We're Hiring!
We're looking for vocalists with leadership experience to serve as the Director of Voices of Light.
Events every month. 16 partner organizations. $16,000 in mutual aid raised and distributed.
Lighthouse Foundation of Chicagoland is a Black Queer-led, multiracial social justice organization that advances justice for Black LGBTQ+ people across Chicagoland through empowerment, education, and entertainment.
Our Work
Community Organizing
The Black Queer Caucus (BQC) encourages Black Queer flourishing through programming and issue identification, and CARE organizes externally by holding LGBTQ+ institutions accountable to serve the LGBTQ+ community equitably.
The Arts
We recognize and celebrate the arts as a tool of self-care, healing, and justice. We infuse the arts throughout our community, organizing, and community health work. Our semiannual signature artistic event is Black Queer Pride.
Community Wellness
Our innovative strategies address mental health on an individual, interpersonal, and structural level. Through monthly programming focused on arts, trauma, and healing justice, as well as one-on-one support and referrals, we bring mental health resources to the community.
The Black Queer Equity Index
Being Black and LGBTQ+ in the United States each has its own risk factors for adverse health, economic, and social outcomes. Lighthouse Foundation aims to collaboratively create a collective impact model with industry-wide standards for LGBTQ+ institutions that seek to pursue racial equity.
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Upcoming Events
Fri, Aug 19Dr. Martin Luther King Skate RinkAug 19, 11:00 PM – Aug 20, 12:00 AMDr. Martin Luther King Skate Rink, 1219 W 76th St, Chicago, IL 60620, USAJoin Lighthouse Foundation as we close the Black Queer Pride: Summer of Pride event series with our first-ever Pride Skate Party. Our Pride Skate Party centers Black LGBTQ+ people and is open to all.
Sat, Sep 1014 ParishSep 10, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM14 Parish, 1644 E 53rd St, Chicago, IL 60615, USAWe are going to read Black Imagination by Natasha Marin. “This dynamic collection of Black voices works like an incantation of origin, healing, and imagination. Born from a series of conceptual art exhibitions, the perspectives gathered here are no where near monochromatic.”
Life Groups
Make new friends and build community in one of Lighthouse Foundation’s life groups, which meet throughout the month.
