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On the left are the words "Celebrating Pride" laid overtop a painted rainbow smear. Beneath it is the Intersection Pride BBBS logo. On the right is a photo of J. Kyon, outside, smiling at the camera, in a polaroid style frame.

Celebrating Pride: J. Kyon

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022
#Big Pride, #Bigger Together, #J. Kyon, #Pride Month

J. Kyon, Director of Community Impact at YWCA of Kalamazoo, is an advocate for gender equity and a leading voice in the fight against racism.

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2022/06/28/celebrating-pride-j-kyon/

On the left are the words "Celebrating Pride" laid overtop a painted rainbow smear. Beneath it is the Intersection Pride BBBS logo. On the right is a photo of Dell Darnell standing in front of the Intersectional Flag in a polaroid style frame.

Celebrating Pride: Dell Darnell

June 23, 2022June 23, 2022
#Big Pride, #Dell Darnell, #Pride Month, #The Dapper Hammer

Dell Darnell is the owner of The Dapper Hammer. They are passionate about helping others gain access to information about gender diversity.

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2022/06/23/celebrating-pride-dell-darnell/

On the left are the words "Celebrating Pride" laid overtop a painted rainbow smear. Beneath it is the Intersection Pride BBBS logo. On the right is a photo of David Feaster, outside, looking away from the camera, in a polaroid style frame.

Celebrating Pride: David Feaster

June 18, 2022June 18, 2022
#Big Pride, #Bigger Together, #David Feaster, #Pride Month

David Feaster, Community Investment Officer at the Kalamazoo Community Foundation, is a leader in the Kalamazoo LGBTQIA+ community.

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2022/06/18/celebrating-pride-david-feaster/

On the left are the words, "Celebrating Local Black Pride"with a rainbow flag. Beneath that is the name "Dr. Michelle Johnson" then the intersectional BBBS logo. On the right, Dr. Johnson smiles at the camera.

Celebrating Pride and Local Black Heroes: Dr. Michelle S. Johnson

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022
#Big Pride, #Celebrating Local Black Heroes, #Celebrating Pride, #Dr. Michelle S. Johnson, #Local Black Heroes, #Pride Month

Dr. Michelle S. Johnson,CEO of Playgrown and co-founder of The Institute of Public Scholarship, changes Kalamazoo through her work.

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2022/06/09/celebrating-local-black-heroes-and-pride-michelle-johnson/

Celebrating Pride: Avery Green

June 24, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, #Avery Green, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride

Avery Green wants LGBTQ+ youth to hear, “Be yourself, be unapologetic. It’s going to be okay, you’ll find your people and your place. Sometimes it can be hard and people may not understand you, but you are strong. Everything that makes you different or stand out- people will value those things the most.”

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/24/celebrating-pride-avery-green/

Portrait of Demetrias Wolverton on the right with "Celebrating Pride" in front of rainbow striped paint brush strokes. On the bottom left, the BBBS Pride logo and a white band at the very bottom with "Demetrias Wolverton" in black text.

Celebrating Pride: Demetrias Wolverton

June 21, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride, #Demetrias Wolverton

Demetrias Wolverton wants BIPOC LGBTQ+ youth to know they shouldn’t, “… be afraid of occupying spaces as your authentic self, because queer people of color have been the pioneers of social justice and civil rights movements since the beginning of time.”

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/21/celebrating-pride-demetrias-wolverton/

Image of Denise Miller

Celebrating Pride: Denise Miller

June 17, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, ##Denise Miller, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride

Denise Miller says they would tell their younger self to, “Trust your heart, your self, your intuition, and your relationship with God.” Miller reflects that spending so much of their life fighting with their self-narrative only harmed them, no one else.

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/17/celebrating-pride-denise-miller/

Donta Andrews Feature Image

Celebrating Pride: Donta Andrews

June 14, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride, #Donta Andrews

Donta Andrews shares, “Women issues, race issues, LGBTQ issues are human issues. If you don’t care about them, you should be examining that.”

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/14/celebrating-pride-donta-andrews/

Celebrating Pride: Maggie Adams

June 9, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, ##Maggie Adams, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride

Maggie Adams hopes that one day there is “no such thing as ‘coming out’ … that ‘normal’ is young kids feeling valid and accepted …”

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/09/celebrating-pride-maggie-adams/

Nelly Smith

Celebrating Pride: Janelle “Nelly” Smith

June 3, 2021May 17, 2022
##biggertogether, #Big Pride, #Celebrating Pride, #Janelle "Nelly" Smith

Janelle “Nelly” Smith encourages LGBTQ+ youth to: “Live for you. Most people that are scared to come out … end up eating at themselves their whole life.”

https://www.bbbsmi.org/2021/06/03/janelle-nelly-smith/

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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Michigan – Youth Mentoring

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is the ability to succeed and thrive in life. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 6 through 18, in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

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