Our Pride celebration this year will take place on Wednesday, June 17th 2015 at the Madison Auditorium South from 3:30 PM to 5 PM. Our Guest Speaker, Mr. David Do, is the Director of the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs in DC. The theme will be “Coming Out” in different cultures. Mr. Do will speak about his experience coming out as an Asian-American and his work for the city.
On Campus
Wise Women’s History Month “Weaving the Stories of Women’s Lives” is happening TODAY at 11:30 in the Madison Auditorium.
Volunteers Needed for Take Our Daughters And Sons To Work Day at the Alexandria Campus on April 23, 2015. We need greeters, registration personnel, escorts, hosts, photographers, session monitors, floaters, set-up personnel, break-down personnel, pre-event help.
For more info, contact Cheryl Hardy.
BIG 2015 Scholarship Video Essay Contest. The United States Patent and Trademark Office Chapter of Blacks In Government (PTO-BIG) Constance E. Green (CEG) Scholarship, invites currently enrolled 12th grade students, who will attend college in the Fall of 2015, to apply for a $500.00 scholarship that addresses the challenges of empowering school aged girls to pursue Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) related fields. More info…
IPSIA Noruz Ball 2015 at Madison Auditorium on Saturday March 28, 2015 from 6pm-12pm. We would like to remind you that IPSIA Norouz Ball 2015 (6th annual Norouz Ball) tickets are being sold. Please consider purchasing your tickets by COB Tuesday March 24th since the seating assignment is based on First Come First Serve. More info…
Events Around Town
7th Annual LGBTA Mega Networking, Recruiting & Social Event on March 25th, 6:30PM at Town Danceboutique. Get tickets at caglcc.org
Night Out at the Wizards vs. Charlotte Bobcats on Friday, March 27th, 7PM at the Verizon Center. Tickets are just $30 Get Yours at teamdc.org
Free Earth Day Concert at the National Mall on April 18th featuring No Doubt, Fall Out Boy, Usher, Mary J. Blige, Train, Common, Will.i.Am among others. More info at globalcitizen.org/2015earthday
Gay Day at the Zoo on May 3rd, at the Smithsonian National Zoo. Check out gaydayatthezoo.com for more info.
Featured Group: The Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons, Inc
“The Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons, Inc ® is a non-profit corporation to call attention to the aging issues in the GLBT community. The initial publicity and response to our housing survey was overwhelming as positive feedback poured in encouraging activities specifically slated for elder housing development.”
gaylesbianretiring.org
Events Around Town
Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College
“Talladega College in Alabama commissioned prominent African American artist Hale Woodruff to paint a series of murals for its newly built Savery Library in 1938. Woodruff painted six murals portraying significant events in the journey of African Americans from slavery to freedom. On Nov. 7, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will present “Rising Up: Hale Woodruff’s Murals at Talladega College,” an exhibition of murals and other significant works by the artist. The exhibition will be on view in the NMAAHC Gallery at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History through March 1, 2015.” (http://americanhistory.si.edu/exhibitions/rising-up)
Featured Group: GLAD
GLAD Through strategic litigation, public policy advocacy, and education, Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders works in New England and nationally to create a just society free of discrimination based on gender identity and expression, HIV status, and sexual orientation.
USPTO Pride 2015
We are starting to discuss ideas for this year’s LGBT Pride events. Send in your thoughts or come discuss with us at coffee break! What topic should we choose? Who should be the guest speaker this year? Are there any social events you would like for us to organize after hours? It is not too early to get these details settled as June will sneak up quickly!
Lambda eMail
Our apologies if you’ve been trying to reach us using the official Lambda e-mail inbox. Some of us are locked out of it due to MS Office Cloud migration, which has not been completed according to previous estimates. If you need to communicate with the board, please send us a direct e-mail until further notice.
And So, It Begins!
Our representatives have been asked to attend several meetings with the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity and Diversity, USPTO Director’s Office and other Affinity Group Leaders. If you have ideas, issues, comments that relate to our community and goals, don’t hesitate to let us know. These meetings are the perfect time to bring them up!
Featured Group: The Family Equality Council
“Family Equality Council connects, supports, and represents the three million parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer in this country and their six million children. We are changing attitudes and policies to ensure that all families are respected, loved, and celebrated—including families with parents who are LGBTQ. We are a community of parents and children, grandparents and grandchildren that reaches across this country. For 30 years we have raised our children and raised our voices toward fairness for all families.”
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