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Lancaster Pride a Success!

Lancaster Pride, their very first one, which was Saturday, June 21, 2008, was a huge success! The organizers said they had about 2600 paid attendees. They were only expecting 500. The location was Lancaster's beautiful Buchanan Park right in back of Franklin & Marshall College. The Pride area was secluded to the point that we couldn't see or hear the protesters at the entrance to the festival. There were lots of vendors and a lot of great food. Our Chamber had a booth there which was wo-manned by Judy Chambers, Deb Bixler and Shannon Shupp. We had numerous people coming up to the booth expressing interest in our organization. We should be seeing some new faces from Lancaster at our next mixer. Kudos to the organizers of Lancaster Pride for a job well done!	The Chamber booth at Lancaster Pride 2008.

Common Roads Creates Speakers Bureau

CPGLCC Agrees to Partner…

Common Roads, the only non-profit organization in Central PA dedicated to supporting and advocating for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youth (ages 14-22)., is looking for individuals interested in participating in a Speaker's Bureau. This bureau would consist of varied individuals throughout the LGBTQ community that would be able to have some time to speak to interested Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) in its service area, which extends from Adams to Lancaster counties and, of course, those in-between. GSAs meet primarily after school (between the hours of 2:30 and 4:30), and offer LBGTQA students a chance to gather in a safe-space environment within their schools to discuss matters of importance to them.

Common Roads would like to secure a list of people to offer to the GSAs should any have interest in hearing from professionals within our community. It is understood that many people will most likely require 1 to 2 weeks of advance notice in order to schedule time off from work. If you are interested, please contact Eric St. Clair at busterlinn@verizon.net and provide your name, area of interest/expertise on which you could comfortably speak, and contact information (including email and any possible daytime phone numbers).

When there is a complete list, Common Roads will contact all interested persons in the bureau and verify willingness to travel and a list of the GSAs in the area, which should be by early to mid-April. Common Roads realizes that this will only afford GSAs time to select speakers for the remainder of April and all of May, but this is a project they hope to carry over into every successive school year for the foreseeable future.