It is indeed a tender time for our queer community
much love & respect to all who Gather in strength & solidarity
with friends, allies, & chosen family to memorialize those we have lost &
the authentic joyful lives they should have been able to live
Let us share a meaningful moment to grieve but then we must take action
to honor their memory we have to do our fuckin’ best
to stop it from happening to any more of our youth or any other member of any queer, trans, & nonbinary community
RECENT acts of hate & violence toward LGBTQIA community remind us of absolute necessity of our Queer safe-space Please help @RustinCenter
uplift all folx in need of recognition & respect
& the LOVE we all deserve
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“WE need in every community a group of angelic troublemakers”
Bayard Rustin
Planned the March
Brought non-violence to the Movement
Inspired the Freedom Riders
Spoke Truth to Power
Lost to history, edited out of the books written, excised from the stories told
because of who he loved
Who he was
A queer Black man embracing his identity in all its beautiful intersectionality, amplifying the inclusivity of his very being, sewing his square into the ancestral quilt, into the interwoven tapestry of our shared communities
Our sacrosanct mission here at the
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
To make sure no one else ever gets left behind again, not on a large or small scale, not to a leader of a movement, a worker in an office, a student in a classroom, nor to any individual in any community.
Scenes from Texas @unt workshoppin’ “Rustin In Renaissance”
@RustinCenter Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber incredibly proud to partner with the beautiful Grammy & Tony Award winner Bryan Carter @bryancartermusic along with the delightful @christianwiggs @bandstandpresents on powerful project amplifyin' the voice (both literally & figuratively) of Black Queer LGBTQIA & Civil Rights pioneer Bayard Rustin!
Please join us for the world premiere of this meaningful musical event @jazzdotorg @lincolncenter in OCTOBER…
*NETFLIX & THRILL*
RUSTIN now available for
your viewin’ pleasure
OUR QUEER COMMUNITY WILL ALWAYS GATHER TOGETHER STRONGER & WITH EVEN MORE LOVE IN THE FACE OF HATE & IGNORANCE
A BOMB THREAT DID NOT STOP OUR DRAG QUEEN STORY HOUR AS OUR LGBTQIA FAMILIES, FRIENDS & ALLIES SASHAYED IN FABULOUS FIELD-TRIP FASHION TO A NEARBY STOOP
QUEER JOY!
That's what the fear-mongers fear the most so thanx to all the fab folx who
showed up & glowed up at our Community Breakfast @RustinCenter HQ The show of strength & solidarity our community needed to see~ Light will always dispel darkness
Love will always conquer hate!
Powerful #Pride @RustinCenter
as meaningful as it was fabulous, as inspirational as it was exponential
Thanx to the thousands who marched in solidarity & danced in celebration
Words cannot express the LOVE so please
enjoy this small samplin' of our extraordinary event
(& mas y mas to come so stay tuned true believers!)
#Pride2023
““I do not think as a member of Congress,
I have been in any space that is more loving & caring than this space right here.
I’m so glad you are here … ”
“ ”
So proud to introduce our brcsj queer youth brigade!
"We are young folx workin' @RustinCenter HQ with & for the community on dedicated programming & special events as meaningful as they are fabulous!"
Please like, friend, & follow these incredibly inspirational LGBTQIA youths as they begin their extraordinary journey~
twitter.com/BRCSJQueerYouth
www.instagram.com/brcsjqueeryouthbrigade/
www.facebook.com/BRCSJQueerYouthBrigade
Princeton’s 2nd Pride Parade & After-Party was everything our community needed & deserved it to be, as meaningful as it was fabulous & as inspirational as it was exponential
Thanx to the thousands who came out & marched, sashayed, & rolled up the beautiful Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood & then were all at once empowered & entertained at the wonderful After-Party!
Words cannot express the ever-present LOVE we all shared so please enjoy just a small samplin' of this extraordinary day...
¡DESCANSA EN PODER EMILIO!
Reproductive rights
BIRTH JUSTICE program
at BRCSJ HQ!
WE BELIEVE BIRTH JUSTICE EXISTS WHEN WOMEN & TRANSFOLX ARE EMPOWERED DURING PREGNANCY, LABOR, CHILDBIRTH & POSTPARTUM TO MAKE AUTONOMOUS HEALTHY DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES & THEIR BABIES & ARE ABLE TO OBTAIN SAFE, RESPECTFUL, & EQUITABLE MEDICAL CARE.
Beautiful Birth Justice Doluas
in da’ house!
THE BAYARD RUSTIN CENTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
IS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST CENTER
EDUCATIONAL BRIDGE &
SAFE-SPACE
FOR OUR LGBTQIA youth, OUR INTERSECTIONAL FAMILIES &
ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFULLY DIVERSE COMMUNITIES.
help us create the extraordinary new home our community needs & deserves!
It’s hard to be a safe-space without a space…
Call to community heard
WHEN WE HAD TO CLOSE OUR DOORS PHYSICALLY, WE OPENED THEM VIRTUALLY AT OUR SOCIAL JUSTICE POWER HOUR!
WE BROADCAST THIS IMPORTANT PUBLIC SERVICE LIVE EVERY SINGLE WEEKNITE FOR OVER TWO YEARS, CREATING (& SUSTAINING) ONLINE COMMUNITY, OVER 600 SHOWS SINCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED GATHERING TOGETHER VIEWERS IN THE THOUSANDS, BECOMING AS EXPONENTIAL AS IT IS INSPIRATIONAL
ALL OUR PREVIOUS POWER HOURS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE~ FACEBOOK.COM/RUSTINCENTER/VIDEOS
PLEASE Support Our advocacy & outreach more IMPERATIVE than ever for our queer youth~
paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3348328
2019 ~ OVER 3,000 MARCHIN' IN THE STREETS AT PRINCETON'S 1ST PRIDE PARADE
2020 & 2021 ~ over 20,000 folx gathered together in virtual community
as MEANINGFUL as it was fabulous
celebrating how far we have come whilst
recognizing how far we have yet to go
As Pride started as a riot in & of itself
Any Pride has to be as much of a protest as it is a party
"The proof that one truly believes
is in action"
Bayard Rustin was the primary architect of the March on Washington in ’63. He brought the principle of non-violence to the civil rights movement, directly from his study in India with Mahatma Gandhi. He inspired the Freedom Riders to take their fateful/faith-full journey.
Bayard Rustin was also lost to history.
He was shamed & shunned because of a simple heartbreaking truth: He was a gay man & he would not disavow who he was or whom he loved. He was not only not given his due respect, but he was not given the basic kindness that we all deserve.
This cannot & will not happen again.
We are so incredibly proud to have the honor to use Bayard Rustin's name directly from his partner & our very own BRCSJ Board Member Emeritus, Mr. Walter Naegle.
We inspire our community & communicate our message of acceptance, respect & compassion by following the examples of both these fine men.
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Meaningful programming & fabulous events now back in full-force!
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BRCSJ Board Member Emeritus Walter Naegle & Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber celebrate Bayard Rustin’s birthday @ BRCSJ HQ 2019.
