Team Philadelphia hosts Gay Games event
Team Philadelphia and visiting representatives from Gay Games Cologne will co-host a special Gay Games 2010 reception and registration from 5:30-8:30 p. m. Nov. 3 at Tavern on Camac, 243 S. Camac St. Brian S. Sims, Equality Pennsylvania board president and board chair of Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, will keynote the event.
Philadelphia is one of 20 U.S. and Canadian cities representatives from the Gay Games Host Organization in Cologne, Germany, will visit.
Philadelphia-area athletes will be able to register onsite, learn more about the upcoming Gay Games, ask questions about Team Philadelphia and meet Cologne organizers. All are invited to attend this free event.
Gay Games VIII Cologne will take place July 31-Aug. 7, 2010, and is expected to draw more than 10,000 participants. Participation is open to all, regardless of ability or sexual orientation, and no pre-qualifications are necessary.
Registration and travel details are available at www.games-cologne.com. For more information, contact Team Philadelphia at info@teamphiladelphia.org or visit www.teamphiladelphia.org.
— Larry Nichols
PR group hosts diversity panel
The Philadelphia chapter of the Public Relations Society of America will host “You, Me and Diversity” from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Nov. 4.
The luncheon and panel discussion, held at the Union League of Philadelphia, 140 S. Broad St., will focus on diversity issues in the media, including the representation of the LGBT community.
The discussion will be moderated by Charles Fancher, former vice president of communications at the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, and will feature panelists Gail Shister, openly lesbian former longtime Inquirer reporter, and Hazel Edney, National Newspaper Publishers Association executive editor.
The event is $40 for PRSA members, $60 for non-members and $25 for members of the Public Relations Student Society of America.
For more information, visit www.prsa.philly.org.
— Jen Colletta