Thank you to our stalwart ally & our courageous co-conspirator in Congress rEp. Bonnie Watson Coleman droppin’ by Bayard Rustin CENTER for Social Justice HQ to introduce the robust LGBTQIA+ Rights Resolution that was crafted in direct partnership with our BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Martin
this meaningful message prepares us for what Dr. King called the long & bitter but beautiful struggle ahead...
ANGELIC TROUBLEMAKERS ASSEMBLE!
You can watch the whole extraordinary event aqui
OUR Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice PROUD to partner with
It Gets Better Project
to amplify our beloved Bayard
Black Queer Pioneer for LGBTQIA+ & Civil Rights
Godfather of Intersectionality
Planned the March
Brought non-violence to the Movement
Inspired the Freedom Riders
Lost to history because of who he loved
Who he was
This cannot happen again
This is our work
This is our Dream
Join us as Angelic Troublemakers
& much love & respect to all our Beloved Queer Community
who shared their time & spirit to create this powerful project~
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice Board Member Emeritus Walter Naegle
BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber
Terry Mcmillian & Clare Polke
BRCSJ Drag Queen-in-Residence HARMONICA SUNBEAM
BRCSJ Queer Educator Dr. Sara
& the extraordinary It Gets Better Youth Voices
All of us at Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice HQ always PROUD to work in powerful partnership with our stalwart ally Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman
This robust Resolution we created together is especially meaningful at this tender time for our Queer Community & even moreso in the face of an even more fraught future for our LGBTQIA+ youth & intersectional families across the rainbow spectrum, especially our most at risk trans & non-binary folx
We all deserve respect, recognition & LOVE!
This is the pivotal work that our BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Martin SEDA-SCHREIBER was doin' when he was doin' the do in DC a few weeks back & now we can share out the full statement below~
Stay tuned, true believers, as our Beloved Bonnie will be droppin' by BRCSJ HQ very soon to share this out in celebration of how far we've come & out of respect for how far we have yet to go...
https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/newsroom/press-releases/rep-watson-coleman-introduces-resolution-honoring-important-work-of-lgbtqia-community-organizations
Please know the Beloved Community at our
Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice will always serve as a radiant beacon
to illuminate the difficult darkness
With great strength & solace we stand in solidarity
with all y'all at this tender time
Our dedicated Queer Safe-Space embraces everyone
All are welcome
All are LOVED!
This tender time in our nation portends a very fraught future for our LGBTQIA community & remind us of absolute necessity of our Queer safe-space Please help @RustinCenter
uplift all our family in need of recognition & respect
& the LOVE we all deserve
https://paypal.com/us/fundraiser/charity/3348328
“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.
55 seems young for our Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber to be honored as Equality Forum LGBTQIA HISTORY MONTH “Icon”
but it inspires him to further serve our intersectional Queer Community
& he is most excited for opportunity to
amplify extraordinary our @RustinCenter team
ON THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR, WE THREW THE COOLEST PRIDE OF THE YEAR
SUN-STROKED & RAINBOW-STOKED, WE PERSEVERED
PRINCETON PRIDE PARADE & AFTER-PARTY '24
WAS A TRUE CELEBRATION OF QUEER JOY!
WE MARCHED IN SOLIDARITY
& DANCED IN CELEBRATION
PLEASE CONTACT US IF YOU’D LIKE TO FURTHER VOLUNTEER AT BRCSJ HQ
OR INDEED SUPPORT OUR EVEN MORE EXTRAORDINARY EVENT
PRIDE 2025 * save the date * june 14th, BABY!
BRCSJQUEERED@GMAIL.COM
ANGELIC TROUBLEMAKERS ASSEMBLE!
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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BRCSJ Board Member Emeritus Walter Naegle & Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber celebrate Bayard Rustin’s birthday @ BRCSJ HQ 2019.
