WeHo Pride 2022 - Community Group Application
Organization/Group Information
| Organization/Group Name |
Good Trouble Makers
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| Applicant Name |
Kai Hazelwood
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| Applicant Title or Relationship to Organization/Group |
Founder/ Executive & Artistic Director
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| Applicant Email Address |
[email protected]
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| Applicant Phone Number |
+14153508469
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| Please briefly describe your organization/group and its mission or purpose: |
Good Trouble Makers (GTM), led by Kai Hazelwood, are queer artist-agitators spinning a web of community and creative mischief, through collaboration, across the world. GTM is a flexible collaborative that invites creative relationships with individuals or communities, for a moment, a season, or a lifetime. Inspired by the words of John Lewis, Good Trouble Makers are committed to making; making art, making room, making change, making good trouble.
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| Is your Organization/Group a 501c3? (It is not a requirement that your organization be a 501c3) |
No
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to LGBTQ Pride |
Good Trouble Makers are proud cultural standard bearers for people who experience *multi-gender attraction; if you have ever felt like you had to choose between being *BIPOC or *queer, were ‘not queer enough’ for queer spaces, and isolated or fetishized in straight ones, we see you, we are you, and we can’t wait to meet you!
*We use the terms BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color), queer, and bi+ in our community, and recognize they are not problem free or universal. We respect and welcome whatever language feels best to describe your own identity.
We define Bi+ as anyone who experiences multi-gender attraction. Our definition is not limited by particular gender expression, or a binary idea of gender.
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to West Hollywood |
Kai Hazelwood is a former WeHo resident. Good Trouble Makers have produced and performed at events at the WeHo LGBT Center, and the film proposed to be screen as part of this application was funded by the City of West Hollywood.
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WeHo Pride Integration
| In what way is your organization/group seeking to integrate with WeHo Pride? |
Other (please describe below)
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Option 3 - Other
| Please describe your proposed integration with WeHo Pride: |
We would love to have our event take place within the foot print of WeHo Pride if appropriate, but are open to producing it separately if needed. We imagine it as as an open air film screening with a panel discussion about queer family and an interactive letter writing experience. See full description below:
Dear Mom is a 3 hour, tender and vulnerable experience exploring bi+/queer families of origin. Through film, discussion, and a guided letter writing experience we’ll explore the pain, healing, and joy possible at our roots. If you experience multi-gender attraction this event was made for you! If you are family, be it chosen or family of origin, of a person who is bi+\queer and you want to understand them better, welcome! If you want to join Good Trouble Makers in this multifaceted experience, see you there!
Part One: Screening of Dear Mom, a visceral and touching movement film inspired by the sometimes painful love of a parent not understanding their queer child. Funded by The City of West Hollywood.
Part Two: A discussion about healing family wounds between parents and their queer children. Do you have a family member you wish could embrace your queer identity, or do you have a queer family member and you want some inspiration on how to help them feel like they belong? Don’t miss this discussion!
Part Three: A personal and private guided letter writing experience where you will get to say all the things you’ve never said to a family member who harmed your developing sense of queer identity. You have the option to send the letter to the person you’re writing to if your current relationship allows and they are living. But if not, there is so much power and healing possible in purging painful stories from ourselves by writing them down. Maybe you want to share it with a friend or therapist, we heal better when we do it together.
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| Will you be requesting supplemental funding from the City? |
Yes
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Supplemental Funding
| Please describe how you would use the supplemental funding for your event/activation: |
If we produce this event as a separate event in or outside the WeHo Pride footprint we will use the supplemental funding to secure an outdoor screening venue, equipment, and production staff. We provide ASL interpretation at all events to increase accessibility, and the supplemental funding will cover this as well. We will also use it to procure event insurance if needed.
Sample Budget:
Venue (roof top?): $1,000
Screening equipment: $1,000
Production team: $2,000
Moderator: $500
Panelists: $400 x 5 $2,000
ASL Interpretation: $450 ($75 per hour x 3 hours $225 x 2 interpreters)
Event Insurance: $500
Screening fee: $600
Contingency: $400
TOTAL:$8,450
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Agreement with the City of West Hollywood
| Please note that, if selected, your organization may be required to provide insurance and enter into a written agreement with the City of West Hollywood. |
I agree
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Additional Information
| If there is any additional information you would like to share, please use the below space: |
We are fiscally sponsored by Fulcrum Arts in Pasadena CA.
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