A Michigan Non-Profit 501(c)(3) Organization
Serving the metro Detroit community since 1994

Save the date for KICK's winter Tea Party on Saturday, February 18, 2012.

The Tea Party is a quarterly fundraiser that benefits our family, friends and community. This quarterly event provides funds for the free programs and services offered by KICK: Receive & Restore, our health and wellness campaign, Learn & Live, our weekly educational seminars, and Help & Heal, our faith based support group for HIV positive African-American men.

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Thank You to All Who Attended Holiday in December!

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September 12, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact KICK - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans 313-285-9733

Detroit LGBT Community Organizations launch the video "Healing Detroit: Forwarding The LGBT Movement."

Detroit – Healing Detroit, a collective of LGBT organizations, releases the video "Healing Detroit: Forwarding The LGBT Movement."

"Healing Detroit: Forwarding The LGBT Movement" highlights the efforts of an inspired community to nurture collective works to overcome oppression in the City of Detroit. Distribution of the video is focused on Healing Detroit partner and ally websites. The video will also be introduced through social networking websites such as YouTube and Twitter. Support for the video is provided by Kalamazoo, Michigan-based Arcus Foundation.

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Community Foundation's HOPE Fund Launches
Media Partnership to Promote Growing LGBT Leadership of Color

Detroit – The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan announced today a unique media partnership between Issue Media Group and Between The Lines. Aimed at highlighting local LGBT leaders of color, the partnership is supported by The HOPE Fund's Racial Equity Initiative.

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KICK's Special Acquaintances Friend-Raiser

Special Acquaintances, our friend-raiser was held on Friday, April 22 at The Center In Detroit. Pictured are: KICK president Tiffany McLean, Congressman Hansen Clarke 13th District Michigan and KICK executive director Curtis Lipscomb.

 

Kick - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans is Awarded $180,000 to Expand Programming in Detroit

Detroit, MI – KICK - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans has been awarded a $180,000 two-year grant from the Arcus Foundation to hire staff, obtain a new business site and provide operational funding. Thanks to the grant, the board of directors of KICK was able to hire long-time volunteer Curtis Lipscomb as its first paid full-time Executive Director in January 2011. KICK has also established its new office, christened The Center In Detroit, in the Tech Town business district just north of the Wayne State University campus.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT KICK 313-285-9733 or INFO@E-KICK.ORG

KICK – THE AGENCY FOR LGBT AFRICAN AMERICANS ANNOUNCES NEW PRESIDENT TIFFANY MCLEAN AND VICE PRESIDENT JEREMIAH JONES.

Tuesday, January 20, 2011

After more than seven years of providing education and advocacy to Detroit's LGBT community, the Board of Directors of KICK - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans has elected new executives to lead the organization: Tiffany McLean steps up as President and Jeremiah Jones becomes Vice-President. Also reelected is Antonio Johnson as Treasurer and Acting Secretary. All three members are serving three-year terms beginning January 15, 2011.

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Thank You to All Who Attended Holiday in December!

A Magnificent Evening Held in Elegant Black and Tiffany Blue!

Standing (left to right): Lewis Smith, Titus Lassiter, Brooke Adams, Tiffany McLean, Jeremiah Jones and Antonio Johnson.

Seated (left to right): Curtis Lipscomb, Detroit City Council Member James Tate, Detroit City Council President Charles Pugh and Willie Jew.

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Curtis Lipscomb on the Mitch Albom Show!

 

July 26, 2010

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Thank You to All Who Attended Gospel & AIDS!

Antonio Johnson, Curtis Lipscomb, Darren Matthews and Brooke Adams at Gospel & AIDS: Saving Black Lives at the Charles H. Wright Musem on February 21, 2010

Thank You to All Who Attended Holiday In December!

The Board of Directors of Kick, with Detroit Council President Charles Pugh at Holiday In December, held Saturday, December 12. Left to right: Lewis L. Smith, Jeremiah Jones, Antonio Johnson, Donna Davis, Willie Jew, Detroit Council President Charles Pugh, Curtis Lipscomb, Brooke Adams, and Titus Lassiter.

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Thanks to all who attended Ladies and Gentlemen Preferred!

Check out the Ladies & Gentlement Preferred Photo Gallery!

Members of the LGBT community meet Detroit Mayor Dave Bing during Hotter Than July! picnic at Palmer Park on July 25, 2009.. (l to r) Alicia Skillman, executive director of Triangle Foundation; Curtis Lipscomb, executive director of Kick - The Agency for LGBT African-Americans; Mayor Bing; Reynaldo Magdaleno of Karibu House, and Hank Millbourne president of Black Pride Society.

Remembering E. Lynn Harris

Kick mourns the loss of our brother E. Lynn Harris, whose death was reported on July 24.

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