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Rainbow Connections ATX (a program of Family Eldercare) invites ALL LGBTQIA+Two-Spirit people & allies ages 18-110 to come together & create community through potlucks, storytelling events, dances & more! We will be bringing activities all over Austin as well as the greater Austin area...we want to meet ALL of you! We are also actively seeking volunqueers.
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See all- Austin PRIDE Parade Register to Join Rainbow Connections ATX!Needs location
You're INVITED! to walk with us in the 3rd Annual LEGENDS of PRIDE moment in the Austin PRIDE Parade!
We'd LOVE to have you join us (RCATX) to travel alongside the LEGENDS of PRIDE truck/float in this years Austin PRIDE Parade!
Register to join Rainbow Connections ATX & the LEGENDS of PRIDE!
Save the date Saturday, August 23rd please set aside from 7pm-9pm.
*As we get closer we can give you actual times we’ll need you to arrive and where to go exactly in an email (you must register to get this info.)The float will be exclusively for our LEGENDS (60+), and we’d LOVE to have you & your friends join us alongside them!
Dress code is family friendly fun & fabulous with a bonus for anything that lights up (the parade is in the evening hours).
Any questions please contact us at RCATX@familyeldercare.orgThe first step in confirming your participation this year is to fill out the waiver by August 22nd.
Click Here To Register For PARADEHuge thank you to AGE of Central Texas for joining us and providing accessible & air conditioned seats for our Legends of PRIDE!
And Austin Alzheimer's Association for their continued help planning!
You are NOT registered until waiver is signed.Click Here To Register For PARADE
*are you or is someone you know LGBTQIA2S+ and 60 or older?
If you/they would like to ride (walk alongside option available as well) as a LEGEND of PRIDE have them register at the above link and choose LEGEND from the drop down menu! - Online Support Group for LGBTQIA2S+ Caregivers (Now on 2nd Sunday)Link visible for attendees
The 2nd Sunday of each month from 1-2pm on Zoom
This online support group for LGBTQIA2S+ Caregivers is a space of peer support led by Paige Schilt, LMSW and Robert Arambel, LMSW offered by Rainbow Connections ATX.All participants will be pre-screened to create a supportive space.
Once you have been pre-screened you will be given the Zoom info and are free to drop in as you need.Please do not share the group Zoom link - do feel free to share the interest form link (click & fill out to request a spot):
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This support group is open to TwoSpiritLGBTQIA+ people 18-110 who are currently caregiving, have been a caregiver in the past, and even those that are in the anticipatory space of upcoming caregiving.
Allies caring for Qmmunity members specifically are welcome too!
There is value to past, present, and future experiences/preparations.
