GRAND FORKS — The Greater Grand Forks Women’s Leadership Cooperative will host a panel discussion highlighting UND and its work in the LGBTQIA+ and literary communities, in advance of the UND Writers Conference next month.
The event, titled “Voices of Allies: Communicating Within the LGBTQIA+ Community,” brings together advocacy leaders for a discussion of activism techniques and resources in Greater Grand Forks. It begins at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 9, at the Prohibition Room at The Spud Jr., 306 DeMers Ave., East Grand Forks. Reservations are required; go to www.ggfwlc.com/events .
The event, which is free for GGFWLC members and $25 for non-members, starts with a 30-minute social, with complimentary apps and a cash bar.
The panel will include the director of the UND Pride Center, Jeff Maliskey; Grand Forks police officer Brian Samson, who serves as the Police Department’s cultural diversity officer and teaches intercultural communication at UND; Brian Nunn, of Grand Forks; and Merie Kirby, founder of the Greater Grand Forks PFLAG chapter and an associate professor in the UND Honors Program. (PFLAG stands for Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays.)
Leading up to the UND Writers Conference, the GGFWLC is focusing its book study on the works of two of the conference’s featured writers, Juliet Patterson and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, according to Kaylee Cusack, GGFWLC president.
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These authors, along with other invited authors, will be giving public readings during the Writers Conference.
The $50 GGFWLC membership fee, which is half the normal cost, is available through Monday, Feb. 13, Cusack said in a news release. New members may sign up for six-month membership that includes monthly social and other events, along with a reduced registration fee for the season-end June social.
For more information, visit www.ggfwlc.com .
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