Peoria Black Pride

05/04/2026

GUESS WHO WE BOOKED FOR
RIVER CITY PRIDE FESTIVAL?!

Comment your guess below. Anyone who guesses correctly will be entered into when two tickets to the River City Pride Festival!

05/04/2026

🌈 PEORIA BLACK PRIDE ‘26🌈
CALLING ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS & ALLIES

Peoria Black Pride is growing—and this will be our 5th year and BIGGEST year yet!

We’re looking for passionate individuals who want to:
✨ Help plan and organize
✨ Bring fresh ideas to the table
✨ Support and uplift our community
✨ Be part of something meaningful and impactful

This is open to everyone — LGBTQ+ community members and allies alike. If you’re supportive and want to help bring more life, visibility, and awareness to our city, we want you involved.

📣 Interest Meeting Coming Soon (May 2026)
Exact date will be announced soon!

If you’re interested in joining the movement and helping us take Peoria Black Pride to the next level:

👉 Reach out / DM for more info

Let’s build something powerful—together.
Peoria Black Pride is just getting started.

04/01/2026

April 25th, 2026.

Red Star Peoria is having a 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Tea Party speaking on trans rights, their struggles and discuss ideas to help make it easier in a time America seems to be against them..

They have invited us, Peoria Black Pride to come speak & we’ll share our thoughts, support and the reason we began Peoria Black Pride.

We support all of our community. We stand for all of our community! No letter left behind !

Save the date. Trans, supporters & allies are all welcome. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

02/05/2026

We’re teaming up with Peoria Proud to celebrate BLACK HISTORY MONTH … everything’s free come celebrate with us Feb 21st !

🖤✨ Built by Us: Community, Culture & Resilience ✨🖤
Black History Month Community Event

📅 February 21st | 5-8pm
📍 The Carver Center
710 W. Percy Baker Jr. Ave., Peoria
🎟️ Free Entry | All Ages Welcome

Join us for an evening honoring Black history, culture, and the resilience that continues to shape our community. This is a space to learn, connect, celebrate, and have fun together.

What to expect:
- Free finger foods & drinks
- Free-to-play Black History Jeopardy
- Speakers: Chama St. Louis-Boone & Greg Wilson
- Entertainment: 309 Line Dancers & poetry performances

Hosted by:
Peoria Proud • Peoria Black Pride • The Carver Center

Come celebrate the stories, strength, and culture that were, and are, built by us. 🖤✊🏾

Image description: Red, yellow, and green painted stripe background. Flyer in the middle is black with a fading yellow/decorative background with red, yellow, and green hearts. Flyer reads "Built By Us: Community, Culture, and Resilience, Free entry all ages, Free to play Black History Jeopardy, Hosted By: Peoria Proud, Peoria Black Pride, and The Carver Center. Saturday, February 1st, Carver Community Center, 710 W. Percy Baker Jr. Ave. 5-8pm." Right above the date and address are the 3 logos of the 3 organizations hosting the event.

02/04/2026

✨ Support Peoria Black Pride 2026 ✨

We’re coming together to celebrate love, culture, visibility, and unity right here in Peoria — and we need YOUR help to make it happen.

Peoria Black Pride is about creating safe, joyful spaces for our community while uplifting Black LGBTQ+ voices. Every donation, big or small, goes directly toward programming, entertainment, vendors, and unforgettable experiences.

If you believe in community, representation, and pride, please consider donating today 💛

👉🏾 Donate here: cashapp: $PeoriaBlackPride
👉🏾 Share this post to spread the love

Thank you for supporting something bigger than all of us 🖤🌈

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 from yours truly, PEORIA BLACK PRIDE 🌈

We hope your holidays are filled with many blessings and happiness !! 🤞🏾🤌🏾

09/24/2025

Do Yall want a Black Pride Prom ?

Highlights

09/16/2025

Looking for somethin fun to do in October?

Well look no further Peoria Proud is having their 11th annual COMING OUT DAY bonfire..

& guess what Peoria Black Pride will be present, enjoying our smores, networking and having a good ol time…

Ayyy Come out with us ! No pun intended.

09/09/2025

Don’t meet us there beat us there‼️‼️ 🔊Huston Beverly Jr. giving us the vibes😎 and the location🕋 and one of our very own members Dominique Gulley 🥰will be the 1’s&2’s 🔥yuh so let’s Day Party like PRIDE 🏳️‍🌈is definitely all YEARRRRR ‼️‼️🤗🎉

08/22/2025