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FIERCE Fitness: Tabata Tuesday
Tuesday November 17, 2009 - 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Join FIERCE for some fitness with Tabata Tuesday! Rickke (a certified cross fit trainer) will lead interested members and staff through a workout that is will address the usual workout concerns:

* Its a quick workout that is completed litera...lly in minutes
* Assessible for all skill levels
* You don't need props to participate. (just comfy clothes)
* Is a total body workout

Just bring yourself, comfy clothes, and if needed a change of clothes! Water and equipment provided! Call Krystal at 646-336-6789 x 201 for questions. Email Veronica to RSVP! Read More

Join FIERCE active members, Board, and staff to plan FIERCE's 10th Anniversary GAY-LA Celebration coming up in May 2010.

This meeting is a follow-up to the initial committee meeting held in early September. There's still plenty of time for more FIERCE members to get involved in the planning of this super celebration.

A...genda Items include:

- Updates from Last Meeting
- General Timeline with Committee Work Areas
- Event Description & Program Ideas
- Identify Possible Event Speakers
- Outreach Plan for Key Audiences
- Next Steps

Snacks and metro cards will be provided. This event is open to Active FIERCE members.

For more information, contact Manny @ 646-336-6789 x209 or ellen@fiercenyc.org.Read More

This month for Wellness Wednesday we'll be discussing....RELATIONSHIPS! In this workshop we'll be discussing essential relationship truths! learning some skills around boundaries and how to support our friends and selves who may be in abusive relationship. This workshop is for all members regardless of relationship st...atus!! These skills can be applied to an intimate dating relationship or your friends! Food will be provided as well as metrocards. Please RSVP on FIERCE's myspace or email Krystal or Veronica.Read More

FIERCE Media and Video Production Training

Facilitated by: J. Bob Alotta, FIERCE Board Chair

This training is open to all members interested in participating in the documentation work of FIERCE's Media Crew. All Media Crew members are strongly encouraged to attend.

We will be covering:
- Interview Basics
- How to give a g...ood interview
- Framing Techniques

Food and Metro Cards will be provided.

Contact Manny for more information at ellen@fiercenyc.org.Read More

Join FIERCE for some fitness with Tabata Tuesday! Rickke (a certified cross fit trainer) will lead interested members and staff through a workout that is will address the usual workout concerns:

* Its a quick workout that is completed literally in minutes
* Assessible for all skill levels
* You don't need prop...s to participate. (just comfy clothes)
* Is a total body workout

Just bring yourself, comfy clothes, and if needed a change of clothes! Water and equipment provided! Call Krystal at 646-336-6789 x 201 for questions. Email Veronica to RSVP!

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Hello Everyone!

November's FIERCE Friday is a special kind: FIERCE will be hosting a Cultural Feast: Potluck Edition with members, board and staff!

Everyone should feel free to bring a dish that represents their culture or their family's culture! You can bring an appetizer, entree, or dessert type meal! Their are certain... amounts for each that we would need. So please BEGIN to RSVP your dish with John Blasco at john@fiercenyc.org.

Subject the email: FIERCE Friday Dish + your name
In the body, write what you are bringing and what culture it is from!

FIERCE will supply plates and forks / spoons / knives and drinks!

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FIERCE featured in IN THE LIFE Season Premiere of "Living on the Margins."

Living On The Margins

40 years after the Stonewall uprising, the LGBT movement is more visible than ever. But many queer people who do not conform to the image of gender, race and class most pervasive in the media, remain largely invisible—even t...o the movement. This month, we look at how LGBT people living on the economic margins of our society are organizing themselves to find housing, improve their professional skills, and obtain employment and health care.



The Unseen Gays: Struggling on the Margins

At a time when nearly every corner of the country is suffering from market downturns and high unemployment rates, many in the LGBT community are especially hard hit. In our lead segment, we look at how racial, economic and gender-based discrimination result in disproportionate rates of poverty, unemployment and homelessness among the most marginalized members of our community.



A CONVERSATION WITH… Stonewall Community Foundation Director Thai Pham, and FIERCE Executive Director Rickke Mananzala discuss the renewed commitment to philanthropy many LGBT people are making, economic activism and the synergy of their organizations.



Habitat’s First LGBT Unity Build

For many LGBT people, the recent economic crisis reinvigorated the spirit of volunteerism. At Habitat for Humanity’s first LGBT Unity Build Day, we speak with the community members who came out in support of affordable housing while raising visibility for the movement.

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