http://rupertqya.com rupertqya.com Sun, 15 Jun 2008 01:55:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hope you saw us! http://rupertqya.com/2008/06/14/we-rocked-seafest-parade/ Prince Rupert's Queer Youth Alliance invites one and all, young and old, to paint  Seafest Parade banners, decorate our mobile closet, and select costumes Wed. June 11, 2008,  3:30pm until evening in the CHSS Drama room (#105). Come early to pick your costume! and there will be free pizza served around ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/06/07/seafest-parade-get-ready-wed-june11-330pm-chss-dramarm-105/ Join us at the Prince Rupert Seafest Parade June14th, 11am! Youth and aged supporters, straight supporters and proudly queer, we'll all be marching together with the QYA float. -- Come out to our meeting this Thursday, June 5th at the Civic Centre Raven Room 7pm to help us get ready.  Like last year, ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/31/seafest-is-june-14-help-us-get-ready-to-parade/ Ross Johnstone from Out in Schools presented anti-homophobia workshops in two Planning10 classes at Charles Hays last Thursday, May 29th, screened films and led discussion at our Queer Youth Alliance meeting at the Civic that night, and led a Pro-D workshop for teachers Friday, May 30th. Each event was a great ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/31/out-in-schools-rocked-charles-hays/ Check out: http://www.outinschools.com/ This Thursday May29 7pm @ Raven Room in the Civic Centre. We've brought up Russ Johnstone from Vancouver's Out in Schools presenting Queer short(?) Films (far from Hollywood!) and leading a discussion about the situation of gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and questioning youth in Rupert. It's free. ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/26/come-out-to-a-special-film-pizza-night-this-thur-may29-7pm-civic-centre-raven-room/ Out in Schools will be in Planning Classes at Charles Hays Secondary School here in Prince Rupert Thur. May29th, 2008 and after school for a Queer Youth Alliance and Friends screening and discussion. Time and place will be posted soon. Prepare to bring your friends, and eat pizza! Who? ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/02/out-on-screen-presents-in-rupert-on-thurmay29th/ We all know we'd love to see it, so be in it! Reply here or contact me directly and we'll set up our first work (and pizza-eating) meeting, on the path to something fabulous. Let's not make last year's RupertQYA march in the Seafest Parade a queer oddity! http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/02/qya-at-seafest-again/ Congratulations Rupert QYA: Xtra West, the Gay & Lesbian weekly newspaper based out of Vancouver, just announced Prince Rupert's Queer Youth Alliance is one of three nominees for "Youth Activist of the Year!" Check out last week's issue or the Heroes list online here. Here's what they wrote about us: "Prince ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/05/02/25/ Last July's interview for Xtra West has just been reprinted in the Gay & Lesbian Educator's of BC Newsletter, "Gale Force". Yeah! We're famous. For an update on events and 'the future,' go to our planning page (top right corner tab) and enter the password that was emailed out ... http://rupertqya.com/2008/01/19/out-proud-in-a-northern-fishing-town/   Join us in Room #309 at CHSS Tuesday, Jan 15th at 3: 30 to help plan for the future: Video project?  Seafest parade? Bring your friends & your ideas Free Pizza! http://rupertqya.com/2008/01/11/meeting-tue-jan15-330pm-chss-rm309/