This upcoming Sunday, September 12th, PrideWestern will be out at the Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life.  This is a great opportunity to not only support our local AIDS focussed community groups but also get to know your new executive team and other participants in the Pride community.  The walk is being held in Springbank Park beginning at noon!  We hope to see you there!

Join our team @: http://my.e2rm.com/TeamPage.aspx?Lang=en-CA&TSID=285723

Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life – London

Sunday September 12, 2010

Noon

Springbank Park

285 Wonderland Road South

Hey PrideWestern,

This upcoming weekend is going to be one of the largest Pride celebrations London has ever seen and as expected PrideWestern will be there.  There are several events going on throughout the city starting Friday, here is just some of the lineup.

Friday July 23th

Pride London presents THE Fashion Show – 7pm at Taphouse

Pride Theater Night – Writers’ Showcase – 8pm at Aeolian Hall (795 Dundas Street)

Saturday July 24th

Outdoor Venue – Noon to 11pm featuring vendors and entertainment (King and Clarence)

379 and LondonFuse present: the G-Spot at Gigs – featuring Mark Falco

doors open at 9, $5 cover until 11, $10 thereafter

http://379collective.com/

Lavish presents Jungle Fever with performances by Cassandra Moore – doors open at 9pm

Sunday July 25th

PARADE, PARADE, PARADE – PrideWestern will be bigger and better than ever in this years London Pride Parade.  We will be meeting at the Queens Ave parking lot, between Adelaide and Elizabeth, and continuing all the way down Dundas to Clarence.  Meeting time is 12:20 and the parade will be starting at 1pm.  Make sure you wear lots of PURPLE!!!

Thanks Everyone – Have a great Pride Weekend!

HELLO PRIDEWESTERN!!!

Do you like OUTRAGEOUS floats, FABULOUS music and SEXY bodies?!

Come join us at the 30th Annual Toronto Pride Parade this Sunday, July 4th!  Toronto Pride has been a source of empowerment and celebration since it’s founding in the late 70′s.  Pride Week culminates in the much anticipated parade and PrideWestern is very excited to be part of this year’s celebration. Come walk alongside your friends and fellow Western students to demonstrate your pride in, and support of, the queer community. It’s going to be a ton of fun!!!

BASIC INFO:

Hey Everyone,

I certainly hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather we’ve been enjoying all weekend! With the seasons changing, so is PrideWestern and I’m proud to share some exciting news and final details about the last few events this semester.

Coordinator Selection

First of all, a congratulations to our new PrideWestern Coordinator: Jacob MacArthur! Jacob has been very involved with PrideWestern this year serving as our Director of Large Social Events. He shows a great amount of passion for the position and is very knowledgeable in the operations of the service. Jacob has some great new ideas for the coming year and is committed to maintaining and developing the parts of PrideWestern that we all love! I’m excited to begin Jacob’s transition to Coordinator and feel confident that he will do an amazing time!

Furthermore, a congratulations to Amy Sorensen, our new AllyWestern Coordinator! Amy has also been involved with PrideWestern this year, stepping in second term to fill the position of Director of Small Social Events after helping out behind the scenes first term. Her entheusiasm, amazing personality and dedication will be a real asset to the AllyWestern program. Expect to see some big changes to Ally in the coming year! For more information or to get involved e-mail Amy at asorens@uwo.ca

Executive Selection 2010/2011 & AGM

As the year draws to a close there a few important items that PrideWestern still has to complete. The first is our Annual General Meeting (AGM) which will take place this Thursday April 8th at 6pm in UCC 369, we hope to see as many of you out as possible as we sum up the year and give an outlook as to our plans for the upcoming academic year. The second important item is our executive applications for next year. Below is a list of the positions that will be open, if you are interested please forward your resume and cover letter stating why you wish to hold this position and some of your preliminary ideas for the portfolio to usc.pride@uwo.ca. The deadline for executive applications will be this Friday April 9th at 5pm. Here are the positions available:

-Finance and Administration Director – works to maintain the financial framework of PrideWestern, creating and reviewing budgets and transactions as well as keeping minutes for all meetings throughout the year.
-Activism Director – promotes an open and accepting university community through programming (such as discussion groups) and advocacy campaigns as well as coordinates any guest speakers for the upcoming year.
-Social Director, Large Events – coordinates our large social events, primarily relating to Rainbow Revolution and Pride Ball as well as assists in creating an events calendar with the Social Director of Small Events.
-Social Director, Small Events – coordinates our small social events, primarily relating to coffeehouses and movie nights as well as assists in creating an events calendar with the Social Director of Large Events.
-Electronic Communications Director – works to update and maintain the PrideWestern website, mailing list, Facebook and Twitter accounts on an ongoing basis.
-Print Communications Director – designs all posters for events and programming corresponding to PrideWestern as well as acts as editor-in-chief of the Pride Zine.
-Public Relations Director – Contribute on a large scale to the planning and carrying out of Clubs/Services week as well as Pride Week, act as a liason between PrideWestern, the campus community and the community of London at large.
-Graduate Student Representative – Act as a liason between SOGS (Society of Graduate Students), the Queer Caucus and PrideWestern as well as carry out programming specifically targeting Graduate students.

The position of First Year Representative will be open this upcoming September.

We hope that everyone interested will apply! If you have any questions please forward them to usc.pride@uwo.ca

Ally Training

There will be one final Ally training happening tomorrow (Tuesday) at 5pm in UCC-373. All are welcome to attend!

Summer Events

PrideWestern is hoping to offer more events during the summer this year. Do you have an event that you’d like to see this summer? E-mail usc.pride@uwo.ca and let us know!

And now you’re up to date! Again, congratulations to our new Coordinators! We hope to see you out at our AGM to hear about whats new and give Feedback on Thursday. And be sure to e-mail us your application if you are interested in getting involved with PrideWestern next year!

Have a great day and all the luck on exams!

–
Johnathan Sawicki
PrideWestern Coordinator

Hey Everyone,

First of all a big thank you to everyone who came out to last night’s Pride Ball! It was a really fun evening and a great event to end the year with!

But before classes wrap up, AllyWestern is hosting one more Ally Training session. Everyone is welcome to attend next Tuesday (April 6th) in UCC-373 at 5pm. Room 373 is a conference room in the University Community Centre just above Western Film and The Wave.

Hope to see you there!

Any questions: e-mail usc.allywestern@uwo.ca

Rec Night

Join PrideWestern and the Women’s Issues Network for a recreation night this Tuesday at 6pm in the UCC gyms.  We’ll be playing soccer and dodgeball and everyone is welcome!  Come let out some stress before all your term papers are due!

Pride Ball

Tickets are now on sale for the 2010 Pride Ball! They are available from InfoSource (main floor of the UCC building) until 4pm on Monday March 29. Your $15 ticket includes your admission as well as dinner. Tickets at the door are $20.

This is an all ages wet/dry event. Please ensure you have proper ID if you are 19+. Student card not required.

Pride Ball is an event for more than just couples. This year it is less of a sit-down formal and more of a cocktail party. A great chance to socialize, meet new people, and de-stress before exams. Suggested attire is semi-formal but we encourage you to dress comfortably and be yourself!

Full details on the event page. If you have any questions, feel free to post on the event page or e-mail usc.pride@uwo.ca

Executive Applications

A reminder that applications for the position of PrideWestern and AllyWestern Coordinator are due tomorrow (Monday) at 4pm in the USC office, UCC-340.

For anyone interested in getting involved with PrideWestern this summer and the coming academic year, applications for executive positions will be available this week!

We have a number of different positions available and will post on the website the descriptions of each as well as how to apply.

And that’s what is happening with PrideWestern this week!  If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to e-mail us at usc.pride@uwo.ca

Hey Everyone!

Johnathan, your PrideWestern Coordinator, here with an update about the future of PrideWestern.

Its that time of year again when we start to build the PrideWestern team for the upcoming academic year. It might seem early but this is a large service to run and requires a top-notch team to continue to offer the amazing services we’re currently running.

After a lot of thought and consideration I have decided that I will not be applying for a second term as PrideWestern Coordinator. I’ve been given an amazing opportunity for an international exchange for the fall term and have decided to accept the offer. With that being said, it is now time to select who will take on the position for next year!

Applications will be available from the USC offices (3rd floor UCC) any day now and will be due in approx 2 weeks for anyone interested. If you would like more information on the position, I encourage you to e-mail me at usc.pride@uwo.ca

Executive applications will be available shortly after, with results being announced at our AGM in the last week of classes before exams. This is a great way to get involved for a variety of different positions. Involvement is minimal in the summer, but will officially start during O-Week.

I’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has supported me in my position this year. It is safe to say this has been a very successful year, and our service is getting larger and stronger than ever before. I’m very proud and honoured to have contributed and cannot wait to be back next January to continue my involvement.

Sincerely,

-Johnathan Sawicki
PrideWestern Coordinator

Now that second term is back into full swing its time to schedule our next coffeehouse. Based off the success of our last coffeehouse during the first term we’ll be returning to The Spoke Lounge right on-campus in the University Community Centre for our first coffeehouse this term.

And what better night to go then Wednesday! Come on out and enjoy Rick McGhie, a UWO tradition! We’ll be at The Spoke starting at 7pm for those of you who are under 19. The Spoke is 19+ after 9pm but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out on the fun! We’ll be sticking around late into the evening so be sure to stop by a coffee, a drink, or some pub food.

Next coffeehouse locations TBA, dates are every other Wednesday at 7pm.

Enjoy this balmy 1ºC weather! Hooray for the January thaw!

Welcome back everyone! Doesn’t it feel like just yesterday that we finished exams and headed off for the holidays? Well thats because it was practically yesterday! Okay, maybe stretching that a little but it was a short break as always!

Now that you’re back though, we’ve got a whole term of events and programming happening and kicking off this week.

DISCUSSION GROUP
This Wednesday in UCC-258 @ 7pm join Dan & Dana as well as the PrideWestern team for an evening of discussion with your peers.

MOVIE NIGHT
Our bi-weekly movie nights also start this week @ 7:30pm in UCC-258. To start the term off we’ll be showing “Milk” a film you don’t want to miss.

We have a lot of exciting plans for this term including a big guest speaker, all the events you love, and Rainbow Revolution 2 (on a Friday night this time!). So stay tuned and expect more frequent updates to the site here.

If you ever have questions or suggestions e-mail usc.pride@uwo.ca

-Johnathan

Can you believe we’re already well into December? Just like that another term has come and gone and exams are upon us!

First of all, the entire PrideWestern team would like to thank everyone at Western and in the London community for helping make this a successful term. We’ve continued some of your favourite events, introduced new programming and have lots planned for next term!

FYI: Coordinator office hours have now finished for the term. Regularly scheduled office hours will resume after the holidays. For an appointment e-mail usc.pride@uwo.ca. Also, the Support Services Centre is still open during the exam period. However, hours may be a bit less than usual depending on the availability of volunteers.

From all of us at PrideWestern we wish all of you success on your exams, and a happy holiday!