The April LGBT Community Coalition Breakfast will be a moderated debate and question and answer forum featuring District 3 City Council candidates Stephen Whitburn, Todd Gloria and John Hartley. The debate will be moderated by Michael Portantino, publisher of the Gay & Lesbian Times. The breakfast will take place on Friday, April 18 from 7:30-9 a.m. at The Center.

The Community Coalition Breakfast takes place the third Friday of each month and is sponsored by the Gay & Lesbian Times, Wells Fargo, San Diego LGBT Pride and Peet’s Coffee. Its mission is to bring together fair-minded individuals to network, educate and discuss the diverse issues of concern to GLBT and allied neighbors and citizens of San Diego. A full breakfast is available for a $10 donation; coffee and tea are complimentary. RSVPs are not required. ASL interpretation will be provided upon request, which must be sent to Caroline Dessert at cdessert@thecentersd.org at least seven working days before the event.

The Center is located at 3909 Centre St. in Hillcrest.

The San Diego Women’s Chorus (SDWC) recently announced the date of its next show, On A Musical Note. The chorus’ annual spring concert will be held on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. at the Mission Hills United Church of Christ.

The SDWC will perform Broadway and movie musical favorites including “Do Re Me” from The Sound of Music, “Defying Gravity” from Wicked, “Nothing Like A Dame” from South Pacific, “At the Ballet” from A Chorus Line and “Seasons of Love” from Rent.

Tickets are $15 with discounts for students, seniors and military. Ticket sales and more information will be available online soon at www.sdwc.org.

The Mission Hills United Church of Christ is located at 4070 Jackdaw St. in Mission Hills.

The Center’s Senior Services will host a workshop on building financial wellness for GLBT seniors presented by New England Financial, on Wednesday, April 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Center.

Discussion topics will include estate planning for same-sex couples and understanding the real estate market.

For more information, contact David VanGilder at 619-692-2077, ext. 205 or dvangilder@thecentersd.org.

The second annual San Diego Dining Out for Life is seeking volunteer ambassadors for its event April 24.

Dining Out For Life is a day-long dining event that generates donations for The Center’s HIV/AIDS services and prevention programs. Participating restaurants and bars will donate a portion of the day’s sales to the Dining Out for Life event. A list of participating venues is available online at www.diningoutforlife.com/sandiego.

A volunteer orientation will be held on Monday, April 17 from 7-8 p.m. To register, call 619-692-2077, ext. 246, or e-mail diningout@thecentersd.org.

The Hillcrest Clean TEAM, in conjunction with Hillcrest Town Council and Hillcrest Council, has scheduled its next neighborhood clean-up for Saturday, April, 12 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Volunteers will gather just south of University Avenue and Park Boulevard. in front of the Egyptian Building at 9 a.m. to be placed in groups and to gather supplies.

For more information call 619-260-1929, or visit www.hillquest.com/cleanteam.

The Taste of Uptown, an annual event that celebrates the restaurants and retailers in Uptown, will be held on April 19.

More than 40 restaurants have agreed to participate this year and will be offering samplings of an array of dishes to participants. This year’s event will also include a sidewalk sale, where merchants will have items for sale.

Tickets for the event, which is organized by the Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, are $30.

A list of participating restaurants and merchants, tickets, and more information are available online at www.hillcrestbusinessassociation.com.

San Diego District Three Councilmember Toni Atkins will present the annual State of the Third Council District event Thursday, April 24 at 6:30 p.m. in the War Memorial Building at Balboa Park, located at 3325 Zoo Drive.

For more information, contact Atkins’ office at 619-236-6633.

San Diego LGBT Pride honored Home Start CEO Laura Mustari with a 2008 Spirit of Stonewall Community Service Award for her leadership and service to the community.

With more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit arena, Mustari was a key member of the steering committee that helped launch The Center’s new youth housing project. In addition, she served as the first female president of the San Diego Human Dignity Foundation’s board of directors until recently completing a six-year term and currently remains active with the organization by serving on the advisory board for its BCAUSE fund (Breast Cancer Alliance to Unite, Support and Educate).

San Diego Pride also recognized her achievements as a social leader with the YMCA’s Youth and Family Services, of which she served as its executive director for 12 years. Mustari is currently the CEO for Home Start, a 35-year-old organization dedicated to ensuring the well being of children while focusing on child abuse treatment in San Diego County.

The San Diego Pride Awards, popularly known as the Spirit of Stonewall Awards, are presented annually by the San Diego LGBT Pride Board of Directors to recognize individuals and organizations that contribute to the GLBT community through their leadership, activism and fund-raising efforts. This year’s award ceremonies will be held on Monday, July 14 at the W Hotel in San Diego. Honorees also ride in the Pride parade, which starts at 11 a.m. on Saturday, July 19.

Each year the Pride organization invites the community to submit nominations for the community awards that are presented in four categories for individual community service, group or organization services to the community, plus Champion of Pride and the Friend of the Year. Award recipients will be announced each month leading up to July’s Pride celebration. In addition to the Spirit of Stonewall Awards, San Diego Pride also honored two long-partnered couples as Inspirational Couples as well as a grand marshal of the Pride parade.

The theme for this year’s Pride celebration is “Live, Love, Be.” To learn more about San Diego Pride or to sign up for Pride’s e-newsletter visit the web site at www.sandiegopride.org.

Princeton University, Emory University, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Southern California and the University of Utah will all attend the upcoming Campus Pride College Admission Fair on Friday, April 11 at the University of California, San Diego.

“Finally, colleges are coming out of the closet and being visible in the recruitment process to seek LGBT students,” said Shane Windmeyer, Executive Director of Campus Pride, the leading national nonprofit for LGBT students and campus groups, and author of The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students. “Even the nation’s top colleges realize that being LGBT-friendly is not only in the best interest of enrollment figures but also a necessity to prepare for a smaller, more diverse student population in the future.”

Nearly 30 colleges have registered to date for the GLBT-friendly college fair sponsored by Campus Pride. In addition, more than 150 colleges and universities are reaching out to GLBT students through the GLBT-Friendly Campus Climate Index. The national index, the only resource of its kind, is a dynamic online tool which rates GLBT-friendliness at colleges and universities, as well as sets a national benchmark for campuses to become safer and more welcoming for GLBT and ally people. Any campus may take part in the index to be listed online at anytime.

The San Diego fair takes place Friday, April 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Price Center of the University of California, San Diego. The early registration deadline for campuses to participate is March 21. Organizing partners and supporters for the upcoming fair include national and local chapters of organizations such as the Western Association for College Admissions Counseling, the Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network (GLSEN), Parents, Families, Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) and Point Foundation.

To view the current registered campus attendees, visit www.campusclimateindex.org/events or contact Campus Pride at 704-277-6710 or info@campuspride.org.

The San Diego City Council and Mayor Jerry Sanders will present the Gay & Lesbian Times with an official proclamation commemorating the publication’s 20 years of service as an outstanding GLBT publication.

The presentation will take place during the regularly scheduled City Council meeting in the City Council chambers at City Hall on Tuesday, April 15, at 10 a.m.

The meeting is open to the public and the community at large is encouraged to join the publication in this honor.

The City Council chambers are located at City Hall, 202 C St, 12th Floor.