Thrive Thrives
Hey Guys!
I'm starting to feel more settled and want to thank you all again for the nice welcomes I've been receiving.I also want to thank you all for your suggestions and ideas on how to grow and enrich the Thrive community, keep them coming!Check out some of the great stuff going on in our community below.
Take care,
Andrew K.R. Jones
Thrive Coordinator
(207) 756-8071
thrive@portlandmaine.gov
http://www.thrivemaine.com
See a 900 Foot Rainbow This Saturday - 4/5, 9am
Hi there,
This Saturday from 9am on we will be finishing up our addition to the River of Pride Flag by adding 600 feet to the already 300 feet you may have seen in the pass two years' Prides.Each year we add to the flag to make more room for everyone, to have a place to march and show their pride, who may not have a group to walk with.We plan on bringing it to Boston this year as well as Portland Pride.
We will be at the Portland Club off State Street and can always use more people to help.
Here are two links from YouTube of the flag, pride and the fun we had:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um7uJEZJxvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS027GTdDzc
Directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?li=d&hl=en&f=d&iwstate1=dir:to&daddr=156+State+St,+Portland,+ME+04101+)
Sincerely Yours ^Bishop^
Hookups, Pizza and Door Prizes? Oh My! - Sunday, 4/20, 2pm
The film, Hooked, will be shown at One Longfellow Square starting at 2pm.The film is only an hour long, refreshments will be provided, as well as door prizes.
Hooked is about the world of online hook-up websites.This film has been a favorite of film festivals all around the world, from San Francisco to D.C. to Sydney, Australia.Even if this is not your area of interest, it is a major part of the gay community, of which we are all a part.We think it will be very enlightening and hope to see you there!
Let us know if you are interested, just so we can get a sense of how much pizza to get!We will also be offering a Northern Maine showing of this film.Time and date is still to be determined.
For More Info Contact:
Elmer: 207-871-0216 or Jayson: (207)-287-4611
For the Northern Maine showing contact Jayson: (207)-287-4611 or Zack (207)-667-3506
Directions:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1+Longfellow+Square,+Portland,+Cumberland,+Maine+04101,+United+States"
About the Film:
"http://imdb.com/title/tt0352408/
A collaborative effort of the Frannie Peabody Center and the Maine CDC.
Represent Thrive at the AIDS Walk of Northern New England - Sunday, 5/4, 11am
Coming upat the beginning of May, the Portland Walk will be meeting at the base of Payson Park and walking around Back Cove, with registration starting at 11am and the 5K walk around the cove at 12pm.
I'd love to get a Thrive team together to walk, and would be able to give you a Thrive t-shirt to wear.Walks will also be held at other locations around the state.
The Maine Community AIDS Partnership is the local affiliate of the National AIDS Fund (NAF). Money raised in Maine through AWNNE and AWNNE-related events are matched by NAF. The National AIDS Fund matching grants are supported by many national organizations, such as the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
For More Info:
http://www.maineaids.org/walk & www.aidsfund.org
Portland Route Map (PDF):
http://maineaids.org/WALK/Portland_AIDS_Walkmap2008.pdf
Maine LGBTI Health Summit - Thursday, 5/29, 8am
In Healthy Maine 2010: Opportunities for All, sexual orientation and sexual minority status are factors that can lead to health disparities. These health disparities are intensified by a lack of population based data on the LGBTI community resulting in a scarcity of information on the health of LGBTI Mainers.
Through a variety of work sessions the summit will provide an opportunity for state and local health officials, members of the LGBTI community, community advocates, and state policy makers to meet and strategize ways to increase awareness of health disparities and the collection of health data on the LGBTI community as well as increase self advocacy in consumers.
For More Info, Agenda, Request a Brochure or Register:
Vist: http://www.neias.org/mecdc/lgbti08.html
Or Call: 207-626-3615
Someone Not Getting Thrive Updates?
Know of someone that's not getting our updates and would like to?Have them email us at thrive@portlandmaine.gov AND make sure they are adding us to their "safe senders list" on spam filtering software and/or email service provider.The address you want marked as "safe" is: thrive@portlandmaine.gov or just the @portlandmaine.gov domain.
What Do You Want Thrive to Do?!
Some past ideas have included skating, tennis, singles shopping night, bicycling, lectures, workshops, coffee house gatherings, movie nights, potlucks, restaurant outings, hiking, and bowling.This is your community, what are your ideas?I can help you get the word out, coordinate, and bam, you could be hanging out with a bunch of guys!
Testing Info
Portland Public Health, at 103 India Street in Portland, holds walk-in STD clinics on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3pm to 6pm.HIV & Hepatitis C tests can be done by appointment.We also offer Hepatitis A and B vaccines.
It's important to get tested and vaccinated to keep yourself and your community healthy.Questions about what the testing process involves?Ask us, we'd be happy to inform you!
Contact:
207-874-8446
Andrew K.R. Jones
Thrive Coordinator
(207) 756-8071
thrive@portlandmaine.gov
http://www.thrivemaine.com
Author: Andrew K. R. Jones
Website: http://www.thrivemaine.com