This event is open to all attendees with conference wrist band.   This is an alcohol free event. For any questions, please email westernregional2011@gmail.com

MC LeMay

(MC for saturday night)
Contrary to popularopinion, I was not bornthe illegitimate lovechild of Fran Drescherand Bob Saget. I did,however, grow upinnocent in the veryconservative suburbsofBoston.Onlyvaguely realizing therewas more to life thanthe mall…until…of course there is an until…Ileft town and headed for one of the best artand design schools in the country. You know,the one on the matchbook cover. With twosuitcases and $300, I made my leave of theEast Coast and headed West, to the land ofmy unknown future.Well, here it is a few yearslater, and I have managed to propel myselfinto the ever-stressful and unsteady world ofperformer, artist and designer where I eek outmy existence in celebrated obscurity.

Please fill out this volunteer interest form

Deadline to sign up to volunteer is Sunday, February 20th.

In its 21st year, the Western Regional LGBTQIA Conference seeks to empower and educate queer students by means of workshops, speakers and social events. It seeks to spark dialogue about the critical issues facing the queer community today and the path towards full equality, tolerance and acceptance. It truly is a remarkable program which helps to inspire and mold the future leaders of our community. This year’s theme is Unchecked Boxes: Faces behind the Labels.

The conference will be held March 4-6, 2011 at the University of California, Berkeley. With conference attendance to exceed 800 people, we are seeking volunteers interested in helping for the 3 days of the conference, conference set-up, and to serve on chair committees.

Please fill out this volunteer interest form.

For inquires regarding volunteering and getting involved, please contact the volunteer coordinator at WR2011.volunteers@gmail.com.

More information and updates about the Conference may be found at http://wr2011.wordpress.com/

For all groups, please use the attached spreadsheet to write in your group’s preferred names (include yourself, the team leader), dietary/food restrictions, allergies, physical/communication needs, and T-shirt sizes.

Click Here for Spreadsheet File

After February 18th, the Group Registration Form will be *closed.* Thank you!

Queer Secret:  Western Regional 2011 Community Project

Western Regional LGBTQIA Conference 2011 will be compiling a community art project in efforts to build something for conference-goers to remember and share from the weekend.   In efforts to employ this year’s theme “Unchecked Boxes: The Faces Behind the Labels,” Berkeley’s Planning Committee hopes to compile our own version of PostSecret for the Community Project.

PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard.  The original project,which is still going on today, was created by Frank Warren, a UC Berkeley alumnus, who posts select secrets on the PostSecret website and displays them in PostSecret books and museum exhibits.

The simple concept of the project was that completely anonymous people make or decorate a postcard and portray a secret that they had never previously revealed. No restrictions are made on the content of the secret; only that it must be completely truthful and must never have been spoken before. Entries range from admissions of sexual misconduct and criminal activity to confessions of secret desires, embarrassing habits, hopes and dreams. The secrets are meant to be empowering both to the author and to those who read it.

We encourage everyone to push themselves to share a part of them that goes unseen or that no one would expect to know about them.  You may either send the secret in to the below mailing address or we will have a dedicated space during the conference to creating your personal secrets.  In the end, we hope to submit the Secrets to Fred Warren as a community submission.

Queer Secrets can be mailed to the following address:

Gender & Equity Resource Center
202 Cesar Chavez Student Center
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720

Or scanned and submitted via email to wr2011.programs@gmail.com.

We look forward to collecting your Secrets!

For those interested in applying for a Scholarship to attend the conference, you can find the application under the Registration tab of our website or click here: Individual Registration Fee Scholarship Application

EXTENDED DEADLINE: December 12, 2010

Submit your proposal here!

Greetings Prospective Facilitators!!! We are very excited to host the Western Regional LGBTQIA 2011 Conference at UC Berkeley.

Our theme this year is Unchecked Boxes: The Faces Behind the Labels. With this comes a desire to transcend the categories in which individuals are often placed. Our goal for these workshops is to reflect this idea and be as interactive and engaging as possible. While workshops do not have to directly reflect the theme, please keep the it in mind when forming your proposal.

All workshops will be 1 hour in length. Preference will be given to workshops that fit into the vision of being as interactive, life-enriching, transformative, and empowering as possible. Upon selection of your workshop proposal, confirmed facilitators will receive a notification email that will include a separate registration form at a discounted conference fee and an assigned session time for your workshop.

All facilitators will be responsible for their own lodging for the duration of the conference, and we will be unable to provide honorariums. All applicants will receive notification between November 30 and December 4, 2010. Thank you and good luck!

List of General Workshop Topic/Themes:

Doug & Lajuanda

Workshops & Programs Co-Chairs

Submit your proposal here!

Western Regional LGBTQIA Conference
CALL FOR WORKSHOPS!

We are very excited to host the Western Regional LGBTQIAConference at UC Berkeley on March 4-6, 2011, and even more excited to open the Call for Workshops! The Workshop Proposal Form can be found here, and the deadline is November 12, 2010.

Who can submit proposals?

• undergrad & grad students
• faculty
• high school and university staff
• community members & orgs
• anyone with an interest in our mission

Why facilitate a workshop?

• discounted conference registration
• gain regional network
• meet like-minded people
• share knowledge of a great topic
• attend other great workshops
• gain facilitation/conference experience

Background:
Western Regional is an annual LGBTQIA Conference held to empower and educate queer students by means of workshops, speakers and social events. It seeks to spark dialogue about the critical issues facing the queer community today, and is often a space where future leaders of our community emerge and grow.

This Year:
Our theme this year is “Unchecked Boxes: The Faces Behind the Labels,” and with this comes a desire to transcend the categories in which individuals are often placed. Our goal is for these workshops to both reflect this idea as well as to be as interactive, life-enriching, transformative, and empowering as possible. We look forward to drawing on the rich experiences of our communities to create an inspiring body of workshops.

Contact:
Questions? Comments? Email wr2011.programs@gmail.com.