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QWOC+ Boston is a group that promotes diversity by creating and sustaining safe spaces for LGBT people of color in the Greater Boston area.
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on August 25th, 2010

We are currently accepting applications for the following TWO (2) internship positions for Fall 2010! We promise you a rewarding experience filled with learning, mentorship, sisterhood, and food! If you don’t believe us, ask our summer 2010 intern, Erika Turner. Read what she has to say in her last summer blog post. Deadline for first [...]

 
Posted By QWOC+ Boston on July 23rd, 2010

Tickets will be available at the door tonight! Thursday, August 5, 2010 QWOC+ Boston in Collaboration with Spectra Events presents OUTSPOKEN 2010! PRECINCT Live Music Bar (formerly, TOAST LOUNGE) 70 Union Square Somerville, MA Featuring Spoken Word Performances from  Uriah Bell, London Bridgez, Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, Nataly Garcia, and Kit Yan! Live Music Performances [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on July 23rd, 2010

As is common for most college undergraduates, I recently had a brainstorming session on what I should do with my life, whereupon it came down to two possibilities: writing or real estate development. Two very different career paths – one of which happens to be potentially more lucrative and thus more practical than the other. [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on June 4th, 2010

Want to get your fashion design to the masses? QWOC+ Boston (Queer Women of Color and Friends of Boston) is looking for a few creative, out-of-the-box, edgey, queer-friendly designers for a LGBTQ People of Color fashion show during QWOC Week (August 2010). Drag Kings, Queens and everyone in between are also wanted for performances as [...]

Posted By Spectra Speaks on July 13th, 2010

QWOC Week is approaching! You’ve seen the purple ads, the email blasts, the facebook invites, and status updates. You’ve even began spreading / sharing this exciting news to others yourself! Now what? Well, surely the final step to attending QWOC Week is showing up, right? Well… there’s a pretty important step before that, and it usually involves [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston on August 25th, 2010

We are currently accepting applications for the following TWO (2) internship positions for Fall 2010! We promise you a rewarding experience filled with learning, mentorship, sisterhood, and food! If you don’t believe us, ask our summer 2010 intern, Erika Turner. Read what she has to say in her last summer blog post. Deadline for first [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on August 17th, 2010

f there’s anything I regret this summer, it’s the fact that I did not get the chance to give all of you a hug good-bye last night after we celebrated the commencement of my internship with cake, photos, and, of course, Japanese food. However, I think it’s the most appropriate departure I could have given – a cliffhanger, as opposed to a definite end.

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on August 9th, 2010

Indeed, to say that QWOC Week is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before would be a hell of an understatement. It’s worlds away from that singular day in Vegas where, though perhaps welcome, I still felt alien and alone. This past week, I felt expected, accepted, and embraced, which is what I think QWOC Week is all about. I was taken out of my comfort zone so many times and put into a place that was even more comfortable and if it hadn’t been encouraged, I would never have known.

Posted By QWOC+ Boston on August 7th, 2010

We hope you all have enjoyed QWOC Week! Tonight, we celebrate! MANTRA | 52 Temple Place, Boston MA 8PM-10PM Socializing 10PM-1AM Dance Party with DJ Rizzla Here’s a message from one of the DREAMAct organizers about our event tonight. Please consider showing up to support this really important cause and QWOC Week organizers who’ve been [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on August 1st, 2010

OUTSPOKEN (on Thursday, August 5th @PRECINCT) is one of the most highly anticipated events of QWOC Week, and our summer. Featuring performance and spoken word from queer people of color, this event annually creates a space for raw honesty and truths that will leave you inspired, momentarily speechless, but empowered to be more OUTSPOKEN. Below [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on July 28th, 2010

Monday, August 2, 2010 In collaboration with Rising Voices Press, Queer Women of Color and Friends presents OUT OF THE BOX! ZUMIX 260 Sumner Street East Boston, MA Co-hosted by Somos Latinos and Massachusetts South Asian Lambda Association (MASALA), featuring readings from Uriah Bell, Letta Neely, and Vivek Shraya, and a spectacular lineup of New [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston on July 24th, 2010

Saturday, July 31st, 2010 10:00am – 5:00pm Simmons College’s Kotzen Meeting Center (Lefavour Hall) 300 The Fenway Boston, MA About the Mini-Conference The Mind, Body, & Soul Mini-Conference is yet another event that Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston) has created to respond to voiced need of the local LGBT People of Color [...]

Posted By QWOC+ Boston Intern on July 23rd, 2010

On Saturday, July 31st, 2010, QWOC+ Boston in collaboration with In the Streets Productions presents… STRUT: Take One EMERSON CABARET THEATER 80 Boylston Street Boston, MA Get Your Tickets NOW | RSVP and Share on Facebook Featuring New York based headliners BROWN GIRLS BURLESQUE and a very sexy lineup of drag queens, kings, and burlesque performers. [...]