Pride Community Center of the Tri-Cities is dedicated to providing a safe space to foster the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of individuals in the LGBT communities of the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas. Our goal is to create positive social change in the region by nurturing a healthy, active, productive, and contributive LGBT community, and establishing a proud visible presence with a central location. Pride Community Center is committed to empowering the local LGBT population, through advocacy, education and entertainment, via a variety of mediums.
Pride Community Center of the Tri-Cities’ values include a commitment to serve the community in accordance with these principles:
• To actively embrace diversity within and among our communities, generating inclusiveness of opinions, beliefs, and values without regard to age, socio-economic status, race, culture, or religious practice.
• To promote the empowerment of marginalized groups within the LGBT communities such as youth, seniors, and people with disabilities.
• To work toward the eradication of violence in our community and the lives of individuals.
• To work toward the elimination of all types of discrimination including homophobia, heterosexism, racism, sexism, classism, ageism, ableism, and other forms of oppression in our communities and the lives of individuals.
• To foster LGBT community involvement in the area while promoting positive visibility and acceptance.
• To engage the larger community in our work through the promotion of volunteerism and collaboration with like-minded individuals and organizations, including those that are not specifically LGBT identified.
• To promote positive social change within and beyond our organization while keeping the community informed of our actions and decisions.
