Build Our Center
Harvey Milk Day — Get Involved Today
Build Our Center, would like to invite you to participate in our first Harvey Milk Day, Wednesday, May 22.
We choose to celebrate Harvey Milk as he strived for the same purposes our organizations does. He worked long and hard to build strengthen and connect the community.
Our event will feature a special screening of the academy award winning film Milk, a Spaghetti Feed Dinner and Sauce Contest and the first annual MILK Made Awards at The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada.
We need your help to make it happen.
“Harvey Milk, was a visionary civil and human rights leader who became one of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977. Milk’s unprecedented loud and unapologetic proclamation of his authenticity as an openly gay candidate for public office, and his subsequent election gave never before experienced hope to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) people everywhere at a time when the community was encountering widespread hostility and discrimination. His remarkable career was tragically cut short when he was assassinated nearly a year after taking office.” -Harvey Milk Foundation.
We are looking for an assortment of business, groups or organizations to contribute to this event. We would love to see you and your team here. Those participating will receive two (2) tickets to the event and material to promote your participation. All participants will appear on flyers, signage the day of the event, as well as promoted in press releases and through social media outlets. You are encouraged to bring marketing materials with you on the day of the event to promote your commitment to equality.
The following are the opportunities currently available. Once you are committed, please respond with your logo so that we can add you to the list and secure your spot. To be on promotional materials, business must commit ASAP. We can promote you via social media until the last moment but we would like to get you on the poster.
Option 1:
Spaghetti Feed
“Spaghetti Sauce Provided by YOUR Business”
Only 10 Businesses or People will bring and prepare a large crock pot (approximately 6 qts) of Spaghetti Sauce.
You will need to provide someone to serve it as well. Service should only be about 1 hour.
Option 2:
Everything Else
For a donation of $60+, your business will be the sponsor of one or more items such as:
Cooked Pasta, Green Salad, Sourdough French Bread, Grated Cheese, Forks, Knives, Spoons, Napkins and Paper Plates, Cups, Bottled Water, Soda, Popcorn, Dessert, Candy, Sweets , etc.
Build Our Center is excited to partner with Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Northern Nevada on this event. They have a beautiful space and have been a great supporter of Build Our Center.
Feel free to pass this information on to fellow businesses if you think there might be an interest.
A Salon 7′s annual White Party
Join us at A Salon 7′s annual White Party!!
A portion of the proceeds will benefit Build Our Center!
Saturday, April 6th, 2013
8:00 PM
A Salon 7
495 Morrill Ave, off 4th Street in Reno
“Open Doors” at Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church
Press Release
“Open Doors” is happy to announce that it will do just that, open its doors,on Friday, February 22, 2013, at 7 pm. Beginning that day, our doors will be open every Friday evening from 7 to 10 pm. “Open Doors” is a safe gathering place for LGBTQ teens and young adults inside Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church, 3400 Pyramid Way in Sparks,on the corner of Pyramid Way and Queen Way.
Join us on Friday, February 22, for the film, “Were the World Mine,” in which a bullied and demoralized gay student at an all-boys school uses a magical flower derived from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” to turn many in his community gay, including a popular rugby player.
Lord of Mercy is a “Reconciling in Christ” congregation within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a congregation which welcomes and affirms all persons, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. “Open Doors” is funded by a program grant from Extraordinary Lutheran Ministries, as a part of their vision of the full inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities in the life of the Lutheran Church.
For more information about “Open Doors,” please call Paul at (775) 358-7863.
Paul Gibson, intern pastor
Lord of Mercy Lutheran Church
office phone: (775) 358-7863
cell phone: (813) 924-3966
National Coming Out Day is celebrated in Reno!
“On Oct. 11, 1987, half a million people participated in the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. It was the second such demonstration in our nation’s capital and resulted in the founding of a number of LGBT organizations, including the National Latino/a Gay & Lesbian Organization (LLEGÓ) and AT&T’s LGBT employee group, LEAGUE.“ - Human Rights Campaign
In Reno, we have many events lined up for your to participate in.
Please use October 11th to support someone , Come Out or just appreciate the diversity in our community.
Please use October 11th to support someone , Come Out or just appreciate the diversity in our community.
Think about how you can get involved!
Build Our Center is a non-profit organization working to build, connect, and strengthen community and its support for LGBTQA issues in Northern Nevada, with the goal of building a community center.Our long term vision is to build a thriving, community-based organization to support the LGBTQA community in Northern Nevada. We dream of creating a safe and supportive space and environment where people of all ages and backgrounds can come together under one roof for cultural, educational, health, social, and wellness programs.
