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And one last ask on our way out

We are going to maintain a mostly decommissioned version of this website online through December 2026, as a record of our doings but most importantly as a one-stop source for information about the Lesbian Legacies Endowment, the sorts of materials … Continue reading

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By way of celebration and farewell…

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We have realized Purple’s mission—you might say we’ve Landed!

Having successfully raised money locally to send womyn to the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival (MWMF) who would not otherwise have been able to go, in 2014 a band of friends turned ourselves into Purple, a tax-exempt non-profit with the declared … Continue reading

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Special showing of Once a Fury to benefit the Endowment

Once a Fury, a film by Jacqueline Rhodes, is a documentary profile of former members of the Furies, a notorious 1970s lesbian separatist collective. This film is not part of the Michigan State University Library Special Collections, but it is a wonderful example of … Continue reading

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Update: Progress on the Lesbian Legacies Endowment Fund

Thought you’d like to know how the fund is doing since our official launch. Right now, we have $6,380 in the permanent endowment itself. Hey, that’s nearly 13% of the total needed to make the endowment operational! And we’ve only … Continue reading

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Video of the Virtual Kickoff available

That virtual Kickoff event for the Lesbian Legacies Endowment sure was fun! It was so good that we want to make it available for more womyn to watch, or watch again. It comes in three sizes: Try the teaser, just … Continue reading

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The Kickoff Event was a wonderful sucess–now, let’s keep on rolling!

Including the $4700 raised during the Kickoff produced by Goldenrod, there are now $3484 in the endowment fund itself and $2245 in its expendable sister fund. The endowment fund itself has to reach $50K before it can generate grants ongoing, … Continue reading

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A wonderful event and great results

The women of Goldenrod Music produced a fabulous Virtual Kickoff for the Lesbian Legacies Endowment Fund on October 18. If you missed it, you can still catch it on YouTube.  We are so grateful to Susan Frazier and MJ Stephenson of … Continue reading

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Lesbian Legacies are on a roll!

We’ve just gotten the news from Toni Armstrong Jr. that she is planning to donate the archives of Hot Wire: The Journal of Women’s Culture and Music (1984-1994) to the MSU Libraries Special Collections. There they will join the archives … Continue reading

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Progress on the Lesbian Legacies Endowment

Hi, there! We haven’t posted in a while, and we haven’t carried through on our plans for spring, summer and fall, because… well, you know. What we have done, however is to work behind the scenes on the Lesbian Legacies … Continue reading

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