Hope you can make it. Updates on budget, events, and small group discussions are on the agenda. Plus we will be selecting this year’s t-shirt design…. Please join us!

Planning Committee is all smiles

We had a great turn out for our first planning meeting of the new year. Great energy and lots of ideas for LA LUCHA 2010. Chicas who Brunch, La Lucha Dance Party, Voz Alta and closing Festival will be back. New additions include American Sueno, Literary event featuring NYC Queer Latino Authors, and Youth-focussed event. Stay tune …

Portland Latino Gay Pride Planning Committee - in action

Assemblyman John Pérez, an openly gay Latino Democrat from Los Angeles,
made history Thursday when he was unanimously chosen by the Assembly’s
Democratic Caucus to succeed Karen Bass as the lower house’s leader.

Pérez, a freshman lawmaker who is expected to be formally voted in as the
68th Assembly speaker in January, will become the body’s first openly gay
leader.

“It’s obviously an incredibly moving experience to have the unanimous
support of my colleagues,” Pérez, 40, said shortly after the caucus vote.
“I think it says more about California than it does about me - it means
that California is a place where everybody has a seat at the table, that
we’re a state where everybody brings forward their contributions.”

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2009/12/11/MNKV1B2CJU.DTL

Join us to support our community partner and celebrate the holidays!

Event: Miracle Theatre Group Holiday Fundraising Soirée
What: Holiday Party
Start Time: Saturday, December 5 at 2:00pm
End Time: Saturday, December 5 at 4:00pm
Where: El Centro Milagro’s Dali Maya Cafe - 525 SE Stark

www.milagro.org

Hispanics/Latinos* comprise 15% of the U.S. population but accounted for 17% of all new HIV infections occurring in the US in 2006. Check out the link www.cdc.gov/hiv/hispanics/index.htm

How will you be recognizing Worlds Aids Day?

www.worldaidsdayportland.org

Q Center, Portland’s LGBTQ Community Center, will host a Scholarship and College Fair on Saturday, December 5th. In partnership with Equity Foundation of Oregon and Pride Foundation. Equity Foundation will award approximately $50,000 in scholarships, and Pride Foundation will award $300,000 in scholarships for the 2010-2011 academic school year.

Event details:

Saturday, December 5th

2-4:00 p.m.

Q Center, 4115 N Mississippi Ave

Free

http://www.pdxqcenter.org/?p=97

Also participating in the evening program will be representatives from: Oregon State University, Portland State University, University of Oregon, Western Oregon University,Portland Community College, Willamette University, Pacific University and Marylhurst University. Each school will share information about their individual academic programs, student life, and campus resources.

The Queer Community in Puerto Rico needs our support. Our thoughts  and prayers are with the family and friends of Jorge Steven López Mercado. Please visit the link to learn more.

http://mercado-vigil.tumblr.com/

Thank you to everyone who attended our first planning meeting. It was great to see new people, familiar faces and feel the excitement for La Lucha 2010.  Quick highlights: remember youth and family friendly events, Noche de Gala: Celebrating las Reinas, and Literary Event! Want to know more? Make sure to visit our site often!

We will be posting a meeting summary and will keep everyone updated. QUE VIVA LA LUCHA!