NCSF raised $5,045 at Dark Odyssey Winter Fire in January by holding a reception and a silent auction, and donated $2,525 of the proceeds to the MNADV. Thank you, Dark Odyssey attendees, for your generosity!
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NCSF's Amplify Voices project has posted 8 new resources provided by Guest Bloggers that are designed to assist groups and presenters with accessibility and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion:
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NCSF gives awards to individuals who truly deserve recognition in order to call attention to their work and support their outstanding service to the alt-sex communities. To make a nomination, go to our Awards Page.
- The Race Bannon Advocacy Award is an award for a senior member of the communities who has made a singular series of lifetime achievements to advance sexual freedom and destigmatization of our communities.
- The Vi Johnson Liberation Award is a dedicated award that intentionally honors and celebrates the contributions of leaders who are Black, Indigenous, People of Color and part of the LGBTQIA+ community.
- The Up and Coming Advocacy Award is awarded to someone new or who has a new initiative in the field who the NCSF recognizes is making an outstanding contribution through public education and advocacy for swinging, consensual non-monogamy, BDSM, and sexual freedom.
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The Dick Cunningham Legal Scholarship Fund assists law students whose goal is to support freedom of sexual expression for consenting adults.
You can donate to support this scholarship! Click here to nominate yourself or a law student to receive a scholarship from the Dick Cunningham Legal Scholarship Fund. |
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New Consent Infographics for Social Media! |
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The NCSF Ombuds Committee is seeking new volunteers! The Ombuds Committee shall review, and when necessary provide arbitration and adjudication regarding the actions of NCSF Board, officers and staff.
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Participate in the International Kink Health Study |
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Celebrate Metamour Day on Feb 28th! |
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Help celebrate Metamour Day on February 28th by sharing the graphics submitted this year, along with Metamour Day cards by Anna D. Hirsch in English, Spanish, French, Norwegian, Maltese, German, Italian and Hebrew.
Metamour Day was created to honor the relationships between you and your metamours, however that might look. It is not about forced compersion. It’s about communal appreciation within our family structures and modeling positivity to the world around us. Metamour Day is a recognition of the unique and special relationships between metamours.
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Annual Coalition Partner Meeting |
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The NCSF Annual Coalition Partner Meeting will take place on Saturday March 4, 2023. The meeting starts at: 9:00am Pacific, 10:00am Mountain, 11:00am Central,12:00pm Eastern.
The Annual Meeting is open to all NCSF members and volunteers, and will be livestreamed in order to enhance accessibility and equity. To attend, please RSVP: ncsfreedom@ncsfreedom.org
The Coalition Partners elect the new Board Members and will be able to review the Annual Reports on each program and committee including Consent Counts' promotions of Explicit Prior Permission for consent to kink, and the educational workshops and exhibits provided by the Education Outreach Program. The CPs also approve the 2022 financial statements and the 2023 budget for NCSF and the NCSF Foundation.
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Incident Reporting & Response
4th Quarter 2022 Report
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NCSF’s Incident Reporting & Response received 51 reports and requests for resources and referrals from individuals, groups and businesses in October, November and December, 2022:
- 23 Criminal issues
- 15 Group issues
- 4 Professional requests
- 4 Outing reports
- 4 Civil issues
- 1 Child Custody case
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NCSF Thanks You!
4th Quarter 2022 Donation Report
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Judy Guerin donated $2,000 to the NCSF Foundation, with $1,000 dedicated to the Dick Cunningham Legal Scholarship.
Matthew Melzer donated a grand total donation of $1,250 in 2022.
MAsTJAXFL donated $1,050 to NCSF raised at two Kinky Karnivals.
OhioSmart, a Coalition Partner, donated $1,000 raised at their Fetish Flea event in November.
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We can't make change without your support!
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See our Calendar to find out where NCSF will be presenting and exhibiting. Ask NCSF to exhibit at your event and present a workshop for your group or practice. Request a workshop here, and order free bag stuffers and brochures for your literature table here. |
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Jim Dunyak, NCSF's New England Liaison, is joined by friends of NCSF at San Francisco's Folsom Street Fair in September! |
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The Benefits of Coalition Partner Membership |
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NCSF hosts a Coalition Partner Town Hall online every Quarter to discuss important issues facing our communities today. We talk about the current impact of the pandemic on groups, clubs, businesses and the people in our lives, and create resources for our members. For example, one of our CP Town Halls was the basis for our new Key Concepts for Clubs. Join NCSF today and take advantage of all that our Coalition offers. |
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Shop NCSF
Show your support for NCSF and your appreciation for consent culture with products from our NCSF and Consent Counts shops! Every purchase helps us work harder and spread our message to more people. There's a wide variety of merchandise to choose from, highlighting NCSF or the Consent Counts logo.
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NCSF Media Updates are a sampling of recent stories printed in US newspapers, magazines, and selected websites containing significant mention of BDSM-leather-fetish, polyamory, or Lifestyle issues and topics. These stories may be positive, negative, accurate, inaccurate or anywhere in between.
NCSF publishes the Media Updates to provide readers with a comprehensive look at what media outlets are writing about these topics and to urge everyone to make comments that dispute stereotypes about alternative sexuality. NCSF permits and encourages readers to forward these Media Updates where appropriate.
You can sign up to receive our emails and check our BLOG. Here's a few of our latest Media Updates:
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NCSF is a grassroots coalition run by volunteers.
Your donations go directly to our advocacy efforts.
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Get In Touch!
822 Guilford Avenue
Box 127
Baltimore, Maryland
21202-3707
(602) 851-1590
ncsfreedom@ncsfreedom.org
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