[SN-ANNOUNCE] LGEP Seminar

[The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project]

TO ALL SANGONeT USERS 

The Lesbian and Gay Equality Project (LGEP) will host the seminar,
Envisioning the future: Visions for Rebuilding a Progressive LGBT Movement.
This seminar forms part of strategic work that the organisation will engage
in the future. It will be held on the 11th April 2008 at the Lekgotla
Women's Jail; Constitutional Hill, in Braamfontein from 12h00 to 16h00. 

The LGEP, formerly the National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality,
challenged formal discriminatory provisions that governed the country and
won equal right for LGBT people in South Africa. This strategic planning
seminar represents an opportunity for the Equality Project to engage with
allies on:
(i) What our analysis of the current broader social and economic realities
are, the political context in which they manifest and the attention they
get; and
(ii) What the role of a progressive LGBT organization / movement should be
in today South Africa.

The agenda for the seminar is:

12h00
Arrivals and registration and light lunch

12h30 - 12h45
Objectives of seminar
Mazibuko Jara

12h45 - 13h15
Political and Socio-economic realities of SA: Challenges for LGBT Equality
Pumla Gqola

13h15 - 13h45	
Video viewing

13h45 - 14h00
The state of the lesbian and gay sector
Vanessa Ludwig

14h00 - 14h30
Towards a strategy for building a progressive lesbian and gay movement
Phumzile Mtetwa

14h30 - 15h30
Questions and Comments
Facilitated by Nonhlanhla Mkize

15h30 - 15h50
Summary of discussion
Sheila Barsel 

15h50 - 16h00
Closing remarks
John McFarlane

The seminar will be attended by the Board and staff members of the LGEP,
member organizations of the Joint Working Group (LGBTi sector), allies and
colleagues working within the women, legal and human rights sectors, AIDS
sector, trade unions, social movements and friends in academia. We will use
this opportunity and your contributions to also inform the current and
future work of the Equality Project.

If you are interested in participating please call Surprise Maroga on 011
487 3810/1 or email: surprise at equality.org.za

36 Grafton Road, Yeoville; Box 27811, Yeoville, 2143
Tel: (011) 487 3811 / Fax: (011) 487 2332 / Email: phumi at equality.org.za/
Web: www.equality.org.za