Community Briefs

The Milwaukee Gay Soccer League is registering players for the summer season until May 21.

Diverse & Resilient presented 12 awards to Wisconsin leaders on April 23.

Tickets are on sale for Summer Camp Bingo, which is set for June 16 at Fruit Fest and planned to benefit AIDS Network.

Campers will play four games of bingo for cash prizes – all the while being entertained and visited upon by special guests.

Equality Illinois will host the Midwest’s second Interfaith Equality Prayer Breakfast on May 8.

The program, taking place in downtown Chicago, will focus on religious aspects of LGBT equality.  Also, Equality Illinois will announce the faith-based signers of a petition seeking legalized gay marriage in the state.

The Bay View Garden and Yard Society, in collaboration with the South Shore Park Watch and Milwaukee County Parks, hosts its annual Bay View Plant Sale at South Shore Park, 2900 South Shore Drive, on June 2, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

Milwaukee celebrity John McGivern will serve as the master of ceremonies for this summer’s Champions of Change program.

The event, set for Aug. 16 at the Potawatomi Bingo Casino, includes the presentation of the 23rd annual Commitment to Justice Awards.

The Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund is holding its next candidate-training forum in Milwaukee in June.

The organization at the forefront of electing LGBT people to office at the local, state and federal level also is sponsoring an Onward to Victory contest, offering the winner an all-expenses paid trip to the June 21-24 training.

With Milwaukee’s roller derby league approaching its championships, Alterra Coffee Roasters is offering a specialty brew – Black and Bruisers Blend.

Alterra is serving the blend at 10 cafes through May 6, the day after the Brewcity Bruisers’ championship finals.

The Milwaukee GAMMA social club is planning the Devil’s Lake Camping and Wollersheim Excursion for August.

An announcement on the group’s Website invites GAMMA buddies to share four nights of campfire stories, hiking, swimming and kayaking and also tour of the Wollersheim Winery and Ringling Bros. Circus Museum.

Young LGBT Professionals of Milwaukee will gather for drinks and conversation at 5:30 p.m. on May 15 at Cuvée Champagne Lounge, 181 N Broadway, Milwaukee.

Wisconsin state Reps. Mark Pocan and Brett Hulsey and Sen. Chris Larson will screen a movie about the Koch brothers during a brown-bag lunch at the Capitol on May 10.

The movie will start at about 11:30 a.m. in 412 East, the Joint Finance Committee Room on the fourth floor of the Capitol’s East wing.

The Milwaukee LGBT Community Center board will hold a town hall meeting on May 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the center, 252 E. Highland Ave.

“We invite our members and allies to learn about the reorganization, right-sizing, fundraising and membership campaign for the center,” said center co-president Jennifer Morales. “We need community support and input in this time of strategic visioning to ensure the Center’s long-term sustainability.”