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Celebrating @bmoreblaqpride ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ and fostering community, care, and culture in Baltimore since 2002. โœŠ๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿฆ€
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On October 24, 2026, weโ€™re bringing Baltimoreโ€™s Black LGBTQ+ community, allies, chosen families, survivors, supporters and community organizations together for an evening centered around safety, belonging, healing, connection, celebration, remembrance and resources. The Village Walk is the inaugural community walk presented by The Village Project Foundation. This is more than a walk โ€” It is a reminder that community still exists and that nobody has to navigate life alone. NO ONE WALKS ALONE. ๐ŸŒธ And when the walk ends, the Village experience continues. Come meet some of the people and organizations showing up for our community, grab something to eat and enjoy the vibe. Registration is FREE and everyone who comes in love and support of our community is welcome. by @blaqequitybmore
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October 24th we have our Annual Community Gathering at Lexington Market! Come through and let's talk about all things BLAQ Pride and what matters to the community. Tired of not seeing something? Come tell us. Want to see more? Come share what it is. Ready to be move from behind the screen and get involved? Come learn how. ๐Ÿ˜€ Then join us for The Village Walk that kickoffs on Saint Paul St. at 5 PM. See you next Saturday! ๐Ÿ‘€ taken in Lexington Market by @blaqequitybmore
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๐Ÿšจ NEW LOCATION ALERT ๐Ÿšจ See you Sunday at Ema's Corner for the 2026 Baltimore BLAQ Pride Pageant! Come celebrate the legacy and reign of our Baltimore Blaq Pride Royalty: Miss BLAQ Pride โ€” Chanel Janae Chloe Mr. BLAQ Pride โ€” Inferno Bonet Mx. BLAQ Pride โ€” Femme Daddy Fox And let's welcome the next generation of leaders as they compete October 18th from 5-9 PM, who will continue the tradition of pride, visibility, excellence, and service within Baltimoreโ€™s Black LGBTQ+ community. ๐ŸŽŸ $10 At The Door. No RSVP. taken in Emaโ€™s Corner Pizza & Bar by @blaqequitybmore
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๐ŸŒฑโœŠ๐Ÿพ GOOD LAND. GOOD PEOPLE. BIG COMMUNITY ENERGY! ๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ’š What better way to celebrate BLAQ Pride than by getting our hands in the soil, showing love to our neighbors, and giving back to the land that gives so much to us?! ๐ŸŒป This Indigenous Peoplesโ€™ Day, weโ€™re teaming up with Baltimore BLAQ Pride for a beautiful Day of Service at Whitelock Community Farm! ๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸŒฟ Because community isnโ€™t just something we talk about. Itโ€™s something we GROW, NOURISH, and BUILD together. ๐ŸŒฑ Join us for a day rooted in Black joy, queer liberation, collective care, and the power of showing up for one another. Whether youโ€™re a seasoned gardener or have never planted a seed in your life, thereโ€™s a place for YOU here! ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿพ ๐ŸŒป DAY OF SERVICE ๐Ÿ“ Whitelock Community Farm, Baltimore ๐Ÿ“… October 12 โฐ 10 AM โ€“ 2 PM Come get your hands dirty, connect with some incredible people, and learn how our Black queer-led community farm is working to grow food, strengthen neighborhoods, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore. โœจ No experience needed. Just bring yourself, your energy, and a little love for the land! As we honor Indigenous Peoplesโ€™ Day, weโ€™re reminded that caring for the land also means honoring its history, its original stewards, and our collective responsibility to the generations still to come. ๐Ÿ’š NO COMMUNITY CAN EXIST WITHOUT CONTRIBUTION. Letโ€™s plant seeds of change, cultivate joy, and remind one another what becomes possible when we grow TOGETHER! ๐Ÿ”— Register using the QR code or visit www.blaquequity.com/pride ๐Ÿ’š A special thank you to our incredible community partners and sponsors! Weโ€™re deeply grateful to @blaqequitybmore, @viivhealthcareus, and @baltcitylgbtq for helping make this celebration of community, service, and collective care possible. Your commitment to uplifting Black LGBTQ+ communities and creating spaces where we can connect, thrive, and give back reminds us of whatโ€™s possible when we come together with a shared purpose. Thank you for investing in our communities and helping us continue to plant seeds of joy, justice, and lasting change! ๐ŸŒฑโœŠ๐Ÿพ๐ŸŒˆ #WhitelockCommunityFarm #BaltimoreBLAQPride #CommunityCare #indigenouspeoplesday taken in Whitelock Community Farm by @blaqequitybmore
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The Sankofa Exchange begins today, as part of Black SGL/LGBTQ+ Baltimore comes together to learn from one another and build a plan for what comes next. We'll start with what's ours to protect: the path to homeownership, the title that secures it, and the rights that keep money in our pockets. From there, we turn to caring for one another, with STOP THE BLEEDยฎ and naloxone trainings, an honest look at the war on drugs, and space to heal through art. We'll explore personal style, creative storytelling, and what adult friendship and chosen family really require. Then we'll focus on building power: learning from trans leaders, making room for young people, holding our elected officials accountable, and designing the future we deserve. Along the way, with Collective Imagining sessions, we'll turn what we've learned into real action plans for our community. ๐Ÿ“ Lord Baltimore Hotel | October 5thโ€“8th ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Free/PWYC - Open to all! www.blaqequity.org/pride Register at the link in bio, and bring someone with you. #SankofaExchange #BLAQEquity #BlackQueerBaltimore by @blaqequitybmore
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Say hello to Phillip Westry, Executive Director of FreeState Justice, joining us for our day of Economics & Technology. Phillip(he/him) is an attorney, nonprofit executive, and civil rights advocate with 15+ years of experience at the intersection of law, public policy, and community impact. As Executive Director of FreeState Justice, Maryland's LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, he leads work to expand access to legal services, advance policy change, strengthen community partnerships, and respond to the evolving needs of LGBTQ+ Marylanders. Throughout his career โ€” from representing people facing housing instability, consumer debt, and discrimination to leading a statewide civil rights organization โ€” he has used law, advocacy, and leadership to help people navigate systems, challenge injustice, and create greater access, dignity, and opportunity. ๐Ÿ“ฃ The Economic Impact of Knowing Your Rights Not knowing your rights can cost you more than you think. In this session, we'll look at everyday situations where people unknowingly leave money on the table, including workplace pay and leave, housing and security deposits, consumer protections, benefits eligibility, and dealing with debt collectors. You'll leave knowing what to look for, what questions to ask, and where to turn when your rights and your money are on the line. ๐Ÿ“… October 5th ๐Ÿ• 3:20 PM ๐Ÿ“Œ The Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 West Baltimore Street ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register at the link in bio or at www.blaqequity.org/pride #SankofaExchange2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #BLAQEquity by @blaqequitybmore
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As part of the Sankofa Exchange Conference, we are proud to screen 'The Elements of Mutual Aid,' a four-part docu-series that explores how to transform our mutual aid efforts into deeply relational, strategic, and revolutionary practices. Each part connects to that day's theme. ๐Ÿ”ฅ Fire: Mutual aid is our spark of humanity, and we must defend it as those in power try to stomp it out. This chapter sets the series' foundation: What is mutual aid, how is it different from charity, why is it at odds with those in power, and can it help sustain our resistance to oppression? Meet supply distros in Detroit and Atlanta alongside unhoused families in Los Angeles reclaiming homes from the State. ๐ŸŒŠ Water: Colonization & capitalism are dams holding us back from each other. This chapter is all about tearing them down so we can let mutual aid flow between us. We discuss creating safer spaces, handling crisis without police, & navigating power dynamics, ๏ฟฝburnout, & conflict. Meet a self-defense project for trans femmes of color in Oakland, a group building crisis response skills in Detroit, and a community project combating patriarchy in Los Angeles. ๐ŸŒณ Earth: This chapter looks at how to grow projects with strong, interconnected roots that can support communities. It explores how local needs and capacity should inform our projects, how we can network smaller projects over large areas, and how we can build infrastructure that outlasts crisis points. Meet a harm reduction project in Tucson, an international decentralized disaster response network, and a web of mutual aid centers in Puerto Rico. ๐ŸŒฌ๏ธ Air: Like the wind, our conditions are always shifting. The spirit of Air teaches us to speak, listen, strategize, and change with the seasons. This chapter explores decision-making, managing resources without hoarding them, weighing the pros and cons of formality and scale, and making our projects accessible. ๐Ÿ“… October 5th - 8th ๐Ÿ“Œ The Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 West Baltimore Street ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register at the link in bio or at www.blaqequity.org/pride #SankofaExchange2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #BLAQEquity by @blaqequitybmore
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Say hello to Candy Kerr (she/they), Communications Manager with the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition, presenting at the Sankofa Exchange Conference 2026 as part of our day of Community Power & Learning. Black transracially adopted femmenby from the hills of PA Appalachia, settled and based in Baltimore City, Candy Kerr is an abstinence-based sober harm reductionist, Advocate and public speaker. Starting her official harm reduction work in 2017 with BmorePOWER and moving to Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition in 2018, she has been integral to harm reduction education and policy within Baltimore City and Maryland. Her focus on racial justice, radical love, direct communication, and innate curiosity influences how she approaches all of her work. ๐Ÿ“ฃ How to Annoy Your Councilperson A brief guide on why and how emailing and/or calling your city council representative and showing up to city council events actually makes a difference, plus it's not as intimidating as it seems. ๐Ÿ“… October 8th ๐Ÿ• 2:10 PM ๐Ÿ“Œ The Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 West Baltimore Street ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register at the link in bio or at www.blaqequity.org/pride #SankofaExchange2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #BLAQEquity by @blaqequitybmore
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Say hello to Cherokaree Tsalagi, CEO/Creative Director of Tsalagi Textiles Studio and 2025 Sankofa Award Winner, as part of our day of Arts & Culture. ๐Ÿ“ฃ Stitch Your Story Into A Creative Ecosystem This session explores how to build critical-thinking skills through a community arts education framework. Using sewing as an art form, this session shows how a creative ecosystem requires a structure to support action-oriented goals. Stitching, a repetitive form of art-making, creates wellness through stillness and meditative benefits that alleviate PTSD, anxiety, and depression. During this session, you will stitch a Tree of Life, with branches representing steps toward building your creative ecosystem. With each branch, you'll also write out the necessary parts of the process. The creative ecosystem becomes a manifesto of what your intentions will become: roots for the goal, project, process, or concept you need to solve. By the end, you will have built a foundation for your creative ecosystem that weaves all your critical thinking together, with solutions provided by your Tree of Life. ๐Ÿ“… October 7th ๐Ÿ• 2:45 PM ๐Ÿ“Œ The Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 West Baltimore Street ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register at the link in bio or at www.blaqequity.org/pride #SankofaExchange2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #BLAQEquity by @blaqequitybmore
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Say hello to EK Outlaw, Isaiah Lawrence, and Candy Kerr of the Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition, presenting at the Sankofa Exchange Conference 2026 as part of our day of Health & Wellness. ๐Ÿ“ฃ The Racist War on Drugs & Naloxone (Overdose Reversal Drug) Training A brief history of the 145-year-long racist war on drugs that has brought us to today and how everyone can play a part in fighting against it regardless of drug use. This session will close out with a naloxone (overdose reversal drug) training and distribution. ๐Ÿ“… October 6th ๐Ÿ• 1 PM ๐Ÿ“Œ The Lord Baltimore Hotel, 20 West Baltimore Street ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Register at the link in bio or at www.blaqequity.org/pride #SankofaExchange2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #BLAQEquity by @blaqequitybmore
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Please join us in congratulating the final nominees for the 2026 Carlton R. Smith ICON Awards! ๐Ÿ‘‘โœจ ๐Ÿซจ The Change Maker: Karl Ray Green Jr. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿพ Community Impact Top Nominees: Baltimore Center Stage, FreeState Justice, Tony Aye Artistry ๐Ÿ“ฃ People's Advocate: Xavier Conaway ๐Ÿ€ The Playmaker Top Nominees: Keno'e "Mo" Mullings โ€ข Olanrele Oni โ€ข Justin Stith ๐ŸŽ Sankofa Award Top Nominees: Jamar Day โ€ข Jabari Lyles โ€ข Joseph Sothern ๐ŸŽญ The Spotlight: Black Assets ๐Ÿ“– Storyteller Honors Top Nominees: Sydney J. Allen โ€ข Preston Crowder โ€ข Dr. Kalima Young ๐ŸŽง The Vibe Architect Top Nominees โ€” category with the most submissions in 2026!: Devin โ€œ DJ DNYCEโ€ Portee, Kotic Couture, S.DOT These honorees were the top scorers by a panel of 10 judges that included the BLAQ Equity Board, some of our 2025 winners, and community leaders. Judges reviewed and scored every nomination on impact, recognition, category fit, and the strength of the community's voice behind it. Come celebrate them and our BLAQ Pride Hall of Fame Inductees, Marquis Clanton and Senator Mary L. Washington, in person on October 9th at the SNF Parkway Theatre. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Grab your tickets for the ICON Awards show and step into WONDALAND, where formal meets fantasy, with us. Link in bio or at blaqequity.org/icon-awards! #ICONAwards2026 #BaltimoreBLAQPride #WONDALAND #BLAQPride #BlackQueerJoy by @blaqequitybmore
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This recognition belongs to every volunteer, performer, organizer, sponsor, and community member who has shown up for us. So let us remind you who we are, in case anybody forgot: BLAQ Equity Baltimore is Black-founded and Black-led. Since 2002. Not for a season, not for a grant cycle, or for a photo op. We have always stayed who we are, and we have always put us first, even amid transitions, instability, controversies, pandemics, and so on. And because we put BLAQ folks first, we need BLAQ folks to show up. Not just with your dollars, though those certainly matter. Your presence. Your hands. Your time. Your voice. If something isn't right and you want it to change, don't sit at home. Don't drag it in the group chat or in the comments. Come to the event, tell us to our faces, and then roll up your sleeves and help build what you want to see. Critique without contribution doesn't move us forward โ€” it just adds to the noise. Black Prides are Black institutions, and Black institutions need support like any Black business. Without it, we fall. Look around โ€” Nonprofits are failing and folding almost every day. The institutions that were supposed to hold us are crumbling, cutting, and walking away. But you know what never leaves? Our chosen family. Our friends. Our community. The folks who fed you when you got put out. The ones who held you at the funeral, at the clinic, at the club, at the kitchen table. We are all we got to protect what's ours: our history, our legacies, our futures, our very lives. If we don't get in the habit of showing out now, in 5 or 10 years we could be looking at a Black Pride in Baltimore produced by "the Blacks" in a white-led organization. Or a Black Pride so fractured, so siloed, so disconnected that we can't find each other across our communities, identities, and experiences anymore โ€” A house divided cannot stand. This October, show up. Volunteer. Donate. Bring your friends. Bring your critiques and your capacity. Bring your whole Black, queer, beautiful self. We've been here. We're still here. And with you, we'll always be here. In solidarity, BLAQ Equity Baltimore ๐Ÿ–คโœŠ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ by @blaqequitybmore
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