We’re in our second month of 2013, and Pride Foundation’s Leadership Action Team (LAT) is geared up and ready to gather for their annual retreat! During the day-long retreat, the team of volunteer leaders from across Central and Eastern Washington will set goals to guide its work across the state for the coming year. It’s
Intervening in, responding to, and preventing relationship abuse is of paramount importance to Family Services Alliance of Southeast Idaho. A $4,000 community grant from Pride Foundation, the first in southeast Idaho, is helping the organization expand its outreach services to the area’s LGBTQ community. Originally founded in 1922 as the YWCA of Pocatello, Family Services
Last November, the Anchorage Youth Development Coalition (AYDC), a coalition of over 60 youth-serving organizations, was one of three Alaskan organizations awarded grants from Pride Foundation. Their goal: to ensure that LGBTQ youth are adequately served by organizations providing services to young people, whether it be the library, the public schools, an after school program,
There’s no better way to show your significant other how much you care than to craft a plan to ensure he or she is taken care of in the event on your death. If you live in Alaska, Idaho, or Montana-three of the 30 states that lack state relationship recognition for same-sex couples-it is especially
There’s just one week left to apply for a Pride Foundation scholarship. It’s a relatively simple application process but there are a few pieces that you will need to pull together like references and transcripts so don’t wait until the last moment! Since 1993, Pride Foundation, along with our partner, the GSBA Scholarship Program, have
The city of Ketchum has become the third city in Idaho to adopt a citywide non-discrimination ordinance that protects its LGBTQ residents. The Ketchum City Council unanimously passed the ordinance after a third reading during its January 22 meeting, and it will go into effect on January 30. A full version of the ordinance can
Over the holidays, the community and the movement lost a friend, community leader, and visionary in Andrew Quainton of Fairbanks, Alaska. Originally from Chicago, Andrew moved to Alaska nine years ago in search of a change of pace after surviving the September 11th World Trade Towers attack in 2001. Andrew undoubtedly made Fairbanks a better
Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Life’s most urgent and persistent question is ‘What are you doing for others?’” On January 21, 2013 millions of Americans will answer that question by coming out together to improve the conditions of their communities. In 1994, Congress passed the King Holiday and Service Act, designating Martin Luther King,
Several Montana cities are planning Martin Luther King Day celebrations with support from Pride Foundation’s sponsorship program. In Missoula, the National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) helps facilitate the community planning committee that has put on the January 21st event for years. This year, festivities begin with a rally at 5 p.m. at Caras Park with
Okay, people – get ready for a philanthropy geek-out 🙂 This week I was honored to attend and represent Pride Foundation at a two-day convening of the Building Community Philanthropy Initiative – by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Cohort will address and seek to alleviate intergenerational poverty – heavy stuff and worthwhile work! Also attending