The Black LGBT Community Building Project of BCA

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The Black LGBT Community Building Project of BCA

• Jonathan Batiste, Project Manager
• Adam Mehis, Volunteer Recruitment
• Christiana Remington, Event Promotions

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Project Goal

• Black Spectrum is the Black LGBT Community
  Building Project of the Black Coalition on AIDS.
• Goal celebrate the history, culture and health
  of Bay Area Black LGBT individuals in order to
  promote the overall health and wellness of the
  community at large.

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Project Objectives

• Black Spectrum does have a strategy!
• Objective 1
• Increase community involvement of Black LGBT
  community members residing in the Bay Area, while
  adding to the community leadership of our
  volunteer-driven Black LGBT community building
  project each year.

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Project Objectives

• Black Spectrum Strategy (cont.)
• Objective 2
• Increase participant attendance at the events,
  meetings and activities of Black Spectrum, other
  CBOs promoting the same ideals, and general
  events of interest that target our community.

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Project Objectives

• Black Spectrum Strategy (cont.)
• Objective 3
• Increase the number/quality of collaborations
  with individuals, groups and/or organizations.
• Maximize the use of community resources in the
  planning of the major events.
• Expose participants to a variety of Community
  Leaders dedicated to the health and wellness of
  the black LGBT communities in the Bay Area.

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Project Objectives

• Black Spectrum Strategy (cont.)
• Objective 4
• Raise a minimum of 30,000 each year from a
  variety of diverse agency fundraising activities
  in order to receive additional 15,000 each year
  from EWHJF based on a 2 to 1 fundraising match
  challenge to the agency to help build the
  agencys fundraising capacity

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Project Activities

• Black Spectrum accomplishes its objectives
  through an organized set of
• cultural arts,
• community awareness and
• health advocacy activities
• These activities are implemented year round from
  an empowered African-American cultural
  perspective

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Project Activities

• Black Spectrums events and activities are
  designed to
• bring Black LGBT community members and their
  allies together in a variety of safe spaces
• validate the lived experiences
• affirm the unique identities, and
• address the specific health concerns of Black
  LGBT individuals living throughout the Bay Area.

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LGBT Leadership Advisory Council

• Guiding body of community members who assist in
  the planning and execution of the activities of
  the Project. Members are
• Connected to/ Active in communities they
  represent
• Interested in high-level involvement

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Black Spectrum Volunteers

• Where is the Bay Area Black LGBT Community?
• Want to help cultivate unity, cultural arts,
  community awareness, and health advocacy within
  our SF Black LGBT Community?
• Tired of floating around like a satellite? Let
  Black Spectrum be your anchor!

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Here are 6 easy ways to get involved
• Film Festivals- San Francisco Black LGBT Film
  Fest, Frameline, San Francisco Black Film
  Festival, and Oakland International Film
  Festival. We need help picking out films,
  organizing the events, and making sure the events
  flow smoothly.
• Street Fairs- We are active in supporting street
  fairs in San Francisco including Bay Area Pride
  Festivities, Folsom Street Fair, Up Your Alley,
  and Castro Street Fair.

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Volunteer Opportunities

• BB Community Forums- BCA organizes health forums
  that affect the Black LGBT community. If you
  thrive on social change and community-based
  activism, this one is for you!
• Black LGBT Wellness Retreat- BCA conducts a
  yearly retreat to promote positive health
  promotion, community building, and leadership
  opportunities for Black LGBT members.

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Volunteer Opportunities

• Audrey Langston Cultural Arts Salons- small
  group cultural events at various safe-spaces
  throughout the Bay Area involve collaboration
  with Black LGBT (friendly) performers, thus,
  giving them a space to share their artistry to
  like-minded community members.  
• Black Spectrum LGBT Leadership Council-
  Participate in bi-monthly meetings that support
  the coordination of culturally relevant LGBT
  focused project activities for African-Americans
  each year.

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Help us out!

• As a service provider you can
• Actively listen to this presentation
• Utilize our avenues of connection
• Think of your own ways of connecting
• Guide clients/friends/self to participate
• Be a community supporter