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|  | Affinity Burning Bowl hosts first-ever virtual event amid pandemic 2021-01-14
- Amidst the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Affinity Community Services (Affinity) held its annual Burning Bowl Jan. 9 on Zoom and Facebook Live. This year's theme was "Community Undivided." Among other items, the Barbara "Robbie" Smith Award of ...
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| | Affinity ED steps down shortly after being named 2020-07-16
- Effective July 9, Affinity Executive Director McKensie Mack is no longer with the organization, a press release stated. In June, Mack was named as the new leader of Affinity, a social-justice organization serving the needs of ...
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| | Affinity names new executive director 2020-06-08
- The board of directors at Affinity Community Services ("Affinity")— a social-justice organization serving the needs of the Black LGBTQ+ community, with a particular focus on Black women—has announced the appointment ...
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| | Affinity to mark 25th anniversary virtually 2020-05-21
- Co-chairs and the Affinity Community Services board of directors recently announced that Affinity's 25th-anniversary event will be a virtual experience taking place the weekend of Oct. 9-11, with the centerpiece event on Saturday, Oct. 10. Co-chairs ...
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| | Affinity says goodbye to executive director Imani Rupert-Gordon 2020-02-19
- Staff and supporters of Affinity Community Services sent off departing Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon with a celebration at its South Loop headquarters on Feb. 13. Rupert-Gordon had led the agency, which primarily serves LGBT persons of ...
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| | "A Toast to Imani" farewell event Feb. 13 2020-02-05
- "A Toast to Imani: A See You Later Not a Goodbye" will be held at Affinity Community Services, 2850 S. Wabash Ave., on Thursday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. Affinity Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon is departing ...
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| | Affinity ED Rupert-Gordon to become National Center for Lesbian Rights ED 2019-12-17
- Chicago — The Board of Directors for Affinity Community Services announces the resignation of Imani Rupert-Gordon as executive director, as she leaves Chicago to become the executive director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) ...
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| | Lesbian author/advocate Julie Justicz writes on 'Difficulty' 2019-10-16
- Chicago attorney/social justice advocate Julie Justicz has a history of fostering an affinity for the written word. Her first novel, Degrees of Difficulty, was a 20-year process—but it's finally available wherever books are sold. "I'm an ...
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| | 'OUT of the Office' May 30 at I/O Godfrey 2019-05-28
- "OUT of the Office 2019" will take place Thursday, May 30, at the I|O Godfrey, 127 W. Huron St., 5-8 p.m. This annual event kicks off Gay Pride Month in Chicago, and will raise money for Affinity Chicago, Heartland Health and ...
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| | Affinity's Burning Bowl honors former leader Kim Hunt 2019-01-15
- About a hundred people gathered for Affinity Community Services' annual kick-off event, Burning Bowl, Jan. 12 at Morgan Park United Methodist Church (UMC). This year's theme was Ever Ours: Resisting with Purpose to Thrive in the ...
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| | LGBTQ mayoral forum Jan. 19 2019-01-15
- An LGBTQ mayoral forum will take place Saturday, Jan. 19, 2-4 p.m., at the Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 S. Michigan Ave. LGBTQ community organizations Affinity Community Services, the Association of Latinos/as Motivating Action, the Chicago Black ...
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| | LGBTQ mayoral forum Jan. 19 2019-01-03
- An LGBTQ mayoral forum will take place Saturday, Jan. 19, 2-4 p.m., at the Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 S. Michigan Ave. LGBTQ community organizations Affinity Community Services, the Association of Latinos/as Motivating Action, the Chicago Black ...
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| | SAGE, NCLR hosting meetings Nov. 14 2018-11-12
- SAGE and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) are hosting two community meetings Wed., Nov. 14, regarding housing discrimination. The events will be 2-4 p.m. at Affinity Community Services, 2850 S. Wabash Ave., #108; and ...
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| | Affinity hosts W.O.M.B. pride night 2018-06-23
- The monthly W.O.M.B. poetry and performance night June 21 at Affinity Community Services in Bronzeville featured special readings written by African American legends including Pat Parker and Audre Lorde, as interpreted by Chicago women, as well ...
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| | Black Lesbian exhibit opens with filmmaker Welbon 2018-06-15
- 10F0LD Productions and curator Kru is now presenting the Black Lesbian Archives Exhibit, with an opening June 14 at Affinity Community Services in Bronzeville. Special guest was filmmaker and author Yvonne Welbon, in conversation with Kru ...
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