Rooted in Abundance: 25 Years of Pride

“Rooted in Abundance: 25 Years of Pride” is a short documentary exploring the trajectory of the Pride Resource Center and LGBTQIA+ community at Colorado State University over the past 25 years. A wave of LGBTQIA+ centers opened on college campuses nationwide in the 1990s, coinciding with the AIDS epidemic and the murder of Matthew Shepard in an anti-gay hate crime. Shepard, a student at the University of Wyoming, passed away in a hospital in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 7th, 1998.
The Fort Collins Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Alliance, the Student Organization for Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals (SOGLB), and others worked with the Associated Students of Colorado State University (ASCSU) to open GLBT Student Services at CSU, which opened officially on August 1st, 1998.
Following the testimonies of the center’s earliest days, the film delves into the reflections of recent CSU alumni, who emphasize the center’s profound impact on helping them succeed and graduate during their time as students.

[@morganfontaine4741]

Amazing impactful video! I’m proud to be a RAM!

[@NelleLeeDam]

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

[@kadycampbell3302]

I'm so excited to watch this video!! I was actually working on a presentation a few months back about the pride center's history based on the "20 Years Of Pride" graphic that's been on the web for a while! The admissions department had the ambassadors make a short presentation on something cool about CSU's history but I never finished it as I had to resign due to financial issues.

[@kadycampbell3302]

This was awesome!!! So much better than what I was going to make! It makes me so happy to see a lot of what I had learned (and so much more!) shown so eloquently :') Much love to Maggie, Soleil, Ro, Ali, and everyone else who participated