Pride Alliance of Livingston under the auspices of the Livingston Diversity Council

In September 2019, The Livingston Diversity Council (LDC) Board of Directors voted unanimously to make the Pride Alliance of Livingston (PAL) an active workgroup of the Council. This group’s journey in supporting the LGBTQ+ Community began as a brainstorming session in November 2018 to identify what services currently exist in Livingston and what services we are lacking. About half of these attendees then decided to continue the conversations during monthly meetings for the next year. In May 2019, it was determined that the group needed to have a continued presence in the community and thus the group’s identity was formed into Pride Alliance of Livingston and the mission was created:

Pride Alliance of Livingston is a community based organization promoting an all-inclusive community for our neighbors through LGBTQ+ education, collaboration and advocacy for equality, in order to celebrate our similarities and embrace our individuality.

The LDC Board is impressed and proud of the group’s efforts thus far publishing a fact sheet through the Human Services Collaborative Body on LGBTQ+ Youth, developing a fact sheet of the same focused on adults and working with local educators to bring awareness and training about the LGBTQ+ community and the utilization of inclusive terminology and practice.