GRIOT Circle – an acronym for Gay Reunion in Our Time, and meaning storyteller and keeper of oral history in West African culture - was founded in 1996. The organization has been based in Brooklyn for the past 24 years and remains the only staffed 501 c 3 organization in the country that exclusively serves the needs of LGBTQ elders of color. GRIOT Circle provides programs and services at the intersections of older age, gender, and sexual orientation/identity, and unapologetically centers race, social justice, and equity in all its methodologies.
Our mission is to respond to and eliminate all forms of oppression, including: ageism, racism, sexism, misogyny, transphobia, homophobia, poverty, xenophobia, and their intersections. We achieve this by providing health, wellness, advocacy, and leadership activities to remove isolation and fear, build community, as well as honor racial and ethnic traditions.
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