| Hi friends, We had a fantastic Tri-Cities Pride Festival Weekend this summer and have spent the last couple of months recovering from so much celebration with you all! Thanks to our wonderful community for your enthusiastic support, including volunteering, donating funds, and showing up to share your pride with us. Our cups are filled with all the positive energy you brought, and we’re excited for the year ahead! Meanwhile at TCPS, we’ve gained two enthusiastic new board members, completed a board retreat to develop a strategic plan for the next 3-5 years, and we’re working with Osler Law (who is very kindly donating their expertise!) to apply for charity status! You’ll be hearing more about all of these as we keep pushing forward our goals this fall. We have a few announcements for this edition of our newsletter: First, we have a new monthly event, Queers and Beers Tricities, run in partnership with Parkside Brewery! Meet new friends over a beer or non-alcoholic alternative, on the last Wednesday of the month from 7-10pm! Next, we’ll be running a fundraiser on November 26th at Parkside Brewery to raise funds for our operational costs and to keep our programs free and accessible! Mark your calendars, and we’ll send out more information soon! Finally, to support our charity status application, we are holding a brief online Special General Meeting on November 16 at 1pm to update our purpose in our constitution, so that it aligns with what the CRA considers charitable. If you’re a TCPS member, pop in and help us out by giving us your thumbs up! If you’re not a TCPS member yet, sign up here; it’s $15 but we offer accessible memberships all the way down to $0 for individuals! |
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| Crafty Queers Saturday October 25, 2-4pm, GOLDbard’s house Crafty Queers is back! Join us for an afternoon of crafting and conversation, hosted by GOLDbard. Bring your own project, or use the art supplies provided! We’ll have tea and snacks, and please feel free to bring a snack to share. Free, but pre-registration is required as there’s limited space – this fall the location is at GOLDbard’s home in Port Moody, so registration will be limited to 9 folks. To register, email jgoldbard [@] tricitiespride.ca with your name (and names of any guests you’re bringing), your phone number in case of last minute cancellations, and any access needs you have. Pride and Allies Book Club Wednesday October 29, 7-8pm, Coquitlam Public Library Poirier Branch Join us for our monthly Pride and Allies Book Club, where we read and discuss literature by and/or starring folks from the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community! This month we’re reading Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart, a Booker Prize Winner and National Book Award Finalist, telling the story of a young queer boy growing up in Scotland amid poverty, addiction, and homophobia. We look forward to hearing your thoughts on this prize-winning debut novel! Free, and no registration required. Queers and Beers Tricities Wednesday October 29, 7-10pm, Parkside Brewery Exciting news! We’ve got a new monthly event coming your way. Starting October 29th, we’re launching Queers & Beers, a monthly hangout for 2S/LGBTQIA+ folks and friends at The Parkside Brewery! Bring a friend, or make a new one over a pint (or non-alcoholic beverage). No cost to attend, and you get 15% off pints for the evening! |
| Thank you as always for your ongoing support! We appreciate donations of any amount at any time, please reach out to [email protected] or go to our website at https://tricitiespride.ca/donate/Want to get involved? We’re always looking for more people to help, so if you have a special skill (for instance: website building, social media, accounting, and grant writing), we always need extra hands to take on tasks for the society! Or if you’re interested in running a collaboration with us, send us an email and we’ll chat 🙂 |