PFLAG Knoxville

The next PFLAG meeting will be September 13th, 2012

Call to • order 7:05 (5 attendees, 2 officers)
• Discussed Lenoir City yearbook issues
????GLAAD is working with the yearbook sponsor
????The school board is going to investigate
????Local LCD pastor is going to write an op Ed piece
• PFLAG state conference in June
????Do we participate?
????Ben is banned from events in June So is Mark
• Need to advertise the group
????Newspaper
????WUOT
????Facebook
????Visit other groups
? Dems
? Green
? GLSEN
? health Dept.
? Lambada
? Outreach center
????Need to make handout cards 3×4
• Need to make deposits at ORNL
• May 22nd @6
????Dem Candidates who are running unopposed
????Bearden Library
• Proposal to take a break from PFLAG for the Summer
????Loraine is in favor
????Approved
• Discussed potential courses for PFLAG knoxville
????Financial implications of restoring status with national
????vs. outreach to build membership
????What is our purpose
????Preaching to the choir
• Potential topics
????What does the community that will be growing up need from PFLAG
????Political implications of the presidents announcement.
• Adjourned at 8:15

Listen to Your Mother:

Mothers Respond When Their Children Come Out as Gay

This is an art exhibition which will be on display at the Museum of Motherhood in NYC. I am looking for moms to provide information about their reactions when their child (of any age) came out to them. Artwork and a presentation at a Museum conference will be based on these responses. Anything you wish to share (positive, negative, and anything in between) is appreciated and anonymous.
Please feel free to comment, share, re-post, etc!
Because the survey is anonymous, I won’t be able to thank you later, so in advance: THANK YOU for taking the time!

Share your thoughts at: http://svy.mk/tdHvRv

Kim, Ben, Larry, Mack present; GENERAL DISCUSSION
Frustration • about the lack of participation
????By-laws don’t mention dues (not true)
????Business meeting in May, details to follow
????Still need to complete forms for tax status reinstatement
????Schedule meeting to complete forms
? Need to get Michael, Larry and Ben in a room with a slave-driver.
• Did some post-mortem on Advancing Equality Day 2012
• Bully showing on the 15th at 7:20, Downtown West
• 2 years of dues $330 are due to get us in good standing with PFLAG Natl.
• Concerns that money is in two different accounts, consensus to combine the accounts
• Larry requested that the minutes be sent to him immediately after the meeting.
• Kim will be out of town for 2 months
• We need programs and they need to be well advertised.
Adjourned at 7:42pm

“That bullying thing is the biggest lark out there.” -TN State Sen. Stacey Campfield.
Yet statistics show 3 out of 4 middle- and high- school students will experience severe bullying at school. (stopbullying.gov)

Come stand with the 3 out of 4.

In order to raise awareness and to show our world that we will no longer stand for abuse of our students, the 3 out of 4 will peacefully put a STOP to bullying.

Stop Bullying Flash Mob
Date: 27 April 2012
Time: 5:34 PM
Wear RED

We will gather between 5-5:30pm on Market Square and attend to our business as usual. At 5:34, a leader at the stage will yell “STOP!” As a symbol of solidarity and strength, participants will freeze in place and extend their right hand in a “stop” gesture. We will hold this pose for three minutes. When the signal is given, the group will disperse. Information about support groups, help lines, and resources will be available.

We invite everyone to participate in this radical sign of strength. Research shows there are three major groups that face bullying, and we are reaching out to these groups and supporters of these groups as very active participants:
-Individuals who identify as LGBTQ
-Individuals with disabilities
-Individuals who are socially isolated or feel alone

Please be aware that there may be media attention.

Sponsored by Spectrum Café http://www.facebook.com/groups/43328153486/