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Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil
November 20, 2023 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST
Free
On Trans Day of Remembrance, we come together to honor, mourn, and remember our Trans siblings lost to transphobic violence over the past year.
This event will be co-hosted by Grand Rapids Pride Center, Grand Rapids Trans Foundation, and GVSU’s Milton E. Ford LGBT Resource Center, and will feature a vigil, a reading of names of those we have lost this past year, a remembrance altar, as well as a short program featuring guest speakers and a musician from the local Trans community.
Emotional and mental health resources (and space) will be available. There will be space for socializing and connecting with other attendees following the program.
We will also be collecting donations for the Trans Sistas of Color Project Detroit.
PARKING:
Please park in the Devos Center for Interprofessional Health (DCIH) upper level visitor parking structure. (An image of the lot entrance has been shared on the Discussion thread. Do NOT use the shared Spectrum/GVSU parking ramp straight ahead. A booth attendant will hand you a parking permit to display on your vehicle dashboard once you arrive.
Please park in the Devos Center for Interprofessional Health (DCIH) upper level visitor parking structure. (An image of the lot entrance has been shared on the Discussion thread. Do NOT use the shared Spectrum/GVSU parking ramp straight ahead. A booth attendant will hand you a parking permit to display on your vehicle dashboard once you arrive.
SECURITY:
We have hired a local trusted Queer-owned security company (Field Operations & Logistics Agency – FOLA) to be present at this event, in order to ensure the safety and security of our attendees.
We have hired a local trusted Queer-owned security company (Field Operations & Logistics Agency – FOLA) to be present at this event, in order to ensure the safety and security of our attendees.
ACCESSIBILITY NOTES:
- Please be mindful of our guests with scent sensitivities by refraining from wearing scents.
- Wayfinding signage & volunteer guides will be available to navigate from parking to the room.
- The venue has elevator and wheelchair access.
- Gendered bathrooms are available on every floor of the DCIH building. Gender-inclusive restrooms are located on the Ground (002) and 1st floors (126).
- We are working to provide ASL interpreters for the event. Currently unconfirmed.
COVID PRECAUTIONS:
- Masks will be required.
- If you are experiencing any cold/flu/covid/MPV symptoms, have COVID-19/MPV (monkeypox), or if you think you may have been exposed, please stay home.
- If you attend the event and start to experience symptoms or test positive for any illness within a week of the event please inform Jazz, GRPC Executive Director, by email (jazz.mckinney@grpride.org) or phone call (616-458-3511 x 101).