April 2008

Dear Members and Guests:

On behalf of all the members of the Directorate, I wanted to thank everyone who helped make the 2008 ACPA Conference in Atlanta such a success.

I do not know where to begin. On Saturday, we had our dinner out where we had over 50 people in attendance. While it did rain outside, we had a great time inside talking and reconnecting with many old and new friends.

Our silent auction is still going on. We have some fabulous speakers still that on can bid on for presentations on your campus.

We would like to congratulate again John Fox, Dr. Kristen Renn, Chase Catalano, and Michael Brown. These four individuals will be recognized at this conference for their commitment to not only the Standing Committee but also to the LGBT community.

As always, we encourage individuals to get involved with the Standing Committee. We are always seeking volunteers and feedback so that we can continue to make the Standing Committee a valuable resource to our members. We would like to seek feedback on how to improve the website.  If you have information or a link that you feel would be valuable for our members, please feel free to send that to me and I will work on getting that information on our website.

The Standing Committee Directorate is here to serve and help our members and the members of ACPA.  I hope that you will take some time to get involved and make not only our Standing Committee but ACPA a better place for everyone!

Sincerely,

Claire Williams  
Chair
Standing Committee for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness

RAFFLE TICKETS

Thank you all for helping support our 2008 raffle that supports all our endeavors.

WEBSITE

We are always seeking feedback about the website. If you have an idea about what you would like to see on the website or how to make the website better, please email that information to us by clicking here: Website suggestions

SCLGBTA ELECTION INFORMATION!!

We would like to thank everyone for their nominations. We will be posting more information regarding the 2008 elections very soon.

For information on how to volunteer, please visit our volunteer opportunities

The goals of the SCLGBTA are summarized in our Statements of Committment

• To educate the general membership of ACPA in order to increase their personal and environmental awareness of the social, psychological, health-related, political, economic, professional, legal and spiritual realities of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons.
• To work actively to eliminate the overt and covert oppression of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender persons within ACPA and on college and university campuses.
• To protect and advocate for the basic human rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender students and colleagues.
• To provide support for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender members as well as allies of ACPA by reducing professional isolation.