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sour--strawberries · 6 years

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an important date for me

today is my 6th Stony anniversary!

I always count my anniversary from the date I posted my first Stony fic, and I can’t believe it has been already six years since I became a Stony shipper and a fanfic writer! thank you for being with me all those years and keeping me motivated!

to celebrate I want to do a list of my Stony headcanons, because after six years I do have a lot of headcanons, so I am gonna divide them into categories. if you want to hear some of my thoughts on a certain Stony topic, send me an ask with your suggestion (ex. Stony headcanons about their eating preferences), or you can ask me something else about Stony (ex. favorite Stony scenes). to keep the theme I will give six answers/headcanons to each ask!

I will answer asks/headcanons tomorrow, because today is actually ending in my time zone (and if you won’t send any, I actually have ideas on my own so headcanons will happen anyway, just thought it might be fun for you to participate!)

(under read more you will find a description of the things I decided to include in the photo, if you are interested, but if you know me and my fics, I am pretty sure you can figure out most of the things and their symbolic value on your own :D)

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- Stony tsum tsum, a gift from a tumblr friend, the framed Queen Sour Strawberries is also a gift from them,

- a plastic crown I got for my last birthday (because everyone knows I am the self-proclaimed Stony Queen),

- a peacock feathers wand, I also got from a friend from tumblr (a different one than the one I got tsum tsums), a fan of Double Trouble series, who also claimed that every queen needs a scepter,

- my Stony Wedding book I printed out in 2015 and did a giveaway, which has a complete story of Tony’s and Steve’s wedding I wrote back in 2014, can be found here, art for the covers was made by @crazyk-c, cover design by my friend,

- Stony engagement rings, a present from my gang I got two years ago,

- a printed out book with all chapters of Double Trouble, made by @steve-sketchbooks who designed the cover and organized the contents, completely surprising me,

#private stuff #tumblr stuff #stonyshipperforlife #stony anniversary #6th stony anniversary

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zeushii · 4 years

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Most-known people all over the world usually came from the STEM-related courses. Their discoveries and inventions played a vital role in developing us human beings, and of course, modernizing the world. We discover our limbs and how they function. We discover our strength and how to wield it. We discover movement, communication, and relationships. I firmly believe that discovery is as important to our survival as is food, water, and protection from the elements. Here are some of the well-known people in STEM Field and their remarkable works/ contributions.

- First on the list is, Radia Perlman, an American Computer Programmer and Network Engineer that was born in 18th day of December, 1951. Perlman spent much of her childhood in New Jersey. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, graduating with a SB degree in 1973 and an SM in 1976, both in mathematics. From there she accepted a position with Bolt, Berenek, Newman (BBN), a government contractor that developed software for network equipment Both of her parents worked as engineers for the US government. Her father worked on radar and her mother was a mathematician by training who worked as a computer programmer. During her school years Perlman found math and science to be “effortless and fascinating”, but had no problem achieving top grades in other subjects as well. She enjoyed playing the piano and French horn. While her mother helped her with her math homework, they mainly talked about literature and music. Despite being the best science and math student in her school it was only when Perlman took a programming class in high school that she started to consider a career that involved computers. She was the only woman in the class and later reflected "I was not a hands-on type person. It never occurred to me to take anything apart. I assumed I'd either get electrocuted, or I'd break something" As an undergraduate at MITPerlman learned programming for a physics class. She was given her first paid job in 1971 as part-time programmer for the LOGO Lab at the (then) MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, programming system software such as debuggers( a computer program that assists in the detection and correction of errors in other computer programs) She is most famous for her invention of the Spanning Tree Protocol (STP), which is fundamental to the operation of network bridges, while working for Digital Equipment Corporation. Perlman is the author of a textbook on networking and coauthor of another on network security. She holds more than 100 issued patents.She was a Fellow at Sun Microsystems and has taught courses at the University of Washington, Harvard University and MIT, and has been the keynote speaker at events all over the world. Perlman is the recipient of awards such as Lifetime Achievement awards from Usenix and the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Data Communication (SIGCOMM) Here are some of her awards/ accomplishments:National Inventors Hall of Fame induction (2016)Internet Hall of Fame induction (2014)SIGCOMM Award (2010)USENIX Lifetime Achievement Award (2006)Recipient of the first Anita Borg Institute Women of Vision Award for Innovation in 200]Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association Inventor of the year (2003)Honorary Doctorate, Royal Institute of Technology (June 28, 2000)Twice named as one of the 20 most influential people in the industry by Data Communications magazine: in the 20th anniversary issue (January 15, 1992) and the 25th anniversary issue (January 15, 1997). Perlman is the only person to be named in both issues.Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery, class of 2016

-Secondly, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, a British astrophysicist and astronomer that was born in 15th day of July, 1943 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her parents were educated Quakers who encouraged their daughter’s early interest in science with books and trips to a nearby observatory. Despite her appetite for learning, however, Bell Burnell had difficulty in grade school and failed an exam intended to measure her readiness for higher education.Undeterred, her parents sent her to England to study at a Quaker boarding school, where she quickly distinguished herself in her science classes. Having proven her aptitude for higher learning, Bell Burnell attended the University of Glasgow, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in physics in 1965. In 1965, Bell Burnell began her graduate studies in radio astronomy at Cambridge University. One of several research assistants and students working under astronomers Antony Hewish, her thesis advisor, and Martin Ryle, over the next two years she helped construct a massive radio telescope designed to monitor quasars.Their findings were published in the February 1968 issue of Nature and caused an immediate sensation. Intrigued as much by the novelty of a woman scientist as by the astronomical significance of the team's discovery, which was labeled pulsars—for pulsating radio stars—the press picked up the story and showered Bell Burnell with attention. That same year, she earned her Ph.D. in radio astronomy from Cambridge University.However, in 1974, only Hewish and Ryle received the Nobel Prize for Physics for their work. Many in the scientific community raised their objections, believing that Bell Burnell had been unfairly snubbed. However, Bell Burnell humbly rejected the notion, feeling that the prize had been properly awarded given her status as a graduate student, though she has also acknowledged that gender discrimination may have been a contributing factor. During this same time, she began her affiliation with Open University, where she would later work as a professor of physics while studying neurons and binary stars, and also conducted research in infrared astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. She was the Dean of Science at the University of Bath from 2001 to 2004, and has been a visiting professor at such esteemed institutions as Princeton University and Oxford University. In recognition of her achievements, Bell Burnell has received countless awards and honors, including Commander and Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1999 and 2007, respectively; an Oppenheimer prize in 1978; and the 1989 Herschel Medal from the Royal Astronomical Society, for which she would serve as president from 2002 to 2004. She was president of the Institute of Physics from 2008 to 2010, and has served as president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh since 2014. Bell Burnell also has honorary degrees from an array of universities too numerous to mention.

- Lastly, Carolyn Porco,an American planetary scientist who explores the outer solar system born in 1953, 6th of July. Porco was born in New York City. She graduated in 1970 from Cardinal Spellman High School in the Bronx, New York City.She earned a B.S. degree in Earth and Space Sciences from Stony Brook University in 1974. She received her Ph.D. degree in Planetary Sciences in 1983 from the California Institute of Technology in the Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences.Supervised by dynamicist Peter Goldreich, she wrote her doctoral dissertation focused on Voyager discoveries in the rings of Saturn. She led the imaging science team on the Cassini mission in orbit around Saturn. She is an expert on planetary rings and the Saturnian moon, Enceladus. She has co-authored more than 110 scientific papers on subjects ranging from the spectroscopy of Uranus and Neptune, the interstellar medium, the photometry of planetary rings, satellite/ring interactions, computer simulations of planetary rings, the thermal balance of Triton's polar caps, heat flow in the interior of Jupiter, and a suite of results on the atmosphere, satellites, and rings of Saturn from the Cassini imaging experiment. In 2013, Cassini data confirmed a 1993 prediction by Porco and Mark Marley that acoustic oscillations within the body of Saturn are responsible for creating particular features in the rings of Saturn. Porco was founder of The Day the Earth Smiled. She was also responsible for the epitaph and proposal to honor the late renowned planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker by sending his cremains to the Moon aboard the Lunar Prospector spacecraft in 1998.

These 3 known people are all female and experienced gender discrimination during their time. However, that did not serve as a hinder for them to fulfill their dreams and show the world that even tho they are women, they still can contribute to the betterment of the world by their notable discoveries. Girl Power it is!

By their exceptional discoveries, they are seen on different types of media such as broadcast media wherein they are being broadcast on news, they are also seen in your local newspapers or even in your social media platforms. When they are being broadcast, typically they are in the broadcast itself. They’re being interviewed or they are sharing their life and their struggles to inspire other people. While in Magazines and Social Media Platforms, they are usually being promoted by their tremendous discoveries.

Since they are seen on every type of media, a lot of audience can be informed about them. In broadcast and print media, usually the audience could be the older people since they are the ones who are into those type of media compared to the young generations. While in New Media, or could be Social Media Platforms, it could target everyone because we all know that most people use social media platforms in their daily lives.

References:

https://lemelson.mit.edu/resources/radia-perlman

https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/big-thinkers/mother-of-internet.htm

http://www.svipla.org/inventors

https://www.biography.com/scientist/jocelyn-bell-burnell

http://carolynporco.com/about/biography/

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ivorytowerblr · 6 years

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NaNoWriMo 2017: Nov 23rd

I’m a little bit shorter than I’d like, but since I’ve got a ton of stuff to do today, this is probably as good as it’s getting. Also, happy 13th anniversary to WoW, happy 14th anniversary to myself and my husband, and happy turkey day to those who celebrate it.

Word Count: 1540 Previously: Week One (Nov 1st-5th) Week Two (6th-12th) Week Three (13th-19th) 20th 21st 22nd

I want you to steal it.

The simple statement rippled through them in a wave, and at first, none of the assembled could do anything except look at each other and stare. Josepha herself felt a thrill of anticipation chased by deep apprehension.

She had seen the manufacturing plant, of course, everyone had. It dominated the hive city, the heart around which each of the five main hives of Nostramo had been built when human settlers had first come here, balanced with the farming communities outside the city, churning away at the world’s thin, insufficient soil. Most of the hive city’s workers were employed at this plant or one of the dozen or more satellite plants, spread out from the main one like planets rotating around a sun.

It was also one of the best guarded places on the planet, better than the penthouse apartment suite, better than the government building, better than the seed vaults holding the means to feed billions should some disaster befall the carefully manufactured seeds the farmers used year after year.

Conventional wisdom indicated it would be impossible to break in, and from the looks on her companions’ faces, they knew it. Ashlynn and Brant looked out of their depths, while Suzanne’s expression was stony enough that she did not reveal immediately and obvious that she was as confused as they were.

I’m an assassin and an infiltrator, but stealing things isn’t my expertise, Josepha mused. If I were to destroy it, I could manage that, but stealing…

“I’ll do it,” whispered Crowe, startling her. She did not know the man well, having only come face to face with him when he’d opened the door and let death into an apartment that wasn’t his. Now, she could see his dark eyes sparkling with anticipation, with greed, as he stared at it. “Can you even imagine? It would be the heist of the century, the millennium. How could I refuse?”

“A healthy sense of self-preservation?” Brant suggested, and Ashlynn bit her lip to keep from laughing. Josepha had to admit it was funny too. “Can you pull it off?”

“With help, obviously,” Crowe said. “Which is why you’re here.”

“You were all chosen for your talents,” Malcador reminded them. “Not just Crowe. Each and every one of you has the capability of, if cooperating with the rest of your teammates, getting inside, retrieving the STC, and getting out. It will not be easy. I will never promise anything you do here will be easy.”

“Isn’t worth doing if it would be easy,” Crowe said, and Josepha rolled her eyes. “Do we have a deadline?”

“Not as such, though it would be better to work more quickly,” Macador said, smiling. He flipped the card back over and picked up the deck, shuffling once more. “There will be much for you to study, so you will need to work together. I suggest remaining here in this apartment. It will serve as a sufficient base of operations, once the window has been repaired.”

Crowe shrugged, unrepentant. “It put up a good fight.”

“Doubtless.” Malcador flicked off the projection. “For now, I suggest you retire to your rooms and make yourselves comfortable. There may be little time for such in the future.” He smiled. “My home is your home, a temple to the arts of larcenous behaviour.”

“A temple, really?” Josepha rolled her eyes. “Isn’t that kind of thing long dead?”

“You would… be surprised, but it is only a turn of phrase in this case,” Malcador said. “Relics within our vocabularies for many decades to come.”

“Yeah, okay.” Josepha turned and, not coincidentally, found Ashlynn’s gaze. “Why don’t you show me to your room?”

“Don’t you mean she should show you to your room?” Crowe asked, shaking his head briefly. “I know I hit you pretty hard, but--”

“No,” Josepha said, and took a step towards Ashlynn, smiling. “I definitely don’t.”

“It’s this way,” she said, smiling. “I’ll give you the tour.”

Josepha offered the smaller woman her arm, and Ashlynn took it, tugging her along as light faded into darkness, only to seek out islands of illumination moments later. Malcador had not been, for all his enigmatic nature, entirely wrong that Josepha had only seen a small portion of the apartment, and even Crowe had seen only fractionally more, furniture having been used to create divisions in massive rooms.

Here, however, Josepha could see where the apartment had been properly separated, the living spaces clearly marked and kept away from the more open ones.

“We each have a room,” Ashlynn explained. “As well as a… work area, is what I like to call it. I have a lab that’s properly ventilated, and I can keep my materials in safety closets and under vent hoods. Brant has a private gym and a place that I can test my findings. Suzanne has her range, of course, at the far back. I’m not sure what kinds of places you’ll need.”

“That depends on what I’m doing,” Josepha pointed out. “If I’m practicing taking down targets, I’d need dummies, or to be able to set up a room to be like where my target will be. If I’m trying to infiltrate a place, I need outfits to disguise myself, tools. I usually like to case the building to get a feel for it, though it isn’t always necessary. As for Crowe… probably tools and areas to practice kicking people. Like a jerk.”

“Did he hurt you?” Ashlynn asked, her eyes widening in concern. “Do you need some salve?”

“I don’t know, are you going to soothe my hurts personally?” Josepha asked, and Ashlynn blushed.

“I can see what I can do,” she replied. “My lab is just this way.”

“I look forward to seeing it,” Josepha said. “So, what did you do before you were recruited?”

“I was an industrial chemist,” Ashlynn said. “I helped manufacture mass-produced substances for use in many of the production plants. I also devoted my time towards finding ways not to damage the environment, though that took longer. I know the situation seems fairly bad from outside, but we’re cutting back emissions and using more biodegradable chemicals in every new batch. Well, they are. I’m done with that now.”

“Makes sense,” Josepha said as they walked past a handful of doors. “Why did you leave?”

“I was sent a job offer, just as you were. Someone wanted to talk about my ideas, and I was invited here. I was so excited, I didn’t even know that someone had noticed me, much less asked me to come to the top of Hive Quintus of all places.” Ashlynn shook her head in wonder. “I wasn’t the only one, but I was the only one who made it.”

“Made it…” Josepha frowned, wondering if other assassins had been called on. Other thieves. “What happened to the others?”

“Some of them thought the offer was a joke and didn’t take it, or a test of company loyalty.” Ashlynn pressed her lips into a thin line. “At least two of my former co-workers thought I was crazy to visit, but it wasn’t… I had authorization passes to get up to every part of the building. Lord Malcador’s orders.”

“Probably beats climbing up an elevator shaft for forty minutes,” Josepha admitted. “And maybe my shoulders could use some help too. Did he test you?”

“Oh, yes,” Ashlynn said. “I worked for nearly a full day in the lab working on substances for his approval. I have access to machinery here that I have only ever dreamed of back at the lab. It’s not going to match the sheer volume of industrial chemical production, but everything I do will be of the purest concentration I can manage. Well, if it needs to be pure. Sometimes dilution is just fine.”

“Neat,” Josepha said, and reached out with her free hand, touching Ashlynn’s cheek briefly. “That’s really neat. You’re smart and beautiful.”

Ashlynn’s cheeks mottled bright red. “I. Um. Well thank you.”

“You’re welcome. So how’s this place work?”

“Well, the bedrooms are all located on the interior, in a cluster, while the labs occupy the back two walls.” Ashlynn cleared her throat, and gestured towards the area they were walking in. “Some of the labs are very large, like Suzanne’s. She needs her distance and her angles, of course. The rest of the rooms are along the far side -- kitchen, bathrooms, where we’ll eat -- and you saw the front room. That mostly belongs to Lord Malcador.”

“Interesting layout,” Josepha mused. “Any reason why? It doesn’t seem like a way people live. Just where people like us are staying.”

Ashlynn blinked, considering. “Now that you mention it… it does seem rather unusual. I suppose he could have renovated before we came here, but I’m not sure why he’d do such a thing. It’s something to talk about.”

“One more mystery to figure out.” They walked for a little longer in silence before Ashlynn stopped at a door and fished a key card from her pocket. She tapped it against a flat panel and it flashed from red to green before the smaller woman pulled the door open and held it, letting Josepha inside the darkened lab.

#nanowrimo 2017 #WH20K #in which the hardest part is honestly visualizing the inside of a building #but now it's a plot point instead of me just being incompetent

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nelgbtc · 7 years

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Northeast LGBT Conference Oversight Board: Contact Information

Hannah Duffin & Maeve Spiegler

[email protected]

The Mission

We prepare leaders to build a more just and sustainable community

The NELGBTC works through education, collaboration, and deliberate dialogue to disrupt all forms of racism, sexism, ableism, classism, transphobia, and homophobia in our society. In order to provide an affirming environment for all students, faculty and staff on college campuses across the Northeast.

Who we are

A student founded, funded, and run conference since 1995. The Northeast LGBT Conference serves to highlight and celebrate colleges and universities working to provide an affirming educational environment for all students. We connect with local, regional, and national activists and organizations to bring LGBTQIA+ college students, advisers and administrators in the Northeast together. Each year we aim to share best practices, programs, policies and resources.

What we do

We believe in Campus Pride and share in the vision for campuses and a society free of anti-LGBTQ prejudice, bigotry and hate. Together we work to provide online resources, regional conferences, programs, speakers and foster connections to aid our region in developing student leaders and campus networks able to create sustainable positive change.

WHY we do it

We believe the United States and Higher Education should be open and affirming to all people, including LGBTQ* and Allied Students, Faculty and Staff. We KNOW that this can only truly be realized when all forms of prejudice are eradicated.

NELGBT Conference History

The NELGBTC was founded in 1995, at the University at Albany, in Albany, NY, to bring LGBTQ college students together and demand change from the State Universities of New York System (SUNY).

Since its founding, the northeast has seen substantial changes on college campuses and the SUNY system, but there is still much to do. Today the NELGBTC serves student and administrative leaders from Maine to Washington D.C.

The NELGBTC began officially traveling to other campuses in 2010 in order to impact other campuses, provide better access to students in different parts of the region and highlight colleges committed to LGBTQ* inclusion. Annually the conference travels to a new location.

The following is a list of the known dates, themes, keynote speakers, conference directors and assistant directors for the Northeast LGBT College Conference since its founding: (if you have any information about missing years please contact us [email protected])

1995 – March 24 – 26 The First East Coast LGBT Conference Director: Amy Purdy Assistant Director: Chris Latimer

1996 – April 19 – 21

1997 - First known move to a different college Conference Location: Stony Brook University Conference Director: Robbie Samuels - LGBTA president Conference Hosts: Long Island College Coalition Motto: “Strength in Unity” Keynote: Paula L. Ettelbrick & Michelangelo Signorile

1998 – March 27 – 29 Keynote: Chastity Bono Director: Emily Haight Assistant Director: Tommy Sciacca

1999 – April 16 – 18 Theme: “Living our Lives, NOT Our Lifestyles” Keynotes: Evan Wolfson, Kevin Jennings, Charles W. Lickel, Candace Gingrich Director: Tommy Sciacca Assistant Director: David Bishop

2000 – April 7 – 9 Keynote: Paul Siegel, Barbara Smith Director: David Bishop Assistant Director: Dan Charbonneau

2001- April 27 - 29 (Believed dates) Performance by Melissa Ferrick (looking for more info)

2002 – April 12 -14 Keynote: Sophia Pasquis Performance by: Magdalen Hsu-Li Director: Nicole E. Ressa Assistant Director: Daniel Schlageter

2003 – April 11 -13 Keynote: Cleve Jones Director: Dann Schlageter Assistant Director: UAlbany Pride Alliance Eboard

2004 – April 23 -25 Northeastern LGBT Conference Theme: “All in the Family” Keynote: Cherry Muanji, Shane Windmeyer Co-Directors: Dan Schlageter and Simone Sneed

2005 - Dates unknown -

2006 – April 28 – 30 Theme: “Inclusion” Keynote: Robyn Ochs Director: Gregory Douglass

2007 – April 13 – 14 Keynote: Leslie Feinberg Director: Dan Foerste

2008 – April 19 -21 Theme: “Changing Campus Climate” Keynote: Jessica Pettitt Director: Michelle Mittler Assistant Director: Courtney D’Allaird

2009 – April 17 – 19 Theme: “Facets of Oppression” Kickoff Event: Breaking the Silence Keynote: Sabrina Sojourner Director: Courtney D’Allaird Assistant Director: Stav Levy

2010 – April 16 – 18 Theme: “Sh(out): Celebrating Self, Creating Community” Host: University at Buffalo, SUNY Keynote: Alex Sanchez Directors: Samantha Janosick, Jamie Bergeron, Benjamin Fabian, James Bowman

2011 – April 8 – 10 Theme: “Knowledge Moving Forward” Host: Binghamton University, SUNY Keynote: Alan Downs Director: Brittany Kalten Assistant Director: Russell Heiman

2012 – March 30 - April 1 Theme: “Spectrum: Reaching Across the Rainbow to Inspire, Empower, and Unite” Host: Sage Colleges, Troy NY Keynotes: Kate Clinton, T.J. Jourian, Daniel Hernandez, Jr., Bebe Zahara Benet, Shane Windmeyer Co-Directors: Sabrina McGinty and Vincent Porfirio

2013 - April 12 - 14 Theme: The Ally is You! Host: Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester NY Keynotes: Robyn Ochs, Zach Wahls Coordinators: Henry Hinsley

2014 - April 11 - 13 Theme: Queering Social Media Host: Rutgers New Brunswick, NJ Keynotes: Monroe Vance & Celiany Rivera-Velazquez, Janet Mock Performances: Pandora Scooter, Las Crudes Cubensi, The Trans-Scripts Theater Project Coordinators: Zaneta Rago, Anna Phung

2015- April 10 - 12 Everything will change - 20th Anniversary Conference Host: 5 year awaited return to UAlbany Keynotes: awQward talent team; J Mase III, Kitty Bella, Yalini Dream Along with presenters: Jon Gilroy, Lauren LoGuidice, Mark Travis Rivera, Robyn Ochs, Wade Davis, Jennifer Joy, and Many many more. Coordinators: The NELGBTC 15 Team, The National Latino Collegiate Conference (NLCC) and The Asian Pacific American Conference (APAC)

2016- April 1 - 3 Host: Stony Brook University, SUNY Keynotes: Kit Yan, Regie Cabico, Mya Taylor, and Adaku Utah Coordinators: Stony Brook LGBTQ* Services

2017- April 28 - 30 Theme: Black Queer Lives Matter Host: Binghamton University, SUNY Keynotes: Maurice Tomlinson, CeCe McDonald, and Joshua Allen Coordinators: Brandon Bocanumenth & Joseph Simon (Co-Directors), the Binghamton NELGBTC 17 Committee, Binghamton University’s Rainbow Pride Union

2018- April 6th - 8th Theme: Intersectional Truths: From Individual Narratives to Collective Activism Host: Rutgers University-Newark, NJ Keynotes: TBA Coordinators: Yoleidy Rosario (Co-Chair), Andrew Moreira (Co-Chair), Robin Edgell, FIR-E Planning Committee, LGBTQ and Intercultural Resource Center: [email protected] 973-353-2796

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