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Music Hall to host Stonewall Cincinnati annual dinner
Cincinnati-The annual Stonewall Cincinnati dinner is taking on a new look this year. The event will be held on Saturday, April 8, at Cincinnati's historic and ornate Music Hall Ballroom.
The planning committee for Dinner 2000 is chaired by Jeff Thomas of Jeff Thomas Catering and Mary Armor. Nearly 70 people from the local GLBT and allied community have signed up to serve as hosts and hostesses at the event, including Cincinnati City Council member Todd Portune and his wife Angie, and former Cincinnati mayor Bobbie Sterne.
The Stonewall dinner is an event the entire community looks forward to all year long. As those who have attended can attest, the dinner provides a unique opportunity for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender com-
munity to come together with supportive politicians and civic leaders to honor human rights and celebrate the GLBT community's achievements.
The evening also provides an excellent opportunity for groups and individuals working to achieve fairness for all in Cincinnati and the tri-state region to network with one another.
Attendees enjoy fine food,
and a substantive, lively and
entertaining program. This
year's program will recognize
Stonewall supporter and arts
Qualls, all of whom have worked with Stonewall to achieve fairness and equality for all citizens of Cincinnati, regardless of race, religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation.
The cost of the dinner is $100 for dinner and a pre-dinner cocktail party, or $50 for the dinner alone. A disco/swing dance will follow the dinner. Tickets are available by calling the ticket hotline at 513-956-9551.
STONEWALL CINCINNATI will be fun, but also draw atten-
Organizers are working to create a high profile event that
activist David Herriman, and three termlimited Cincinnati City Council members; Bobbie Sterne, Tyrone Yates and Roxanne
tion to Stonewall's work in the community, including a renewed effort to educate the community about the need to overturn Article XII of the Cincinnati city
charter-the end result of the anti-gay 1993 charter amendment Issue 3.
"The dinner is Stonewall's biggest fundraiser of the year," said Stonewall executive director Doreen Cudnik, “and I am amazed by the efforts of the dinner committee to make this year's event the biggest, best and most memorable dinner yet. I look forward to meeting more of the Cincinnati LGBT community at this event, as well as our straight allies, and our friends and supporters from Columbus, Indianapolis, Lexington and Louisville. It really will be a night to remember."
To volunteer for the event or for information about sponsorship opportunities, call the Stonewall office at 513-651-2500, or log on to Stonewall's web site at www.stonewallcincinnati.org.
Same-sex domestic violence program funded for first time
Columbus-The Buckeye Regional AntiViolence Organization is pleased to announce the addition of a new staff mem-
ber, Rebecca Gurney.
Gurney's half time staff posiBRAVO
to the unique needs of LGBT individuals. Gurney comes to BRAVO with extensive experience in anti-sexual assault work and tailoring programs to meet the needs of diverse groups. She received her bachelor's degree in women's studies from Ohio State University and worked with the rape education and prevention program while at OSU.
Buckeye Regional Anti-Violence Organization
tion, domestic violence program coordinator, is made possible by a grant through the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs and the United States Department of Justice.
This grant represents the first time samesex domestic violence work has been funded in the state of Ohio. The program will focus on increasing accessibility of services for survivors that is culturally competent and sensitive
"I am looking forward to this project," said Gurney, "having a chance to build a new program from the ground up is very exciting. It is my goal to make sure that
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people in the Central Ohio area know more about same-sex domestic violence at this time next year than they do now."
In addition to her half-time position with BRAVO, Gurney is also employed half-time by the Sexual Assault Response Network of Central Ohio, where she has program management duties and edits their quarterly newsletter. She has volunteered
with numerous community organizations in the past including the Columbus AIDS Task Force, the Open Shelter and BRAVO.
"We are thrilled to have Rebecca on board," said BRAVO executive director Gloria McCauley. "She brings a wealth of experience that will be very helpful as we create and implement our new domestic violence programming."
Six counties get $3.1 million in Ryan White AIDS funding
Cleveland-Nearly five years ago, the Cuyahoga County area exceeded 2,000 people living with AIDS, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control. Having reached this level, Northeast Ohio became eligible for emergency federal funding along with communities like Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles and New York City. While this may not mean much to the average citizen, for those living with HIV or AIDS or those caring for someone living with HIV or AIDS, the increase in funding means everything.
The Ryan White Comprehensive
Established in 1995 by the Cuyahoga County commissioners and the mayor of Cleveland, the 40-person council has distributed nearly $10,000,000 to a six-county area (Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and Medina) for the direct care of those living with HIV and AIDS.
The council administers a "needs assessment" every year through a multilevel effort. Surveys are made available at dozens of agencies throughout Northeast Ohio and are filled out by people impacted
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AIDS Resources Emergency Act is named in honor of an Indiana teenager who became an active public educator after learning he had contracted the disease. White died in 1990, the same year that the federal funding legislation that bears his name was passed.
The Ryan White act provides community based outpatient health care and supportive services for persons living with HIV or AIDS who are either uninsured or under-insured.
In Cuyahoga County, Ryan White funds are funneled through the Cuyahoga Regional HIV Services Planning Council.
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by HIV or AIDS. One-on-one interviews are also done with individuals from various subpopulations impacted by this disease during this same period.
The information gathered allows the council to set funding priorities for the six-county area. The Ryan White "grantee," Cuyahoga County, uses this information to write a grant application that is sent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
The federal government then awards a level of funding deemed necessary by all of the information provided to them.
The Cuyahoga County is then made aware of its award and sends requests for proposals to agencies in the six counties.
Now this is where the real work begins. How to reach those most in need of care? Historically, those most in need of these services are often the most difficult to reach. To this end an extensive public awareness campaign was launched earlier this year, with the message "Got AIDS? Get help!"
The Cuyahoga Regional HIV Services Planning Council has been awarded $3.1 million for the 2000 fiscal year which began March 1.
The council meets the third Wednesday of the month at 5:30 pm, at the American Red Cross, 3747 Euclid Ave. in Cleveland. For more information about services funded through the Planning Council call 216-348-3988.