
Thrive with pride, an engaging conversation to raise awareness and inspire action around concerns in the LGBTQ+ community including homelessness and alarming levels of violence against transgender people.
Enjoy live music, refreshments, and thought-provoking conversations with other young professionals and career-focused individuals in Main Library’s Eastman Reading Garden in downtown Cleveland.
Friday, June 24 | 5:30 – 8:30pm
Main Library, Eastman Reading Garden
Entertainment
- Performance by Hip-Hop Artist, Chanelle Kazadi
- Music provided by DJ StepOne
Discussion

Gulnar Feerasta
ModeratorSenior Director of Programs, LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland

Braveheart Gillani
PanelistPhD Student at Case Western Reserve University Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences

Bridgette Lewis
PanelistQYou Program Coordinator – Cleveland, LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland

Carey Gibbons
PanelistQueer Youth Outreach and Engagement Manager, Northeast Ohio Homeless Center

Tom Stebel
PanelistVolunteer at Cleveland’s LGBT center
Resources for Cleveland LGBTQIA+
LGBT Center of Greater Cleveland
6705 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, OH 44102
(216) 651-5428
Northeast Ohio Coalition for the Homeless
3631 Perkins Ave, Cleveland, OH 44114
https://www.neoch.org/
(216) 432-0540
Plexus LGBT & Allied Chamber of Commerce
6705 Detroit Ave Ste 114, Cleveland, OH 44102
https://www.thinkplexus.org/
(888) 753-9879
Recommended Reading List
Recommended reads from OverDrives.
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