Brooklyn Community Pride Center Explained

Type:Community center
Status:Non-profit organization
Purpose:LGBTQ services
Location:Brooklyn, New York
Leader Title:President of the Board
Leader Name:Sonelius Kendrick-Smith
Leader Title2:CEO
Leader Name2:Floyd Rumohr
Website:https://lgbtbrooklyn.org

Brooklyn Community Pride Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit LGBTQ+ community center in Brooklyn, New York. Incorporated in 2008, it was the first LGBTQ+ center in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.[1]

History

Brooklyn Community Pride Center was the first LGBTQ+ center in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. As of 2020, it remains the only LGBTQ+ center there.[1] [2]

Erin Drinkwater served as executive director of the center from 2012 through 2014.[3] During this time, the center moved from its 600-square-foot walk-up quarters to a 1,600 square-foot facility.[3] In 2014, Deborah Brennan joined the center's board of directors and in 2015 became president of the board.[4] She then recruited Floyd Rumohr as the center's new chief executive officer.[4] [5] In January 2021, Deborah Brennan transitioned off the board and Sonelius Kendrick-Smith was elected president.[6]

In 2020, the center signed a 30-year lease for a new headquarters, to be located inside a section of the Bedford Union Armory in Crown Heights.[1] The new space is to contain Brooklyn's "first dedicated mental health LGBTQ clinic", while the old space will be retained and dedicated to youth programming and services.[1]

Projects

Programs and Services

Services and programs provided by the center include:[8] [9]

References

  1. Web site: Brooklyn Community Pride Center Signs 30-Year Lease For Expanded HQ In Crown Heights. February 12, 2020.
  2. Web site: Brooklyn Community Pride Center Expanding With New HQ. www.msn.com.
  3. Web site: Standing O is proud of Pride Center's Drinkwater. Joanna. DelBuono. Brooklyn Paper. 15 January 2015 .
  4. Web site: March 8, 2016 . 2016 Gay City News Impact Award Honorees . Gay City News.
  5. Web site: Brooklyn Community Pride Center Names Floyd Rumohr as New.... December 10, 2015. Brooklyn Reader. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215214940/https://www.bkreader.com/2015/12/10/brooklyn-community-pride-center-names-floyd-rumohr-new-executive-director/ . 2020-02-15 .
  6. News: December 22, 2020. Around Brooklyn: Nets coach Steve Nash buys Cobble Hill townhouse: Brooklyn Pride Center welcomes new director. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 13, 2021.
  7. Web site: Immigration Equality and Brooklyn Community Pride Center Launch LGBTQ New Americans Project. September 28, 2016. Immigration Equality. February 15, 2020. February 15, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200215215111/https://www.immigrationequality.org/immigration-equality-and-brooklyn-community-pride-center-launch-lgbtq-new-americans-project/. dead.
  8. Web site: March 18, 2021. Brooklyn Community Pride Center Programs. live. March 18, 2021. Brooklyn Community Pride Center. https://web.archive.org/web/20100426035911/http://lgbtbrooklyn.org:80/programs . 2010-04-26 .
  9. Web site: March 18, 2021. GuideStar. live. March 18, 2021. GuideStar. https://web.archive.org/web/20210218200854/https://www.guidestar.org/profile/26-2214534 . 2021-02-18 .
  10. Web site: Welcome the Brooklyn Community Pride Center to Restoration. en-US. 2020-02-16. 2020-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216020127/https://restorationplaza.org/brooklyncommunitypridecenter/. dead.
  11. Web site: Brooklyn Community Pride Center Announces New HQ. Tracy. Matt. 2020-02-12. Gay City News. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200213133340/https://www.gaycitynews.com/brooklyn-community-pride-center-announces-new-hq/ . 2020-02-13 . 2020-02-16.

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