Show pride in S. Jersey
The LGBT community in Southern New Jersey will come together this weekend for several days of Pride activities.
The Southern New Jersey LGBTIQ Pride Festival will kick off with a reception from 5-7 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Troy Walston House, 129 Market St. in Camden on the Rutgers University campus, featuring entertainment, vendors and a cash bar.
On Saturday, the festival will stage the first-ever Miss Southern New Jersey Gay Pride Pageant, from 4-8 p.m. at Fiso Lounge, 1439 South St. in Philadelphia.
The community will take to the streets at 9 a.m. Sept. 12 for the first annual Southern New Jersey Equality Walk, at Cooper River Park, Cherry Hill, which will raise funds for LGBT organizations.
Walkers will return to the park at noon that day for the third-annual Pride festival, featuring food, games, speed-dating, a drag show and live entertainment.
For more information or to register for the walk, visit www.jerseylyfe.org/Pride or search for the event on Facebook.
Mazzoni group heads to Center
Mazzoni Center’s Open Door counseling program will now operate out of the William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St.
Mazzoni opened a new satellite space in the center effective Sept. 1 and will use the space to house the counseling program and several support groups offered through its Open Door program, including recovery group Beginnings, transgender group Evolutions and its HIV/AIDS support group.
For more information, visit www.mazzonicenter.org or call (215) 563-0652.
Out in D.C.
The National Black Justice Coalition is hosting a multi-day lobbying effort in Washington, D.C., this month to press elected officials on issues affecting the African-American and gay communities.
“Out on the Hill: Black LGBT Leadership Summit” will be held from Sept. 15-18 and will coincide with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s 40th Annual Legislative Conference. Black LGBT leaders will have the opportunity to meet with elected Congress members, attend a briefing with White House officials and contribute to workshops of the CBCF-ALC.
To register, visit www.nbjc.org.
— Jen Colletta
