Prism is organizing to take action on what we learned in 2025 listening sessions! Whether you have attended a Prism listening session or not, you're invited to our Prism Rainbow Road Launch: West Metro to learn and shape how we organize together in 2026. Participants will share pizza, offer feedback on top-level findings, make plans for what Prism efforts look like in the West Metro, and save dates for other upcoming actions. Our hosts at Chapel Hills United Church of Christ are offering hospitable space and refreshments; people of all faiths, beliefs, and backgrounds are fully welcome. Come as you are, and leave with strengthened ties to the rainbow community right where we live!
More details:
From April to October 2025, Prism held seventeen LGBTQ community conversations with 500+ participants across Minnesota, listening for what challenges queer people face. Since then, Prism's leaders have been exploring and synthesizing what we've learned from our neighbors, which include:
- SAFETY: Protection from hostility, violence, and exclusion
- DIGNITY: Access, care, and everyday livability
- LIBERATION: Visibility, connection, and collective power
Prism's leadership is now organizing January sessions in regions across the state where we'll share and get feedback on these results, then launch a set of proposed actions to connect with others, develop regional leadership, and organize in response to these vital needs! A light pizza dinner will be provided.
Please sign up to attend our West Metro Rainbow Road Launch on Tuesday, January 6 at 6 pm here:
https://tinyurl.com/bdf9k9dz
(This will be an in-person event at Chapel Hills United Church of Christ, 6512 Vernon Ave S, Edina, MN 55436.)
