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The Sixth Louisville Pride Festival is September 17, 2022

 

The Sixth Louisville Pride Festival will be Saturday, September 17, 2022! The Louisville Pride Festival is a free LGBTQ community celebration on Bardstown Road in Louisville, KY. The Pride Festival features entertainment on two stages and street fair with LGBTQ businesses and nonprofits, artists, and food and drink.

Crowd favorites like the Wellness Zone and Community Stage will return to the Louisville Pride Festival this year. The Louisville Pride Festival is presented by Ford and UAW, with additional support from Norton Healthcare, Churchill Downs, Derby City Gaming, Kroger, the U of L School of Nursing, Republic Bank, US Bank, and the Asia Institute Crane House.

Vendor registration is open, and there are still sponsor opportunities available!

 

 

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Clothing Swap

The Louisville Pride Center is happy to host a CLOTHING SWAP from 11-3 on June 26th with the help of the Kentuckiana Transgender Support Network.  There will be partners from the community, including the Nearly New Shop, Dress for Success, and jewelry creator and artist Kendra Scott, who will be doing TWO raffles for jewelry at the event. Clothing Donations will be accepted at the Louisville Pride Foundation on Tuesday, June 21st from 12-6pm.

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Name Change Clinic

This Pride month, we are hosting the Lou Name Clinic to assist folks with obtaining a legal name change. We are offering free legal support from caring volunteers to assist Kentucky residents with filing legal name change petitions. At the clinic, we will have volunteer attorneys, paralegals, notaries, and law students onsite for consultations and to assist with completing the necessary forms. Volunteer attorneys will file the petitions and represent clinic clients at any necessary court proceedings on their petition. If you, or someone you know, is in need of legal name change assistance, please scan the QR code below and complete the linked survey.

 

 

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The Louisville Pride Center

The Louisville Pride Center will be…

A safe and affirming gathering spot

The Center will be a hub for the LGBTQ+ community; an all-ages, accessible and inclusive gathering spot that is open to everyone, regardless of their ability to pay. The Center will host a wide range of activities, such as game nights, film screenings, community dinners, book clubs, support groups, and classes.

A backbone for an empowered community

The Center will support people and organizations doing good work for the LGBTQ+ community to prevent burnout, promote collaboration, and ensure continuity. The Center will have multiple rooms for meetings and events, co-working and office space, networking opportunities, administrative and technical support, and professional development opportunities.

A trusted point of entry to critical services

The Center will partner with existing providers to build trust and reduce barriers to accessing critical services, such as mental health counseling, financial coaching, a food pantry, income tax assistance, benefits navigation, legal assistance, and wellness checkups.

The Center is scheduled to open for regular operation in June 0f 2022.

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Meet the Board: Hanh Kimball-Pham

Meet Board Member Hanh Kimball-Pham (she/her/hers)!

Hanh Kimball-Pham was born and raised in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam until age 8 and is a first-generation naturalized Vietnamese American woman. She has participated in fundraising events in the past that were created by U of L’s International Student Association and Vietnamese Student Association as well as those hosted by Fairness and ACLU. Hanh believes awareness drives participation, which drives fundraising and community support. She is currently working as an advertising executive for El Toro, an ad tech company. A passion for Hanh is helping to create events that reach a larger Louisville audience. She believes in creating a safe place, providing guidance and counsel for those that, just because they are LGBTQ+, are without someone who understands or who will listen. In their spare time, Hanh and her wife like to go to the park with their dogs Beau, Kinsey, and Effie, and watch DIY shows while fixing up their home.

We are so grateful to have Hanh on the Board of Directors at the Louisville Pride Foundation!

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Sweet Evening Breeze Monthly Programming Calendar

Sweet Evening Breeze, Inc. is an organization in Louisville that offers drop-in services and programs to LGBTQ+ youth ages 18-24 years old experiencing homelessness.

Check out the attached flyer for additional details on the recurring services offered this month. And sign-up to join one of their programs.

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Meet the Board: Mollie

Mollie Aleshire (she/her/hers)

Mollie is from a rural town in Virginia with a population of less than 5,000 and has resided in Berea and Lexington in Kentucky, Greensboro, North Carolina, and most recently Louisville, Kentucky. She believes her experiences as a sexual minority living in both rural and urban settings gives her a unique perspective and ability to relate to others whose life experiences have included both rural and urban experiences and influences. As a nurse for more than 20 years, within the healthcare system as well as other systems, Mollie continues to witness the reality of health inequities and has a particular passion for this as well as the intersectionality of health and other disparities in the Louisville community. Her background as a healthcare provider and health disparities researcher helps her to consider how we can best formulate partnerships among communities, organizations, and systems to inform and lead meaningful change that includes interventions at multiple socio-ecological levels to ensure equity for sexual and gender minorities. Previously, Mollie was nominated to serve on the Lexington Fayette County Kentucky Urban Government Board of Health and the Guildford County North Carolina Health and Human Services Advisory Board.

We are so grateful to have Mollie on the Board of Directors at the Louisville Pride Foundation!