BOP has plenty of fun events to keep you connected to community this December! Bi+ Board Game Night Tuesday, December 4 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm Minneapolis Central Library: 300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55429 Come meet us for a low-key game night at the Minneapolis Central Library in the Mark E. Johnson Conference Room N202. We will bring a few games to choose from. Feel free to bring some of your favorite games to share. Food is not allowed in this space. Water will need to be in a sealed container. The meeting room is on the second floor - there is an elevator. Bathrooms are accessible and there are drinking fountains. This event is limited to 20 people. Also, feel free to just come and hang out and chat, knit, etc. Please avoid scents. Dress comfortable. Bi+ Book Club: "Refusing to be a Man" by John Stoltenberg Wednesday, December 5 from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Quatrefoil Library: 1220 E Lake St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407 Do you love to read and talk about books? Join BOP's Bi+ Book Club, a place to read fiction, biography, creative non-fiction, history, theory, and activist works. Come discuss readings and ideas about, for, and by bisexuals and other non-monosexual folks. Hosted by Cary. Summary: Since its original publication in 1989, Refusing to be a Man has been acclaimed as a classic and widely cited in gender studies literature. In 13 eloquent essays, Stoltenberg articulates the first fully argued liberation theory for men that will also liberate women. He argues that male sexual identity is entirely a political and ethical construction whose advantages grow out of injustice. His thesis is, however, ultimately one of hope - that precisely because masculinity is so constructed, it is possible to refuse it, to act against it and to change. A new introduction by the author discusses the roots of his work in the American civil rights and radical feminist movements and distinguishes it from the anti-feminist philosophies underlying the recent tide of reactionary mens movements. Bi+ Community Discussion Meetup Thursday, December 20 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm Common Roots Cafe: 2558 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55405 We will meet in the party room beyond the front counter. You are welcome to order food and beverages to enjoy during the meeting! Join our discussion group the THIRD Thursday of every Month. This is a safe and welcoming environment and a great way to navigate bi+ issues and bond with other community members. We are gathering at 6:30 PM to chit chat and order food and drinks. We will change the location each month, so please keep an eye on where to meet. A Board member facilitator will bring topics to get the conversation started or we can talk about your questions and issues. Did you know 19% of bisexuals don't have health insurance? Don't miss out on the open enrollment period for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act! Open enrollment ends December 15th! Together we can Improve our bi+ community health statistics! Thanks for telling everyone you know to head over to http://HealthCare.gov to check out plans. #GetCovered #EnrollByDec15 @Out2Enroll #EnrollTheB
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BOP's mission is to build, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice.BOP is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit. We are passionate about providing accessible programming and resources for the bi+ community, and work hard to keep our services free or pay-what-you-can. We can do this because of the support of our community and generous donors like YOU! BOP hosts the annual BECAUSE (Bisexual Empowerment Conference, A Uniting, Supportive Experience) conference, the largest and longest-running conference for the bi+ community in the United States. We keep BECAUSE as accessible as possible with free or pay-what-you-can registration, by providing meals and receptions throughout the weekend, and by offering scholarships. Paid registrations only cover about a third of our conference expenses. The conference happens because of the amazing financial support of individuals, organizations, and businesses. Help us keep BECAUSE available to the entire community! Your donation also allows BOP to provide free and pay-what-you-can social events and community spaces year-round, such as our Bi+ Book Club, Bi+ Discussion Meetups, Bi+ Walking Club, Bi+ Board Game Nights, "Pancakes for Pansexuals", and many more! Your support also helps BOP to produce our annual Bi-Lesque performance, which has been hailed as "one of the most important burlesque shows in [the Twin Cities]." Another important part of BOP’s work is attending regional Pride celebrations in Minnesota and beyond. We provide a bi+ resource to attendees, work with Pride organizers to keep bi and trans included in their promotions and onsite language, and network with other organizations around the region about how they are serving their bi+ constituents. Help us fund our bi+ advocacy in our region. Give with Facebook! Create a Facebook fundraiser and share it with your friends on #GivingTuesday! Let your family and friends know that supporting BOP and BECAUSE is important to you, and that they can help! Creating a fundraiser is easy and we welcome fundraisers with any goal amount. Start a Fundraiser Give with PayPal!Support Bisexual Organizing Project at paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/1949726. PayPal is matching donations dollar-for-dollar up to a total of $500,000. Once reached, PayPal will add 1% to all remaining donations. Thank you for your support! #GivingTuesday is a global day of giving powered by social media! In honor of #GivingTuesday, Facebook is partnering with PayPal to match donations a total of up to $7 million to U.S. nonprofits on Facebook. Match details.
How can you help? Create a Facebook fundraiser and share it with your friends on #GivingTuesday! Let your family and friends know that supporting BOP and BECAUSE is important to you, and that they can help! Creating a fundraiser is easy and we welcome fundraisers with any goal amount. Start a FundraiserBOP's mission is to build, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice. BOP is an entirely volunteer-run nonprofit. We are passionate about providing accessible programming and resources for the bi+ community, and work hard to keep our services free or pay-what-you-can. We can do this because of the support of our community and generous donors like YOU! |
BECAUSEBECAUSE 2023
September 30 - October 1, 2023 Wellstone Center St Paul, MN We hope you will join us for the BECAUSE Conference in fall 2023! MissionBuild, serve and advocate for an empowered bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community to promote social justice. Vision
Within the next five years grow Bisexual Organizing Project (BOP) into a successfully-run Upper Midwest nonprofit organization with annual funding of $100,000 that provides community building, education, and advocacy for the bisexual, pansexual, fluid, queer, and unlabeled (bi+) community and our allies.
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