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Celebrate the holidays with Equality Arizona and dive into LGBTQ+ advocacy
It’s December 2nd, and we’re about to close out our 30th year serving the LGBTQ+ community here in Arizona. As the holidays approach, we want to celebrate the progress we’ve made together and to extend our gratitude to everyone who has made that progress possible. So we’re throwing a party!
Help us celebrate our 30th anniversary and kick off our next year at our holiday bash! After a year of unprecedented hate and unexpected victories, we want to take a breath to thank everyone who has made our work possible — and not only possible, but a joy. So if you want to spend your holidays with queer community, come and join us! We'll have wine, snacks, and good cheer. Please RSVP so we can know how many people to expect!
For the rest of the month, we’ve some other great programming planned, including two Queer People Fit events, our next Banned Book Club meeting, and an important Civic Advocacy Jam where we’ll prepare for the 2023 legislative session! Keep reading or visit our events calendar to learn more and get signed up!
Queer People Fit: Running
5:30 pm - 7:15 pm December 13, 2022 | register
Location: Margaret T Hance Park, Phoenix
Queer People Fit running events are hosted in partnership with FrontRunners & FrontWalkers Phoenix, a running and walking club for the LGBT+ community and allies. We’ll gather together at Margaret T Hance Park at 5:30 PM, and head out for a run around Downtown PHX after a 10 to 15 minute introduction. Stick around after the event to get some dinner with the group!
Civic Advocacy Jam
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm December 17, 2022 | register
Location: Tempe Library Ironwood Classroom
Join us on December 17 for our next Civic Advocacy Jam! The 2023 legislative session is just around the corner, so this is our time to plan and prepare as a community to meet the challenges and opportunities the coming year will bring. At Equality Arizona, we know that civic advocacy means a lot more than reacting to flashpoints, so we’ll be using these monthly jams to practice design thinking for policy. Bring your ideas, your frustrations, and a willingness to think creatively!
Banned Book Club
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm December 19, 2022 | register
Location: Brick Road Coffee, Tempe
As book bans sweep the nation, one great way to push back is to read! Our banned book of the month is Out of Darkness, by Ashley Hope Pérez, a novel centered on the New London School Explosion of 1937, that confronts difficult historical realities of racism and segregation. Join us at Brick Road coffee on November 21 to discuss the book and the backlash with our book club host Vanessa Marie!
Queer People Fit: South Mountain
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm December 20, 2022 | register
Location: Judith Tunnell Accessible Trail
Move with us to build the movement for equality! Get your holiday sweaters on and join us for a walk along the accessible Judith Tunnell trail at South Mountain on Tuesday, December 20. The Queer People Fit series exists for LGBTQ+ people to come together to build community and to find a sense of belonging, and there’s no one right way to do that! So bring a thermos of tea, or an instant camera, or plug in your headphones and take the walk at your own pace.