Get involved with events and volunteer where you live to help win LGBT equality and justice in New York!
Join local efforts to build support for transgender non-discrimination, marriage equality, and ending bias-based harassment in schools in New York State. From Long Island to Buffalo, local monthly IMPACT Team meetings and meetings of our Pride In Action programs are focused on building support in YOUR community for LGBT equality and justice. The Pride Agenda’s monthly activities include:
- IMPACT meetings: Marriage Ambassadors, GENDA Advocates, Dignity enthusiasts and progressive people of faith come together to plan upcoming events, share information, and build the movement for equality and justice.
- Community Ambassador trainings: These all-day training provides participants with the skills and language to: talk to legislators and the media about the various issues involved in achieving marriage equality, legal protections for transgender people and safe schools for LGBT youth; organize local events in their communities to build support for LGBT families; and mobilize LGBT supporters where they live in order to make their communites leaders in the state for equality and justice.
- Pride in the Pulpit meetings: Faith leaders and faith-based spiritual activists come together to organize the spiritual movement for LGBT equality. Pride in the Pulpit is the religious and moral voice for LGBT equality, and together we can change hearts and minds in New York!
- Pride in Our Union/Pride at Work meetings: Union members and staff working in solidarity on issues that affect LGBT individuals/workers/union members and the health and welfare of our families.
STAR Awards – Each year the Pride Agenda honors outstanding volunteers from around New York State. In previous years, the event was held in New York City only, and honorees were invited to attend. This year, we will host a series of STAR Award & Volunteer Recognition Events around the state, in each locality, celebrating the commitment and work and thanking the many hundreds of volunteers that help the Pride Agenda in all aspects of our work.
Buffalo
Buffalo IMPACT Meeting
Date: Friday, February 12
Time: 7 PM
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church, 724 Delaware Ave., Buffalo
Contact: Todd Plank, (585) 271-2420 or tplank@prideagenda.org
Capital District
Capital District IMPACT Meeting
Date: Monday, February 22
Time: 6 PM
Location: AFL-CIO Building, 100 Swan St., Albany
Contact: Ejay Carter, (518) 472-3330 ext 306 or ecarter@prideagenda.org
Long Island
Star Award and Volunteer Appreciation Brunch
Date: Postponed until March 6
Time: 11 AM - 2 PM
Location: The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Huntington, 109 Browns Rd., Huntington
Contact: Joanna Solmonsohn, (212) 627-0305 or jsolmonsohn@prideagenda.org
Pride in the Pulpit in Long Island Community Meeting
Date: Thursday, February 18
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: TBD
Contact: Joanna Solmonsohn, (212) 627-0305, (516) 993-4623 or jsolmonsohn@prideagenda.org; or Kate McDonough, (212) 627-0305 or kmcdonough@prideagenda.org
Queens
Clergy Breakfast
Date: Tuesday, February 16
Time: 8:30 AM
Location: First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, 89-60 164th Street, Jamaica
Contact: Kate McDonough, (212) 627-0305 ext 106, or kmcdonough@prideagenda.org
Hudson Valley
Impact Team Meeting
Date: Wednesday, February 24
Time: 7 PM
Location: TBD
Contact: Kate McDonough, (212) 627-0305 ext 106, or kmcdonough@prideagenda.org
New York City
Pride in Our Union/New York City Union Committee
Date: Tuesday, February 9
Time: 6:30 – 8 PM
Location: 20th floor Conference Room of SEIU Local 32-BJ, 101 Avenue of the Americas (2 blocks north of Canal St.)
Contact: Sheilah Sable, (518) 472-3330 ext 303 or ssable@prideagenda.org
Faith Leaders of Color Meeting
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 6 PM
Location: TBD
Contact: Kate McDonough, (212) 627-0305 ext 106, or kmcdonough@prideagenda.org
Pride in Our Union/After The Holiday Season Gathering
Date: Tuesday, February 24
Time: 7– 9 PM
Location: TBD
Contact: Sheilah Sable, (518) 472-3330 ext 303 or ssable@prideagenda.org
Rochester
Rochester IMPACT Meeting
Date: Wednesday, February 17
Time: 6:30 PM
Location: Downtown United Presbyterian Church, 121 N Fitzhugh St., Rochester
Contact: Todd Plank, (585) 271-2420 or tplank@prideagenda.org
Syracuse
STAR Award and Volunteer Recognition Event
Date: Thursday, February 11
Time: 6-8 PM
Location: First English Lutheran Church, 501 James St., Syracuse
Contact: Ejay Carter, (518) 472-3330 ext 306 or ecarter@prideagenda.org
RSVP by February 6