Presentations: Professional development opportunities through presentations and facilitated interactive sessions geared toward individual and team growth. Programs are customizable to meet working professionals' needs at all levels and learners through adult learning principles.
About Rainbow Dialogues
The Rainbow Dialogues is a series of community building conversations demonstrating how LGBTQ history and archival documents from the past are relevant for people today. The Dialogues will reference and contextualize LGBTQ life in Rochester against the backdrop of local and national social justice issues.
The Out Alliance Shoulders to Stand On Program’s 8th Initiative, the Rainbow Dialogues is
presented by the Out Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division (RPL), the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library(FFRPL), ImageOut, Rochester’s globally recognized LGBTQ Film Festival, The College at Brockport, WXXI and community volunteers.
presented by the Out Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library Local History and Genealogy Division (RPL), the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library(FFRPL), ImageOut, Rochester’s globally recognized LGBTQ Film Festival, The College at Brockport, WXXI and community volunteers.
We have received funding from the LGBT Fund of the Rochester Area Community Foundation, the NYS Humanities, the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library, and financial support from individuals in the community.
To all those who have helped in any way to make the Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues a success, Shoulders to Stand On, the Out Alliance and its partners THANK YOU for your
support. Your continued support will ensure the Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues continues
to make the LGBTQ history of Rochester visible and relevant.
support. Your continued support will ensure the Anthony Mascioli Rainbow Dialogues continues
to make the LGBTQ history of Rochester visible and relevant.
2020 Rainbow Dialogues
Theme: Intersectionality in Social and Political Change - A Historical Perspective
Keynote Title: O.W.T.™* - Servant Leadership as Activism
* pronounced "OUT" - One Witness' Testimony
Dr. Byrd will his share observations [witnessing], experiences and action [testimony] as a servant leader [behinds the scenes and upfront] within the intersectionality of his identities as a spiritual, gay, Black man. Starting from social action that impacted change related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the black and brown community, to highlights of the installation of a gay church in the Black church tradition that has a social justice ministry [based in liberation theology].