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For internal messages to membership and more private conversations, along with event invites, send us your Facebook e-mail address and we’ll add you to the Lambda PTO Facebook group. This group is completely private and will not show up on your profile.
The Office of EEO and Diversity cordially invites you to our Festival of Shining Lights on Thursday December 15th, 2016 from 4 PM to 6 PM at MDE 7A85. Please RSPV by December 8, 2016 to the main OEEOD e-mail.
6th Annual CIPA Christmas Event: A Caribbean Style PartyWhere: USPTO- Madison South Auditorium
When: Saturday, December 17, 2016, 7:00 p.m. – Midnight
Dinner served promptly at 9:00 p.m.
Price: $35
Price Includes: Dinner with Complimentary Beverage , drinks while supplies last & Door Prize
Get your tickets today:
Dolores Collins [Randolph 8B41]
Jacques Saint-Surin [Jefferson 8D31]
Kirstin Oswald [Randolph 7B41]
Hope Robinson [Remsen 3A25]
Please join Federal GLOBE for its monthly Networking Happy Hour on Thursday, December 1st, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Cobalt.
This event offers a great opportunity to network and socialize with other LGBT Federal employees. Please help us spread the word; tell your colleagues or bring a friend.
Cobalt is conveniently located in Washington DC’s Dupont Circle neighborhood at the corner of 17th and R Streets, NW.
To connect with Federal GLOBE on Facebook, use thefollowing link to request membership on the Federal GLOBE group page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_144779428928939.
WiSE Holiday EventCome join with fellow WiSE members to ring in the holidays with a presentation by Jennifer Tokar, Chief of the USPTO’s Enterprise Training Division, providing insights on how to set goals which are inspiring and actionable by discussing what truly motivates and compels people to make meaningful change. WISE members will receive tips and tools to set powerful intentions that stick and be encouraged to share with each other to increase accountability and learn how to best support one another!
The dialog will be follow by holiday ornament making in which WiSE members can record their goal for the holidays and 2017 to provide a visible reminder of that goal and efforts to achieve it over the coming weeks and months.
Networking and holiday refreshments too!
The Holiday Season is upon us and PTO-BIG will be celebrating in style!!! On December 16th, Madison Auditorium South, we request your presence at PTO-BIG’s Holiday Soiree. We will kick off this exciting evening dining, along with a bit of karaoke, hosted by our very own Arthur “Maniac” McCloud!! The evening will continue with the sweet sounds of reggae music, featuring the All –Star Carl Malcolm and Positive Vibrations Reggae Band!!! The band starts at 6:00 pm. Dining, Meet and Greet as well as Karaoke starts at 4:30 pm!! It’s going to be epic!!! Get on the list!!! More info to follow!!!! YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT!!!
Friends and Family are welcome
MEMBERS $15.00; NON-MEMBERS $20.00
or a small donation will be fine!!!
Want to brush up on your interview skills? Looking for a career change? Coming this January, PTO-BIG will be offering mock interview sessions with on-site feedback. Send an email to BIG, if interested!!!!
CFC fund raising is in full force! If you’re undecided or considering which charities to give to, here’s a handy tool to search the thousands of organizations available.
https://cfctoday.org/who-is-in-the-campaign
Take advantage of the “More Search Options” button and filter your search terms to narrow down these charities to find the ones you’re looking for. I found by typing LGBT and narrowing it down to search only descriptions, I could get a pretty comprehensive list of both local and national organizations dedicated to Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans causes. The term “Gay” can also show those organizations that didn’t include the acronym in their writeup. Now, more than ever, is a good time to support the groups who support us.
Stop Men Dying Too Young And Join The Movement For Men’s Health With The Movember Foundation.
Every Movember, we challenge men to grow a mustache or for both men and women to get active and move, and/or host an event, all of which spark conversations and raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health.
Men and women can sign up at Movember.com to:
Funds raised go towards supporting innovative world-class men’s health programs supporting our key areas: prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health and suicide prevention. To date, the Movember Foundation has helped fund more than 1,200 men’s health projects.
Prostate and Testicular Cancer:
Mental Health and Suicide Prevention:
For more information, visit Movember Foundation USA
This Thursday, November 10th, 2016 from 4 to 6 PM at the Madison Auditorium.
Please consider joining NEW, WiSE and FEW for this exciting event on November 10th! Dr. Johnson is a National Hall of Fame inductee, she holds over 100 patents and has had just such an impressive career. She was the Dean of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University, the former Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Johns Hopkins University and also former Under Secretary of Energy at the Department of Energy under President Obama. This will be a wonderful opportunity to meet her and hear firsthand the challenges, opportunities and experiences she has had.
From the Human Rights Campaign:
“28 years ago, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, we first observed National Coming Out Day as a reminder that one of our most basic tools is the power of coming out. One out of every two Americans has someone close to them who is gay or lesbian. For transgender people, that number is only one in 10.
Coming out – whether it is as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or allied – STILL MATTERS. When people know someone who is LGBTQ, they are far more likely to support equality under the law. Beyond that, our stories can be powerful to each other.”
For More Information and Resources, go to hrc.im/ComingOutDay
Thanks to all for attending the Orlando Memorial event on June 14th. For those who missed it, you can access the LiveStream recording here:
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