There are three scolarship opportunities listed for ucpoming events such as the HRC Carolinas Dinner, the East Coast Stop The Hate Campus Bias & Hate Prevention Training and, as featured on Logo, the annual Camp Pride Summer Leadership Academy. All three have different deadlines -- go online to http://www.CampusPride.org/LeadwithPride

Apply online to get a free ticket to the
Human Rights Campaign Carolina Gala
& the Campus Pride Leaders In Action Summit
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2011 ** EXTENDED **

Apply online to participate in the
Stop The Hate Bias & Hate Crime Prevention Training
Deadline to Apply: March 1, 2012

Apply online to get a free registration to attend the
Camp Pride LGBT & Ally Summer Leadership Academy
Deadline to Apply: April 1, 2012

LEARN MORE & ASK QUESTIONS
http://www.CampusPride.org/LeadwithPride
info@campuspride.org

Special thanks to the Human Rights Campaign, the Charlote Lesbian & Gay Community Center and the Charlotte Lesbian & Gay Fund for their help in partially funding these scholarships.

Organization to Kickoff National BORN THIS GAY Contest with $10,000 in Free speakers, LGBT Event Registrations and other Prizes to commemorate the 10 Year Anniversary all year long

Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit working to build future lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) leaders and develop safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities, celebrates its 10thanniversary this month. The group is highlighting its decade-long record of achievements and accomplishments and giving back, kicking off their national BORN THIS GAY Campus Tour and a contest including more than$10,000 in prizes.

For 10 years, Campus Pride’s primary objective has been to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States. Founded in the Fall of 2001 and launched a year later in October 2002, Campus Pride started as an online community and resource clearinghouse under the name Campus PrideNet. The original founding partners were M. Chad Wilson, Sarah E. Holmes & Shane L. Windmeyer. In 2006, the organization broadened its outreach efforts and restructured as the current educational non-profit organization Campus Pride. As part of the restructuring process, the Lambda 10 Project for LGBT Fraternity & Sorority Issues (www.lambda10.org (http://www.lambda10.org/)) became an educational initiative of Campus Pride.

Campus Pride and Stop the Hate now have a new nationwide toll free telephone number that provides direct access to our entire staff.

888-537-4463

Please take a moment to update your address books with this new number. When you call, a directory of extensions for our staff is provided. You can enter the extension at any time and your call will be transferred immediately. We hope this new toll free number makes accessing our staff easier for you.

Join us for a very special and exclusive New Years cruise package featuring an intimate concert with Randi Driscoll, special speaking programs with Greg Miraglia, National Program Coordinator for Stop the Hate and author of "Coming Out From Behind The Badge" and "American Heroes Coming Out From Behind The Badge, Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, and NCAA Football champion, Brian Simms. Click Here To Learn More.

Charlotte-based National Gay Rights Advocate Speaks Out After Horrific Rock Hill Attack

ROCK HILL -- The brutal beating of a gay man has prompted local representatives to re-introduce a hate crime bill when the state Legislature reconvenes next week, but those intentions are being met with resistance.

The measure, led by SC state Rep. John King, D-Rock Hill, was prompted by the beating of Joshua Esskew at a convience store, which was caught on the store's video tape.

King's hate crime bill, which went nowhere in the General Assembly when first introduced last year, is expected again to be met with opposition. A spokesman for Gov. Nikki Haley told a reporter from the Rock Hill Herald that the newly elected governor does not support state hate crime laws.

Shane Windmeyer,
Campus Pride Executive Director
"Individuals who believe that a crime is a crime is a crime do not understand the definition of a hate crime or the unique impact a hate crime has on an entire targeted community," says Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, a national, Charlotte-based nonprofit for student leaders and campus organizations working to create safer, more LGBT-friendly colleges and universities.

YOU DESERVE A CRUISE!

Make Waves on the High Seas
with Campus Pride this New Years 2012!

January 1 -8, 2012
Only $862 per person, based on a double

BOOK NOW -- No Interest/Monthly Payment Plan Available

Now you can support the work of Campus Pride and take an affordable vacation all at the same time. This year Campus Pride in partnership with Stonewall Tours introduces "Make Waves"-- an opportunity to spend your vacation dollars with purpose, to create change and impact the future of LGBT youth. Set Sail Aboard the Norwegian Spirit with stops in...New Orleans • Costa Maya • Belize City • Roatan • Cozumel and two days at sea!

Make Waves" Exclusive Package includes:
Accommodation onboard the ship, port charges, taxes, all meals, cocktail party, onboard activities and workshops, souvenir totebag (oooooo....aaaaahhh) and special entertainment/celebrity guests Brian Sims, Randi Driscoll, Shane Windmeyer, Greg Miraglia and Jim West.

Learn more online at www.CampusPride.org/MakeWaves

Stop The Hate Training For Trainers

September 26 through 28, 2011 - West Coast Program In Napa Valley, California
March 19 through 21, 2012 - East Coast Program In Charlotte, North Carolina

The Stop The Hate Train The Trainer Program supports colleges and universities in preventing and combating bias and hate crimes on campus as well as fostering the development of community. The program allows top administrators, student affairs professionals, faculty and students to learn new innovative tools to take action on hate crimes and bias-motivated violence issues on his/her campus. The only resource of it's kind specifically for college campuses, the Stop The Hate 250+ page premiere training manual and three day, 18-20 hour Train The Trainer program was developed in partnership with the Anti-Defamation League, Association of College Unions International, Campus Pride, The Southern Poverty Law Center, Wilbron Institute, Matthew Shepard Foundation, Napa Valley College Criminal Justice Training Center and the Center for the Prevention of Hate Violence.

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE

Did you know that college and university campuses are the third most common place for a hate crime to occur? Student retention and persistence depends on having a safe place to live and learn on campus. Your campus should know what to do and how to respond if a hate crime happens. Learn "what your campus needs to know about hate crimes" including how the law defines a hate crime and the best practices for a response to a hate crime. Participants will examine real examples from campuses across the country and will get the latest information on hate crime trends. Key facts and figures will be shared from the nationally known Stop The Hate curriculum. This webinar on Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 3 p.m. (EST), is a necessary primer for all college staff,faculty and administrators.

When: Wednesday, March 9, 2011 At 3:00 PM (EST)

Who: Hosted by Greg Miraglia, Dean of Career Technical Education/NapaValley College Police Academy and National Program Coordinator for StopThe Hate and Shane Windmeyer, Founder of Stop The Hate

Webinar Fee: $95.00

Click here to register now...

Campus Pride has two great webinars coming up in our regular Campus Pride Webinar Series. Check them out below and register today! Don't miss out!

Get more information about our webinars, presented in partnership with CAMUSPEAK, at:
www.campuspride.org/webinarseries.asp

Stop The Hate: A Hate Crime Primer for College Staff, Faculty & Administrators

REGISTER NOW

WHEN: Wednesday, March 9:: 3 p.m. EST
WHO: Greg Miraglia, Dean of Career Technical Education/Napa Valley College Police Academy and National Program Coordinator for Stop The Hate and Shane Windmeyer, Founder of Stop The Hate
COST: $95 per site

Did you know that college and university campuses are the third most common place for a hate crime to occur? Student retention and persistence depend on having a safe place to live and learn on campus. Your campus should know what to do and how to respond if a hate crime happens. Learn "what your campus needs to know about hate crimes" including how the law defines a hate crime and the best practices for a response to a hate crime. Participants will examine real examples from campuses across the country and will get the latest information on hate crime trends. Key facts and figures will be shared from the nationally known Stop The Hate curriculum. This webinar is a necessary primer for all college staff, faculty and administrators.

Other, Please Specify: The Lives of Transgender People on Campus

REGISTER NOW

WHEN: Wednesday, March 16 :: 3 p.m. EST
WHO: Genny Beemyn, Ph.D., Director, the Stonewall Center, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and Susan (Sue) Rankin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Education Policy Studies, College Student Affairs and Senior Research Associate, Center for the Study of Higher Education at The Pennsylvania State University
COST: $95 per site

Campus Pride is proud to feature this special webinar from scholars Genny Beemyn and Sue Rankin and their forthcoming book The Lives of Transgender People (Columbia University Press). Based on interviews with 400 self-identified transgender people from throughout the United States, this webinar compares the experiences of individuals from different transgender groups and offers a series of “touchstones,” or significant life moments, in the gender identity development processes of the participants who identify as MTFs, FTMs, female-presenting crossdressers, and genderqueer individuals. Participants will learn how the experiences of younger transgender people today differ from the experiences of previous transgender generations and how transgender youth are changing the definition of what it means to be transgender. This webinar is a "must" for any college wanting to understand and learn more about their transgender students, faculty and staff and how to create a safer, more welcoming campus for everyone.

Campus Pride is ramping up its Spring 2011 Webinar Series. There's lots of great things in store this season, as we discuss campus hate crimes, the lives of transgender people on campus, suicide prevention, creating change in intercollegiate athletics and LGBT-inclusive college admissions and recruiting.

Register for any webinar in the Campus Pride Series and have a chance to win a FREE registration ($795 value) for your college to attend the Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp in July 2011.

The webinar series, presented in partnership with CampusSpeak, aims to develop necessary resources, programs and services to support LGBT and ally students on college campuses across the United States.

Read more about each of the webinars this spring after the jump and get in on the action!