William Way LGBT Community Center

Everyone deserves to feel heard - so we listen. The Peer Counseling Program gives members of our community the opportunity to express feelings and address crucial issues through one-on-one confidential conversations with people that have shared experiences. With peer-to-peer counseling, everyone has the chance to get their voice heard at a time when community is needed most. Help us continue crucial, life-saving services such as these through gifting to the Philly Love campaign here: http://bit.ly/williamwd

This Saturday, December 12th, join Philadelphia Voices of Pride online for "Together Apart: A Holiday Concert with Voice of Pride" There's more information here: http://pvop.org/event

Is it really snowing in Philly!? William Way Hoodies & Sweatshirts Now Available at the Pride Shop! Don't forget your mask too! Tag a Friend or gift to someone in need - it's never too late to give the gift of warmth!

October is LGBTQ History Month. Here are a few places to go - on #SEPTA - to explore #LGBTQ history right here in our own City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Af...fection: https://www.iseptaphilly.com/blog/lgbtqhistorymonth. #ISEPTAPHILLY #werideon #PhillyPride Arch Street Meeting House William Way LGBT Community Center Philly AIDS Thrift at GIovanni's Room Visit Philly

KEEP GLORIA ON 12TH! The Gloria Casarez mural on 12th Street is scheduled to be demolished by New York City developers Midwood Properties next month. Please join the fight to save the mural!! #keepgloriaon12thstreet For information on the vigil at the mural on Monday, October 19 at 5 pm and the Town Hall afterwards from 7-8:30 pm:... https://www.facebook.com/events/768160473965484/

We're chatting with Dr. Ian Frank about COVID-19 clinical trials!

Starting soon! Philadelphia's Outfest for Community Unity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXru8Pzn27w

Good Morning from the Pride Shop at William Way! Start the day with some coffee or tea in your exclusive Pronoun Collection Mug! Share & Tag a Friend Today! Visit the Pride Shop: https://www.bonfire.com/store/pride-shop-at-william-way/... The Pronoun Collection benefits the Trans Resource Center at William Way!

Consider downloading the State of Pennsylvania's new COVID alert system. More details here: https://www.pa.gov/covid/covid-alert-pa/ <> After you download COVID Alert PA to your smartphone, you can opt-in to receive alerts if you have had a potential exposure to someone who tested positive for COVID-19.... Getting timely alerts can help you get advice on how to help yourself and protect others as well as determine when to get testing. It can help reduce your risk of unknowingly spreading the virus to your friends, family, and larger community. <> Daily Health Check-in & PA COVID Updates App users can help fight COVID-19 by opting to tell DOH through the app how you are feeling daily and whether you have any COVID-19 symptoms. If you do have symptoms, the app will give you information on what to do. This tool also helps you track your own symptoms within the app, and you’ll get public health information based on your responses. The app will also give users easy access to the latest facts and figures about COVID-19 in Pennsylvania from the PA Department of Health’s data dashboard. <> COVID Alert PA protects your privacy and personal information. Downloading the app is voluntary, but the more Pennsylvanians that use this app, the more successful our efforts will be to stop the spread of COVID-19. The app detects if users are in close contact with another app user, using Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology. It is the same technology that your phone uses to connect to wireless headphones or your car. The app does not use GPS, location services, or any movement or geographical information. The app will never collect, transmit, or store your personal information and is completely anonymous. Learn more about how the ENS and the app works and visit the COVID Alert Data and Privacy webpage to learn how data is collected and used. <> You, too, can join in the fight against COVID. We invite you to spread the word about the COVID Alert PA app with your friends, neighbors, colleagues, and employers. You can find downloadable posters about the app, as well as, stickers, postcards, and social media graphics on the Community Resources webpage: https://www.pa.gov/covid/covid-alert-pa/ Have a Question For more information about COVID Alert PA, read our Frequently Asked Questions. If you want to tell us about your experience with using the COVID Alert PA App or want to report any problems with the use of the App, please email us ([email protected]).

The 15th Annual Juried Art Exhibition . CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS . Open call for LGBTQIA+ artists 18 years or older in the greater Philadelphia region to submit artworks for consideration. ... . Artists of all levels are encouraged to participate. . DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS Friday, November 6, 2020 (by midnight) . NO FEE FOR SUBMISSION . JUROR AWARDS Three selected recipients will each be awarded $300 and a spot in a three-person group exhibition at the William Way LGBT Community Center in 2021 (possibly online) . ARTS COMMITTEE AWARDS Three selected recipients will each be awarded $100 . JUROR BIO Heather Raquel Phillips is a Philadelphia based artist, educator and independent curator. She earned a BFA from Tyler School of Art and an MFA from The University of Pennsylvania. Phillips is a fine arts lecturer at The University of Pennsylvania and Lincoln University. . Her work has been exhibited in LA, Philadelphia, NYC, Washington DC, New Orleans, and Chicago and has been featured in several publications including, Hyperallergic, Artforum.com, Sixty Inches From Center, and Title Magazine. Most recently her writing was featured in The Black Scholar Quarterly. . She is a member of the artist collective Pink Noise Projects. Phillips was awarded The Leeway Foundation Art and Change Grant in 2017 and was the 2019 Visiting Scholar at The Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago, where she now serves as a board member. . www.heatheraquelphilllips.com . [image of Phillips sitting in a chair] Heather Raquel Phillips . ONLINE ONLY EXHIBITION Opening January 20, 2021 . For more info and to submit artwork, please visit the following web address: www.waygay.org/gallery-submissions See more

Way Home is a unique program collaboration between SELF, Inc. and the William Way LGBT Community Center that aims to increase housing stability for LGBRQ+ individuals. The Housing Assistance Manager will work closely with participants, prospective property owners and managers to secure housing assistance, utility assistance or permanent housing opportunities for homeless individuals and families as quickly as possible and leverage supportive services that will ass...ist the particpant to maintain permanent housing. The housing assistance manager supports participants in locating available houisng, provides case management to participants to help them to stabalize in their housing, conducts outreach to develop ongoing landlord relationships and provide them with educational information regarding subsidies and particpates in coordinated entry. The salary range for this position is $42,000.00 to $50,000.00 plus benefits. SELF, Inc - https://www.selfincorp.org - is a non profit organizaiton that has been providing services to some of Philadelphia's most vulnerable communities for over 30 years. To apply, email [email protected]

An exciting opportunity to work on housing support for LGBTQ folks!

Moving Forward to Heal Together: A Summary of What Went Wrong and Proposed Next Steps Full statement: https://www.waygay.org//moving-forward-to-heal-together-a-

Gilbert Lewis: Awkward Tenderness . William Way's second virtual art exhibition is live! . In this exhibition, one of four art exhibitions in Philadelphia dedicated to Gilbert Lewis’s artistic legacy, the artist demonstrates his persistent attention to visually capture the portrait of the young man as tenderly naive about the world. His portraits are suffused with his care to convey the wide eyed awkwardness of young men who sought guidance and trust in their artistic relat...ionship with him, as his model. Gilbert Lewis’s portraits are haunting, beautiful and honest. . Sales of artworks in this exhibition will help to sustain Gilbert Lewis's treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease. 65% of each sale will go to the artist and 35% will go to William Way to support our arts & culture programs. . Exhibit curated by Aaron Feltman and Janus Ourma. Web design by M Slater. . Link to the virtual exhibit: https://www.waygay.org/gilbert-lewis . See also, Woodmere Art Museum, PAFA The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Kapp Kapp for related Gilbert Lewis exhibits. . #gilbertlewis #queerart #lgbtqart See more

Today at 5PM on Zoom. William Way community debrief and accountability session. Join us at 5PM today for a community debrief and accountability session following upon William Way's scheduling and canceling of a presentation by the President of Philadelphia Log Cabin Republicans. Join Executive Director Chris Bartlett and members of the William Way board for this important discussion. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/91940048578 Additional connection options in the event description.

From our friends at Woodmere Art Museum, a talk on queer Philadelphia artist Gilbert Lewis.