The Shirikiana International Conference needs volunteers!
A GLAD HOSTED EVENT!

Shirikiana International conference requires volunteers to participate on gvarious committees. Individuals who are interested in volunteering should be prepared to donate 4 – 10 hours per month to committee work, ramping up as the conference gets closer.

The following committees require volunteers:
Outreach Committee
Fundraising Committee
Programming Committee
Logistics Committee
Finance Committee
Events & Activities Committee
Volunteer Recruitment Committee

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REEL GLAD IMAGES: reclaiming FACES ~ reclaiming SPACES
The project aims to present artwork, images and motion pictures of Gays Lesbians of African Descent from the continent of Africa and living in Toronto and the Diaspora whose FACES and SPACES are too often cast to the background of life.

This project will provide a space for those faces of LGBTTIQQ Africans that are emerging out of the silence of a culture and tradition that denies our existence.

REEL GLAD IMAGES will be a one day event and will seek to attract queer African artists established and emerging to a unique "SPACE" to showcase their talents and tell their stories and the stories of those without "FACES" both in the present, from the past and into the future in authentic African style of Art and Culture.

REEL GLAD IMAGES 2008 will mark the commencement of an annual event with initial grant support from LGCA, a distinguished ally. REEL GLAD IMAGES is a collaborative project with voluntary expertise and dedicated involvement of queer African artists including;
Kagendo Murungi – film director/producer (Kenya/New York)
Zanele Muholi – photographer (South Africa/Toronto)
Karen Osagie – marketing promotions (Nigeria/Toronto)
Lydia Makoroka (Burundi/Toronto) and Patricia Koine (Kenya/Toronto) are the GLAD co-ordinators.

CALL FOR ARTISTS
An event presenting artwork, images & motion pictures of Gays Lesbians of African Descent from the continent of Africa and from the Diaspora whose FACES and SPACES are too often cast to the background of life.
REEL GLAD IMAGES is a collaborative project with the voluntary expertise and dedicated involvement of queer African artists. Come share your energy and beauty as we celebrate queer African creativity through film, visual art, spoken word, performance and more.

Submit your entry by May 8, 2008. All entries welcome
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