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Center on Halsted holds gala to celebrate 15 years of helping Chicago LGBTQ+ community

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CHICAGO (WLS) — In its fifteenth anniversary yr, Heart on Halsted Human First Gala brings collectively the neighborhood and allies in a night of celebration to acknowledge the contributions that people, companies, and different organizations have made to the lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, transgender and queer neighborhood in Chicago.

“We’re particularly thrilled this yr to return to an in-person occasion after a two-year absence,” mentioned Heart on Halsted CEO Modesto “Tico” Valle. “This guarantees to be a serious night time of celebration for your entire neighborhood and our supporters as we additionally mark the fifteenth anniversary of the Heart.”

The formal occasion is Might 6 on the Previous Submit Workplace, 433 W. Van Buren Road, with 5:30 p.m. cocktails and seven p.m. dinner.

The gala commemorates excellent civic leaders with the Human First Award and Neighborhood Spirit Award for contributions to the development of Chicago’s LGBTQ motion. Honorees for Human First Awards are long-standing Heart supporters: neighborhood organizer Julio Rodriquez, cofounder and board president of one of many oldest LGBTQ non-profits in Chicago, ALMA; veteran activist and advocate Mary Morten, president of the Morten Group; and longtime volunteers and leaders of the Heart’s “inexperienced staff” Bob and Susan Sullivan.

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