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Welcome
to the first issue of Meem's e-newsletter. It's been a
historic month for us, so we're glad to start off this
newsletter with our best news yet. |
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Our New
House
We've settled
into our new activity center in Beirut and are half-way
through the furnishing process. The House offers a meeting space,
entertainment room, book & film library, board
games, conference room, wireless internet, coffee & tea, counseling services, study desks,
and various activities and events.
Opening hours are 12pm-9pm on weekdays and
12pm-12midnight on weekends.
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Trip to Faraya
Our
Social Events Committee organized their first outdoors
trip one sunny Sunday in March. A bunch of meems headed
to Faraya for a day of snow fights, snow-women, hiking,
lunch, and bumper cars. |
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Arab Lesbian Support
Meem
is currently conducting an outreach program to support
lesbians living in Arab countries. We are setting up
small support groups in 5 Arab capitals for LBTQ women
to meet, talk, and support each other in their daily
lives and struggles.
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Meem in
Strasbourg for the Transsexual Day of Remembrance
On the
19th of November 2007, to commemorate the Transsexual
day of Remembrance, STS: Support Transgender Strasbourg
invited Meem to a day of activities. A Meem member spoke
of the situation of transsexuals in Lebanon. She gave
facts concerning the subject of what is required for a
sex change operation and answered questions emphasizing
the role that the transsexual and transgender community
played in making the LGBT cause visible in Lebanon.
Read
more.
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Meem in
Budapest for a Workshop on Encouraging Dialogue Between
LGBTQ and Faith-Based Communities
A Meem
member participated in an IGLYO conference in Budapest
on "Building Bridges to the Unknown." The workshop
focused on dialogue with faith-based communities as a
way to end discrimination against LGBTQ young people.
Our member presented a Lebanese and Arab perspective on
the discussion and learned valuable tools and strategies
on the topic.
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Member
Demographics
In
March, we hit 186 members! We hope to celebrate
our 200th member next month. Our group is precisely as
diverse as the Lebanese society, hailing from every
region, every faith, and every background there is.
We've conducted a small study on the Age Groups and
Countries of Residence of our members. You can view the
graphs
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News Bits
► As part of
our effort to encourage community-led initiatives, Meem
is sponsoring a short student film that tells a Lebanese
lesbian story. We are looking forward to this project
which is due to come out in June.
► We have
started our interview process to hire three counselors
for Meem's Psychological Support Program. Interested
candidates can send their CV to
meem@meemgroup.org
► The past two months, Meem has handled two individual
emergency cases of lesbian women facing discrimination
from family, workplace, and social surroundings. We
provided legal, financial, and moral support.
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New on the
Meem Blog
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Winter Queen
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The House of
Our Dreams
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Ne Lui Parlez
Plus D'Elle
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Now What?!
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Donate to Meem
We rely on
grants and individual donations to keep our programs
running. We would like to thank our donors: Ghassan,
Coordinator of Helem Paris, and Amal, Meem member for
their generous donations to Meem.
To make a
donation to Meem via online credit card, bank transfer
or personal donation, please contact us on
meem@meemgroup.org
We've
compiled a list of all the items we need for the Womyn
House online. You can click the image below for the full
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Website Statistics for March 08
www.meemgroup.org
Unique
Visitors Daily: 54.65
Pages viewed per visit: 3.25
Total Visits in March: 1,692
Most visited page: Meem Blog
Growth from last month: 24%
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