MARCH with Q-Wave in Manhattan Pride 6/27/2010: Please remember…
June 22, 2010
Dear Marchers of Q-Wave, welcome and thank you for marching at the Manhattan Heritage Of Pride Parade with us this year, your participation brings more empowerment and social and political visibility to the Queer Asian & Pacific Islanders everywhere you could ever imagine. By the act of marching, you are sending a statement celebrating and demanding equality, respect, justice and joy for all regardless of sexuality, sexual orientations and gender expressions. Thank you and Happy Pride!!
We have a list of things for you here to please keep in mind of on the day of the parade, it is very important that you be mindful and follow all the requests on this list, and we will have a Joyous Celebration and SAFE Pride Parade for yourself and all the marchers!
1) Date, Time & Meeting Location – please arrive early, bring your friends & family!
June 27th, 2010, at 10 AM, please find us on the block of 39th Street between 5th and 6th Ave (closer to 5th Ave). Look for the Q-Wave Banner laying on the floor. You will see us. We are in Section 3 (if you need to ask a volunteer).
*** All Marchers will be gifted with a free Q-Wave T-Shirt “Asian Pride in Full Color” and a rainbow bandanna.
*** Please note to EAT BREAKFAST!! Q-Wave will be providing DK donuts/munchkins (first come first serve) in the morning and will be providing WATER through out the parade; but make sure you will bring something to eat before our walking, bring sun-block, and wear comfortable shoes!!
2) There will be NO ALCOHOL allowed in the parade, it will be confiscated, and it attracts the attention of the police which may lead to arrest; so PLEASE, do not bring alcohol.
3) Please try your very best to join us for the march from the beginning. HOP have shortened the Parade by 20 blocks this year and we are starting on 39th street instead of 59th street. It is not going to be long march, and they do not usually allow people to join in the middle.
4) Bathroom Break: this year, HOP organizers will issue BATHROOM PASSES, we should have at least 1 bathroom pass for the group. Helen and Aries are the marshal/security this year for Q-Wave, and they will have the bathroom pass on them. Please make sure if you need to go to the bathroom to get the pass from them. You will be allowed to use it to leave and return to the march while holding the pass.
5) There will be TWO Moments of Silence this year, at 1 pm and at 3 pm for 1-2 minutes. Please pay attention to the marshals as they make gestures to ask you to keep silent during those times.
6) IF, if we run into obnoxious parade-goers, haters or drunks…, please DO NOT YELL BACK, DO NOT CURSE THEM BACK, and just ignore them or let the marshals and security people know to escort them to leave. We are here to celebrate and have fun, and it is in the people-of-color contingent’s best interest not to incur any police involvement.
7) PLEASE FOLLOW THE MARSHALS TO CLOSE THE GAPS between the groups ahead and behind Q-Wave. It is best that we are not cut-off from the other groups due to traffic control, and if we have gaps between the groups, the police will cut us off. The marshals will try to signal to ask you all to walk forward quickly to close to gaps if there is one, please do follow so that the police cannot cut the groups off.
8 ) NO POLITICIANS & THEIR BODYGUARDS ALLOWED in the POC contingent. Please be mindful that for safety reasons, the POC contingent will not allow politicians to march and or to get photos with us. Often times, conflicts arise between marchers, marshals and their bodyguards that can result in physical injuries. If you have friends who are politicians who wish to march with us, they cannot be marching for campaigns, no bodyguards, and just as a regular marcher.
Thank you for going through this list and marching with us, we look forward to the march in SOLIDARITY, in PRIDE, and in CELEBRATION!
See you Sunday, June 27, 10 am!!
Happy Pride!!
COLOR ME QUEER Pride Party June 27th, 8 pm – 4 am
June 14, 2010
Hello Q-Wavers,
Check out the details on COLOR ME QUEER: 15th Annual Queer and Trans People of Color Pride Party hosted by our friends at SALGA
Sunday, June 27, 2009 8:00pm – 4:00am
at ELEMENT 225 East Houston St. (Between 1st Ave and Avenue A.)
FEATURING
Bollywood Music by DJ Ash on Main Floor
House, Hip Hop, Soca, Reggae and Chutney music by DJ Dave in The Vault
Color Me Queer is the only party for all Queer People of Color on Pride!!!
Cover $15 before 9pm and $20 after. Age 21 and older ID required. For more information go to www.salganyc.org/cmq2010
Join Q-WAVE in Manhattan Heritage Pride Parade (HOP) Preparation GM: June 18th, 7-9 pm! Sign-making and getting ready for THE DAY OF PRIDE!
June 8, 2010
It is our annual Heritage of Pride Parade down 5th Ave soon (June 27th, 2010)! In preparation for the Manhattan Pride Parade, we will be making signs and discussing how we can help to make the pride march utmost successful.
As you all know, Q-Wave will have the poongmul (Korean drumming) through NYU and many Q-Wave members; but we will still need every body possible in marching and maximizing QAPI LBTQ visibility!
Much help is needed in carrying signs, banner, fish kites and distributing postcards, etc.,
On the day of Pride March, you will receive a free rainbow-bandannas and a beautifully designed “Asian Pride in Full Color” T-shirt!
Come and join us in celebrating, empowering, and making visible the API lesbian, bisexual, trans and gender-variant community of New York City, and thank you all for making this community possible!
In this GM, we will be making signs to hold on the day of pride as well as discussing all the marching details for the day of Pride.
Please join us for the activism, for the fun, for the friends and for the community!
WHO: You and Q-Wave!
WHAT: General Meeting: Preping for Pride March!
WHEN: June 18th, 2010/ 7 pm to 9 pm + social and lively dinner afterwards!
WHERE: CUNY Graduate Center/ 365 5th Ave between 34th and 35th Street/ Room C197
PLEASE, PLEASE try your best to be ON TIME!
** As usual, snacks and refreshments will be provided!
DIRECTIONS: (via subway): – B, D, F, V, N, R, Q, W to 34th Street/Broadway – 6 to 33rd Street/Park Avenue and walk 2 blocks west – 1, 2, 3, 9 to 34th Street/7th Avenue (Madison Square Garden) and walk 2-3 blocks east – A, C, E to 34th Street/8th Avenue and walk 3-4 blocks east
** Q-Wave is a safe space dedicated to lesbian and bi-sexual women, transfolks and gender-nonconformists of Asian and Pacific Islander descent; our Yahoo group, General Meetings and Coffee Hours are open to this particular community. Q-Wave welcomes all supporters, friends and families to join our other social events (ie BBQs, picnics, winter parties, film screenings, etc). Please respect our space and confidentiality. Thank you very much.*
2010 Q-Wave Leadership & Community Development Retreat
June 4, 2010
Hello Q-Wavers,
Do YOU want to….
- add your voice to shape Q-Wave?s work and programs?
- become a better leader?
- discover how to plug-in your skills & make Q-Wave stronger in our social & political work?
- understand our history & where we ?t into LGBT & Asian Paci?c Islander movements?
Apply to join the 2010 Q-Wave Leadership & Community Development Retreat
Friday, July 30th – Sunday August 1st 2010
@ Mohican Outdoor Center in Blairstown, NJ (~1.5 hours drive from Manhattan)
We are inviting Q-Wave’s leaders, volunteers, and interested Q-Wavers with no prior experience to come together this July around two goals:
- provide a community bonding experience so that our leaders & volunteers can build a common vision of Q-Wave’s future work, and;
- enhance the knowledge and concrete leadership skills for Q-Wavers to be effective activists in the API and LGBTQ communities.
The retreat will include workshops, discussions, and some hiking, exercising, and BBQ as part of the bonding activities. Volunteers will take the lead to prepare meals on each day, and all will help with cleanups; two current Q-Wave leaders will direct the scheduled events. Don Kao, a long time QAPI activist and the executive directorat Project Reach, will facilitate and provide training for certain workshops.
Please see the attached PDF for complete information & schedule!
To Apply:
We have limited spots (15-20) for this Retreat. If you are interested in participating, please submit the application form online at http://tinyurl.com/qwave-form or scan/email the paper form to us (info@q-wave.org). Please submit ASAP as space is limited, but definitely by the DEADLINE: JUNE 30. Please send any questions to info@q-wave.org.
We are also asking participants to pay a sliding scale fee of $30 to $50 to make this retreat possible.