Older Rainbow Community Albuquerque
The Older Rainbow Community of Albuquerque (ORCA) is an affiliate of SAGE USA and a program of the EQNM Foundation.
We provide a sense of community and advocate for LGBTQ+ elders. Our goals are to educate the general public, service providers, and the LGBTQ+ community about the unique challenges older LGBTQ+ adults face, to connect them to opportunities for support, and to create a community of older LGBTQ+ folks who socialize together, learn together, and look out for one another.
Vision
We envision a thriving community of older LGBTQ+ people with access to resources and support to meet their social, advocacy, educational, and health needs in the Albuquerque metropolitan area.
Mission
Our mission is to provide support for older LGBTQ+ people in the Albuquerque Metropolitan Area through advocacy, social programs, education, support groups, and resource distribution. We counter isolation, fear, and loneliness by creating a caring community of LGBTQ+ elders who will look out for each other and share some laughs.
Motto
We refuse to be invisible!
Managed by an Advisory Committee of mostly older LGBTQ+ community members, we provide social and educational programs to enhance the lives of older gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals in Albuquerque and the surrounding area.
We have provided LGBTQ+ Cultural Competency Training to senior serving organizations. The goal of this training is to educate the general public, service providers, and the LGBTQ+ community about the unique challenges older LGBTQ+ adults face and to connect LGBTQ+ elders to opportunities for support.
Our goal is to educate the general public, service providers, and the LGBTQ+ community about the unique challenges older LGBTQ+ adults face and to connect LGBTQ+ elders to opportunities for support.
Our Programming Includes
For more details, contact the ORCA Steering Committee (SCORCA or SC) at SC@ORCAABQ.org
or
write to us at (or send a check to):
P.O. Box 20421
Albuquerque, NM 87154
Your Donation is Appreciated!
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