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April 9, 2008

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Dear Athletes, My name is Jeff Sheng and I am a photographer and activist, and also educator (I teach as a visiting professor/lecturer at the University of California, Santa Barbara) -- and for the last five years, I have been working on a photography project called "Fearless" about high school and college students who play sports on their school's sports teams and are openly gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender. The project can be seen at www.FearlessCampusTour.org ... the impetus for this project is that about ten years ago in high school, I was a closeted Varsity athlete and this is both an activist inspired project and also my first major photography book (I studied photography in school and it is now what I now teach in college). Anyway, so the reasons for my e-mail is that I am hoping to wrap up this project into a large scale photography book by 2009, and currently, I am looking for as many and as diverse group of athletes that I can find. I have currently already photographed over 55 athletes, and my goal is to have over 100 for the eventual book publication. The only requirements that I have are that you are an "out" high school or college athlete on your actual schools sports team (JV or Varsity) -- if you have recently graduated within one or two years, that is fine as well, as long as you actually played on your schools teams (the project is more about locating and finding athletes who played on their school's predominantly straight teams -- so I apologize to those of you who are incredibly active in your LGBT sports leagues which i also know are incredibly competitive and deserve recognition, as I currently now play in one). There is no cost to the athlete, and I will arrange all the other logistics in getting to your area to get the photo shoot done. Also, I don't pick and choose who to photograph based on looks etc (I basically photograph and include everyone who volunteers for the project and those that I can get to photographing based on my own time and money restraints). Please let me know if you have any questions at jeffsheng@jeffsheng.com. You can also visit my other website, www.jeffsheng.com -- which has more work of mine, including my piece/tribute to Matthew Shepard through a photograph from Laramie, Wyoming. Also, please feel free to forward this message to anyone you think would be interested in knowing about my work. All my best, Jeff Jeff Sheng Los Angeles, CA 90035 www.jeffsheng.com www.FearlessCampusTour.org jeffsheng@jeffsheng.com Lecturer/Visiting Professor in Photography University of California, Santa Barbara CRUX: LGBT Rock Climbing Club New York's LGBT Rock Climbing Club CRUX is the rock climbing club for the LGBT community of New York. We love climbing and we want to introduce more people to this incredible sport- the goal being to create a core of LGBT climbers in the NYC area who climb, socialize, train, and compete together. In addition to creating an environment where all of our members feel welcome, this is the place to have a great time getting in shape and meeting new people. This is our chance to make LGBT climbers more visible in the climbing community and beyond and to use climbing as a tool to empower LGBT members. Rock climbing is a great sport for people of all ages and abilities and everyone is welcome to join! Our home gym is The Rock Club in New Rochelle. Never tried climbing? Don't worry, it's fun right from the beginning. CRUX has a great mix of noobie climbers through to sponsored athletes and everyone in between. Now's your chance - come check out the hottest new sport around! Check Out Their Website:  www.lgbtclimbing.com Sunday, April 13th, 11am - 6pm Walk MS - NYC South Street Seaport, Pier 16 @ Fulton St & South St, Manhattan Join Cheer NY as we stunt and cheer on the walkers at the Multiple Sclerosis Walk finish line and closing ceremonies. More at www.msnyc.org Check Out The Cheer NY Website:  www.cheerny.org AIDS WALK New York Sunday, May 18, 2008 Central Park, New York Take Action! Raise Money! Make a Difference! We urge you to take this important step in the fight against AIDS by registering for the AIDS Walk. The funds you raise will go toward assisting thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS in the New York area. You may register as an individual walker, as part of a team of walkers, or as a Star Walker. (Star Walkers are participants who pledge to raise $1,000 or more.) There is no fee to register, but we encourage everyone to raise funds. Last year, the average walker raised more than $275! Any amount you raise is greatly needed and appreciated. Once you register, you'll receive all of the appropriate AIDS Walk materials in the mail so you can begin fundraising. You will also receive your username and password to create your personal fundraising webpage. Please click the link below to register now! http://www.aidswalk.net/newyork/takeaction/register.html