Awareness Days 2003 Events Schedule
Monday, March 31, 4:00pm
Sherwood Room
The Opening Ceremonies will include a general welcome and introduction to the 2003 Awareness Days program. Music and food will follow during the reception.
Wednesday, April 2, 8:00pm
Glass Pavilion, Levering Union
Chris and Aneesa, recent cast members on MTV's Real World 11: Chicago, will talk about their experiences in being openly homosexual on a internationally popular television show, and thereby becoming media icons.
Monday, April 7, 8:00pm
Great Hall, Levering Union
David Rakoff, humorist, author, and contributor Public Radio International's This American Life, will give a reading from his recent work, Fraud, with a book signing following the event.
Wednesday, April 9, 8:00pm
AMR I Multi Purpose Room
Rev. Irene Monroe, a recent feature of the PBS Documentary Series In The Life, and author of numerous works on African American gay and lesbian culture and the treatment of women and homosexuals by religious institutions will offer new insight and inspiration into the lives of queer people of faith.
Thursday, April 10, 8:00pm
Schaffer 3
Trembling before G-d is an unprecedented feature documentary that shatters assumptions about faith, sexuality, and religious fundamentalism. Built around intimately-told personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews who are gay or lesbian, the film portrays a group of people who face a profound dilemma - how to reconcile their passionate love of Judaism and the Divine with the drastic Biblical prohibitions that forbid homosexuality.
Monday, April 14, 8:00pm
Great Hall, Levering Union
Lesléa Newman, author of Heather Has Two Mommies, The Femme Mystique, Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear, and other works, will discuss some of the many controversies surrounding her books and the issues of homophobia, censorship and family values for the twenty-first century.
Tuesday, April 15, 5:30pm
Mattin Center Room 101
Patrick Webb, one of this country's most accomplished, yet controversial, figurative painters, will speak about his work in a slide lecture entitled, "Punchinello and Self."
Wednesday, April 16, 8:00pm
Clipper Room
Daphne Scholinski, currently an artist in Washington D.C., has appeared on
20/20, Dateline, and Today to discuss her experiences with adolescent
psychiatric abuse. She is the winner of a Lambda Literary Award and finalist
for a Books for a Better Life Award.
Friday, April 18, 8:00pm
Great Hall, Levering Union
A DSAGA tradition, the Drag Show and Dance, will feature well-known drag queens and kings as well as Hopkins students. DJ Rosie of Coconuts will provide music for the event. Prizes will be awarded to the best performers.
Tuesday, April 22, 8:00pm
Milton S. Eisenhower Library Quad
Hate Crimes Vigil
A candlelight vigil to join in unity against crimes fueled by discrimination. It's a powerful evening of speakers and sharing.
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