Nicci Port from the ISU Office of Diversity and Inclusion and
Joel Hocjstein, Chair of Ames Pride discuss the founding of
Ames Pride, a brand-new community-based organization for community-building among LGBTQA+ people, educating the community on issues affecting LGBTQA+ people, and for facilitating an environment that values the intersectional identities of all people living in and around the City of Ames, IA. Nicci and Joel describe the first annual Ames Pridefest, to become an annual signature event.
Pridefest will occur on
Saturday October 14 at noon in the Ames Bandshell Park, the final event of a week of "coming out" public activities.
Merry Rankin,
Director of Sustainability at ISU and the City of Ames, together with
Lia Gomez, Sustainability Director for
Iowa State University’s Student Government, announce the creation of a new fund created by Student Government: The Green Initiatives Fund, to allow student organizations to have a dedicated funding source related to increasing and enhancing sustainability events, initiatives and projects at ISU.
Originally broadcast 10/13/2017