Bushwick Pride!

In this glorious month that sees pride celebrations everywhere, even small neighborhoods can show their pride and create community. Tomorrow, Bushwick, Brooklyn is having a pride event all it’s own organized by GLOBE (Gays and Lesbians of Bushwick Empowered), of Make the Road New York. If you’re a local, or just want to come out to Bushwick to show your pride and support, come to Bushwisk Pride! Here are the important details:
What? Fourth Annual Bushwick Pride and Solidarity March&BBQ
When? This Saturday, June 20th
Time? March at 2pm/ BBQ and Program at 4pm
Where? 301 Grove Street (Between Myrtle and Knickerbocker Aves)
Directions: Take the L or the M to Myrtle-Wycoff. Take the B52 to Myrtle-Wycoff.
Program: We will March and then we will have a BBQ and an Artistic Program put together by GLOBE members
We will have free childcare from 2pm-6pm and a Bus leaving from our Queens Office (92-10 Roosevelt Ave.) at 1pm and returning at 5pm
Why are we Marching?
Against Police Brutality
Against Hate Violence
In favor of transgender rights
In favor of Same-Sex Marriage
In favor of a Comprehensive Immigration Reform that explicitly includes and protects members from the LGBT community
For more information contact Karina Claudio at 917-676-2559, karina.claudio@maketheroad.org. Or check us out on myspace at: myspace/globebushwick
* Globe is a group of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and queer people primarily from communities of color in Bushwick, Bed-Stuy, Brownsville and other parts of central and north Brooklyn. Our mission is to empower our communities through organizing and education. Our membership is intergenerational, ranging from age 14-50+. Globe is one of the few New York City groups founded by, led and constituted by low-income LGBTQ people of color organizing around public policy issues that have impact at the city-wide, state-wide and national level. Globe is a project of Make the Road New York.