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    LGBTQIA+

    Writers
    Festival
    By: Samantha Dobrovolny
    Introduction

    Orange County has an estimated


    LGBTQIA+ population of 350,000. I want to
    engage with the LGBTQIA+ community of
    Orange County and Chapman University
    that is interested in writing and I want to
    provide a space for them to have the
    opportunity to have fun and learn through
    a plethora of activities like writing
    workshops, talks, food stands, an artist
    alley, and conversation with their peers!
    Intersectionality is our reality. The Queer and Trans
    People of Color Collective serves to create a radical
    Queer Student Alliance (QSA) is a place of space of support for students who are queer and/or
    trans and queer resistance and solidarity! We transgender and are non-white, of mixed heritage,
    provide a safe and welcoming space for and/or are part of a racialized or marginalized group
    anyone who identifies with the LGBTQQIAP+ based on minority status. To advocate for issues that
    community and our allies. Through social, queer and trans people of color face, promote an
    educational, political, and community serving understanding of intersectionality, create a platform
    programming, QSA is here to support you. for action, and engage the larger campus in
    Please come check us out! We have fun, we awareness of queer, transgender, and race issues.
    learn, we grow, and we work for a better future Together we can work in engaging the experiences
    and lives of QTPOC with the use of politics, history,
    for all of Chapman.
    art, and dialogue. All allies welcome, especially those
    that identify as people of color.

    LGBTQIA+ Communities on Campus


    Steps:

    1 2 3
    Find a location on Secure funds Reach out to
    campus where the through ticket sales speakers and
    festival can be held to the event and catering and pay for
    and secure a date. fundraising to pay their services.
    for featured speakers
    and catering.

    4 5
    Promote the event Host the event!
    around campus and
    through social
    media.
    Where will the event be held?

    The second
    and third
    floors of the
    Argyros
    Forum.
    Poetry
    Workshop
    Here, writers will be able to write and share poetry pieces
    and receive critique! This workshop will be run by Jen
    Cheng, one of the founding members of Pride Poets!

    Prose
    Workshop
    Here, writers will be able to write short stories/chapter
    works and receive critique! This workshop will be run by
    award winning author Jaquira Diaz.
    Talks
    There will be talks done as a way for LGBTQIA+ writers to learn more
    about the experiences of other writers of queer literature and the
    resources available on campus to support them.
    Kevin Benjamin Alire
    Nguyen-Stockbridge Saenz
    The Director of The award winning
    LGBTQ Pride and author of Aristotle and
    Achievement at Dante Discover the
    Chapman University. Secrets of the Universe.

    Jeff Garvin
    The award winning
    author of Symptoms
    of Being Human.
    Food Stands
    Supporting LGBTQIA+ run businesses in Orange County by
    catering the food stands!

    Friendly Ice Cream Zinc Cafe


    Doughnuts Chef and Market
    Artist Alley
    LGBTQIA+ Chapman students and Orange County
    residents will be able to buy and sell art of all forms in
    the artist alley at the festival.

    Wilkinson Art LGBTQ Center OC


    Department Table Table
    Desired
    Outcome
    To provide a fun and educational event to LGBTQIA+ Chapman
    students and Orange County Residents as well as allies. After
    attending the festival, attendees will have more practice in
    writing, knowledge about queer literature, knowledge about
    resources on campus, and a cool souvenir from the artist
    alley! In all, this event is to create a sense of community at
    Chapman because it can seem daunting to go to a university
    and not know many people who are like you, so by attending
    this event students will be able to make new friends and have
    a stronger community.
    Sources
    ● https://jencvoice.com/about/
    ● https://www.thehistorycenter.org/q-a-with-jaquira-diaz/
    ● https://www.chapman.edu/diversity/resources/queer-pages.aspx
    ● https://www.ocnonprofitcentral.org/organizations/gay-lesbian-commun
    ity-services-center-of-orange-county#:~:text=With%20an%20estimated%
    20LGBTQ%20population,LGTQ%20youth%20and%20LGBTQ%20immigra
    nts.
    ● https://jeffgarvinbooks.com/symptoms-of-being-human-2/
    ● https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4841310.Benjamin_Alire_S_enz
    ● https://www.lgbtqcenteroc.org/centeron4/art/
    ● https://www.instagram.com/friendlydonuts
    ● https://www.instagram.com/icecreamchef_co/
    ● https://zinccafe.com/locations/7315/orange

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