahi mahi feast including fish tacos and ceviche. Daily house staff were friendly and helpful and our concierge, Alyssa, ensured that ever detail was perfectly attended to. She shared her local knowledge with us and also made arrangements for zip lining, a catamaran cruise, and an estuary boat cruise. We enjoyed breakfast next door at the B & B and a few meals out in town which were always fantastic. Surf lessons, stand up paddle boarding, body surfing and beach walks were just a few of the highlights. Pictures do not truly capture the magnificence of this property or the experiences you'll have. It is well situated between Playas Tamarindo and Langosta. We had a rental car, which we found helpful but the property is within walking distance to town. Grandma and Grandpa are still raving about the holiday and the kids (all cousins ages 6,10, 14, 18 and 22) are looking forward to when we can visit again. We were there just at the end of rainy season and the canopy was lush and green with daily temperatures at 29C. Can't beat the heat, the beach, the surf and the friendly Costa Rican people. We are looking forward to visiting again and enjoying more adventures.
I am a father of 4 and took a family trip down to Casa de Luz recently.... SPECTACULAR! Never ending activities, gorgeous home, infinity pool right on the sand... with the best sunsets I have every seen. There can't be a better estate in the area. The tide pools on the beach were like 100 mirrors reflecting the sunsets. I really cannot find the words to describe it. I plan on returning next year.
We had a party of 12 adults that stayed at this Oasis. I have rented several homes in the past all over the Caribbean and this one was fantastic! The staff - chefs, maid and gardener were all so attentive and service bar none! The food that was prepared was excellent, while the maid cleaned our rooms and did our laundry and the gardener kept our pool and property spic and span. The house was very spacious and we had plenty of room to spread out. Beautiful sunsets every evening right in front of your eyes, stunning. Our concierge Susanne was very accommodating and was there when we were in need or had some questions for her. Wonderful vacation
The property and house are spectacular and the cook Patricia was amazing. 2 families - 4 adults and 5 children - stayed for a week and had the perfect holiday experience.
Casa De Luz is Located on Playa Langosta in Tamarindo which is one of the most pristine and private beaches in the region. The estate is set very close to Tamarindo (the nearest town) but, just far enough away to avoid all of the hustle and bustle (about 10-15 min walk). Nearby you will find Many attractions and amazing activities such as: Surfing, Deep-sea fishing, Nightlife, Casinos, Great restaurants, Zip-lining, Snorkeling, Scuba Diving, HorseBack Riding, Kayaking, Jet Skiing, Golfing, Mountain Biking and ATV offroading adventures, Just to name a few! The airport is only 45min-1hr away and you will be picked up and returned by a shuttle directly to and from the house. You will never run out of fun things to do during your stay!


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Campaigners welcome extension of African Union force in Darfur
Faith groups and aid agencies have welcomed the decision of the African Union (AU) to extend the mandate of its peacekeeping force in Darfur, Sudan, until the end of the year. The decision was announced in New York after a meeting of the African heads of state at the UN. "This is good news for the millions of displaced people in Darfur,' said Judith Melby, Christian Aid's Africa specialist. 'But it is only a first step. For the force to be truly effective it must receive more troops, more logistical support and a stronger mandate." The AU force had been scheduled to leave at the end of September. This had led to fears that the situation in Darfur would deteriorate sharply. Already much of the region is off limits to humanitarian agencies. The violence has increased since a peace deal was reached between the government and one of the three main rebel groups in May 2006. "The US and the UK are guarantors of the Darfur Peace Agreement and they must play their part in finding a solution to this bloody conflict,' said Judith. 'In the first instance the AU force must be helped to be a viable peacekeeping force. "The fate of millions of people depends on the force. It is a terrible indictment of the international community that, after the fanfare over the signing of the peace agreement, things have gone from bad to worse." Over recent weeks there have been reports that the government of Sudan has launched a new offensive to regain control of the region. Many fear that Sudan's leader Omar al-Bashir is determined to have a military solution to the conflict. More than 200,000 people have already died since the outbreak of the rebellion in early 2003. The UN Security Council has passed a resolution calling for the deployment some 20,000 'blue helmet' troops to replace the AU force. But Khartoum has rejected the initiative. "A year ago the member states of the UN committed themselves to a 'collective responsibility to protect' the peoples of the world even if this meant stepping in to protect them from their own government. The people of Darfur need and deserve protection," said Judith Melby. On Sunday Cardinal Cormac Murphy O'Connor was among leaders from the Christian, Muslim and Jewish faiths who took part in prayers for peace outside Downing Street yesterday, as part of an international day of action for Darfur. campaigners in cities and towns around the world held vigils calling for greater support for the people of Darfur.


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With the Rose II greenhouse gardening professionals will come into their own. The Rose II features 10 mm thick polycarbonate panels on all sides. The 10 mm thick panels provide great insulation for year round growing and strength for impact resistance and snow loads. The high level of insulation will also allow you to get started earlier in the season. The wide polycarbonate panels also allow lots of light to shine through to the floor. Unlike the most greenhouses, the assembly of the aluminum profiles is done together with the polycarbonate panels. The result is superior structural stability and panels that will never be blown out. The included foundation frame is 5 in. tall and very strong. It allows you to mount the greenhouse in the ground or sit flat on a surface and gain 5 in. in height.
- Heavy duty, corrosion resistant aluminum profiles
- 10 mm polycarbonate glazing thickness with "long life" UV protection"
- All the important sections are assembled as one piece: for extra high stability and long-term sealing
- Very good ventilation: one roof window with automatic opener is standard
- Large dutch style door: allows the bottom to stay closed while the top is open for ventilation
- Large rear wall window can be fixed open in many different positions
- Features gutters with downspouts on the sides
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NTL Screening: Young MarxTheater
Presented by Irvine Barclay Theatre in Association with Arts Orange County
Wednesday, March 07, 2018
Broadcast in HD from the Bridge Theatre in London
Rory Kinnear (The Threepenny Opera, Penny Dreadful, Othello) is Marx and Oliver Chris (Twelfth Night, Green Wing) is Engels, in this new comedy written by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman. This production is directed by Nicholas Hytner and reunites the creative team behind the Broadway and West End hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors.
The year is 1850, and Europe's most feared terrorist is hiding in Dean Street, Soho. Broke and restless, the thirty-two-year-old revolutionary is a frothing combination of intellectual brilliance, invective, satiric wit, and child-like emotional illiteracy.
Creditors, spies, rival revolutionary factions and prospective seducers of his beautiful wife all circle like vultures. His writing blocked, his marriage dying, his friend Engels in despair at his wasted genius, his only hope is a job on the railway. But there's still no one in the capital who can show you a better night on the town than Karl Heinrich Marx.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Zerez Holdings Inc., (OTC PINK: ZRZH) announced today that its subsidiary Next Generation Farming Inc., has obtained a purchase contract and 50% down payment for the sale of another advanced turnkey greenhouse system to a new Northern California Cannabis cultivation client. The $142,212 contract consists of the NGF-1 model 30ft x 96ft greenhouse system, certain automation options, and installation services and will be delivered to the client on or before March 31, 2017.
President John Taylor stated, "We are pleased to obtain the trust, confidence and the purchase contract from our customer. The client was referred to us by others familiar with Zerez and NextGen's wave of growth and growing reputation for doing what we say we will do."
According to Mr. Dan Searth, president of the client's company, "Once John and his team showed us their working demonstration facility, then created a professional presentation and detailed quotation that explained exactly what we are investing in, the project timeline, and the range of expectations we should have. It took us very little time to make the decision that Zerez and NextGen would give us the best service and return on our investment. We like these guys and our team can't wait to break ground and get our project producing income early in the spring."
Vice President Don Smith will appear again this week on www.moneytv.net with Don Baillargeon to provide additional company updates and preview the upcoming launch of the company's new websites, which will include interactive virtual walk thru demos, and online configuration tools complete with return on investment modeling software.
John Taylor and Don Smith, long time business partners, reflected that they are very pleased with the market's response to Zerez and NextGen's products and solutions in what they expect to be a very lucrative and profitable marketplace for the company. "We received the first $15,000 payment this week on the $900,000 long term lease announced in November; completed delivery and received payment for the $181,000 deal last week; announced the launch of our co-marketing and sales relationship with Sweet Leaf Hydroponics; and have now gained the confidence of another new customer as evidenced by their $142,212 purchase commitment. Yes, the work is hard, and the hours are long but we prepared for this once in a lifetime opportunity for several years," said Smith.
Taylor added, "We believe our vision, our experience, our team, and our cost effective solutions will quickly make us the top cannabis and organic cultivation company of 2017. We remind ourselves daily to be the best at what we do which is what builds reputations, wins customers and makes profitable companies. We try to remind ourselves this is supposed to be fun, and we are always on the lookout for opportunities to give back by donating our knowledge and products to help others grow food where its needed most on this planet."
About Zerez Holdings:
Zerez Holdings, Inc., (OTC PINK: ZRZH) Zerez Holdings is a public equity corporation focused on the advanced agriculture and cannabis industries with plans to grow through acquisition, strategic alliances, and proprietary intellectual property. The company's wholly owned subsidiary Next Generation Farming provides turnkey commercial greenhouse and automation systems that improve yields and decrease water consumption for cultivators of organic food and cannabis crops. The company's websites are www.zerezholdings.com and www.nextgen.farm
Disclaimer: The Company relies upon the Safe Harbor Laws of 1933, 1934 and 1995 for all public news releases. Statements, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. The company, through its management, makes forward-looking public statements concerning its expected future operations, performance and other developments. Such forward-looking statements are estimates reflecting the company's best judgment based upon current information and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, and there can be no assurance that other factors will not affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements. It is impossible to identify all such factors. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those estimated by the company include, but are not limited to, government regulation; managing and maintaining growth; the effect of adverse publicity; litigation; competition; and other factors which may be identified from time to time in the company's public announcements.
Zerez Holdings Inc., Don Smith, Vice President 424-732-7646
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zerez-holdings-enters-contract-to-sell-another-advanced-greenhouse-system-for-142212-300391743.html
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The MCC and the Ottawa Muslim Association have held a ceremony to honor 20 MCC members who were granted the Diamond Jubilee Medal for serving Canadian society.
For Khan, the ceremony at the Ottawa Mosque on Northwestern Avenue was an important display of unity.
"We are trying to work together. We are Canadian," he said.
"It doesn't matter where you come from or what your faith is. We are one nation and under one flag."
Among the 20 medal recipients were Maher Arar, the Ottawa electrical engineer whose story of imprisonment and torture in Syria after the 9/11 attacks shed a light on the excesses of the war on terrorism.
Also honored were his Arar's wife and Ottawa academic and human rights campaigner Monia Mazigh.
Also on the list was Wafa Dabbagh, a lieutenant-commander in the Royal Canadian Navy, who was the first woman in the Canadian military to wear a hijab. She died of cancer in June 2012.
Gathering under the banner of helping the less fortunate and disadvantaged, the MCC represents 16 mosques and 40 Muslim organizations in Canada.
The group has been recognized for its role in helping the disadvantaged to become productive members of society as well as helping resettling new immigrants.
Muslims make around 2.8 percent of Canada's 32.8 million population.
A recent survey showed that the overwhelming majority of Muslims are proud to be Canadian, and that they are more educated than the general population.
Blood donating campaigns, organized in coordination with Canadian Blood Service, remained as a source of pride for the Muslim community, receiving overwhelming response each time.
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Attendants praised the positive role Muslims play in Canadian society.
MP Paul Dewar, the New Democratic Party (NDP) foreign affairs critic and keynote speaker, said the recipients demonstrated "in the best way Canadian principles."
"It was a very conscious decision on your part to open your doors and open your hearts," Dewar said.
The guests at the ceremony included Mayor Jim Watson, Councilor Eli El-Chantiry, MPP Phil McNeely and MP Royal Galipeau.
The master of ceremonies for the evening was Anwar Ul Haq, who himself arrived in Canada with his family from Pakistan in 2000.
"We live in the best country in the world," Ul Haq said.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- For all the talk in the punditocracy that bad news was coming to President Obama Friday in the form of a poor monthly jobs report —only 96,000 jobs added against expectations of at least 130,000 — the Democratic National Convention just concluded has to be counted a success.
Ironically, that success was accomplished in the manner of the proverbial tree falling in the forest with no ears to hear it, inasmuch as the four holdover national networks — NBC, CBS, ABC, and Fox — opted this year to broadcast only an hour each evening of proceedings, a practice they also followed for last week's Republican National Convention.
The result in Charlotte was that some of the better, more energized moments — like a barn-burning opening-night speech from former Ohio governor Ted Strickland or another rouser delivered early on Thursday night by former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm — went unobserved by any but the most dedicated of C-SPAN and online political junkies.
In general, each night, from the first well-organized event 'til the last, contained more informational content and general firepower than had been customary even during the small window of '50s and '60s televised conventions, when everything was shown gavel-to-gavel to a rapt national audience. Those years, of course, were the last in which real contests took place at conventions, generating the kind of drama doled out these days by ersatz national "reality" shows.
That's one irony of the 2012 DNC. Another is that the star of the show, President Barack Obama, embodiment of the Promised Land to which the whole three-day trek across national consciousness had been leading, turned out to be something less than the sum of the parts which had preceded him.
It is doubtful that anyone would reckon the President's speech as possessing the power, eloquence, factual reach, and sheer charisma of the monumental 50-minute address by former president Bill Clinton on Wednesday night. That speech, which set out to buttress Obama's case for reelection and to debunk virtually every claim and accusation made by the opposition Republicans concerning this year's set of issues, was a genuine marvel. Who could remember ever hearing a speech containing so much wonky data — and one longer than a month's worth of Baptist sermons —coming off with such humor, panache, and persuasiveness?
Then there was the righteously intense and perfectly modulated oratory of the oft-underrated Vice President Joe Biden immediately preceding the President on Thursday night.
Talk about "Fired Up and Ready to Go!"
That phrase, a holdover from Obama's victorious 2008 campaign, became a crowd chant several times during the 2012 convention, and the fact of its being reprised underscored one of the weaknesses of the President's situation as he faces the nation's verdict on his reelection.
Too much of what he has to vend this year is a repetition of his foot-in-the-door sales pitch from four years ago.
Yes, the President has accomplishments, all of them dutifully noted by speaker after speaker at the Democratic convention.
He tracked down Osama bin Laden and avenged the outrage of 9/11. He has, in ways that don't get sufficient attention, simultaneously removed American troops from harm's way, both in Iraq and in Afghanistan, while stepping up the prosecution of other kinds of military and paramilitary efforts — drones, anyone? — against America's enemies abroad.
His stimulus efforts, though much scorned by Republican orators, are generally credited by serious economists with having stemmed the tide of incipient depression and prevented an absolute economic collapse.
He can lay claim to having saved and revivified an American automobile industry whose obituaries were already beng written by means of targeted loans and mandated restructuring.He has protected and expanded women's rights, veterans' benefits, and scientific research. He has protected Social Security, Medicaid, and Medicare (one of Clinton's profound services to the President was his takedown of the GOP claim that Obama had 'cut" Medicare, a claim disingenuously made by those, notably Republican vice-presidential nominee Paul Ryan, who would dismantle the vintage health program established during Lyndon Johnson's Great Society and now a national staple, depended on by seniors of every political persuasion.
Rather famously, Obama has also secured the passage of the Affordable Health Care Act (aka "Obamacare") which, clearly, will survive only in the event of his reelection. For all of its defects, the plan is a means toward guaranteeing a high level of health coverage — not quite universal but getting there.
On the social landscape, Obama has done what he could to shore up women's health rights, and he took the fateful and perhaps inevitable step of officially countenancing same-sex marriage as a right and something to be thought of in terms of the equality and liberty guaranteed by the Constitution.
He has expanded efforts in both the technological and environmental spheres.
All this — and more — was attested to by speakers and presentations at the DNC.
Where Obama has not succeeded — either in his first term or in his somewhat muted Thursday night acceptance speech, which largely recapitulated the talking points made by every speaker who preceded him —is in rekindling the very sense of national rebirth that was spoken to by his 2008 slogan of Hope and Change.
He can make the claim that he has delivered on both parts of that slogan, but, if so, he has done so in a way that has yet to influence the job rate or the economic bottom line much. He can blame Republican congressional intransigence, and there is no doubting that such a thing existed and blunted many of his good intentions, including the 2012 Jobs Act which died a-borning.
But how much of that blunting was made possible by the President's inexperience at administration and his failure to find the leadership means to accomplish his goals? In his last two volumes on the career of Lyndon Johnson, Robert Caro has made it clear that implacable opposition and what would appear to be insuperable odds can be overcome if a political leader is resourceful enough.
Besides being merely and mainly a reminder of talking points made by others earlier, the President's acceptance address was less a summoning of the nation to answer a vision, no new version of which was articulated by him, than a brief against what damage the Republicans might do if given new license, a plea to voters to prefer him to a worse alternative.
"On every issue, the choice you face won't be just between two candidates or two parties," Obama told the nation "It will be a choice between two different paths for America. …a choice between a strategy that reverses …progress, or one that builds on it."
Clinton perhaps said it better in summing up the GOP's implicit appeal this year: ""We left him a total mess. He hasn't cleaned it up fast enough. So fire him and put us back in."
Clinton made many parts of Obama's case better. Arguably, so did Biden. And so did Michelle Obama, for that matter. All of them injected more emotional content into their speeches than did the President with his "in conclusion" debater's remarks.
There was nothing wrong with what he said. But what he said lacked the force and inspirational spirit of his great orations of 2004 and 2008. "Yes, we can," he said then. And maybe he still can. But he has to prove it against the obstacles of a still intractable economy and an opponent, Mitt Romney, who may not be quite the pushover Democrats optimistically want to believe.
"This is our moment," Obama intoned grandly in 2008. He'll have to work hard to keep that verb from going past tense.
Meanwhile, other opinions of the President's performance are certainly possible. Here is the close of his speech Thursday as seen from a place in the rafters of the Time Warner Cable building by my son, Justin Baker of Atlanta, who was simultaneously seeing his first convention and making his maiden effort with a video-cam.
This version has a few truncated frames, but it preserves the passion and emotion of the occasion, enough of it to substantiate more upbeat views of the President's performance and the reaction to it.
Excerpts from former President Clinton's nomination address at the DNC:
Ostensibly, I'm here at the Democratic National Convention to help my father, Flyer columnist Jackson Baker, by throwing in a word or two here and there, shooting some low-rent video, and taking a few photographs, some of which have ended up like this:
Hey, I never said I was Annie Leibovitz; I'm a software development manager on vacation from Atlanta to hang out with my dad.
In the absence of dazzling video or still photographs in this post, allow me to share my thoughts on the state of the Tennessee Democratic Party as viewed through the prism of a disoriented IT manager from Georgia.
The scene: Wednesday morning at the Oasis Shriners' headquarters building in suburban Charlotte. The Tennessee Democratic delegation has rented meeting space here for the week. My dad and I amble into a sparsely appointed, gymnasium-like room as the group is finishing their breakfast. I scoop up the last of the hashbrowns from a serving platter, and I listen to Steve Cohen at the dais as he applauds the diversity of this year's state delegation. I'm pleased that he gets in a few Memphis Tigers basketball hurrahs toward the end of his address.
As I go for a second cup of coffee, a delegation official runs through some of the logistics of the day's schedule of events. What sticks out to me in particular are his comments about the placement of the Tennessee delegation on the floor of the arena. It's probably not a surprise that Tennessee, certainly out of reach for Obama in November, is placed far in the back on the arena floor, stage right. The official reminds the group to watch out for those pesky New Yorkers, as they've been muscling their way into the Tennesseans' assigned seating. There's not much you can do about it, he says, what with their sheer numbers and legendary resolve.
As breakfast wraps up, a partition is pulled away from a back wall, revealing the swankier furnishings of the Ohio delegation's meeting room next door. Throughout breakfast I can't help but notice their robust cheers bleeding through, at times almost drowning out the proceedings in the Tennessee room. Perhaps this video, the most passable of my videos so far, captures the contrast better than I can express it in writing:
Such is the state of affairs for a Democratic delegation with two — count 'em, two — elected officials at the federal level. Less muscular than New York. More restrained than Ohio.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- There are all kinds of obvious reasons why national political conventions do not draw huge television audiences on mainstream television anymore — the proliferating number of other TV-watching options, especially on cable; the growth of social media for real political junkies; and much else in the technical realm, along with the fact that these quadrennial spectaculars long ago surrendered their original claim to viewership, a sense of drama based on legitimate suspense.
They are just coronations now, all their results pre-arranged, everything to be said and done scripted to fit a talking-points line, the sum total of which is redundancy writ large. As an example, now that the Democratic Party has toed up and decided to officially endorse same-sex marriage, every speaker on the Time Warner Cable Arena stage on opening night of the Democratic National Convention was outfitted with some basic variant of the phrase "whom they love," as in "The Democratic Party believes that people should be judged by what they do, not by whom they love."
The committee-vetted phrase and its variants are liable to become as ubiquitous this election year as "a woman's right to choose" was in 1992, the year that Democratic nominees Bill Clinton and Al Gore (both recent converts to the pro-choice position) made a point of articulating the party's freshly entrenched consensus on abortion. (In the vice-presidential debate that year, Gore taunted Dan Quayle to join him in proclaiming such rhetoric. "Just say it, Dan: 'a women's right to choose.'" I wondered at the time how Gore would have reacted if Quayle had summoned enough mischief to ask, "Choose what, Al?")
Despite all the predictability of convention rhetoric, despite what would seem a near-certain guarantee of tedium, despite the dramatic audience fall-off since the days of contested conventions, despite the common-sensical decision by the networks to forgo all but an hour a night for a maximum of three nights for these affairs, there are still occasions when the public is cheated by not having full access to around-the-clock, gavel-to-gavel coverage in the old style.
Such a night was Tuesday, the DNC's opening day, opened by a call to order from Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the DNC chair, and ending with an address by First Lady Michelle Obama. Even in the scrappy years smash-mouth contests at conventions, first days were rarely much to write home (not text, not tweet). But Tuesday at the DNC was well worth an extended look.
Among other things, useful videos about Jimmy Carter and the Kennedy family were shown to delegates in the late afternoon and early evening. History buffs, even diehard Republicans, might have enjoyed those. And as evening deepened, the fare became ever richer. (As my son Justin, in the arena watching with me, observed, the fact that Newark Mayor Cory Booker, a media-certified cutting-edger, was relegated to an early spot raised expectations about what was to come.)
One of the ways Democrats attempt to distinguish themselves from Republicans is by calling attention to what they see as a greater diversity.( Tennessee Democratic chairman Chip Forrister asked the members and guests on hand at Tuesday's delegation breakfast to look around the room and see for themselves "the most diverse delegation in Tennessee history," one that, in fact, was still predominantly white, though there was a liberal proportion of African Americans, along with a balance of genders and one certifiable transgendered person.)
So the dais on Tuesday night would include blacks, whites, Hispanics and various other ethnicities, women's rights advocates, spokespersons for same-sex equality, laborites, farmers, big-city mayors, owners of small businesses, what-have-you.
Who would have thought that a former governor from Ohio named Ted Strickland would ignite fireworks. Yet Strickland, a kind of Gerald Ford lookalike with the same high-pitched voice, went out of the mold and delivered an old-fashioned Fourth of July partisan stemwinder. There were laughlines like "Mitt Romney never saw the point of building something when he could profit from tearing it down. If Mitt was Santa Claus, he'd fire the reindeer and outsource the elves" and passionate avowals like "President Barack Obama stood up for us, and now by God we will stand up for him," and Strickland had the crowd buzzing.
After him came effective presentations from the likes of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, the fiery former Chief of Staff for Obama; Massachusetts governor Duval Patrick; and Lily Ledbetter, the homespun worker lady who inspired the bill, pushed hard by the President, which mandated equal pay for equal work.
There were emotionally powerful presentations by a family whose lovely little daughter will require several rounds of open-heart surgery, a necessary ordeal made feasible by the Affordable Health Care Act (aka "Obamacare") which GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney is sworn to repeal, despite its close resemblance to the plan Romney sponsored as a one-term governor of Massachusetts.
(At the Tennessee delegation's lunch on Wednesday morning, 9th District congressman Steve Cohen made a point of thanking Romney for his having supplied such helpful guidance and drew appreciative laughter. It was a serious point, though, and Cohen made note even of Richard Nixon's relative liberalism within a Republican Party that in more recent times had stretched hard line conservatism to its limits.)
The keynote speech belonged to a fetchingly wry Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, who was introduced by his twin brother Joaquin, himself a political personage as a current candidate for Congress.
But the spotlight finally settled on Michelle Obama, and she delivered a version of herself that, in terms of likeability, was at least the equal of that which was achieved in Tampa last week by Ann Romney, and came off as somewhat more earthy and accessible.
There was talking-point stuff, to be sure: "Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it...and he wants everyone in this country to have that same opportunity, no matter who we are, or where we're from, or what we look like, or who we love."
But there were also authentically homey touches like this: "You see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate...to me, he was still the guy who'd picked me up for our dates in a car that was so rusted out, I could actually see the pavement going by through a hole in the passenger side door...he was the guy whose proudest possession was a coffee table he'd found in a dumpster, and whose only pair of decent shoes was half a size too small."
And, after a litany such remembered moments, Michelle Obama made it sound authentic when she said her husband's definition of success was not about how much money you made but how much you could contribute to society.
Ultimately the First Lady replicated Ann Romney's feat of making her man — often, like Romney, characterized as somewhat remote personally — seem deserving of affection as well as respect.
On the bill for Wednesday night was a widely anticipated appearance by former president Bill Clinton, someone who has never been characterized, by friend or foe alike, as remote. It loomed as a big-ticket affair, almost as big as the climactic one on Thursday, when Barack Obama will deliver his acceptance address.
Bad news, though, for some of the throngs on hand in Charlotte: The President's address, originally scheduled for the relatively spacious Bank of America stadium, has been moved indoors to the much smaller Time Warner arena to accommodate weather concerns. Ad hoc credentials will be at a premium, and somebody's parade is going to get rained on.
The award to Wharton was announced this week by Barbara Moore, executive director of rhe DMO, whose board includes Memphis city councilman Myron Lowery.
Moore describes the background of the award thusly:
The Susan Burgess Memorial award was established in 2011 to honor the late Susan Burgess who served proudly as Chair of "the mighty DMO" and as Mayor Pro-Tem of the Charlotte zCity Council. Mayor Chris Coleman (St. Paul, MN) received the 2011 Award.
Burgess, a Democrat and at-large member of the Charlotte City Council, was first elected to City Council in 1999. In November, voters returned her to City Council for a fifth term. She was also the most popular candidate in the 2009 city election, receiving more votes (59,862) than winning mayoral candidate Anthony Foxx (55,265).
Burgess was a past president of the North Carolina League of Municipalities and Women in Municipal Government. She represented North Carolina on the Democratic National Committee and was on the board of trustees for the National Housing Conference.


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About two weeks ago, an ancient pignut hickory split nearly down the middle, sending almost half of the tree crashing to the ground in a stand of old growth in northwest Marion County.
MORRISTON — About two weeks ago, an ancient pignut hickory split nearly down the middle, sending almost half of the tree crashing to the ground in a stand of old growth in northwest Marion County.
On Thursday, Greg Barton — the Marion County forester with the Florida Forest Service — looked somewhat crestfallen when he saw more than 70 feet of tree toppled over.
Turns out the tree, which is well over 100 years old, was in the running for the largest pignut hickory in Florida and maybe the country.
"This may be a non-story," said Barton, who was on Joe and Jean Gennari's property on Northwest 137th Avenue south of County Road 326 to measure the tree officially. The tree is not visible from the Morriston-area road.
There are strict rules when it comes to determining champion trees, as they are known. Determinations are based on a points system that takes into account trunk circumference, total height and how far the tree's canopy spreads out.
The trunk's circumference is measured at 4� feet above the ground. Fortunately, the part of the tree that fell broke off well above the measuring height so the entire trunk counted toward championship points.
Total circumference: 201 inches, nearly 17 feet around.
"Five years from now, the circumference will be different as the trunk rots away. These things are in constant flux. As they lose structure, they lose points," Barton said. "Champion trees are usually not in the best of health because of their age. This one is no different. There's already a lot of decay in there. It's just a really old tree."
The circumference was well over the recognized Florida champion pignut hickory, which is located in Wakulla State Park near Tallahassee.
But the tree's height and spread still needed to be measured.
To measure the tree's height, foresters use geometry instead of climbing to the top.
First, a distance of 100 feet was measured from the base of the tree. Using an instrument called a clinometer, the top of the tree was sighted and the diagonal distance measured from the 100-foot mark to the top. Then the height of the tree was calculated.
It's the Pythagorean Theorem in a real-life application.
Total height: 82 feet.
Because of the fallen section, the spread of the canopy suffered. The total spread was cut nearly in half.
Total spread: 55 feet.
Only a quarter of the spread counts toward the point system, however, which came to 297 points.
"Looks like we have a new state champion," Barton said.
The 297 score handily beat that of the Wakulla pignut hickory, which stood at 271 points.
Still, it was far from the national champion total of 355 points for a pignut hickory in Georgia. Even with the fallen section, the tree would not have challenged for the national championship.
Despite the record, Jean Gennari was disappointed with the loss of a large part of the tree.
"It's a shame. It was a beautiful tree, but Mother Nature takes its course," she said.
Barton said Marion and Alachua counties are home to several state and national champion trees. Most are on public land, but some, like the new record pignut hickory, are on private land. An online database lists champions, challenges and emeritus champions (one-time champions that have been eclipsed). The database includes the coordinates of trees on public land and photos.
Barton said trees can be nominated for championship status by anyone or, as in the case of the pignut hickory, can be spotted while foresters do their work.
The Gennaris, who bought the property in February, contacted the forest service to get guidance on how to manage the wooded portion of their land.
"When I was out there initially, she told me they had a big tree. When she took me to it, I was just like, 'Wow,' " Barton said. "From the initial measurements, I knew it could contend for Florida champion."


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