News
2007-07-27
Jersey City
welcomes new community center
Jersey City,
N.J., is scheduled to open a new three-story community
center for LGBT residents as well as those living with
HIV/AID
Jersey City,
N.J., is scheduled to open a new three-story community
center for LGBT residents as well as those living with
HIV/AIDS.
Local nonprofit
Hudson Pride Connections acquired the property in Journal
Square, a short walk from its current, rented location.
Several "work days" have brought a number of
volunteers to prepare the building for occupancy on
September 1. An official ceremony will be held on October 25
to celebrate the center's grand opening.
"This is an
amazing opportunity for everyone in the community,
including all its members and allies, to rally behind a
project that stands for the inclusion, visibility, and
equality of all people in our communities," said
executive director Guido A. Sanchez in a press
release.
"We need an
organization that advocates for us.... It would soon be a
travesty not to have a place to call home," said Tracee
Ross, a local transgender woman, expressing her
support for the center in the press release.
Two other groups,
the Northern New Jersey chapter of the national
organization Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network and
the organizers of Jersey City's annual pride festival,
Jersey City Lesbian + Gay Outreach, will also occupy
the space to create the feeling of a strong,
centralized community.
"We are thrilled
to see Hudson Pride Connections joining the
ever-growing ranks of community centers with permanent
homes. It is a testament to their strength and
commitment to serving the LGBT community," Terry
Stone, executive director of the National Association
of LGBT Community Centers, explained in the press release.
(The Advocate)
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