Minutes from Aug 8, 2007

LGBTI National Anti-Tobacco Summit
October 2007

YOUTH COMMITTEE meeting notes
Wed Aug 08, 5pm EST / 2pm PST / 11am Hawaii


Mission Statement: Using the National LGBTIQ Anti-Tobacco Summit as a vehicle, the Youth Committee is dedicated to promoting youth advocacy regarding tobacco prevention, cessation, and policy to liberate LGBTI communities from tobacco use.

Committee Members: (Goal = 15-20 members with more youth than adults)
R.E. Szego (Committee Co-Chair), Breathe Free: Oregon LGBTQ Coalition Against Tobacco
Sheryll Yotsuda (Committee Co-Chair), REAL / American Legacy YAC
Marta Perrupato, National LGBT Tobacco Control Network
Susan Hollinshead
Catherine J. Massey, PA SWAT
Knoll Larkin
Chico Brown
Kristen Degan
Patrick Murtagh, Bard College, American Legacy
April Kusper, Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids
Gustavo Torrez
Nic Buron
E, SMYRC (Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center), Portland, OR
Dom Davis (SMYRC), Portland, OR
District 202
Antonio Cardona, Summit Co-Chair and Paid Coordinator in Minneapolis
Hope Wisneski (Colorado)

Ground Rules (to honor everyone’s contribution to this subcommittee):
 It is important that everyone contributes their voice.
 Please be aware of varying comfort levels (i.e. “being out) related to identifying as being LGBTQ.
 Respect all people at all times. This includes NO racism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, ageism, and other forms of discrimination.
 It is okay to ask questions about an issue that may be bothering you. If you feel uncomfortable speaking about the issue in the group, please contact R.E. or Sheryll.
 Assume good intentions as we learn from each other. Provide & accept feedback.
 New rules can be added to this list as participants feel necessary.


I. Introductions: name, pronoun preference
Present: Susan, Kristin (NYAC), Sheryll, E, Damon (House of Manolo Blahnik) (DamonLHumes@hotmail.com; 215.431.1790), R.E.
Unable to participate in call: Antonio.

II. Blog update: Sheryll www.lgbttalks.blogspot.com
Blog contains: reminders about meetings, introductions, meeting notes…


III. MySpace update: E
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=184618449 Link on Summit website. http://www.lgbttobacco.org/summit.php

E wants it to be an actual resource – wants to put up information, like tobacco survey info. R.E. will meet with E & give some resources. Susan: Examples from YouTube drag performances, Ball Wed Oct 24, description, make the flag smaller & repeating like the Marlboro Man was. R.E.: cite sources.


IV. Timeline: R.E. (see attached document)

OUR MEETINGS UNTIL THE CONFERENCE.

7pm EST / 4pm PST / 1pm Hawaii
Phone number: 1-877-791-3294
Passcode: 77350

August 22
September 5
September 19
October 3
October 10
October 17


V. Ball Planning:

a. Contacts in Minneapolis:
 DISTRICT 202.
o Ryan – in contact with Antonio.
o Shiney Shapiro, Program Manager, District 202. www.dist202.org.

 Damon Humes, House of Manolo Blahnik (Philadelphia)

 Other houses – Antonio’s meeting with a contact

 Minneapolis area drag troupes? - R.E. will ask about this. Scout just went to a performance in the LGBTQ Latino/a community in Minneapolis.

 Holly – heads the new youth tobacco free mvmt with blue cross blue shield. Will probably be heading all youth activities at the NCToH

Update from Antonio: he made a connection with someone involved in one of the local houses who had a lot of useful feedback, including: 1. it’s important to have cash prizes – this will be a good incentive for participants and it will encourage strong word of mouth promotion for the event, and 2. we should work with some of the local youth performers in organizing the event to increase our credibility within the scene. Antonio will meet further with his contact and explore the scene.

Susan: worried about offering prize-money – budgetwise and incentivewise. This may be intimidating to people who have never walked the ball. And we’d have to get judges. R.E.: What if we had an amateur component? Susan: If we didn’t have prizes for every category? R.E.: No, 1st time performer categories with similar prizes.


b. Tobacco prevention / youth marketing related categories for performances –
category suggestions from blog:
* (tobacco-free) butchness
* smokin' hot (but not smoking)
* marlboro man realness
* kool: be true
* how to meet someone (without substances)... or best/worst pick ups
picking up without lighting up
* lipstick femme
* delicious smokefree kiss
* “no stank you” – best rejection
* “I wish I knew how to quit you” – “I wish I knew how to kiss you”??
* Equality for all / Marriage Rights / “I Do”
* “But I’m a Cheerleader”
* Other movie- or musical- related suggestions?

E & R.E. will finalize and send to Damon & Antonio.. E will put on myspace & flier
R.E. will run these by Damon.
Antonio will run these by the person in Minneapolis.


c. Logistics
Date: WEDNESDAY PREFERRED
Is this confirmed?

Location:
• District 202? - Antonio
• Hotel?
• University?
• Other?

Update from Antonio: attempting to schedule a meeting with Dist202 youth steering committee lead to bring this to their agenda.

d. Budget update
Sponsorship from Legacy? – Gustavo
Funding committee – good movement happening, details to come. They were talking about contacting Logo & XM radio.

e. Flier - E


VI. During the LGBTI Anti-Tobacco Summit… What do we want to happen?

a. Action Room
1. workshops
2. zines -
3. buttons
4. fliers
5. blogging?
6. videos?
7. letter-writing?
8. badvertising

Youth-related workshops will also be held in this room during the 2 breakout session times.

Materials needed:
• Markers
• Posterboard
• arts & crafts stuff
• Big paper to cover parts of the walls.
• Canvas to draw & write on… to hang as a backdrop for the ball.
• Button maker, button making supplies
• Pre-made buttons – as advertising for ball?

Sheryll will initiate this discussion on the blog… to add to the lists of materials needed & questions.

We need to know:
 What supplies are available in Minneapolis, either through the summit or Dist 202?

Onsite videography and/or short pieces? Where would that go afterward? Would we need consent forms? What would we do for youth under age 18? Could we send out consent forms to YOUTH under age 18 before the summit? Kristin will look around at NYAC for an example & if she can’t find one, R.E. has one at SMYRC.

E: Is there going to be youth delegating what’s going to happen or do whatever they want when they want? Will there be supervision to keep things from being destroyed. Youth booth at Pride: activities listed per day, but not set schedule. Options… what do you want to do now. R.E.: Would you be interested in providing this structure? Susan: it will be between sessions. R.E. If there are times when we can’t be there, then we can take over another space. Some things we’ll have to figure out on the spot at the time. Maybe having a quiet craft table in the big room. E is interested in sharing the responsibility of supervising the room.

Susan: There will also be a youth room at NCTOH open between sessions. We can have stuff in there W-F.


b. Workshops
• How to approach friends who smoke. (Peer to Peer Prevention & Cessation) (Hope & Colorado Youth)
• Tobacco industry marketing to LGBTQ community. (R.E. and E)

R.E. & Hope: Abstracts on the Summit website to schedule the workshops: http://www.lgbttobacco.org/updates.php?ID=27 .

NCTOH?

c. Youth Caucus? – separate time for youth only to meet.

R.E.: Take this off our agenda? Allow for youth to organize this at the event if they feel the need.

Okay’d by group. Our role during the summit to facilitate what the youth need as issues come up.


VII. Next Meeting: Wednesday Aug 22: 7pm EST / 4pm PST / 1pm Hawaii
Phone number: 1-877-791-3294
Passcode: 77350