GLBTA Programs Office E-Newsletter

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Please join The Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) and GLBTA Programs Office in welcoming new Director Matthew Antonio Bosch! Matthew Antonio officially started as GLBTA Programs Office Director on January 23, 2012. Most recently, he served as Chief Diversity Officer at North Hennepin Community College, and Coordinator of State Divisions for the American College Personnel Association. Matthew Antonio has a depth of experience in many areas: equity and diversity issues in higher education, diversity consulting work, local and national presentations and keynotes, plus significant classroom instruction around equity and diversity issues.

A Latino hailing from New York, Matthew Antonio immerses himself in local communities via PFund Foundation, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus, and several LGBTQ athletic organizations. He earned a B.A. from Cornell University, an Ed.M. from Harvard University, and graduated from PFund's Racial Equity Initiative while also completing North Hennepin's Entrepreneurship for Communities of Color certification. Once again, thank you to all who gave their valuable feedback throughout the director search process. We greatly appreciate your investment and work for GLBTA programs and social justice at the University of Minnesota!

With Matthew Antonio busy planning for the office and building connections on campus, we will continue to announce our Spring 2012 calendar throughout the coming weeks! Please see below or visit our website for an updated list of our spring trainings, programs and events -- including our Transgender Commission February Meeting + Gender Dialogue (This Thursday, Feb 9!), Tongues Untied: LGBTQ People of Color Discussions (Starting Feb 13), Equity & Diversity Continuing Conversations Lunch (March 1), and Gender Justice Week Events (April 16-20)!

We hope to see many of you at events across campus and in the community throughout the Spring, and we wish you the best for the start of this new semester!

Remy Corso
Program Specialist
GLBTA Programs Office
University of Minnesota

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Anne Phibbs Leaves the GLBTA Programs Office

Dear Friends of the GLBTA Programs Office,

It is with both sadness and excitement that I share the following news. I have accepted the newly-created position of Director of Education for the Office for Equity and Diversity, and will begin that position on August 15, 2011.

While I'm very sad to be leaving the GLBTA Programs Office, a place I've called home for the past 5+ years, I'm excited about being chosen to lead OED's very important educational efforts. There are truly no words for the many lessons I've learned while working here in the Programs Office.

It has been a gift to work every day with the most committed, visionary, and silly staff a Director could ever hope to have. I am proud of what we -- students, interns, staff, faculty, alumni, community members -- have collectively created: our Ally Training Series, Txuj Ci Showcase, Transgender Commission, Tongues Untied, Bi/Pan/Fluid Sexuality Inclusion Project, Lavender House, Genderheads, the GLBTA Mentor Program, Leadership Retreat, Systemwide Summit, Leadership Year... and much more.

These services and programs and summits and commissions are all evidence of the commitment that exists on all our U of M campuses to create truly inclusive, caring community. If I take anything away from my time here at the Programs Office, it is my certainty that we are a community of allies who are capable of incredible things!

The good news is that Ross Neely, Remy Corso and our wonderful student interns will continue to keep the GLBTA Programs Office moving forward while an Interim Director is named. Please continue to stay involved with the Programs Office as much as you are able -- I do hope to see many of you as I continue to work for OED and in the wider community.

Thank you (one last time),

Anne Phibbs
phib0001@umn.edu

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