Our Stories: Digital Storytelling Workshop
August 21, 22, 23 in Columbus | workshop details and application
The purpose of the Our Stories Project is to amplify the voices of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied Ohioans and educate communities by sharing the truth about who we are as people.
Equality Ohio is accepting applications to participate in an intensive, 3-day workshop (August 21, 22, 23) taught by experts from the Center for Digital Storytelling. It is an opportunity for you to make a digital story (short video) about your experience as an LGBT or allied Ohioan. Each video will be made by combining your story – written and recorded by you, from your perspective – with still images and music. In order to be selected for this workshop, you must agree to allow your story to be shown online, on television, and in public settings like community centers, colleges, libraries, and theaters or distributed on DVD.
Your story will be used to educate people about what life is like for LGBT Ohioans and to encourage others to get involved in making an Ohio where everyone feels at home. Maximum number of participants is 10. We will maintain a waiting list. Ohioans from every part of the state are encouraged to apply, a few travel scholarships will be made available.
Click here for details and application.
This workshop is made possible through a partnership of Equality Ohio Education Fund, the Center for Digital Storytelling, and the Digital Union at The Ohio State University.
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Equality Ohio Regional Meetings
Equality Ohio board members across the state will convene public regional meetings to talk about how local communities can move equal rights forward for ALL Ohioans. Anyone who cares about equality for LGBT people and families is encouraged to come and share ideas and input at your local meeting. Click here to find the meeting nearest you.
Love Makes a Family exhibit tours seven cities June - July
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - June 4, 2007
Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families Visits Seven Ohio Cities June-July
CONTACT: Andrea Wood, Manager of New Media & Engagement, Equality Ohio (614.284.2774 or andrea@equalityohio.org)
Columbus, OH - Equality Ohio Education Fund is partnering with seven Ohio communities to bring the photography exhibit Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families to the Buckeye State.
The touring photo-text display created by the award-winning Family Diversity Projects of Amherst, Massachusetts invites viewers to come face-to-face with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their loved ones.
"Ohio is not a welcoming place for LGBT people and their families," said Tom Grote, Chair of the Equality Ohio Education Fund. "We hope these photos will help cut through all the political arguments right to the heart of the issue by showing the love, caring, and connection that are so basic to all families."
The exhibit will be in the following seven cities: Youngstown (Youngstown State University Kilcawley Center June 4-8); Wooster (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wooster June 13-17); Hudson (Hudson Library and Historical Society (June 18-29); Twinsburg (Twinsburg Library June 20-25); Westerville (Otterbein College June 26-29); Chillicothe (The Pump House Gallery July 2-7); and Granville (First Baptist Church of Granville July 11-15).
"There are LGBT Ohioans and their families in all 88 counties, not just in the larger cities," said Andrea Wood, Manager of New Media and Engagement at Equality Ohio. "We hope the exhibit will encourage discussion about what life is like for them."
Photographs by Gigi Kaeser depict a variety of LGBT people of all races in familiar family settings. The photos are accompanied by text edited by Peggy Gillespie from in-depth interviews she conducted with each family member.
Family Diversity Projects of Amherst, MA, a non-profit educational organization, created Love Makes a Family. Since it began touring in 1996, the exhibit has traveled to over 1000 communities.
Equality Ohio Education Fund envisions an Ohio where everyone feels at home. On the web at www.equalityohio.org.
Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families Visits Seven Ohio Cities June-July
CONTACT: Andrea Wood, Manager of New Media & Engagement, Equality Ohio (614.284.2774 or andrea@equalityohio.org)
Columbus, OH - Equality Ohio Education Fund is partnering with seven Ohio communities to bring the photography exhibit Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families to the Buckeye State.
The touring photo-text display created by the award-winning Family Diversity Projects of Amherst, Massachusetts invites viewers to come face-to-face with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their loved ones.
"Ohio is not a welcoming place for LGBT people and their families," said Tom Grote, Chair of the Equality Ohio Education Fund. "We hope these photos will help cut through all the political arguments right to the heart of the issue by showing the love, caring, and connection that are so basic to all families."
The exhibit will be in the following seven cities: Youngstown (Youngstown State University Kilcawley Center June 4-8); Wooster (Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wooster June 13-17); Hudson (Hudson Library and Historical Society (June 18-29); Twinsburg (Twinsburg Library June 20-25); Westerville (Otterbein College June 26-29); Chillicothe (The Pump House Gallery July 2-7); and Granville (First Baptist Church of Granville July 11-15).
"There are LGBT Ohioans and their families in all 88 counties, not just in the larger cities," said Andrea Wood, Manager of New Media and Engagement at Equality Ohio. "We hope the exhibit will encourage discussion about what life is like for them."
Photographs by Gigi Kaeser depict a variety of LGBT people of all races in familiar family settings. The photos are accompanied by text edited by Peggy Gillespie from in-depth interviews she conducted with each family member.
Family Diversity Projects of Amherst, MA, a non-profit educational organization, created Love Makes a Family. Since it began touring in 1996, the exhibit has traveled to over 1000 communities.
Equality Ohio Education Fund envisions an Ohio where everyone feels at home. On the web at www.equalityohio.org.
Love Makes a Family @ YSU full report
The Youngstown Vindicator wrote a detailed and in-depth article about the Love Makes a Family Photography Exhibit:The exhibit is touring in June-July and is sponsored by the Equality Ohio Education Fund. See the press release for more details.YOUNGSTOWN — Twenty photographs and 20 stories of families line tables in the Presidential Suite in Kilcawley Center at Youngstown State University, all part of an exhibit designed to show that all people are, well, people.
This week, the touring exhibit "Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families" is taking place on the YSU campus. The 20 family portraits and stories are all different in their own ways, yet still send the same message: That all families deserve support, protection and respect.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
Love Makes a Family photos in Youngstown
The upcoming exhibit of Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families will be on display in seven Ohio cities beginning at Youngstown State University. The statewide tour is sponsored by the Equality Ohio Education Fund. The Vindicator's article was published Saturday June 2:
YOUNGSTOWN — The touring exhibit of "Love Makes a Family: Portraits of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender People and their Families" visits Youngstown State University Monday through Friday in the Presidential Suites of Kilcawley Center.
The exhibit comes to YSU with the help of YSUnity (YSU's Gay-Straight Alliance), YSU Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity, the Office of Student Diversity Programs, the Youngstown Area PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) chapter and the Pride Center of Greater Youngstown, in partnership with the Equality Ohio Education Fund.
The exhibit will be open Monday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. A special community reception will be held on Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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