A word from Shéár.

Welcome to Period. Each page of NEW Pride Agenda’s new quarterly organizing newsletter is intended to be a starting place. A starting place for conversations, skill building, and community connections. A starting place to grow thoughts, ideas, and our collective leadership abilities into organized action. A starting place for us to move collectively beyond equality and towards equity. Period.

These are trying times, family. Our lives are under attack! At NEW Pride Agenda, we're standing up and fighting back, with you! Period.

With every issue, I hope you and I can envision solutions to pressing issues together. I’m confident that with each read, you’ll be more aware of upcoming community events, more informed about our advocacy efforts, and more experienced in effective organizing strategies. You’ll hear from your very own community-family as well as elected allies and leaders on the frontline. There will even be opportunities for you to engage, too, by participating in calls-to-action, submitting artwork, or writing to us to share your thoughts in a future publication.

With so much at stake, let’s organize and win together! We all have to start somewhere. I hope this monthly newsletter –resource, guide, toolkit, curated compilation – motivates you to get involved in some way and that over time, Period. can help connect the dots to our shared struggles and bridge the gaps between forces of oppression that keep us apart. We’re in this together – and we’re just getting started.

In Solidarity, Shéár Avory Lead Statewide Community Organizer NEW Pride Agenda