PRIDE 2022
2022 Pride Month will be hybrid - see you both in person & on Zoom! We'll have some of the classic LBNL Pride events like the flag raising and SF Pride parade, and new events like game night.
How to join ⏤ Links for virtual events will be emailed out to the Lambda Alliance mailing list once a week and are also included in the calendar events, which you can find by looking at the IDEA Calendar (DEI) and LBL events calendar. If you or your lab is a member of National Lab Pride then please email your local representative for the event details, which also get emailed out once a week.
Please email us at lambda@lbl.gov if you have any issues joining!
Download the Berkeley Lab Lambda Alliance Pride Zoom background here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z0bCbiD3B8mpBuw-EnB62IvJXkd62vyQ/view?usp=sharing
Wishing you all a happy Pride!!
Internal events
events and details are still being updated
Pride flag raising
June 1st at 9 - 9:30 AM
The 1st of June marks the beginning of our month-long Pride celebration! Join us as we raise the rainbow flag at Blackberry Gate: proudly on display for every person who enters the lab.
Start your day/week/month off right with the Lambda Alliance!
You can view the flag raising here.
Photo - Thor Swift, © The Regents of the University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
ETA Pride Trivia Event
June 3rd at 12 - 1 PM
Join the Energy Technologies Area for their annual celebration of LGBTQIA+ excellence via a trivia contest!
The contest will take the form of a jeopardy-style trivia game based around history and current events of the SGM community. The event will be an educational and celebratory experience for members of the community and allies alike. All lab employees are welcome to join!
To prepare for the event please take a look at these instructions!
TED Talks
June 8th at 12 - 1:30 PM
Join for a viewing of selection of TED Talks on SGM and intersectional topics with a group discussion to follow.
Virtual COffee Hour with Lady Idos
June 10th at 1:30 - 2:30 PM
Coffee Hour and informal chat with Lady Idos, Deputy Director for the DOE's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility. Learn more about President Biden's Government-Wide DEIA Strategy, including priorities related to advancing equity for the LGBTQ+ community.
MOVIE - CAROL
June 14th at 12 - 1:30 PM
View Carol with Lambda Alliance!
Read about Carol here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2402927/
Game Night
June 16th at 4 - 5:30 PM
Join Lambda Alliance for a hybrid virtual/in-person evening of board games. The games will be online, but the socializing doesn't need to be! Players of all skill levels are welcome. We will be using the website Board Game Arena to play board games online. If you come in person, please bring a laptop.
In person - Building 50 Room 4205
SGM Book Club
June 22nd at 4 - 5 PM
Are you a fan of literature written by or about people in the Sexual-orientation and Gender Minority (SGM) community? Or maybe you want to get some tips for the best new tomes for your summer reads?
Join us at this very special one-off book club! We'll go around and share our favorites and recommendations.
BLPA Movie Night
June 23th at 7:30 - 9 PM
Join the Berkeley Lab Postdoc Association's Movie Night for a Netflix Party!
Movie to be decided - see details here.
Sign up to receive the link!
SF PRIDE PARADE
June 26th at 11 AM
Join the Lambda Alliance, their friends and families and walk in the SF Pride Parade! Experience the love and energy from the crowd as you help showcase Berkeley Lab’s commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.
Join the Berkeley Lab and the Lambda Alliance as we showcase our organization to the public at the San Francisco Pride Festival.
LANA + LAMBDA MOVIE
June 28th at 12 - 1 PM
Lambda and LANA are hosting a virtual screening of the short film Acuitzeramo (2020) followed by a discussion and Q&A with the film's director Miguel Angel Caballero and actors Luis Antonio Aldana and Sal Lopez.
Acuitzeramo stars Sal Lopez, Matias Ponce, and Luis Antonio Aldana; and was written and directed by Miguel Angel Caballero. It recently won a Best Short award at the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Read more about the upcoming film here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9466006/.
Add this event to your calendar.
Join - https://lbnl.zoom.us/j/92118801491?pwd=QTVrd2ppdVJJbzJMK3NwZkNjSjZkUT09
Pride flag Lowering
June 30th at 2:30 PM
After a fantastic month of activities please join us to lower the Pride flag inside Blackberry gate and reflect on the brightest, most joyful month of the year :)
LAMBDA HAPPY HOUR
July 1st at 5 - 7 PM
Join us offsite for a beverage of your choice to catch up in person.
Location: Study Hall Rooftop Lounge located at the Residence Inn - Mariott.
VOLUnTEER
Serve as an ambassador for Berkeley Lab and its scientific research, Help explain some hands-on demos and displays, Discuss ways that people can engage with and support the Lab (career and internship opportunities), Collect contact information for “Elements”, and Field any questions we get from visitors to our booth.
Be a part of the excitement by decorating the Lab’s Pride parade float! Volunteers are needed on Sunday morning to decorate the float.
We hope to have 100 volunteers help us represent the Department of Energy’s collective commitment to diversity in a very public way. You will be marching alongside the Lab’s pride parade float and representing Berkeley Lab. All are welcome to march with us, so please feel free to bring your friends and family to march as a community that supports our commitment to science and diversity.
Download the Berkeley Lab Lambda Alliance Pride Zoom background here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z0bCbiD3B8mpBuw-EnB62IvJXkd62vyQ/view?usp=sharing
See the Progress Pride Flag raised for the month of June outside of B65 at the Blackberry Gate.
Progressive Flag Raised June 2022.mp4