Lansing Association for Human Rights

01/30/2022

12/20/2021

Feeling isolated this holiday season? Want to help others feel less alone? Participate in this project started by Lansing Association for Human Rights and the Sometimes Art House! Sign up to send or receive a postcard designed by local artist Baz Pugmire via a link in the article or in the comments.

Emily Dievendorf had a problem. The advocacy director for the Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR) noticed the loneliness and isolation often felt among members of the LGBTQ+ community and other marginalized groups was exacerbated by the constraints of Covid. Contributing to the devastation b...

11/29/2021

Ingham County Health Department is providing free, confidential, and anonymous HIV testing for all Michigan residents in observance of World AIDS Day on Wednesday, December 1st from 8:00 am – 3 pm at Forest Community Health Center (2316 S. Cedar St. Lansing). Everyone tested during the event will receive a $5 or $10 Meijer gift card!

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Know your status! ICHD is providing free, confidential, and anonymous HIV testing for all Michigan residents in observance of World AIDS Day on Wednesday, December 1st from 8:00 am – 3 pm at Forest Community Health Center (2316 S. Cedar St. Lansing). Everyone tested during the event will receive a $5 or $10 Meijer gift card!

Clients can provide an anonymous name for their appointment and no picture I.D. or insurance is required. This event is walk-in, no appointments necessary. The test consists of a finger prick and results are given within 20 minutes.

For additional information, contact the HIV/STI prevention program at (517) 887-4424.

11/23/2021

We are proud to introduce the Love Notes Project. The Love Notes Project is a collaboration between the Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR) and Sometimes Art House (SAH). The Love Notes Project seeks to address the social isolation experienced by LGBTQIA+ folx, BIPOC folx and people living with HIV in particular. Our found and chosen families are often a saving grace for us, and the Love Notes Project will help us show each other that our Family is bigger than we ever could have imagined. You are seen, you are loved - just as you are.

How do you participate? Choose whether you want to send or receive a note. Choose which postcard you want sent. Write your message. We will write it out, sign it, take a photo and text it to you (if you choose that option), add a stamp and pop it in the mailbox. Just want to receive an encouraging note? Fill in your name and mailing address. Done and done!

Love the cards? We do too! Buy more cards and help us raise money for LAHR and SAH by buying sets or individual cards at The Resistance Bookstore when it opens at 515 W. Ionia St. Lansing, MI 48933. Proceeds will be split between the advocacy organizations 50/50 with no profit to the bookstore.

Attached is just ONE of the amazing custom designs created for the project by Sometimes Art House artist, Baz Pugmire.

Sometimes Art House (SAH) is an art collective founded by women artists of color (creators of the postcard art!) to encourage collaboration and self-care in the artistic process. Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR) pursues justice and equality for LGBTQIA peoples through community-led advocacy, connection and education in Mid-Michigan.

Use the following form to participate:

https://forms.gle/roH28AHA9Wy4xyMMA

10/25/2021

The Lansing Association for Human Rights is seeking new board members to serve in 2022!

LAHR is one of the oldest LGBTQIA+ advocacy organizations in Michigan, pursuing equality and justice through inspired activism, education, and connection.

If you're interested in joining us and building a more equitable and just Michigan, please apply by Saturday, November 20!

https://forms.gle/AfYrrZr3GJgBd7zB7

07/06/2021

LAHR is proud to announce the introduction of the Tri-County Food, Friends and Connections Program which seeks to address the unique needs faced by individuals 60+ living with HIV who are impacted by social isolation and food shortage. We know that communities already vulnerable to social isolation due to discrimination, and the social and systemic exclusion that stems from it, were already in need of support prior to COVID and now are need of even more intentional action. The Food, Friends and Connections program will be training volunteers to provide culturally competent and informed companionship to those 60+ living with HIV and our community members living with HIV can sign up to receive free meals weekly, participate in social activities with other participants, participate in social time with a volunteer companion or just participate in some of the options.

We are recruiting:

- Participants (aged 60+ living with HIV)
-volunteers to serve as companions
-trainers/partners in the project

We are reaching out to local resource agencies and community partners to help us facilitate monthly in-service trainings for volunteers and supportive sessions for participants. The project was created in collaboration with the Lansing Area AIDS Network (LAAN), the Tri-County Office on Aging (TCOA) and the RSVP of Ingham, Eaton & Clinton Counties, and the Lansing Association for Human Rights (LAHR).

Thanks again to local artist Douglas Bailey for creating the original art that perfectly captures the mission of the program!

A flier is available below and a tri-fold flier is also available for printing and distribution.

Each flier includes links to applications for opportunities to be a participant in the program or volunteer.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Plsfs6jZYcr0gMUrVgiSQAF9Qlmh9rq-/view?usp=sharing

06/24/2021

Join us for our first post-COVID gathering, on Sunday 07/11 from 1-3pm at the Brenke Fish Ladder in Old Town Lansing. We will be hosting a fun summer event!

🔴🟠🟡🟢🔵🟣⚫️🟤 Bring your own items to dye!

06/13/2021

CW: hate crime; homophobia; gun violence; love, love, love.

To all those we lost at the Pulse: Rest In peace and power and love for who you are, as you are. Dancing, dancing dancing.

Andrea Gibson performs "Orlando" featuring Mary Lambert singing "She Keeps Me Warm" at the Academy of Music in North Hampton, MA. Oct 19, 2016

05/08/2021

Salus Center and Queering Medicine are hosting a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up in downtown Lansing this summer, and they want to make sure it’s convenient, welcoming, and accessible to LGBTQ+ folks. But to do that, they need your feedback! Can you take this five-minute survey?

The Salus Center, in association with Queering Medicine and the Ingham County Health Department, will host a COVID-19 vaccine pop-up event for the LGBTQ+ community at the Salus Center’s downtown Lansing location this June. But to make that happen, we need your feedback. Our goal is to ensure that ...

04/29/2021

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act in a rare bipartisan vote (94-1). The bill is aimed at bolstering efforts to combat rising anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act in a rare bipartisan vote (94-1). The legislation is aimed at bolstering efforts to combat rising anti-Asian hate crimes during the COVID-19 pandemic.