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THESTONEWALL
ENDOWED
SCHOLARSHIP
2003
Recipients
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Annaliese
Gehres
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Annaliese Gehres, graduate recipient,
recently completed an internship with Leaven, Inc. in
Lansing, MI: a nonprofit organization which provides
resources and training for social justice issues, including
sexual justice. Ms. Gehres' work in Leaven, Inc. involved
confronting homophobia and heterosexism with community
education workshops. She is currently active in the Washtenaw
Rainbow Action Project and the Speaker's Bureau of the Office
of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Affairs at the
University of Michigan, which also provides speakers' panels
at Eastern Michigan University.
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Jessica Jennrich, graduate recipient, is
a graduate assistant in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and
Transgender Resource Center (LGBTRC) at Eastern Michigan
University , appointed by the Women's Studies Program. As
director of administration for LGBTRC, she has revived
Sisters of Sappho, a social and educational group for campus
women. Ms. Jennrich was active in the 2003 Michigan Safe
Schools Summit, hosted by Eastern Michigan University, and
she worked with the Triangle Foundation to promote this event
and to advocate the National Day of Silence in April. |
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Gregory Varnum, undergraduate
recipient, organized a campus showing and discussion of the
HBO Film, The Laramie Project, as a resident advisor in
University Housing. Mr. Varnum proposed the Safe Haven
program for University Housing, which is an ally training and
support program for Housing staff. He is currently director
of events for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Resource Center at Eastern Michigan University and organizes
many campus events, including the campus film festivals Reel
Queers, during both semester of the 2003-2004 academic
year.
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