Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:57:11 -0700 From: Jean Richter Subject: 9/29/99 P.E.R.S.O.N. Project news 1. TX: Student-written article on gay teens and the internet 2. DC: NYAC to hold third annual national summit ================================================================ San Antonio Express-News, September 1, 1999 Box 2171,San Antonio,TX,78297-2171 (Fax 210-351-7372 ) (E-MAIL: letters@express-news.com ) ( http://expressnews.com/ ) chatroom.help: Solace or peril? By Christina Salazar, Special to the Express-News Depression. Anxiety. Suicidal thoughts. Sexual confusion. These are reasons why many teens across the nation are looking to the Internet for help. [Deleted article. filemanager@qrd.org] Reporter Christina Salazar, 16, is a junior at Reagan High School. Photographer Paulette Cashner, 17, is a senior at Providence High School. Photographer Deborah Hyde, 16, is home-schooled. ================================================================================= X-Sender: mbwende%nyacyouth.org@mail.webdudes.com Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 10:30:29 -0400 From: "M'Bwende Anderson" Subject: Posting for your list NYAC hosts it's Third National Annual Summit During the weekend of October 23-25, 1999, The National Youth Advocacy Coalition will sponsor it's third Annual National Summit. The conference, taking place at the Holiday Inn on the Hill in Washington DC, will bring together 450 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, their adult allies and friends. The Summit provides a broad range of skills building and discussion sessions such as: mental health issues, sustaining a youth group, youth/adult partnerships, addressing racism, education issues and much more. Opening Pleanry for the 1999 Summit, "Making the Connections," will feature individuals working at the forefront of intersecting movements. Speakers include: Kim Ford, Executive Doirector of African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change; Joo-Hyun Kang, Executive Director of the Audre Lorde Project; Faisel Alam, Founder of the Al-Fatiha Foundation, Graciela I. Sanchez, Executive Director of the Esperanza Center and Raquel Simoes, Host Home Coordinator at Minneapolis Youth Divers... Registration for NYAC members is $65.00 for youth/ $250 for adults and for non-members $100 for youth/ $375.00 for adults. For additional information, registration materials, youth travel scholarships or information regarding advertising in the Summit's program, please contact: M'Bwende Anderson Conference & Field Organizer National Youth Advocacy Coalition 202/319-7596 ext.16 or e-mail her at www.nyacyouth.org PS. Mark your calendars now for NYAC's Fourth Annual Summit October 21st through October 23rd, 2000 at the Washington DC Marriot Metro Center. ________________________________________________________ M'Bwende N Anderson (mbwende@nyacyouth.org) Field and Conference Organizer National Youth Advocacy Coalition 1638 R Street, NW Suite 300 Washington, DC 20009 202-319-7596 phone 202-319-7365 fax nyac@nyacyouth.org http://www.nyacyouth.org The National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) is the only national organization focused solely on improving the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) youth through advocacy, education, and information. ============================================================================== Jean Richter -- richter@eecs.berkeley.edu The P.E.R.S.O.N. Project (Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally) These messages are archived by state on our information-loaded free web site: http://www.youth.org/loco/PERSONProject/