Your Voice Matters: The LGBT Fund Community Conversation Coming in April

By Olivia Burgess, ECF

In January, the LGBT Fund of The Erie Community Foundation hosted an inspiring and productive community conversation. Attendees shared valuable feedback and expressed a desire for more frequent opportunities to connect and provide input.

We're excited to announce our next Community Conversation on Monday, April 27 at Cathedral of St. Paul in Erie. During our last session, we shared insights from a successful listening tour, highlighting the priorities that matter most to our community: capacity, sustainability, safety, and connection.

The LGBT Fund of the Erie Community Foundation is the only resource of its kind in the Erie region, leveraging the collective giving of donors to help members of our local LGBTQ+ community build healthy, productive lives today and into the future. The role of the LGBT Fund is to listen, connect, and support collaboration among organizations.

Join us for an informal evening open to anyone connected with a Q+ organization in the Erie area-whether you represent a business, nonprofit, grassroots group, or social organization. This is a chance to share ideas for projects or events, highlight the support your organization is seeking, and connect with others who are doing similar work in our community.

Registration is not required, and everyone is welcome. To learn more, visit https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAx09JyaYgl3xfMPwWMnj3lYR2J_FIIQ  BqKwjpK7BfSp-lAA/viewform.

About the Author

Olivia Burgess Olivia Burgess works at The Erie Community Foundation as Director of Collective Giving. She works with three of The Foundation's affinity funds including the Erie Women's Fund, the Emerging Erie Fund and the LGBT Fund. Olivia supports all aspects of their work, including grantmaking, development, strategic initiatives and more. Olivia is an Allegheny College graduate and Union City native who now resides in Erie with her husband.