City Values
LGBTQIA+
BIPOC
100

Thoughts, ideas and perspectives of all individuals matter

What is Inclusion?

100

Office on WMU's campus who offers support, education, and advocacy around issues of gender identity/expression and sexual orientation.

What is LGBT Student Services?

200

Constantly and consistently recognizing and redistributing power

What is Equity?

200

LGBTQIA+ celebration that brings around 8000 people of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, and racial identifies annually downtown. 

What is Kalamazoo Pride?

300

Multiple identities represented in an organization

What is Diversity?

300

Queer and non-binary owned tattoo studio who hosts LGBTQIA+ events

What is Heriloom Arts?

400

An org that engages full potential of the individual, where innovation thrives, and views, beliefs, and values are integrated

What is Belonging?

400
One of the LGBTQIA+ community organizations that offers various programs, resources, legacy house, cyber center, library, trainings, and speakers surrounding LGBTQIA+ needs located in downtown Kalamazoo.

OutFront Kalamazoo

400

Community resource who focuses on developing potential and creativity in BIPOC identifying students in the Kalamazoo area

What is the Black Arts and Culture Center?

500

Become an anti-racist/anti-oppressive city government where Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are internalized in its systems and culture

What is the City of Kalamazoo's DEI Goal?

500

Performance and entertainment center with a positive connection to the queer Kalamazoo community that focuses on normalizing conversations of LGBTQIA+ voices through positive exposure and safe spaces.

What is the Queer Theater?

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