The South Asian Lesbian & Gay Association of New York City (SALGA) serves to promote awareness, tolerance, acceptance, empowerment and safe spaces for sexual minorities and people of all gender identities, who trace their heritage to South Asia or who identify as South Asian. Our mission is to enable community members to establish cultural visibility and take a stand against oppression and discrimination in all its forms.  We pledge to encourage leadership development, provide multi-generational support, work towards immigration advocacy, address health issues such as HIV / AIDS, and foster political involvement in the interest of creating a more tolerant society.

Saturday 9/11 - Monthly Support Group

Posted: August 31st, 2010 | Author: Jimmy | Filed under: Blog, Events, News | No Comments »

Join SALGA for our monthly support group meeting.
The theme for this month will be

~ Identity ~

Whether it’s sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnicity, religion… we have many facets to our identity. What parts of our identity are most important to us? How does it feel when others make assumptions about who we are? What happens when our own sense of ourselves begins to shift? … Identity can be a touchy thing, not in the least because people are always trying to tell us who we are in both subtle and not-so-subtle ways, even within our own LGBT community.

Date: Saturday, September 11th, 2010
Time: 4 - 6pm
Location: LGBT Center

SALGA’s monthly support group meetings are a SAFE, CONFIDENTIAL space for you to join a group atmosphere to talk about issues that affect your life and well-being.  We provide a supportive atmosphere to all attendees..

Book Club Meeting - Sunday September 19th!

Posted: August 27th, 2010 | Author: Jimmy | Filed under: Blog, Events, News | No Comments »

Date: Sunday, September 19, 2010
Time: 5pm - 7pm
Location: TBD - please volunteer if you can offer your space
Book: Clear Light of Day, by Anita Desai

Please send your RSVP to Neil at neil@salganyc.org

Set in India’s old Delhi, CLEAR LIGHT OF DAY is Anita Desai’s tender, warm, and compassionate novel about family scars, the ability to forgive and forget, and the trials and tribulations of familial love. At the novel’s heart are the moving relationships between the members of the Das family, who have grown apart from each other. Bimla is a dissatisfied but ambitious teacher at a women’s college who lives in her childhood home, where she cares for her mentally challenged brother, Baba. Tara is her younger, unambitious, estranged sister, married and with children of her own. Raja is their popular, brilliant, and successful brother. When Tara returns for a visit with Bimla and Baba, old memories and tensions resurface and blend into a domestic drama that is intensely beautiful and leads to profound self-understanding.

SALGA Steering Position Announcements!

Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: Jimmy | Filed under: Blog, News | No Comments »

SALGA Steering Position Announcement
BACKGROUND ON SALGA’s STEERING COMMITTEE
SALGA’s Steering Committee is composed of committed volunteers and community members, who collectively serve as the organization’s decisionmaking body. Although Steering members contribute significant hours of work (a minimum 5-10 hour commitment per week), being on SALGA Steering provides you the opportunity to work on challenging and exciting projects and be exposed to a broad range of ideas and experiences.

Please email salganyc@hotmail.com if interested in applying.
 

Youth Coordinator 
 
SALGA is looking for a Youth Coordinator to:
  • Facilitate: Coordinate and create youth programming. This involves but is not limited to overseeing the monthly youth group meetings, revising the youth curriculum as needed to create safe spaces for young people ages 24 & under, and ensuring age appropriateness and age diversity in SALGA’s general programming. 
  • Safe Spaces: While the position targets the youth population as it is an at risk population, age diversity is important to SALGA and we seek to create safe spaces for older LGBTQ South Asians, a generally underserved population. The Coordinator should be sensitive to such issues and create and maintain spaces in SALGA for such populations. 
  • Outreach: This includes creating, building and maintaining connections with other South Asian / Asian / People of Color / Health / Queer / LGBTQ community organizations and populations. Some tasks include tabling at street fairs/melas, organizing and distributing outreach materials, and referrals to specific services.
  • Participate as an active voting member of SALGA’s Steering Committee (this includes attending a monthly 3 hour steering meeting and conference call and participating in email conversations and decision making.

This position is ideal for someone who can carry a conversation, is interested in learning about different people / organizations, and will be a supportive ally.
 
Finance Coordinator
 
Finance Chair entails the following responsibilities:
  • Manage bank accounts and credit cards
  • Maintain regular and accurate financial records
  • Write checks and process reimbursements
  • Ensure that taxes are filed on time with the help of a paid accountant, if needed
  • Work closely with the Development chair to assist in grant writing and fundraising
  • Participate as an active voting member of SALGA’s Steering Committee (this includes attending a monthly 3 hour steering meeting and conference call and participating in email conversations and decision making.
Though not necessary, a financial/accounting background is desirable. Interested applicants should submit a resume and brief cover letter describing their interest/experience. Due to the sensitivity of this position, we may ask for a reference from your past employer/organization you volunteered for.

 

SALGA Picnic RESCHEDULED to August 29th!!!

Posted: August 17th, 2010 | Author: Jimmy | Filed under: Blog, Events, News | No Comments »

SALGA Members,

Please join us this Sunday for SALGA’s Second Annual Potluck Picnic!

Join us for a summer potluck picnic at Central Park!  Bring along your friends and family, your badminton bats and birdies, your Frisbees and kites. Come anytime, stay as long as you want, and catch up with all your SALGA friends!
 
Bring blankets, food and drinks to share!
 
When: August 29th
Time: Starts at 3:00pm; stay as long as you like!
Location: Central Park near Turtle Pond (see directions below)
 
What to bring: Food and/or drinks to share and blankets to sit on.
 
Directions:
From the West Side: Enter Central Park on the north side of 81st and Central Park West. You will immediately come to a large tree and a drinking fountain, the path splits here. Take the right-hand (more southern) path toward the Great Lawn. Cross the Bridle Path and cross the paved road. You should see a stone building with bathrooms on your right, keep going, next you pass the Delacorte Theater where they do Shakespeare in the Park. Then you should be at the southern tip of the Great Lawn. Look to your right (south, toward the pond and Belvedere Castle) and you should see us there.
From the East side: Enter the park just south of the Metropolitan Museum. Walk to the Great Lawn and find us on the southern end as above.
 
In the event of a downpour, we may take refuge under the awnings that wrap around the Delacorte. If it is raining all day then the picnic will be held on August 29th.

Please call Aneesa at (917) 375-2584  or email her at aneesa@salganyc.org if you have any trouble finding us.

We look forward to seeing you there! 

 

8/21 SALGA Youth Group Meeting!

Posted: August 16th, 2010 | Author: Jimmy | Filed under: Blog, Events, News | No Comments »

If You’re Under 24 years old, Come to SALGA’s Upcoming Youth Group Meeting!

Date: Saturday, August 21st
Time: 4-6pm
Place: LGBT Center 208 W 13th Street, Room 305 (Wheelchair Accessible)

It’ll be lots of fun and you can meet cool new people.

The SALGA Youth Group is a safe, confidential place for queer South Asians between the ages of thirteen and twenty-four to discuss issues facing our community.

Whether you need support coming out, or have questions about your legal rights as queer youth, or are just trying to connect with fellow South Asians, this is the space for you! Depending on what members want, the group can provide social events, community outings, discussions, and participation in political events.

SALGA NYC Youth is the youth branch of SALGA NYC, a volunteer organization which serves the needs the South Asian queer community both politically and socially in New York City.

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