On Sunday, April 2, volunteers met for our monthly meeting to plan and organize the upcoming Spencer Pride Festival. The meeting was well-attended. Our demolition work day was the same… Read More »April Meeting Keeps Festival Momentum Going
On Sunday, April 2, nearly 15 Spencer Pride volunteers spent the day doing some really nasty work at the commUnity center. They hammered, sawed, pried, & shoveled to clean the… Read More »Demolishing Expectations (& Walls) at the commUnity center
When we first asked the public to provide name recommendations for our new mascot, we had no idea how many would come flooding in! Below are a list of the… Read More »Mascot Name Ideas Flooding In!
Help us name our new mascot! Our mascot prefers the pronouns “They/Them/Their.” They are a raccoon. Did you know that a group of raccoons is called a “gaize?” Please suggest… Read More »Now Introducing…….?
This past Sunday, volunteers met for the monthly Spencer Pride planning meeting. Although planning for our event begins immediately after the prior year’s event ends, the work of our volunteers… Read More »Successful Turnout at March Meeting; Lots of Festival Work Underway!
We are excited to announce that this year’s Spencer Pride Festival theme will be “We The People.” This theme was selected after soliciting our volunteers & the general public for… Read More »2017 Festival Theme Announced
On February 27, after the first night of the LGBTQ+ miniseries “When We Rise,” Indianapolis television station RTV6 featured Spencer Pride in a segment that highlights our work in helping… Read More »Spencer Pride Featured on RTV6 (The Indy Channel)
We are now accepting applications for the 2nd annual Spencer Pride/White River Valley PFLAG scholarship! This scholarship is intended for high school seniors who are pursuing post-secondary education. Individuals… Read More »2017 Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted
On Friday evening, Spencer Pride was honored in Indianapolis as a 2017 “Champion of Diversity.” Spencer Pride was among several organizations & individuals who received recognition at the 12th annual… Read More »It’s official: Spencer Pride is a 2017 “Champion of Diversity”
This week, it was announced that the Town of Spencer would be receiving a Main Street Revitalization Program grant through the federal Community Development Block Grant Program. This grant awards… Read More »Downtown Revitalization Grant to Benefit Spencer Pride commUnity center
Spencer Pride, Inc., is excited to announce that we’ve been chosen as a 2017 Champion of Diversity honoree by Indiana Minority Business Magazine. The award letter explains, “Spencer Pride has been selected… Read More »“Champion of Diversity” Recognition
The Spencer Coloring Book is now available at the Spencer Pride commUnity center. This is a wonderful gift for all ages, featuring nearly 60 local sites drawn by local artists… Read More »Spencer Coloring Book NOW AVAILABLE
With the results of 2016 election still reverberating through the nation, we understand the many concerns being voiced about the potential impact of the Trump-Pence administration on the lesbian, gay,… Read More »Spencer Pride Board of Directors Statement Regarding the 2016 Presidential Election: Our Work Continues
October is LGBT History Month, a month-long annual observance of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history, and the history of the gay rights and related civil rights movements. To further… Read More »LGBT History Month Educational Displays Up
SPENCER, INDIANA – The historic Tivoli Theater in downtown Spencer will again be the site of Spencer Pride’s annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender (LGBT) History Month event “A Night… Read More »Another “Night at the Tivoli” in Celebration of LGBT History Month
This past weekend, the Spencer Pride commUnity center and its shop, Unity, officially opened it’s doors to the public. The Grand Opening celebration was intentionally timed to coincide with the annual… Read More »commUnity center Grand Opening a Huge Success
Another shop is about to arrive on the square in downtown Spencer. Unity is a distinctive retail store located within the Spencer Pride CommUnity Center at 46 E. Market Street,… Read More »Downtown Diversity Expanding with Unity
The 2016 Spencer Pride 10th Anniversary Festival was an amazing success by nearly all measures, despite a drizzly morning and a major downpour in the afternoon. An estimated 2000 people… Read More »2016 Festival Sets Record Despite Rain
The names below are the individuals who lost their lives in the Pulse nightclub massacre in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 12, 2016. The Spencer Pride Board of Directors and… Read More »Orlando Massacre Victims
Last night, in what is now the deadliest mass shooting in United States’ history, at least 50 people were killed & another 53 injured in an Orlando gay night club.… Read More »Spencer Pride’s Statement on the Orlando Massacre
