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Out for Art

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Make plans for the Art Auction, May 4th

Featuring auctioneer Laura Michalek, the event will take place

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Doors open at 2 PM Auction begins at 3 PM

at the Phoenix Room in Freighthouse Square,

2501 East D Street

 Tickets are $15 and include  
hors d’ouvres, and champagne or non-alcohol beverages.

For more details click HERE

Rainbow Center Seeks Volunteers

We'd love you to join a core of friendly activists, and meet the movers and shakers of LGBTIQQA Tacoma.  Want to make our new space even more efficient, enjoyable and effective? Can you show up on time, be unabashedly out and professionally help new people navigate our community?  Then we need to hear from you.  Rainbow Center is looking for friendly, reliable volunteers to help answer phones and welcome visitors, and if you want, start your own goals and projects for the center.  Sound like fun?  Visit our volunteer page, fill out a volunteer form, and turn it in personally at 741 St. Helens, or email it to info@rainbowcntr.org.  We can’t wait to meet you!

New Home Brings New Responsibilities 

It’s our ten-year anniversary, and we’re excited to have such a great opportunity to step up for you, our community.  But in order for us to stay here, we need you to step up too.  Can we count on you for a donation to sustain the Rainbow Center?  Our new space brings new needs: higher rent, new utilities bills, remodeling of our bathroom for our visitors with disabilities, some walls for separate meeting space.  We are able to do so much more than we are, but we need your help to get there.  Can you help us with a donation?

 

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gayla dancers Thank You

Can't get enough Black Tie? Photos are here

 

The Rainbow Center is funded in part by grants from
The Pride Foundation, The Gill Foundation,
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation,
Funding Exchange National Community Foundation,
Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department & American Legacy Foundation,
and individuals who support the rights of all people.

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This page last updated on 02-05-2008

 

Get Involved!

Write Letters for the HRC

Involve yourself in your community

Volunteer for fabulous Tacoma organizations like us, PCAF, POCAAN, or GASS-- Gender Alliance of South Sound.

Get to know Dragonfly Stories--heart-touching stories from our community. Plus, buy a copy on line and tell them you support The Rainbow Center, and we recieve 40% of the proceeds!

Dragonfly stories book

http://www.rainbowlegends.com

     
 

Event Highlights

Out in Tacoma Events

It's time to make plans for Out in Tacoma's community events. Come see the float at Out in the Park July 12. Better yet, visit outintacoma.org and volunteer to make these events the most exciting expressions of who we are that Tacoma has seen.

 

     
 


LGBT People of Color Retreat

May 17-18 at the YWCA of Tacoma, QPOC of Tacoma is hosting a free retreat for LGBT of color. Learn strategies for community building and healing the wounds of racial and social injustice. The retreat runs from 9 am to 5 pm both days. Email lgbtqpoctacoma@yahoo.com for more information.

 
       
     
 

Transgender Conferences Approach

Rainbow Center will be attending both Seattle's Gender Oddyssey (aug. 30-Sept. 1), and Port Angeles' Esprit (May 11th-18th), to table and present. We can't wait to see you there!

See http://www.transconference.org/
http://www.espritconf.com/

for more information, and we'll keep you updated.