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MISSION: Creating vibrant community by helping LGBTQ people along their way.VISION: Thriving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, living authentically in support inclusive communities.VALUES: Respect, Excellence, Inclusiveness, Fun, Integrity At The Center, we like to say we create vibrant community by helping LGBTQ people along their way, wherever they might be in life’s journey. Even…
Read More As our new Women’s Club President, I would first like to extend gratitude to Jan Pye, for her service as Past President. Our Women’s Club board members will continue working, throughout the pandemic, to assure we meet our goals for the term of 2021/2023. We are a wonderful group of women that strive to do…
Read More Our Mission Statement Mission Springs Water District has one simple mission: Provide, protect, preserve our most valuable resource… water. Those eight words capture a complex and dynamic task. A Brief History While prospecting for water, early homesteaders in the desert discovered the hot springs that made this area famous. It was not until 1940, however,…
Read More MAY. 4, 2022BY: TREVOR NEWS A new report has revealed that the amount of LGBTQ+ youth experiencing suicidal thoughts has increased. For the last 24 years, The Trevor Project has established itself as one of the top suicide prevention networks for LGBTQ+ people. Alongside its numerous projects – such as Trevor Lifeline and Trevor Text –…
Read More In 1900 there were less than 100 non-Indian settlers in the Coachella Valley. The homestead act of 1865 enabled adventurous, hardy souls to claim land where it was still available. The desert was free for the taking as homesteaders began to trickle in beginning around 1903. Cabot Yerxa, one of the early homesteaders…
Read More Mission The mission of DAP Health is to enhance and promote the health and well-being of our community. About DAP Health “What you have done is demonstrate that concern for justice, compassion and love for fellow human beings, can accomplish miracles and can sustain human dignity and life where only fear and death would otherwise…
Read More The son of hardworking farmworkers, Dr. Ruiz grew up in Coachella, CA and learned at an early age that the key to attaining the American Dream is hard work and a great education. In the summer of 1990, Raul walked in the desert heat from business to business in the Coachella Valley asking them to…
Read More Brooklyn-born boy raised in Buffalo where he began his teaching career in 1971. After relocating to California immediately following the Blizzard of ’77, Sam sought a climate far from snow and cold adding a career in the airline industry to that of being an educator working with students from middle school to high school to…
Read More Founded in 1973 after the simple act of a mother publicly supporting her gay son, PFLAG is the nation’s largest family and ally organization. PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. With nearly 400 chapters and 250,000 members and supporters…
Read More SAGE stands proudly with the LGBTQ+ pioneers across the country who’ve been fighting for decades for their right to live with dignity and respect. We are excited to work with the current administration and key staff in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco, plus our nationwide network of affiliates, to advocate for LGBTQ+…
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