Wartburg College Alliance

It’s happening! Join us on May 15th at 7:30pm for our annual drag show! We need performers, so if your are interested, sign up at the link below (individually or in a group). Social distancing and masks will be required. We are limited to 250 tickets, so first priority will be given to students.

Reserve tickets at this form:
https://forms.office.com/r/7ttUqZx7QR

Performer application:
https://www.emailmeform.com/builder/form/gqf8Eb1837es2I163

Come visit the Alliance lounge between 6 and 7 pm this Sunday and pick up a Valentine’s Day cookie! 🏳️‍🌈❤️ #loveislove

This week, Alliance will be providing a safe place for students to come and talk about their feelings about the election and current events. There will be someone from our executive team in the Alliance lounge (Lohe 137) throughout this week from 7-8 P.M. each night. We hope to be able to support you all through these stressful times.

Iowa Safe Schools

We are so excited to announce Drag Queen Story Time: An Iowa Safe Schools Production! Tune in on Tuesdays for some of our favorite children's books being read by some of our favorite drag queens!

To help support work like this and more that services LGBTQ youth across the state of Iowa, become a sustaining donor today! https://www.iowasafeschools.org/contribute/

Coronavirus Updates - Wartburg College

Due to the incoming information of COVID-19, we will be canceling all GAYLA week events. Thank you for your flexibility and stay healthy. If you have any questions, please feel free to message us or visit the college's link here: https://www.wartburg.edu/coronavirus/

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Knight Wire

The annual Wartburg College Alliance drag show is seeking performers. Read the full article here: https://knight-wire.com/2020/01/21/annual-drag-show-seeks-performers/

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Still time to sign up for the Drag Show! Click this link to sign up: http://bit.ly/2vrXa0b

We hope to see you there! We'll be posting more information about GAYLA week so stay tuned

Join us next Wednesday in the Chapel for our Transgender Day of Remember candlelight vigil. The service begins at 7 p.m.

Alliance - GAYLA Week

Our goal has been met but there is still time to donate for those who haven’t yet!!

alumni.wartburg.edu Alliance has been around for many years. Original, the student organization was named GABLES, but changed the name to Alliance in 2001.

[10/14/19]   Join us tomorrow at 11:30 in WBC 214 to celebrate National Coming Out Day! Come listen to the stories of Wartburg students!

Today is the 31st annual National Coming Out Day! Check out these links to learn more about National Coming Out Day or for resources for how to come out!

We will also be hosting a panel at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 15 where Wartburg students will be sharing their coming out stories. Hope to see you there!

https://www.apa.org/pi/lgbt/resources/coming-out-day

https://www.hrc.org/resources/national-coming-out-day

Today is Bi Visibility day! Check out these two articles about some stereotypes bisexuals have faced and why today is important!

Importance: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/09/22/what-is-bi-visibility-day-and-why-is-it-important/

Stereotypes: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/09/23/bisexual-bi-visibility-day-stereotypes/

Thanks to everyone who stopped by our booth at involvement fair yesterday! Our exec members had a great time meeting everyone!

It’s a beautiful day for Cedar Valley Pride Fest! Join us in Waterloo, and don’t forget to stop by our booth!

Last night was AMAZING. A wonderful trip through time as we saw performances from this decade to every decade in between. We are so honored to host this show, and we would like to extend HUGE thanks to everyone who performed, attended and helped in any way.

If you have any photos you took, feel free to tag us in them! And be sure to check out this week's issue of the Trumpet for more photos from last night's show.

📸: Silvia Oakland

Three hours and 30 minutes until the show! Are you ready??? ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Catch our advisor Cassie and our VP Aurion at the basketball games selling T-Shirts and tickets for the drag show. You can still get the student price of $2.00 until we leave! 🏳️‍🌈🧡⚔️🍊 #GoKnights

[02/07/19]   Only two days left to buy your Drag Show tickets for the student discount of $2! You can buy them in Student Life from 1 to 4 p.m.

[02/06/19]   Have you bought your tickets yet?! Drag Show tickets are on sale in Student Life from 1 to 4 p.m. Tickets are $2 for students in advance!

[02/06/19]   Due to the weather we have had to cancel the Reading Rainbow event at the public library tonight. We are still planning to have sanctuary tonight on campus!

[02/05/19]   It’s day two of GAYLA Week! This morning we’re hosting a panel with S.A.F.E. to discuss mental health, come listen to what our students and faculty have to say in WBC 214 at 11:30 a.m.

[02/04/19]   CORRECTION! Tonight’s event will be held in Grossman 16 NOT Buckmaster.

Come put your knowledge to the test! Decades trivia in Buckmaster starting at 7 p.m.!

Awesome start to GAYLA Week with our Advisor Cassie Hales sharing her story at chapel, along with some encouragement to choose your words carefully! Also s/o to our Vice President, Aurion Redding for being the assistant minister, and our other advisor Rich Seggerman for his support! #GaylaWeek2019 🏳️‍🌈

Are you excited as we are for the Drag show?! There's still time to sign up! What's your favorite song from a different decade, tell us in the comments below!

Gayla Week is almost here! Starting Feb. 3 and going until our annual drag show on Saturday the 9th! Don't miss out on all the events happening on campus

Iowa Safe Schools

Wow! Wartburg College Alliance students worked for THREE HOURS crafting a four-year plan to get gender-include housing across their campus 💥POW! and don't miss their drag show on Feb 9 💅👑💫 @ Wartburg College

Our exec team got together for the first meeting of 2019, along with SAFE exec team! Points of discussion at this meeting were about our upcoming Gayla Week happening Feb. 3rd through the 9th. Stay tuned for updates about what the week will hold!!

This year we are celebrating the decades of drag with our annual drag show on Saturday, February 9th. We are looking for professional and amateur performers who are interested in being a part of the show. Contact our advisor [email protected] to request more information!

Happy New Year! We hope that 2019 is even better than 2018 for everyone. Alliance would also like to thank those who help us host our events, attend our meetings and support Alliance. We wish you all a happy and healthy 2019.

At Wartburg Alliance we are grateful for many things. We are grateful for our wonderful exec team who works hard to plan events for the community and the college. We are thankful for the faculty advisors who work closely with the exec team to make events possible. We are thankful to have such a loving and amazing place like Wartburg. And we are thankful for those who support us, we are thankful for people like you. Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving.

Timeline Photos

Wartburg College Alliance's cover photo

Thank you for sharing your stories today. For those who have stories they still want to share, please don’t hesitate to reach out. 🌈 #nationalcomingoutday

[10/11/18]   Don't forget about our Coming Out Panel taking place TONIGHT in WBC 214 at 7 pm!