ABOUT US
​Our Mission and Vision
Our mission is a commitment to equity and quality of life for all LGBTQ+ people through community building, health and human services, and economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.
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Our vision is to create a community where the presence and contributions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people are welcomed and celebrated; where intolerance is challenged and defeated; where justice prevails; and where civil rights of all people are valued and respected.
Statement for OutReach Social Media Pages and Websites
​Our Values
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We welcome, value and respect the presence, contributions and rights of all LGBT people.
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We believe that all forms of oppression need to be challenged and defeated and that equal access to opportunities is the norm.
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We will proactively pursue social change.
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We provide a safe and welcoming environment to staff, volunteers, stakeholders, consumers and all community members.
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We will strive to educate the community-at-large by conveying the realities of the lives of LGBT people and their families.
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We respect human dignity across cultural, ethnic, gender identity, ability, class and sex differences.
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We will act honestly, responsibly, accountably and with integrity in all matters.*
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We will access relevant information and prioritize customer needs in our daily work, organizational planning and decision-making process.
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We will treat our staff, donors, voluteers and customers as the valuable resouce they are.
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We will be leaders and role models in the LGBT community.
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We will act cooperatively and in coordination with other like-minded community organizations.
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We will strive to provide services to all in need regardless of income or educational level.
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We will strive to recognize and respond to community needs
Dear group and community members,
OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center is designated by the IRS as a 501(c)3 charity. Due to our organization status, we cannot engage in partisan politics, cannot endorse candidates, promote a political party, etc. We can post news about current events that affect the LGBT community, for example, gay marriage laws that have been passed.
Other political organizations such as Fair Wisconsin have lobbying designations, 501(c)4, or Political Action Committees and can do all the partisan political activity they want. Please do not post partisan political announcements here. We will have to delete them.
OutReach values diversity and we have zero tolerance for any form of harassment, victimization, hate-speech or bullying of any kind. We do not allow businesses to advertise or fund-raising requests to be posted on this page, so please don't post sales ads or donation requests.
Our mission is a commitment to equity and quality of life for all LGBTQ+ people through community building, health and human services, and economic, social, and racial justice advocacy.
Our vision is to create a community where the presence and contributions of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender people are welcomed and celebrated; where intolerance is challenged and defeated; where justice prevails; and where civil rights of all people are valued and respected.
To that end, we’re committed to transparency and accountability. If you have any questions, concerns, or objections to content that appears on OutReach-hosted social media pages, we will address those inquiries during our staffed office hours, Monday – Friday 12:00 – 7:00 p.m. when our executive director and board president, spokespeople for the organization, can respond with authority, care, and concern.
OutReach is a fiscal sponsor of the following groups, yet does not govern the projects that we fiscally sponsor: Building New Beginnings, Madison Area Transgender Association, Madison Gay Volleyball, and Madison
LGBTQ Archive. The groups OutReach fiscally sponsors must abide by our 501(c)3 designation. OutReach and its staff are not the administrators, moderators, or responsible for the content appearing on behalf of the groups or for responding to social media posts that appear on their pages. Please direct any questions, concerns, or objections to the individual group’s administrator(s).
Thank you,
Steve Starkey, Executive Director, OutReach LGBT Community Center
Jill Nagler, OutReach Board President