Tickets are now on sale for the Nov. 21 event at The Henry Clay, 604 S. Third St. Cocktails will be served at 7 p.m. and dinner will begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $125 per person and can be purchased .
Proceeds will go through the Feast on Equality Fund, a part of UofL鈥檚 Charting Our Course comprehensive campaign, to provide ongoing support for LGBT students at UofL. Fund money will be used to support the LGBT Center鈥檚 daily operation; support for students coming out of or into a crisis, training for faculty, staff and student participation in national conferences.
The 2013 Feast on Equality sold out. Friends of the center organized the event to help students who had lost their support systems after coming out.
鈥淭he Feast on Equality is an opportunity for the community to support the work of our center,鈥 said Brian Buford, LGBT Center director. 鈥淲hen people hear about the challenges that many LGBT students face鈥攍ike bullying, isolation and family rejection鈥攖hey want to help. I鈥檓 still floating from last year鈥檚 Feast on Equality, because I have seen what a dramatic difference it made in the lives of students.鈥
Last year鈥檚 proceeds funded the LGBT Center鈥檚 daily operation, support groups, a civil rights immersion tour of Birmingham and Selma, events like Pride Week and the launch of a satellite office on the Health Sciences Campus.
The 2014 Feast on Equality program will include a brief presentation and remarks about the LGBT Center. Brian Goode of WAVE 3 will emcee.
For additional information, contact Feast on Equality founder Tommy Arnold, 502-442-1133 or聽tommy@feastonequality.com; or Brian Buford, LGBT Center director, 502-852-0696 or聽.
