FIERCE is located at
147 West 24th street, 6th floor
Monday to Friday 4pm-8pm
Take F/1/E/R/C to 23rd street
Our S.P.O.T. (SAFE PLACE to ORGANIZE TOGETHER)
How dope would it be to have an LGBT youth center at the pier? Youth counseling, peer mentoring, health services, visual and performance arts space, job training, educational classes - sounds pretty hot, right? If you think it's time to have a center at the pier for LGBT youth, get down with FIERCE and fight for one. Real change can only happen through people power!
SAFE SPACE SAVES LIVES
Wonder why the bathrooms close at the Christopher St. Pier so much earlier than the actual pier does? So does FIERCE. Last year our members fought hard to keep the curfew on the pier extended to 1:00am instead of 10:00pm. We won. We also fought for the bathrooms to stay open longer, and for more affrodable food options at the pier. We are still fighting for these basic things. We need ALL LGBT YOUTH OF COLOR to be in this fight with us. Whose pier? OUR PIER!
For more information about our campaigns, please call Glo at 646.336.6789 x203 or email glo@fiercenyc.org
FIERCE is a membership-based organization building the leadership and power of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) youth of color in New York City. We develop politically conscious leaders who are invested in improving ourselves and our communities through youth-led campaigns, leadership development programs, and cultural expression through arts and media. FIERCE is dedicated to cultivating the next generation of social justice movement leaders who are dedicated to ending all forms of oppression.
FIERCE is working hard to get an LGBTQ Youth Center built on Pier 40. If you want to support FIERCE in our fight to get the youth center built, this is what you can do:
1) Watch the videos
2) Make FIERCE your friend on myspace and facebook
3) Put the videos on your myspace page
4) Tell your friends about the issue
5) Come to FIERCE to learn more about us
6) Stay fabulous!
LS on Pier 40
Kimmie on Pier 40
John on Pier 40
Please click below to watch a clip from Fenced OUT, a documentary about the struggle of LGBTSTQ youth of color to save the Christopher St. Pier and the West Village from re-development and gentrification. Want to see more? Email fencedout@fiercenyc.org to purchase your copy of Fenced OUT.
Who I'd like to meet: BECOME A MEMBER OF FIERCE! There are many ways you can get involved. If you are a Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, Queer, or Questioning (TLGBTSQQ) youth of color between the ages of 13-24, you should join FIERCE!
There is something going on every week at FIERCE:
MEMBERSHIP MEETING: 1st Tuesday of every month
Want to know what FIERCE is up to? Want to meet more members? Are you new and wanna get down? Are you a member and haven't been around for a minute? The membership meetings are a great way to GET INFORMED and GET INVOLVED!!
LET'S POLITIK: 2nd Thursday of every other month
Let's start politiking over the issues that mean most to us. This is a space where we talk deeper than what's on the surface, and dissect why we experience some of the messed up things we go through. Let's Politik also features some of the most exciting workshops that deal with sex, gender, gender identity, and race.
CAMPAIGN STEERING COMMITTEE: 3rd Thursday of every month
Let's get this campaign started right! Maybe you got a hot idea for our campaigns, or maybe you just wanna have a more hands-on experience with the campaign. However you wanna be involved, CSC meetngs are the place to be at!
FIERCE FRIDAY: Last Friday of every month
Parties, open mics, speak outs, workshops, discussions, movie nights - FIERCE Friday is where it's going down! Come meet other FIERCE members and chill out over some grub and peace conversation.
If you are interested in becoming a member, hit us up on myspace, give us a call at 646.336.6789, or check out our website at www.fiercenyc.org.
Feel free to come to our office located at 147 West 24th street, 6th floor. Our drop-in hours are Monday to Friday 4pm-8pm. Take the F/1/E/R/C to 23rd street.
Celebrate Bisexuality Day also called Bisexual Pride Day is held annually on September 23[& traditionally celebrated with events through-out that week and week-end] and puts the Bisexual/Pansexual Community on the map with its call to Promote Visibility and Celebrate the Wonderful Diversity of ALL our Communities, Friends, Families, Allies and Lives with various sorts of GREAT EVENTS from Evening Potlucks, to Afternoon Picnics, from Panel Discussions to Dinner Dances and so much more.
So what are you or your group doing to celebrate this year?
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oh my goodness i would absolutely LOVE to be a part of this, sounds like a good plan :( do you guys do stuff outside of NYC? Coz i go to school in buffalo still in NY just no where close to the city :(
hey fierce was just dropping by your page just to show some purple love i'm back lols i wa son vacation in canada for a while i missed everyone like crazy so my dad shipped my ass down here lol i was suppose to be in canada from 2 months i couldnt even take 2 weeks
