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Southeastern Conference Creates Opportunity for Networking
The Southeastern Conference for Lesbians
and Gay Men will convene in Atlanta, Georgia,
April 14-17,1988, at the Pierremont Plaza
Hotel. Founded in 1976 at Chapel Hill, North
Carolina, the Conference is the oldest regional
conference of lesbians and gay men in the
United States, and was last held in Atlanta in
1983.
Conceived as an opportunity for the isolated
pockets of southern lesbian and gay activists to
gather, network, and strategize; the
Southeastern Conference has grown to national
scope and significance, according to Alan
Perrault, co-chair of the Atlanta Steering
Committee.
Lainey Richardson, co-chair with Perrault,
described the Conference as "really exciting for
me to see."
Over 60 workshops and seminars are
currently scheduled, each to last an hour and a
half. Great care has been taken, according to
Perrault, to ensure that conferees have ample
time to satisfy their interest in a topic, and
schedule relevant topics so they do not compete
against each other.
Workshop and seminar topics will include:
adult children of alcoholics, and co
dependency; meditation; healing the healer;
fundraising; homophobia; AIDS statistical
updates; holistic healing; assertiveness training;
relationships; parenting; and how to organize a
sense of community in small rural cities.
Panel members and workshop coordinators
will include some of the best and brightest
people in their fields, according to Richardson.
The continuing local issue of women-only
space has also provoked some amount of
controversy with regard to the Southeastern
Conference. Pam Martin of ALFA (Atlanta
Lesbian Feminist Alliance), complained that
she was unable to hold a workshop for
women only.
When asked for comment, Richardson said
that she and other organizers of the Conference
had decided not to include events that are
segregated on any basis. She did state,
however, that if any group chose to segregate
themselves, there was rental space available at
the hotel and such an event would be
announced during the Conference.
"The purpose of this Conference is unity;
bringing the different elements of the lesbian
and gay community together. Sabrina
Sojourner is going to be specifically speaking
to the concept of bridging the gaps in our
community during her welcome address to the
Conference," said Richardson.
In addition to the critically important
networking, workshops and panel discussions,
Perrault proudly points to the entertainment
aspects of the Conference. Comedians Tom
Ammiano and Linda Moakes will be
performing on Friday night the 15th, along with
Carolyn Mobley, the Atlanta Feminist Women's
Chorus and the Atlanta Gay Men's Chorus on
Saturday night the 16th. Event organizers are
especially excited by the significance of the
first time the AFWC and the AGMC have sung
together.
Mab Segrest, author, speaker and civil rights
activist, will deliver the keynote address. She is
the co-founder of Women Writes, and
coordinator of North Carolinians against Racist
and Religious Violence.
There will be an exhibitor and vendor hall
during the Conference. Space is still available
for a $20 fee that includes use of a 6-foot long
table. Persons interested may contact Perrault,
or Richardson at (404) 237-3528. Space will
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interested parties to contact them as far in
advance as possible.
Persons interested in attending the
Conference may use the enclosed flier as a
registration form. The cost is $40.which will
include entrance to all cvenLs, incl uding
entertainment.
Look for Southern Voice, Issue # 4, for a
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