(Photo from Hope CommUnity Center’s Facebook)
APOPKA, Fla. | Hope CommUnity Center in Apopka will host the city’s first-ever LGBTQ Pride celebration May 14.
The nonprofit center, which celebrates its 50-year anniversary this year, is partnering with local organizations 26Health, Come Out with Pride, Contigo Fund, Descolonizarte Teatro, One Orlando Alliance and Peer Support Space on the event.
Orgullo en La Esperanza (Pride in Hope) is a free event that will be held at Hope’s 800 S. Hawthorne Ave. location starting at noon and will feature family-focused vendors, live entertainment and activities to celebrate the family culture of Apopka and beyond. Hope first announced the event on its Facebook page during Trans Day of Visibility March 31.
Hope recently named Felipe Sousa-Lazaballet, board chair for the One Orlando Alliance, as the organization’s new executive director.
For more information on the first-ever LGBTQ Pride celebration in Apopka, go to Facebook.com/HopeCCApopka.
