Who We Are: Family is life’s greatest gift to us and that is why we have to love and be proud of our family. Diversity is strength, and so we have to respect and support differences. You do not want to miss COLAGE meetings, because there are so many fun activities in store for all of us!
Upcoming Events: Saturday, June 15th, from 5:30-8:30, COLAGE would like to invite you to the kick-off of its Los Angeles Chapter at Bungalow Art Center, 727 Pine Ave, Long Beach 90813. We will have a silent auction and screening of the moving documentary film, “Bully” with a discussion after the movie.
Where: Meetings will be held at Bungalow Art Center, 727 Pine Ave, Long Beach, 90813.
When: First meeting is TBA
Contact: losangeles@colage.org or visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/pages/COLAGE-Los-Angeles-Chapter/540012516043142?fref=t
Meet your coordinator(s):
My name is Bianca Dalangin, and I am very excited to be the coordinator of COLAGE Los Angeles Chapter. When I was about seven years old, my dad came out to me as a bisexual. Being so young at that time, I had no idea what this meant, and how it would change my dad as a person. The truth is, it didn’t. In fact, my father is still the same: from helping me with school work (specifically math subjects, since I’m no math person), to being my best tennis sparring partner, to cooking the best gourmet food every single day. I feel blessed not only for having a wonderful role model, but a parent who has taught me to be proud of who I am and accept and respect people regardless of what they believe in. These are the same principle by which I decided to support COLAGE.
I am Giovanni Olvera: a college student, aspiring filmmaker and COLAGEr. Although I came to know this great organization only recently, its values have been with me since an early age. I was born with spina bifida and although, in my very fortunate case, it is not physically debilitating, its accompanied messes and constant hospital visits were enough to put a damper on my social and emotional well-being. In school, I was either incontinent or absent and my peers were always clever with words; cleverness that could drive any shy child to further reclusiveness. Countless others are subjected to a similar fate every day and it disturbs me greatly; that’s why I decided to unite with COLAGE on their mission, to reduce the solitary count and instead bring together and empower those same individuals–the same great leaders of tomorrow.