Community News: March 15th 2009

Jungle Kicks Off; Grammy Winner returnes to Houston; Annise Parker NEEDS You! : AND Much Much MORE...................................

 Gather the Tribe: Kick off to Jungle Weekend

 On Sunday, March 8^th, BCB held their annual Kick Off event at Meteor. The event was held for the underwriters of Jungle 17. For more Information of BCB or the official Jungle Party Events, please visitwww.junglehouston.com  

Grammy-Award Winning Klezmatics Returned to Houston 

They are the only klezmer group to win a GRAMMY® Award, and the only to have guested on Sex and the City. The Klezmatics took the music of European Jews, revived and re-energized it and brought it back to Europe, where they made their international debut in Berlin in 1988. The Klezmatics launched a North American tour this month celebrating their newest CD, a 20-year retrospective Tuml=Lebn. The concert was presented by the Jewish Community Center of Houston in association with Congregation Beth Yeshurun on Sunday, March 8 at Congregation Beth Yeshurun,

 

Visit www.jcchouston.org or call 713-551-7255 for more information.

  

ANNISE Parker NEEDS You: 

Friends, Annise needs your help to assist Annise and our campaign staff settle into the new campaign office. They are sprucing up inside and out at their new campaign headquarters in the Heights.  If you don’t have time to help, but you have some extra furniture or other items that could help us get up and running, donations of office supplies (pens, pencils, tables, chairs, copy machines, telephones, water or any item you may use in an office environment) would be greatly appreciated.  Assistance cleaning up the location: including cleaning supplies, towels, old shirts, garbage cans and bags are also needed. General set-up including moving tables, chairs and other office supplies as well as gardening and removal of yard debris require your assistance! Come for an hour or come all day – all help is needed! If you let us know that you're coming, we will be able to thank you by providing lunch.  For additional information, contact Nick Hellyar at (713) 818-4705 or nick@anniseparker.com .  

 

New Program Aims to Reduce HIV Infection among African-American MSMs 

Montrose Counseling Center's Community PROMISE team is looking for African-American Men who have sex with Men (MSM) to train volunteer advocates who will in turn teach their peers how to reduce their risk of HIV infection. Members of the MSM community include all men who engage in sexual activities with men, regardless of whether they identify as gay, bisexual, straight, or "on the down low." Outreach programs to find and train Peer Advocates are set to begin this month.     

Your Old Cell Phone May Be the Critical Link between Law Enforcement and Someone in Trouble 

Help Montrose Counseling Center provides emergency phones to Houston's GLBT seniors and survivors of abuse. We will accept working and non-working cell phones at the 2nd floor reception desk, and you will be given a receipt for your donation.

Your donation may help MCC receive emergency law enforcement phones through our partnership with 911cellphonebank.org. Each phone donation ensures that MCC will receive a small monetary gift and that one more phone will be added into the "bank" of law enforcement phones that are available to the clients we serve.   

Also………… The Circus is coming! Wonder what kind of wardrobe malfunctions we can expect. Britney Spears at Toyota Center March 30^th