Program Ideas

This page documents possible future monthly programs

2017

• SEPTEMBER: For the Speakers Bureau: A Workshop On Inclusive Pronouns
  • http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170829-how-to-be-truly-inclusive-of-non-binary-genders-at-work
  • http://www.teenvogue.com/story/they-them-questions-answered
  • https://radicalcopyeditor.com/2017/08/31/transgender-style-guide/
• Facilitator
  • Madonna Doucette
  • Cathy Millett: no - not available
  • Maggie Haywood
• OCTOBER: show up in costume, and distribute your dots. Vote on next year's topics.
• NOVEMBER: Do you want a partner?
  • http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/im-an-older-gay-man-and-i-know-it-will-get-worse_us_599dc086e4b02289f76191ce

Future:

• Hal Walsh: tell us the story of your experience with Dr Tench, head of the Abby J Lane / Halifax Mental
• Cindy Kemp, Kemp, Cindy <Cindy.Kemp@Dignitymemorial.com> I am a Family Service Advisor with Dignity Memorial. I serve the communities for JA Snow, Mattatall and Cruikshanks Funeral homes in Halifax and Dartmouth. Funeral pre-planning. Discount offered to us.
• Simon Thibault (from Lynn): talk about his new book, Pantry & Palate - get ahold of him on Facebook
• My biggest fear and what we can do about it?
• Pajama Party!!
• JJ And His Embroidery
• Patricia Martinson: Her book - about it, and read something from it.
• Tuma & Nick & their pictures and travels
• Tuma: Some element of two-spirit culture - or smudging, or something.
• Lynn Murphy's paintings: each one is a memory
• Picnic at Dr Bob Fredericson's place in Terrance Bay - he invited us.
• Review 2017-02-12 Meeting and actually do something to invite the People of Colour Communities
• Vance: Plato lecture
• Bethana Sullivan: what do you do?
• Jean Gravelline OR Fyre Jean & partner: what do you do?
• Georgina Chambers: Healing the Queer Community.
• Homophobia in our families
• My favourite scents
• Pride - pick a topic
• Barend's friend Muriel: Métis, raconteur, musician, tell a story about being Métis.
• Survey results
• Building community
• Another photo / history discussion
• Content ideas: Gerard Veldhoven. WAYNE will contact him about maybe coming in again some time.
• Barend: Experience of gay Japan
• Music: Ukelele Mike
• Positives of Aging
• Photos & Videos: our stories
• Workshop on preserving photos and other community or family material
• Animals in our lives

Projects

• Another cookbook
• Calendar
• Coffee mugs