3rd Annual Over the Rainbow Festival including Diverse Harmony performance, Gay Straight Alliance Choir

3rd Annual Two day 'Over the Rainbow' Festival Friday, February 26th 7:00pm and Saturday, February 27th at Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, WA.  I want to invite you to join us to attend this event and support all the groups that are participating.  You will get a sneak peek at Diverse Harmony (see my review of this group).  Sponsors include: Skagit PFLAG www.pflagskagit.org; The Pride Foundation: Doug Exworthy and Kent Poush.  This is a FREE event but donations gladly accepted.

The Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, Skagit County Chapter, the Mount Vernon High School Gay/Straight Alliance and the Pride Foundation present the third annual festival.

Schedule: Friday:
7-9:30 p.m. film: 'Straightlace: How Gender's Got Us All Tied Up,' with post-film discussion led by producer Brittney Shepherd of San Francisco, Mount Vernon High School Cafeteria.

Saturday: 10-11 a.m.: Welcome in cafeteria, with auction of cakes, plus performance by Leisha Madden (MVHS grad) and Gay Straight Alliance Friends, spoken word performance by GSA members;
11 a.m.-noon: Lunch and information tables and cake sale.
Noon-1:30 p.m. Workshop session in MVHS auditorium: Gay history (Gary Atkins, Seattle University professor and author of 'Gay Seattle,' with Carol Guess, poet and Western Washington University professor of GLBT Studies). Library: Addressing Homophobia in Daily Life (Safe Schools Coalition).
1:30-2 p.m.: Cakewalk and auction in cafeteria,
2-3:30 p.m. workshop session; auditorium: Being Religious and Being Gay (panel of gay clergy, led by Seattle First Baptist pastor, Rev. Craig Darling); Library: Gender Identity (panel led by Elayne Wylie of Ingersoll Gender Center of Seattle).
3:30-4 p.m. Cakewalk and auction in cafeteria;
4-5:30 p.m. Workshop session auditorium: Healthy Relationships/ Healthy Sex (panel of experts from a variety of agencies, led by Skagit Valley College psychology instructor Linda Jordan.) Library: Queer People of Color (UW students Oscar Guerra and Maria Guillen, with Arnold Martin of Seattle
Counseling Service).
5:30-7 p.m.: dinner break.
7-9 p.m.: Entertainment wiith Chris Riffle, New York singer/ songwriter and MVHS graduate, Diverse Harmony, GLBT youth choir from Seattle.
Contact information: Cathy Pfahl, MVHS GSA Advisor, (360) 428-6100 x2161 or cpfahl@mv.k12.wa.us.

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