African American Messaging Report Released by Arcus Operating Foundation
In 2007 and 2008, the Arcus Operating Foundation commissioned extensive quantitative and qualitative research to articulate the complex intersections of sexuality and race with the goal of determining how this information can help activists create greater public support and message effectively when speaking to African American audiences. Written by Donna Victoria and Cornell Belcher for the Arcus Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Program, the report offers new insights into the attitudes and perceptions of African Americans on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality issues and how communications can be strengthened between the LGBT movement and African American communities.Read the report: LGBT Rights and Advocacy: Messaging to African American Communities
The Center for American Progress (CAP) along with the Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Program of the Arcus Foundation co-hosted a panel discussion in Washington, DC titled, "Selma and Stonewall: Setting the Agenda for Equal Rights in the 21st Century."
The panel investigated and delivered insightful advice about how to best frame the conversation about equality, both within and between the black and LGBT communities. The Washington Post's Jonathan Capehart moderated the discussion which featured several notable panelists including Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, pollster Cornell Belcher, and NAACP Washington Bureau Chief Hilary Shelton, among others. View the panel discussion on the Center for American Progress' website.A second event, a congressional briefing, was conducted in conjunction with the Congressional Black and Congressional LGBT Equality Caucuses. This briefing focused on helping members of Congress and their staff talk with their African American constituents about LGBT equal rights issues. Read the updated survey memo, Attitudes of African Americans in the beltway region toward LBGT issues, by author and pollster Cornell Belcher. A third and final event, a telebriefing for advocates unable to attend the previous events in person, took place on July 21.
The federal government plans to close Alamogordo Primate Facility and move more than 200 chimpanzees back into a life of invasive research.
Arcus grantee Animal Protection of New Mexico is leading a campaign to halt the transfer of these chimpanzees and has secured the support of New Mexico leaders Governor Bill Richardson and Senator Tom Udall. In addition, efforts are being supported by several national organizations including Jane Goodall Institute, Humane Society of the United States, New England Anti-Vivisection Society and Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine and endorsed by a number of sanctuaries and other organizations interested in the welfare of these chimpanzees.To read more about the plight of these chimps and the campaign to save them, visit Animal Protection of New Mexico.
Click here to read about Governor Bill Richardson's support for efforts to save these chimpanzees.
Kalamazoo College Selects Jaime Grant as Executive Director for Its Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership.
Read more in the press release from Kalamazoo College.
Action Plan Outlines Strategy to Protect Eastern Chimpanzees
Arcus grantee Wildlife Conservation Society and International Union for Conservation of Nature announced that nations of East and Central Africa have developed a 10-year action plan to save one of human-kind's closest relative - the eastern chimpanzee - from hunting, habitat loss, disease, and other threats. Read details of the action plan here.
Organgutan Using Bridges to Cross Kinabatangan River
A recent study and photographs demonstrate how orangutans in Eastern Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, are using bridges to cross the Kinabatangan River there. Unlike monkeys, none of the great apes, including the orangutan, can swim. Construction of bridges funded in part by an Arcus grant to LEAP/Hutan, has reconnected two isolated orangutan subpopulations and prevented further fragmentation, while expanding their current habitat. Read the report and view photographs here.
New International LGBT Funding Report Released
The Arcus Operating Foundation announces the release of a new report titled Saving Lives, Promoting Democracy, Alleviating Poverty, and Fighting AIDS: The Case for Funding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Populations. Written by Liz Galst for the Arcus International LGBT Rights program, the report details how increased funding support for organizations that advocate on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people can help advance vital development priorities, including protecting minorities, promoting the rule of law, reducing poverty, strengthening civil society, increasing economic opportunity and promoting health, in some of the world's poorest and most politically unstable countries.Read the full report or the executive summary brochure.
Washington Post Publishes On Faith "Guest Voices" Column by Tom Kam
The Washington Post's On Faith blog recently published a "Guest Voices" Op-ed by Tom Kam, deputy program director for LGBT Programs and director of the Religion and Values Program of the Arcus Foundation. The piece was written to develop thoughtful and respectful discourse on the moral equality of LGBT people.The Arcus Foundation Religion and Values program was established with the goal of achieving the recognition and affirmation of the moral equality of LGBT people. Arcus and its grantees are striving to change the belief that homosexuality is sinful and immoral and to reduce the negative impact of those who hold this belief on the individual lives of LGBT people throughout the world.
Wanted: a Church that listens
Kalamazoo College Receives $2.1 Million Grant From Arcus Foundation to Launch Social Justice Leadership Center
President Obama has signed federal LGBT-inclusive hate crimes legislation into law
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http://www.thetaskforce.org/issues/hate_crimes_main_page/
Obama Administration to ensure inclusion of the LGBT Community in HUD programs (more)
LGBT seniors to benefit from HHS plans for creation of national resource center (more)
Helga Rainer Named Program Officer for Arcus Foundation Great Apes Program
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The Pipeline Project Announces 21st Century Fellows
Arcus grantee The Pipeline Project announced in September its selection of 22 individuals who will participate in a year-long leadership development program for people of color managers at LGBT organizations. The project is a collaborative initiative underwritten by the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, Gill Foundation and Arcus Foundation. Read profiles of the individuals and the announcement release here.
Arcus Foundation Presents Video Tribute at NAACP Convention
View the Arcus Foundation's video tribute to NAACP Chairman Julian Bond shown at the July 2009 Spingarn Medal Dinner during the NAACP's Centennial Convention. The video, with opening statement by Arcus Founder and President Jon L. Stryker, provides an overview of how the Arcus Foundation is investing in a legacy of social justice leadership that includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
"Today I am proud to be a Lutheran"
Lutheran LGBT coalition Goodsoil celebrates dual policy victories: the passage of the Social Statement on Human Sexuality; and the elimination of the ban against ministers in same-gender relationships (Read the article)
Integrity USA Achieves its Goals at General Convention 2009The following press release is from Integrity USA. Since 1974, Integrity has been a faithful witness of God's inclusive love to the Episcopal Church and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community by working for the full inclusion of all the baptized in all the sacraments.
ANAHEIM, CA (July 17, 2009) - The Episcopal Church turned an important corner at the General Convention held recently in Anaheim, California, and Integrity applauds the hard, faithful work of the bishops and deputies who brought us closer to the full inclusion of all the baptized in all the sacraments. We came to this convention committed to moving the church beyond resolution B033 (reopening ordination processes to all the baptized) and forward on equality for the blessing of same-sex unions - and we are beyond gratified that we have realized both of those goals.
Thirty three years after promising a "full and equal claim" to the gay and lesbian baptized, the Episcopal Church has affirmed equal access to ordination processes for all orders of ministry for all the baptized, has approved a broad local option for the blessings of our relationships, and has called the church to work together toward common liturgical expressions of those blessings.
It is a great day for the church and a greater day for the witness to God's inclusive love.
"While Integrity's advocacy work is not yet done," said Integrity President Susan Russell, "the actions here in Anaheim liberate us to get on with our evangelism work - proclaiming the good news of an Episcopal Church that welcomes not only LGBT people looking for a spiritual home but ALL those seeking a faith community that shares their core values of justice, compassion, inclusion, and love."
"We celebrate this historic movement forward and we commit ourselves to this church we love and serve to continue to witness to the good news of Christ Jesus present in our lives, our vocations, and our relationships. We call others to 'come and see' what we have found and seen and experienced in the Episcopal Church."
"Integrity applauds the hard work of all our allies in this struggle and lifts up particularly the witness of our TransEpiscopal colleagues whose courageous work at this convention has been truly extraordinary. We look forward to working with all our allies as we move forward together into God's future, giving thanks for the good work here in Anaheim that has brought us closer to that church with 'no outcasts' to which former Presiding Bishop Edmond Browning called us.
For more information, please visit www.integrityusa.org.
Fred Davie Named Senior Director, Social Justice and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Programs at the Arcus Foundation
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Trishala Deb named program officer for National LGBT Rights Program at Arcus Foundation in New York
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The Center for American Progress and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's National Religious Leadership Roundtable released two groundbreaking reports analyzing religious and secular advocacy of marriage-equality ballot initiatives in Michigan and California.
Representing the Arcus Foundation, funder of the California report, Tom Kam, director, Religion and Values Program, comments, "Collectively, these reports recognize the power of conservative religious voices to utilize their moral authority to influence public debate on LGBT equality. It is time to respond to these voices with similar authority, fully incorporating within the leadership of the LGBT movement and the public debate, the LGBT and allied religious leaders whose lives and voices speak the truth about our civil and moral equality." The goal of the Arcus Foundation's Religion and Values program is to achieve LGBT moral equality. Read a summary of the report findings here.
Read the Center for American Progress report: The Faithful Divide Over Wedding Vows: A Profile of Michigan's 2004 Battle Over Marriage Equality
Read the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's National Religious Leadership Roundtable report: A Time to Build-Up: Analysis of the No on Proposition 8 Campaign and Its Implications for Future Pro-LGBTQQIA Religious Organizing
Center for the Study of Human Rights
Arcus grantee, the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, welcomed nine human rights activists as the 21st cohort of the Human Rights Advocates Program. The intensive program is defined by academic coursework, skills-building workshops and networking opportunities with the human rights communities in New York and Washington, D.C. By the time the advocates complete the program in mid-December, they will have acquired the knowledge, skills, and connections necessary to further develop themselves as human rights professionals and their organizations back home. Read the biographies of the 2009 program participants here.
GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) shared its federal educational policy priorities with U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Read the priorities here.
Read ARC International's useful summary of where the United Nations General Assembly statement on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Human Rights fits into global level work. Read the summary here.
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's National Religious Leadership Roundtable released the report "A Time to Build Up," summarizing a convening of experts representing 32 California and national religious communities, who gathered to analyze the passage of Proposition 8 in California. Read the report here.
Fauna & Flora recently released the report "Preliminary Gibbon Status Review for Lao People's Democratic Republic" written in December 2008 by J.W. Duckworth, and funded by the Arcus Foundation. View the report here.
Kalamazoo College has received a $200,000 planning grant from the Arcus Foundation to prepare for the establishment of a social justice leadership center at the College.
Richard Burns, former executive director of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center in New York City, has joined the Arcus Foundation as Chief Operating Officer.
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Carla Sutherland, a former Ford Foundation program officer known for her groundbreaking philanthropic leadership in support of sexual minorities in Eastern Africa, has joined the Arcus Foundation as the first director of its International LGBT Rights Program.
Roz Lee, the recent Director of Programs for the Stonewall Community Foundation in New York City, has joined the Arcus Foundation as Senior Program Officer for the organization's Racial Justice, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Program.
Arcus announces three new reports on International LGBT Rights fundingThere is urgency in the situation facing lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people around the world. High levels of violence, discrimination, persecution and social exclusion adversely affect millions of individuals whose sexual orientation and gender identity are seen as non-conforming, particularly in the Global South and Global East.
In September 2008, the Arcus Operating Foundation organized a convening in Bellagio, Italy to strategize ways to increase global philanthropic resources to secure and expand human rights for LGBT people.
Arcus is pleased to announce three new reports generated as a result of the convening are now available to help funders understand the issues facing LGBT people in the Global South and East, and the challenges and opportunities in funding LGBT rights.
Expanding Global Philanthropy to Support the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People, is a summary report from the convening at the Rockefeller Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy, written by Sue Simon.
Mobilizing Resources for the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) People: Challenges and Opportunities, written by Marcie Parkhurst and Amber Johnson of FSG Social Impact Advisors, is intended to help mobilize additional funding for LGBT human rights work by identifying obstacles to increased funding among human rights funders, exploring the implications of those obstacles, and surfacing approaches to mitigate or overcome them.
Giving Out Globally: A Resource Guide of Funding Mechanisms to Support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in the Global South and East, written by Julie Dorf, is intended to help the reader understand more about the variety of funding mechanisms available to support the growing LGBT rights sector in Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
What the Stamford Incident Teaches Us About Chimpanzees as Pets
- Annette Lanjouw, director, Arcus Great Apes Program
Chimpanzees will never make good pets because their natural behavior and means of expressing themselves is not compatible with our lifestyles. If a human is hurt by a frustrated and probably completely traumatized chimpanzee who has lived a completely unnatural life removed from normal social contact, then it is not the "savage beast" that is at fault. It is the society that has considered it normal to treat an animal in such a cruel and unnatural way that is at fault.
Chimpanzees are intelligent and social animals that live in groups where their survival and wellbeing is dependant on the allegiances they build with each other and the politics of their relationships and hierarchies in the group. They form strong and lasting bonds, but those bonds also can be affected by changes in social rank, or the influence of other individuals in the group. Much like humans, they strive to establish dominance in order to control their situation and get the best for themselves and the individuals with whom they have close relationships.
When a chimpanzee is taken completely out of the natural context and social group structure, and put in a situation where it cannot control its environment, and where it is often confused or afraid, it will become frustrated. And a frustrated chimpanzee is a very strong, very dangerous creature. Although they may not be as tall as a human, they are much stronger (see Frans de Waal, "the pound for pound output power of ape muscles is estimated to be twice that of humans"). And they have four forceful hands, as their feet and toes are as nimble as their hands and fingers. A chimp may bite to reprimand a group member. We don't do that. And our bite is just not as effective as that of a chimp, with inch-long canines adapted for ripping open branches or carcasses of monkeys and antelope.
People say that a chimp is unpredictable. Not if you are another chimpanzee. But yes, to a human, the tempers, attacks and outbursts of chimps may appear unpredictable. We aren't chimpanzees and we need to recognize that we don't understand everything about them. And we cannot expect them to understand everything about us and our expectations of their behavior, manners or mood swings. What is normal for a chimp is not normal for a human, and vice versa. It is important for us to respect them and to allow them to live in an environment as natural as possible, to enable them to express themselves freely without fear of punishment from us, or artificial inducements. Chimpanzees, and all other exotic animals, are not pets to entertain us or keep us company. They are wonderful creatures that deserve to live a life in the wild and to express themselves in the way that they understand.
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Arcus Foundation Announces New Program Goals and Streamlined Application Process
The Arcus Foundation has clarified its program goals and streamlined the application process for organizations seeking grant funding from the Foundation.
The new application guidelines, effective immediately, apply to both the Arcus LGBT Program and the Arcus Great Apes Program.
Among the changes made to the application process are the following:
Learn more about Arcus program goals and funding priorities by visiting What We Fund and our grant application process and guidelines by visiting How To Apply.
Gloria Royal, Nonprofit Communications, Public Relations and Marketing Expert to Join Arcus Foundation as Director of Communications
Gloria Royal, vice president of Marketing Communications for the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, has accepted the invitation to join the Arcus Foundation as Director of Communications. She will begin her duties Jan. 26, 2009, and work from the Arcus Foundation's Kalamazoo office. (Press release)
Annette Lanjouw, Director of the Arcus Great Apes Program, has recently authored a new book, Mountain Gorillas: Biology, Conservation, and Coexistence in collaboration with photographer Gene Eckhart.Read more about the book by visiting publisher Johns Hopkins University Press.
Arcus Foundation Ends Year with New Awards totaling over $9.6 Million;
Brings 2007 Grant Making Total Over $16.8 Million
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Arcus President and Founder Jon Stryker featured in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
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1/1/08: Darren Walker, VP of Rockefeller Foundation, Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors More
The Arcus Foundation, through its partnership with nonprofit conservation organizations Fauna & Flora International and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, helped to support the creation of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, one of the largest wildlife preserves in Kenya. Click here to read about the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Michigan Racial & Economic Justice Initiative Launches in Kalamazoo
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9/28/07: Arcus Foundation Appoints GLBT Organizer Johnny Jenkins Jr. to lead its Michigan Programs
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Arcus Foundation Appoints Experienced Primatologist, Annette Lanjouw, to Lead Arcus Great Apes Program; Expands Team Working on Great Apes Fund
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Creating a More Inclusive EEO. Find out how one non-profit did it.
Putting Your Passion To Work
Engineering Social Justice Training Series
Dare To Get Active! Are you an activist or a progressive, passionate person who wants to create positive changes for your community but not sure how to begin? Join us for this six-session series funded by the Arcus Gay & Lesbian Program and offered by the Kalamazoo Gay & Lesbian Resource Center in partnership with the Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality. Read more
2/26/07: Domestic Partner Benefits Education
Michigan Equality will be traveling the state to educate members of the GLBT community and the community at large about the implications of the January 2007 Michigan Court of Appeals decision on domestic partner benefits offered by the state. Learn more
2/26/07:New Religion and Values Program
The Arcus Foundation announces the appointment of Tom Kam as Senior Fellow of the Foundation's new Religion and Values Program. (more)
1/26/07: Announcing our Fall 2006 Grant Awards
$5.1 million awarded to organizations working for GLBT Human Rights and Great Ape Conservation
Arcus Gay and Lesbian Fund
Arcus Fund
Arcus National Fund
Arcus Great Apes Fund
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12/20/06: Cathy J. Cohen Joins Arcus Foundation Board of Directors
The Arcus Foundation announces the appointment of Cathy J. Cohen, Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago, to the Board of Directors of the Arcus Foundation, effective January 1, 2007. (more)
10/12/06:Arcus Foundation Announces New Director of Grant Making Programs
The Arcus Foundation announces the appointment of Cindy T. Rizzo as Director of Grantmaking Programs. (more)
5/25/05: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Urvashi Vaid as the new Executive Director of the Arcus Foundation. (more)
7/12/05: Together in Faith, a national conference for people of all religions and spiritualities creating lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender-affirming communities will be presented by the American Friends Service Committee Faith Action Network August 5-7, 2005 on the campus of Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan. For more information, please visit togetherinfaith.com.
5/1/05: Governor Signs Law Making Maine 6th State to Protect Gender Identity Read the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition’s press release at gpac.org.
5/1/05: The 2005 Volunteer Guidebook is now available. Published annually by the Volunteer Center of Greater Kalamazoo, the guidebook lists volunteer needs of nonprofit organizations throughout Kalamazoo county. You may pick up a free copy at the Volunteer Center office located at 709-A S. Westnedge, Kalamazoo, the Kalamazoo Chamber of Commerce office, or any library in Kalamazoo County. Visit the Volunteer Center’s website at volunteerkalamazoo.org.
5/1/05: The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan has announced the filing of a lawsuit requesting that the court declare that the amendment passed by Michigan voters in November 2004, regarding same-sex marriage, does not prohibit domestic partnership (DP) benefits offered by public employers. Read more at aclumich.org
4/14/05: Art therapy group for GLBT teens now forming at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Grand Rapids, Michigan (more)
3/23/05: The Arcus Foundation Endorses the Day of Silence, April 13, 2005 (more)
2/16/05: Thinking Outside the Gender Box
"You have to learn to look with new eyes. That’s what emerging social movements do." An interview with Riki Wilchins, Executive Director of GenderPAC, January 13, 2005 (read)
1/4/05: SLDN Continues Work to Defeat 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'; Files Historic Court Challenge (read about it)
10/15/04: The Battered Immigrant Project provides immigration and referral services for immigrant survivors of domestic violence, including those survivors in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. More
9/15/04: Judy Shepard Coming to WMU
OUTspoken, WMU’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and ally student organization, is proud to announce that Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, will be speaking in the WMU Dalton Center on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 8:00 p.m. to present The Legacy of Matthew Shepard: An End to Hate Crimes. It will be followed by a meet and greet reception. This event is free and open to the public, through generous funding by the Western Michigan University Campus Activities Board. (More)
Thailand’s Morning Songs
by Josh Vandeburgh, Former Arcus Intern
"I had seen pictures and videos of gibbons in captivity while an intern at the Arcus Foundation, but it was nothing like the experience of seeing them in the wild. Here is my story."
8/25/04: On Friday, August 13, the Center for Great Apes was slammed by the eye wall of a category 4 hurricane (Charley) packing 145 mph winds. Read more
8/5/04: Save the Chimps update from Executive Director, Dr. Carole Noon. A major expansion, significantly funded by the Arcus Foundation, will create the largest chimpanzee sanctuary in the world at Save the Chimps in Ft. Pierce, Florida. More
5/25/04: It is with great excitement and anticipation that we introduce a new phase in the evolution of the Arcus Foundation: the opening of new offices in Kalamazoo and New York City.
Read the letter to Partners, Colleagues and Friends
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5/1/04: Here’s What You Told Us
At Arcus, we firmly believe our work could not exist without the partnership of our funded organizations. To determine how we can better serve our community, the Foundation recently conducted an intensive three-month evaluation. An independent consultant contacted previously funded organizations and grant seekers of the Arcus Gay & Lesbian Fund to evaluate Arcus in several areas, including our grantmaking process and funding requirements. More
5/1/04: Ministry with Community The mission of Ministry with Community is to provide food, daytime shelter and other basic services to central Kalamazoo’s homeless, poor, mentally ill and hard-to-serve adults. Through community cooperation, Ministry with Community provides these services in an atmosphere of dignity, hope and unconditional acceptance. Learn about the work of Ministry with Community
4/26/04: The Arcus Foundation Salutes Nathan Triplett When school staff failed to act after he was assaulted inside the school gym locker room by bullies who assumed he was gay, Nathan Triplett turned frustration into action and formed Portage (Michigan) Public School’s first Gay/Straight Alliance. Four years later, at 20 years old, Nathan Triplett is one of the country’s foremost advocates for GLBT rights and safe schools. More
1/15/04: Arcus Foundation Names New Program Associate
The Arcus Foundation has named Carol Snapp its new Program Associate, a position which was added to meet the needs of the growing foundation. Ms. Snapp will oversee communications and work with grant seekers and grantees for the Foundation. Ms. Snapp has eight years of non-profit arts administration experience, formerly serving as Executive Director of Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers in Kalamazoo, Michigan and Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at the Art Center of Battle Creek, Michigan.
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays: P-FLAG offers support and education. Kalamazoo Chapter meets on 4th Sundays at People's Church, 1758 N. 10th St. Info: (269) 327-8107. Visit the national website.
7/29/03 Gov. Davis signs on:
California is the fourth state (following New Mexico, Rhode Island and Minnesota) to pass laws prohibiting discrimination based on gender expression and identity.More
Construction Highlights
Seeing concrete results is always gratifying in the nonprofit world. Here are a few bricks-and-mortar building projects that have taken place at Arcus-funded organizations.
1/2003 Fall Cycle 2002 Grants Awarded
11/12/02 Thanks to everyone who attended Arcus’ special presentation of “Oliver Button is a Star!” in October. If you haven’t yet seen this uplifting production about gender-based bullying, we have one video copy available to borrow. It’s a must-see for anyone who cares about kids! Call 269.373.4373. Seen it already? Share your feedback and comments with us at
11/12/02 To all who attended the Nov. 1st Art Hop at Arcus, thanks for visiting our space! More than 100 people dropped by to view Brian Mosher’s show of black and white photography, “Places Seldom Visited.” Brian’s work is for sale; you can contact him at (269) 226-8816.
10/12/02 "Oliver Button is a Star!"
Arcus is proud to sponsor a special community screening and panel discussion with the filmmaker and educators on Saturday, October 12 from 1-4 p.m. at Kalamazoo College's Dalton Theater in the Light Fine Arts Building. This award-winning PBS special production is based on Tomie DePaola's classic children's book "Oliver Button is a Sissy." Join us for an exploration of childhood, gender stereotypes and bullying. Features poignant interviews with DePaola and others who defied traditional gender roles as kids: Arctic explorer Ann Bancroft, dancer Bill T. Jones and the late makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. Advance tickets $5 for adults; $1 for youth 18 and under. Available through Miller Auditorium Ticket Office and the Epic Center Box Office. Call 387-2300 or visit www.millerauditorium.com. Remaining seats, if any, will be sold at the door. Refreshments following the discussion will be provided and served by Girl Scouts of Glowing Embers Council. This event is presented by Kalamazoo Coming Out Proud Film Festival.
10/12/02 Arcus to host Nov. 1 Art Hop
Celebrate the arts with us! Stop by our Rose Street office after work on Friday, Nov. 1, between 5 and 9 p.m. We'll be proudly hosting an exhibit for the Arts Council's monthly Art Hop. On display will be photographs by Brian Mosher, a faculty member of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts. Art Hop is a free event held on the first Friday of each month to celebrate new art exhibits in the Kalamazoo area. The exhibits are open to the public and you can hop from one art show to another. It's a fun and casual way to meet artists, visit with friends and enjoy a variety of artwork. Join us!
9/18/02 Arcus helps Florida sanctuary to retire all chimpanzees and monkeys at defunct Coulston primate lab
The notorious Coulston Foundation primate-testing laboratory has shut down and each of the 266 chimpanzees and 61 monkeys will be permanently removed from research, the Center for Captive Chimpanzee Care announced today. More
7/28/02 Kalamazoo City Park Revitalization
The Arcus Gay & Lesbian Fund will help make possible the revitalization of a Kalamazoo City park and endow parks and recreation activities for Kalamazooans. The $750,000 gift was made in concert with other community donors, including the Stryker-Johnston Foundation, Patricia Stryker’s foundation, Pharmacia, National City and others. more
7/21/02 Civil Rights and Employment Forum Discuss the civil rights health of our community at Kalamazoo City Hall, Monday, July 29, 4-5:30 p.m. and 5:30-7 p.m. (residents may attend one or both sessions). For info, call the YWCA at (269) 345-5595.
6/26/02 The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Equality Fund
The Kalamazoo Community Foundation respects and celebrates diversity that contributes to a healthy, caring community. more
6/26/02 Gay Pride Month
The Arcus Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of Gay Pride Month programs on WGVU TV 35/WGVK TV 52 more
6/4/02 First grants from GLBT Equality Fund awarded by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation. more
5/1/02 Spring Cycle Grants Awarded
4/6/02 CARES annual banquet in April
CARES' 5th Annual Benefit Banquet and Auction "Make It Happen..." took place at the Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Kalamazoo.
12/15/01 Eleven New Grants Awarded in Fall Cycle 2001
9/18/00 $1 million fund created for UC Berkeley