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PRIDE SOURCE | MICHIGAN LGBT COMMUNITY CENTERS FERNDALE Affirmations Founded 1989. Mission: Affi rmations provides a welcoming space where people of all sexual orientations, gender identities & expressions, and cultures can fi nd support and unconditional acceptance, and where they can learn, grow, socialize and have fun. Affi rmations is Michigan’s longest running LGBT community center and is ranked as one of the 10 largest LGBT community centers in the country. Affi rmations serves the community by offering an array of support and discussion groups including: trans and cis gender specifi c groups, coming out over coffee, senior koffee klatch, smart recovery, smeared lipstick for self-identifi ed feminine lesbian women, transgender life support, newly single, FTM Detroit, Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous, Motor City Bears, a drop-in center and more. On top of the social opportunities Affi rmations offers a 7-week relationship skills course, counseling services, sexual health testing and a health and wellness network. Affi rmations has partnered with the CDC to offer intensive tobacco prevention and cessation programs. The organization provides youth ages 13-24 with a career focused 12-week training so that they can learn the soft and hard skill necessary for succeeding in the workforce. Additionally, Affi rmations hosts Delta, a transformational leadership program designated to provide LGBT professionals with education, training, networking and mentoring opportunities. GRAND RAPIDS Grand Rapids Pride Center Founded 1987. Mission: Empowering our LGBTQ community through supportive services and awareness. The Grand Rapids Pride Center has seen some changes in the past year, changing its name and some services. The GRPC offers support groups for youth, young adults, parents of LGBT individuals, trans and gender non-conforming individuals, parents of trans men and women as well support groups dedicated to serving men, women and families. The GRPC offers help for those navigating the coming out process, tobacco cessation, offers a six-week LGBT career development program and is committed to helping LGBT youth, young adults, adults and seniors build stronger, healthier and happier selves. The GRPC organizes the annual Grand Rapids Pride Festival the second largest LGBT pride fest in the state. Website: www.grpride.org GRPC 343 Atlas Ave. SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 Email info@grpride.org Phone: 616-458-3511 Website: http://goaffi rmations.org Affi rmations 290 W Nine Mile Rd Ferndale, MI 48220 Affi rmations is open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Phone: 248-398-7105 110 2016 / 17 PRIDE SOURCE MAGAZINE
MICHIGAN LGBT COMMUNITY CENTERS | PRIDESOURCE KALAMAZOO Kalamazoo Gay and Lesbian Resource Center Founded 1988. Mission: To create a just, inclusive, and supportive environment in Southwest Michigan for people of all sexual orientations and gender identities and expressions. The KLGRC aims to be a “one-stop shop” for info and support for LGBT and ally members of the greater Kalamazoo community and offers an array of services including: youth, faith alliance, parent and family, senior services, health and wellness, trans, addiction and abuse counseling, training and social opportunities. Located within the KGLRC is the James B. Knox Resource Library, which offers an array of media representing LGBT specifi c collections, authors and topics. The KGLRC has partnered with many of the LGBT community centers in the state to offer in-depth tobacco cessation programs as well as push for a strong interfaith coalition. The KGLRC is the organizer of Kalamazoo Pride, an annual event celebrating LGBT identities. Website: www.kglrc.org KGLRC 629 Pioneer Street, Suite 102 Kalamazoo, MI 49008-1860 Open Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (One exception: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Fridays from Memorial Day through Labor Day). Phone: 269-349-4234 MIDLAND, BAY CITY, SAGINAW Perceptions, Tri-City Area Founded 2001. Mission: To provide inclusive education, advocacy, and networking for our diverse LGBT individuals, allies and organizations in the community. Perceptions is an all volunteer organization and works with 70 active volunteers. The organization directly serves the tri-city area of Midland, Bay City and Saginaw but offers services to much of northeastern Michigan and areas in the thumb. The community center offers discussion groups that address the special needs of the LGBT community including trans and cis centered support groups, hosts speakers, organizes social gatherings, advocates at the grass roots level for the rights of LGBT Michiganders and offers tobacco cessation campaigns to help LGBT people quit smoking. Perceptions annually organizes the Great Lakes Bay Pride Festival, a celebration of LGBT and ally identities, and the community to celebrate pride, freedom and equality for all. Website: www.perceptionsmi.org Perceptions PO Box 1525 Midland, MI 48641 Email: Info@PerceptionsMI.org Phone: 989-891-1429 MUSKEGON The Center (LGBT Support Services) Founded 2015. Mission: To provide a safe place to understand ourselves, connect, and support one another, and come together to make a change and input in our community. The Center is an all-inclusive centralized Community Center offering resources, support, social opportunities, education and referrals to all LGBT and ally people in Muskegon, Kent, Oceana, Mason, Newaygo and Ottaway counties regardless of ethnic background, race, age, religious affi liation, political affi liation and social economic status. The Center offers a 24-hour emergency service line, an outreach program reaching local high schools, and hosts an array of services including suicide prevention and anti-bullying, drug and alcohol abuse, life planning, recovery, support groups for cis and transgender LGBT individuals and the aging communities. The Center is home to Safe Harbor Ministries where Rev. Robert Teszlewicz, the Center’s fi rst executive director, is able to link with churches and community organizations to educate them regarding LGBT issues. Website: http://thecentermuskegon.org Email: lgbtssmc@gmail.com The Center 402 Center St., Suite A North Muskegon, MI 49445. Phone: 231-747-8329 WWW.PRIDESOURCE.COM 111
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