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Building an unprecedented statewide queer people of color network in TEXAS
Jesús Ortega, Director of Community Organizing, ALLGO
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ALLGO www.allgo.org
As the nation’s only statewide queer multi-racial people of color organization, ALLGO is committed to building new alliances and coalitions
across movements. Their“action teams”address multiple issues at the state and community level including immigrant rights, HIV/AIDS policies,
domestic violence, and reproductive rights. ALLGO’s Cultural Arts Initiative, a core component of their mission, nurtures queer people of color
aesthetics via an Artist-in-Residence Program, visual art workshops and an array of performances and celebrations. They organize an annual
statewide summit, with artists, activists and progressive organizations, to envision strategies and build relationships.
Photo by Jennifer Einhorn