Uniting Pride of Champaign County leads in the creation of a community where all who hold historically and actively marginalized gender and sexual identities can live fulfilling, joyful, healthy, and vibrant lives.

​Uniting Pride of Champaign County (Uniting Pride) envisions a world where everyone, regardless of gender and sexual identities among other identities, can live healthy, vibrant lives. To contribute to that vision coming to fruition, Uniting Pride will work to promote the well-being of the LGBTQIA2S+ community through advocacy, education, civic engagement, and outreach efforts. Uniting Pride strives to meet the unmet social and physical needs of traditionally marginalized diverse gender and sexual peoples by: Strengthening our community through positive visibility and celebration, Connecting our community members to each other by facilitating safe and affirming social interactions, Serving as a community hub for various information and affirming resources, Facilitating civic engagement amongst community members, And advocating for our community through education of community members, organizations, and allies.

Goal One: We hope to continue to serve the LGBTQIA+ community in East Central Illinois and beyond by continuing to evaluate new and existing resources, creating effective and affirming programming, working to break down barriers to accessing programming, and ensure that our programs are inclusive, intersectional, and inviting to all who need them.

Goal Two: We are excited to build new programs in 2025 that will help round out our current offerings and meet the unique needs of our communities. We have worked to have open dialogue with the community to learn about what programs or services would allow them best to thrive and our work will shift to address those community needs to the best of our ability.

Goal Three: Uniting Pride has grown in the last few years and in that growth we have been able to work to grow and develop vital infrastructure, staff, volunteer support, and our overall knowledge base. We are excited to continue this growth by working hand in hand with other community partners, consultants, and the community to grow our organization's capacity and skills so that we can support the community.