Rainbow Community Hub

An inclusive and welcoming place for all 2SLGBTQ+ people in the South Fraser

About Our Project

The Rainbow Community Hub project’s goal is to mobilize support and initiate development of a 2SLGBTQ+ hub, situated in Surrey, with a goal of completion for 2024. This hub will serve the municipalities of Surrey, Langley Township & City, Delta, and White Rock. These jurisdictions are situated on the territories of the q̓ic̓əy̓(Katzie), q̓ʷɑ:n̓ƛ̓ ən̓ (Kwantlen), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Máthekwi (Matsqui), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Qayqayt, se'mya'me (Semiahmoo), and scəw̓aθən (Tsawwassen) First Nations.

We aspire to develop an inclusive, accessible, and centrally located hub in Surrey, which will embody the diversity of the five municipalities. The hub will be a centre for information and education, advocacy and activism, and holistic programming encompassing the arts, wellness, and outreach.

Funding for our Rainbow Community Hub project is held by Alex House. This project is supported by United Way BC and New Horizons.

Guiding Values

  • We will engage our work with a decolonising lens, centering it on the experiences of Indigenous persons and communities. We will actively invite their meaningful participation at all stages; aspiring to continue that when the hub is in place.

  • We will proactively reach out to under-represented communities, including persons of colour, elders, youth, persons with disabilities, and others, to meaningfully contribute to developing the project vision.

    We will actively invite the meaningful participation of 2SLGBTQ+ youth in this project at all stages; and aspire to continue that when the hub is in place. e. We will engage a broad cross-section of voices from the municipalities the hub will serve, with a view to quickly developing satellite spokes in other Town Centres and municipalities.

  • We aspire to cultivate an environment of mutual respect, inclusion, equity, and diversity in our work towards our goal.

  • We commit to clear, open, and transparent communication in all internal and external communication, in speaking and in writing.

Created October 2022