What Makes Pride is a 2021 series from PFLAG National in partnership with the Anna Julia Cooper Center and Wear Your Voice.
Hosted by AJC Center Founder and President Melissa Harris-Perry, What Makes Pride is dedicated to uplifting the work and lives–and sharing the stories–of LGBTQ+ BIPOC people, communities, and grassroots organizations.
In Episode 1 of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know two BIPOC Pride organizations and their organizers:
Jay Walker, Co-Founder of Reclaim Pride Coalition - https://reclaimpridenyc.org/
Taylor Alxndr, Executive Director of Southern Fried Queer Pride - http://www.southernfriedqueerpride.com/
In Episode 2 of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know two housing justice organizations and their organizers:
Mariah Moore, Co-Director of House of Tulip
Jesse Pratt-Lopez, Founder and Co-Director of Trans Housing Coalition
In Episode 3 of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know two organizations and their organizers centered around incarceration:
Dominique Morgan, Executive Director of Black and Pink -
Janetta Johnson, Executive Director, Transgender, Gender Variant, and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) -
In Episode 4 of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know two community organizations and their organizers:
Asanni Armon, Founder and Head Doll at For the Gworls -
Kerbie Joseph, Safe Outside the System Coordinator at Audre Lorde Project -
In Episode 5, Part I of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know our friends at the Center for Black Equity [https://centerforblackequity.org/].
In Episode 5, Part II of #WhatMakesPride, with host Melissa Harris-Perry, viewers get to know BIPOC families of LGBTQ+ people from PFLAG, the first and largest organization providing support, education, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ people and the people who love them.