PROGRAMS & EVENTS Next Pop-Up Center is on Monday at the CPL Kelly Branch! Our Pop-Up Center will be from 2PM to 5:30PM on Monday!! Thank you to the First Defense Legal Aid for providing their services to community! If you’re in need of career services or help applying for government services, please come. Brave Space Alliance hosts a Coat Drive for Winter 2019 WINTER IS HERE! It ain’t coming-it’s here!! We need to make sure all our people are okay especially those who are vulnerable to homelessness or who need to be on these streets and outside every day just to make a living. Let’s equip our folks with the best for these harsh Chicago winter months coming up! Please drop off donations at our 79th office! Check our donation list to make sure your donations meet our standards and needs at this time. DONATION LIST COMMUNITY EVENTS Beyond the Binary with Alex Iantaffi and hosted by emem obot Alex Iantaffi, co-author of Life Isn’t Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, & In-Between, writer, activist emem obot, Director of Programs of BSA, singer/songwriter, rapper, artist, and organizer This is an event you don’t want to miss! Thank you to the Chicago Humanities Festival for this event! It’s importance is huge. “Our binary view of the world is often established when we are very young, frequently conveyed through a series of oppositions: yes or no, up or down, good or bad. As we grow older, though, we come to understand that life is less a matter of yes/no and more about yes...and. Today, the term “non-binary” is usually used to discuss gender, but Dr. Alex Iantaffi, in Life Isn’t Binary, explores how non-binary thinking can lead not only to greater understanding of our own gender identity but also of sexuality, bodies, relationships, emotions, and thought. Joining Iantaffi in conversation is emem obot, an organizer with the Brave Space Alliance, the only Black- and trans-led LGBTQ center in Chicago.” Tickets are currently sold out, but we have some for free for anyone queer and trans interested in going! Contact our Director for more details REQUEST TICKETS We’re so honored to be the beneficiaries for this amazing concert filled with queer talent and art! Be sure to RSVP and grab a ticket to ICONIC, A Queer Benefit. Show up for a night of art and iconic queer concert! BUY TICKETS GET INVOLVED Volunteers Needed! Are you interested in volunteering with us? Brave Space Alliance holds multiple programs a month for our community. Volunteers help us provide more meaningful services and programs. All of our volunteers are trained to provide the most intentional care and service. We are always looking for volunteers who hold a passion for justice and Trans rights in their hearts, organized, efficient, and flexible. If you’re interested in donating your time and energy to our programs and events, please fill out the survey! We’ll get back to you soon with information on our next Volunteer training and events. SIGN UP Are you interested in donating to Brave Space Alliance? We are a Black-led, trans-led organization working on a grassroots level on the South and West Side of Chicago to provide queer and trans community in these areas a chance and a voice for the future of themselves and their community. Brave Space Alliance was created to fill a gap in the organizing of and services to trans and gender-nonconforming people. Currently, very few LGBTQ social services or advocacy networks exist on the South and West Sides of Chicago. Furthermore, the few trans-specific resources in the city are located in majority-white neighborhoods on the North Side, which are inaccessible geographically, and also regularly result in the hyper-policing of trans people of color who attempt to access them. Your generous donation to Brave Space Alliance will go towards funding one of our transformative community programs and providing free resources. DONATE Brave Space Alliance, 2747 W 79th St, Chicago, IL, 60652, United States Unsubscribe
