EPICenter
Edwardsville Pride Inclusivity Center
A source of pride, safety, equality, and support for the LGTBQIA+ community in the greater Edwardsville area.
Our Mission
Edwardsville Pride and Inclusivity Center, also known as EPIC or EPICenter, is an emerging nonprofit focused on providing support and a voice for our LGBTQ+ community.
We are run by people from our community, for our community.
We aim to provide resources, information, guidance, and whatever else our community may need throughout their journey.
We want everyone to have a genuine sense of pride in every aspect of who they are, as well as a way to make a difference in the world around them through that pride.
We endeavor to be active in the greater Edwardsville area through local activism and action.
Our pride is not just a quiet waving of flags; it is loud, ground-shaking work and it starts here at the EPICenter.
Upcoming Events
This month's EPICenter schedule.
Date: Sunday, October 13th, 2024
Time: 12:00 pm until 2:00 pm
Location: Sacred Grounds Cafe
Address: 233 N Main St, Edwardsville, IL 62025
To (belatedly) celebrate National Coming Out Day, join us on the 13th at Sacred Grounds for a little social gathering. No agendas, just queer folks hanging out being queer in public. Bring a craft project, play some games, partake of the delightful offerings of our hosts, Sacred Grounds, or just chill with other members of the community.
Special thanks to Kate & Sacred Grounds for allowing us to intrude upon their space.
Date: Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Time: 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Location: Edwardsville Public Library
Address: 112 S Kansas St, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Join us at the Edwardsville Public Library in the large, downstairs meeting room on the 17th for a special presentation.
In honor of October being LGBTQIA+ History Month, we will be hosting a multimedia presentation on queer history from early last century, particularly discussing the work of Magnus Hirschfeld and the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, his institute for the science of sexuality, before it was destroyed in one of the first and largest Nazi book burnings.
Date: Thursday, October 24th, 2024
Time: 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm
Location: Edwardsville Public Library
Address: 112 S Kansas St, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Join us at the Edwardsville Public Library on the 24th for our recurring LGBTQIA+ general support group.
We talk about issues affecting us, either as a community or just individuals. This is a community-led support group, not actual therapy.
Come and share, commiserate, celebrate, find and lend support to your fellow LGBTQIA+ people.
This event is open to those who know they are, or may be questioning if they are, a part of the LGBTIA+ community. Unaccompanied allies are welcome at other events.
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