by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA SCIENCEBABBLE ALERT – This is a meeting for scientists, despite my efforts, some of this may get technical. 411 on the issue Probability sampling = getting a group of people for your research that is statistically proven toContinue reading “PopCtr Mtg: Panel Discussion on Probability and Non-Probability Methods”
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Center for Population Research in LGBT Health Holds Annual Convening
by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA My Non-Sampling Error Experience Ok, I’ve fled from the very exciting Netroots Nation conference to get back to Boston because today and tomorrow mark the 3rd annual convening of one of The Fenway Institute’s other major initiatives, theContinue reading “Center for Population Research in LGBT Health Holds Annual Convening”
What topics are missing from LGBT media?
by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA Reporting from Netroots National LGBT Pre-Conf, Minneapolis MN First, thanks hugely to Mike Rodgers for creating this LGBT pre-conference where the bloggers and some LGBT groups are tossed in a room together to really try to honeContinue reading “What topics are missing from LGBT media?”
Breaking News! NY Hospitals Announce Mandatory LGBT Cultural Competency Trainings
by Scout Director, Network for LGBT Health Equity A project of The Fenway Institute in Boston, MA Reporting from Bellevue Hospital, NY I’m down here in NYC and very, very happy to be at the press conference where New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation just announced mandatory LGBT cultural competency training for all theirContinue reading “Breaking News! NY Hospitals Announce Mandatory LGBT Cultural Competency Trainings”
US Social Forum: Final Thoughts
As Media Literacy Project staff members begin to integrate our experiences and knowledge gained from the US Social Forum into our programs, we wanted to share with all of you some of the thoughts that will inform our work this coming year: LGBTQI communities need access to media tools. However, media policies are being writtenContinue reading “US Social Forum: Final Thoughts”
Interculturalism for Self-Determination
The 2010 United States Social Forum is officially over. The Forum ended with the National People’s Movement Assembly (NMPA)—a chance for many of the groups that organized around specific movements throughout the week to move forward with the resolutions they came up with around their important issues. I was struck by the resolution given byContinue reading “Interculturalism for Self-Determination”
National People’s Movement Assembly
More than 1,000 people attended the final People’s Movement Assembly, the National PMA, and reported back from the over 50 PMA’s held between Wednesday and Friday. Today, representatives from each assembly reported back the synthesized demands, commitments, and collective visions for moving forward. As each declaration was made, forum participants cheered for the visions theyContinue reading “National People’s Movement Assembly”
People’s Forum on Language Theft, Language Occupation, Language Domination, Resistance & Reclamation
Friday was, sadly, the last full day of the US Social Forum. I attended an amazing workshop put on by Poor Magazine: People’s Forum on Language Theft, Language Occupation, Language Domination, Resistance & Reclamation. The workshop opened with a poem performed by seven women, who call themselves the welfareQUEENS. Each shared how they have hadContinue reading “People’s Forum on Language Theft, Language Occupation, Language Domination, Resistance & Reclamation”
Reclaiming Stories at the USSF 2010
The full moon shined down on Detroit last night as the fourth day of workshops, panels, assemblies, and cultural events at the U.S. Social Forum wrapped up for a close. The days seem to have gone by fast, filled with an avalanche of information and inspiration to serve my work in New Mexico as aContinue reading “Reclaiming Stories at the USSF 2010”
Reproductive Justice and Intersections With Queer and Trans Health
A year ago the Media Literacy Project (MLP) created a set of guiding principles to steer our mission and our vision for media justice. These principles clarified which steps to prioritize in our strategic plan, and named the communities we would prioritize in our outreach and organizing programs. One result was the development of ourContinue reading “Reproductive Justice and Intersections With Queer and Trans Health”
LGBT HealthLink, The Network for Health Equity 