Common Roads
In 2001, Bi-GLYAH applied and received their 501(c)(3) status to become an independent non-profit organization. After receiving their new status, the youths were encouraged to help re-name the group again. They choose Common Roads because it has “a better ring to it and was more marketable.”
The group also went through multiple location changes from 2001 to 2003 until they found a building on Third Street (currently Mid-Town Scholar Bookstore) which they shared with the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg (GLSH) and Statewide PA Equal Rights Coalition (SPARC). However, the group desired their own space, and finally settled at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Front Street around 2005.
The group also went through multiple location changes from 2001 to 2003 until they found a building on Third Street (currently Mid-Town Scholar Bookstore) which they shared with the Gay and Lesbian Switchboard of Harrisburg (GLSH) and Statewide PA Equal Rights Coalition (SPARC). However, the group desired their own space, and finally settled at Saint Stephen’s Episcopal Church on Front Street around 2005.
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Finally, with the 501 (c)(3) status, Common Roads was able to create an Executive Director position. Each Executive Director brought their own ideas to programming in the organization, but all stayed true to the initial desire from the moment Bi-GLYAH was created: to create a safe space for LGBTQ+ youth in Central PA.
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Common Roads Logo, FAB 2003 Program.
Courtesy of LGBT-021, DCA.
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