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Entries from November 2005

Black Costa Rica: A different Blackness

November 19th, 2005 · No Comments

… Black People …
by Infocostarica Staff
http://www.infocostarica.com/people/black.html
The first blacks that arrived to Costa Rica came with the Spanish conquistadors. Slave trade was common in all the countries conquered by Spain, and in Costa Rica the first blacks seem to have come from specific sources in Africa- Equatorial and Western regions. The people from these areas were […]

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Tags: Ethnic Minority

Steven G. Fullwood - A 2005 Librarian Award Winner!

November 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Congratulations to Mr. Steven G. Fullwood
Steven, one of our most “out” and definitely one of the baddest brothers who happens to be a librarian too is one of 25 librarians in all of the United States to win the 2005 New York Times Librarian Award.
Check it! http://blog.stevengfullwood.org/archives/000518.html

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · Gay/SGL

A Black Gay Renaissance?

November 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Seems that Keith Boykin wrote part of the article/blog-entry that I don’t have time to write — Black Gay Renaissance. Despite the big named celebrities at Keith’s dinner. This renaissance has been going on for a little bit now. It’s going on down your street, at that little fledgling community center across […]

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Tags: Ethnic Minority · Gay/SGL

Lesbian and Gay National, World Leaders to Discuss Policy Issues in Seattle

November 15th, 2005 · No Comments

Something special going on in this reluctant and stumbling city.
Lesbian and Gay National, World Leaders to Discuss Policy Issues in Seattle
Nov 11, 2005 at 11:00 PM
Seattle, WA - Delegates from as far away as Sri Lanka and Poland will travel to Seattle Nov. 17-20 for an unprecedented gathering of lesbian and gay elected and […]

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Tags: General

Looking for rail? Try Portland/Vancouver

November 11th, 2005 · No Comments

It really really hurts to have lost the Seattle Monorail plan. Guys are probably thinking, “What’s up with that? Get over it, man!” It’s difficult but I’m trying. Maybe looking at other cities in the Pacific Northwest that are doing it right (albeit not with monorail) will cheer me up.
Let’s have […]

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Tags: EnviroTransport

Seattle Monorail Stopped

November 9th, 2005 · No Comments

It looks like the Seattle Monorail Project is at the end. It’s sad
but the voters who voted said what they wanted and that’s it. The
city still needs grade seperate rapid transit linking West Seattle
north to downtown and downtown north to Ballard.
No one presented a Plan B, so now we’ll see what they come up with.
I […]

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Tags: EnviroTransport · General

NOVEMBER 8 - VOTE!

November 7th, 2005 · No Comments

Well brothers,
It’s soon to be November 8 and the big off-year vote. No presidents to elect but in some areas, issues just as important are being decided. There are a few such issues like that for me in Seattle. On the state level, we have health insurance, a gas tax for road […]

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Tags: EnviroTransport · Ethnic Minority · General · Health