Sit back and enjoy over 2 hours of entertainment from some of the best acts in our area! Join us here Sunday, August 22nd, 2021 at 1pm (Central Standard Time) or at one of the 4 LIVE Watch Parties happening that in Madison WI. The live watch parties are as follows: 1) The OutReach Pride Picnic will feature a big screen at Olin Park by the lake and picnic area. Our food vendor, Jason's Jerk will offer some food choices and if it rains, we’ll move to the shelter and big screen truck will park outside the shelter. Outside of the one food vendor its BYO everything. Beer & Wine are allowed in park but NO GLASS BOTTLES. No Beer or Wine Vendors will be available at park. Parking ONLY in parking lot. The boat launch is off limits 2) WOOF's will host a Watch Party. They will serve food, plus drinks, and have the video live. 114 King St, Madison WI 53703 3) FIVE NIGHTCLUB will also host a Watch Party with drinks, order appetizers, and live video. 5 Applegate Crt, Madison WI 53713 4) LGBTQ 50+ Alliance will also host a Watch Party at OutReach, 2701 International Lane, Madison WI 53704 Entertainment Featured: Anya Knees DaddyDon't GiveaDamn Dee Dee Purr DJ Femme Noir DJ Saint Saunter Jasper Madison Kat & The Hurricane Kiloakaskitlz Mettahdroid Mi Mi Sanchez Persephone B. Diamond Zed Kenzo For more information call 608.255.8582, Monday-Friday 12-7pm or send email to steves@lgbtoutreach.org. For updates please visit us here at www.outreachmagicfestival.org!

Join us for the 29th Annual OutReach Awards Celebration Saturday October 23rd airing at 6:30pm! This year we honor 7 community members/organizations that within the prior year helped advance the equality and quality of life for LGBTQ+ people in Dane County and beyond! Our 2021 Award Winners are: LGBTQ Advocate of the Year Tempestt Ballenger OutReach Volunteer of the Year Annmarie Preece Trans* Activist of the Year Mercury Stardust Trans* Activist of the Year Nipinet Landsem Ally of the Year Tanya Kraege Organization of the Year Trans Rights Coalition Courage Award Ali Muldrow Congratulations to the 2021 Inductees! Join us on Facebook, at our website, or here on YouTube on the day of the event! For more information, go to www.lgbtoutreach.org!

On August 21st 2021, Madison had its very first Kiki Ball to kickoff OutReach's Magic Festival Weekend (Aug 20th-22nd 2021). Having a “Kiki” Ball is literally meant for everyone to have a “Kiki”; a fun night while celebrating each other and paying homage to Ballroom culture. Commentator for the night was Milwaukee Ballroom Leader Ricardo aka TeeTee Mizrahi, from the Iconic International House of Mizrahi founded in 1992. Local Ballroom leaders were engaged for the judging of the competition, which include Milwaukee Ballroom leader Father Chad Dimeria Alain-Mikli, A’leah Hughes, T.S. Banks, & Deborah DeVille. SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE and performance by: Calypso Jeté Balmain from HBO MAX's LEGENDARY. Music by DJ Femme Noir Sponsors Included: Madison Gas and Electric, OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center, Cocoa Bean Skincare, Dana Pellebon, Loud N' Unchained Theater Company and Community of Black Creatives, and FIVE Nightclub in Madison, WI.

In the spring of 2021"OutReach through its ROAD FORWARD project put on a series of workshops to provide a a post-pandemic road forward. One of the Workshops was "Restoring Our Lives" moderated by OutReach's LGBTQ+ AODA Advocate, Linda Lenzke. The Workshop was led by Crystal Cox (she/her/hers). Crystal is an ally, and has served as Board Secretary on the Board of Directors of OutReach since 2019. She is also on the Board for the Gift of Adoption Fund, and participates in other organizations such as SecureFutures, Schools of Hope, and more. Professionally, she has worked as a financial advisor since 2014, and serves as VP-Wealth Management for Wealthspire Advisors in Madison. She grew up in Sun Prairie, and currently lives just outside of town with her spouse and their two dogs. http://www.lgbtoutreach.org/ Synopsis of Workshop: COVID-19 has caused unique challenges for everyone, but most significantly for the most marginalized communities. OutReach's The Road Forward initiative introduces RESTORING OUR LIVES - a workshop dedicated to assessing the needs in the community regarding homelessness & housing, job loss & reemployment, food insecurity, and more. After the initial needs assessment there will be a second workshop to discuss the tools and resources available to help us move forward in 2021 and beyond. We look forward to working with you all!

In the spring of 2021"OutReach through its ROAD FORWARD project put on a series of workshops to provide a a post-pandemic road forward. One of the Workshops was "Recovering Our Mental Health" moderated by OutReach's LGBTQ+ AODA Advocate, Linda Lenzke. The Workshop was led by Tanya Kraege (she/her/hers) Tanya is the Drug Poisoning Prevention Recovery Coach Team Manager at Safe Communities MDC and a mental health clinician at Journey Mental Health in the crisis unit. She specializes in working with people with substance use challenges, women using substances while pregnant, trauma, relationships and mental health challenges. Tanya has worked in the field of mental health and substance use for 13 years and currently oversees Recovery Coaches and Certified Peer Specialists who work in a variety of environments in Dane County to support people with SUD, MH and families affected by SUD and MH challenges. Tanya played a role in the Health Care Task Force on Safe Opioid Prescribing by participating in the academic detailing program for working with clinicians on co-prescribing Naloxone with opioid prescription medications. In addition to being a Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Substance Abuse Counselor, and a community advocate, Tanya has experience as a Recovery Coach, a Recovery Coach Trainer, a Certified Peer Specialist and Certified Peer Specialist Trainer, using her story of addiction and recovery to support all communities to discover hope and insight into new ways of living. https://safercommunity.net/ Synopsis of Workshop: Have you found yourself having more alcoholic beverages than usual over the past year? Have you felt like you lost hope and had difficulties getting the motivation to get out of bed over the past year? Were tasks that used to be simple and routine become more of a burden? Do you feel more isolated and disconnected from our community? Has the use of other substances that numb increased in isolation? You are not alone, even if it feels like it! I want to hear from you what you think would be the most helpful in moving forward to getting back to feeling more like ourselves, finding a renewed or newly found sense of purpose in spite of all the other challenges we had prior to COVID 19. Please share with us how the healing can begin and what areas it would be most beneficial for you! The intent of this workshop would be to discuss what would be the most impactful for healing in our community and then coming back together to talk about the resources, advocacy or support our community would need in order for that to occur.

Join Willma Flynn Stone as she celebrates her 60th Birthday and the 10 Year Anniversary of Willma's Fund with this Virtual Showcase! Willma's Fund is a program of OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center. All proceeds raised goes to WF to help prevent LGBTQ+ Homelessness in Dane County! Sponsors Include: *OutReach LGBTQ+ Community Center *Hinckley Productions *UW Health/Unity Point/ Quartz *D'Vino *WOOF'S *UW Credit Union *All of Us (UW) *First Baptist Church *MGE Willma will be hosting and performing and she will be joined by several musical acts! Featuring: *The Sessions, *Amy McNally *Nate Meng & Erin Thompson *DaddyDean Nett *Hannah Edlen & Brittany Hoefer *Charly Rowe *Nick Roberts & Meggie Shays *Arden Eckhardt *Willma Flynn-Stone We will go live on the Willma's Fund and OutReach Facebook pages as well as the main website and OutReach's YouTube on April 17th! Links below! * www.lgbtoutreach.org * www.facebook.com/WillmasFund * www.facebook.com/LGBTOutReach * www.youtube.com/channel/UCM7O__b2tz1QBIwMXuZefxw If you would like to donate early, you can donate by going to: www.outreachmadisonlgbt.org/donate