William Way to host police group
The William Way LGBT Community Center will serve as host early next year to a monthly community meeting of the Police Advisory Commission.
The PAC, which works to improve relations between the police department and the community, will meet at 6 p.m. Jan. 17 at the center, 1315 Spruce St. The location of the meeting was suggested by Chuck Volz and Ronda Goldfein, commissioners appointed by Mayor Nutter last spring.
“This is a chance for community members to come forward with constructive suggestions as to how to improve police service and sensitivity to the LGBT community,” Volz said. “We will try to give everyone the opportunity to express their thoughts.”
The public-comment portion of the meeting will begin around 6:45 p.m.
Haverford delays LGBT vote
The Haverford Township Commissioners voted earlier this week to temporarily table a bill that seeks to provide nondiscrimination protections to LGBT residents.
Commissioner Larry Holmes, who is spearheading the effort, several members of the public posed questions about the bill at the Nov. 8 meeting, so the commissioners decided to hold off on the first reading and vote on the measure.
The bill is expected to be considered at the next commission meeting, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at the Quatrani Building, 2325 Darby Road in Haverton.
Out filmmakers invited to cruise
Budding LGBT filmmakers are invited to enter a contest that will allow them to showcase their works and learn more about the art of filmmaking.
Out filmmaker John Scagliotti will select eight emerging filmmakers to participate in his annual film-festival cruise “Pride of the Ocean” in May and LGBT shorts festival “CineSlam” the following month.
During the cruise, which will travel from Boston to Bermuda, the winners will be able to take part in a series of LGBT film seminars and network with others in the industry.
For more information or to enter, visit www.prideoftheocean.com or www.cineslam.com.
— Jen Colletta