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Out of Darkness Walk Storms Forward
Springfield, IL (September 21, 2024) American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) scheduled their annual Out of Darkness Walk for...
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Decatur Pridefest Sees Beautiful Day and Plenty for Everyone to Do
Decatur, IL (September 14, 2024) Decatur Illinois Pride celebrated yet another Pridefest on Saturday, September 14th from 11:00 a.m. to...
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CORAL Paints Its Mark on the Street
Springfield IL (June 29, 2024) CORAL joined over 250 other organizations, businesses and individuals at Springfield Art Association’s...
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CORAL Joins Broadgauge for Petersburg’s 2nd Annual Pridefest
Petersburg, IL (June 22, 2024) CORAL was proud to repeat their visit to Broadgauge’s Pridefest in Petersburg on Saturday evening, June...
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CORAL Stands Proudly with Juneteenth
Springfield, IL (June 15, 2024) CORAL has traditionally walked in the Juneteenth parade yearly to show support for the recognized date...
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Logan County Pridefest Sees More Vendors & Attendees for 2024
Lincoln, IL (June 8, 2024) With double the number of vendor booths and attendees to match, Logan County Pridefest saw a much better...
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CORAL Sees a Win with Pride Night
Springfield, IL (June 4, 2024) CORAL celebrated its third annual Pride Night with the Lucky Horseshoes on a warm June 4th at the Robin...
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CORAL Joins Jacksonville Pride for Second Annual Pridefest
Jacksonville, Illinois (June 1, 2024) In only their second year, Jacksonville Pride held their annual Pridefest on the first day of Pride...
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CORAL Elections Coming
Springfield, IL (March, 16, 2024) CORAL, still reeling from the success of their annual Ritz event, will be holding their annual...
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CORAL On Journey to Celebrate Another Great Ritz
Springfield, IL (2/23/2024) With only 30 more days until CORAL’s annual Ritz event on March 23rd, work is ramping up for another...
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CORAL and Illinois Eagle Join the SJR to discuss Living LGBTQ in Illinois
Springfield, IL (December 28,2023) This is a reprint of an State Journal Register feature article that was published this day. For those...
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CORAL Celebrates Thanksgiving with Many Friends
Springfield, IL (November 18, 2023) CORAL had the pleasure of nearly 70 guests on Saturday evening as we joined together to celebrate the...
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CORAL Walks for Suicide Prevention
Springfield, IL (October 14, 2023) In our third year of participating in the event, CORAL finished 10th out of 42 teams in raising funds...
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CORAL Shirts Can Be Bought Online
Springfield, IL (October 19, 2023) For anyone who has been at an event, function, or activity for which CORAL members have been present,...
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CORAL's Treasurer, April Poole, Recognized by State of Illinois
Springfield, IL (June 21, 2023)A Springfield leader who works to facilitate networking for the LGBTQ community was honored at a Pride...
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Pride Night Hits It Out of the Ballpark
Springfield, IL (June 22, 2023) It couldn’t have been a better night to take one’s self out to the ball game as CORAL hosted Pride Night...
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Forty-one Years Later, CORAL's Pride Picnic Still Going Strong
Springfield, IL (June 17, 2023) On a beautiful Summer afternoon, CORAL celebrated their 41st year of putting on their annual Pride Picnic....
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Juneteenth Brings CORAL to the Streets
Springfield, IL (June 17, 2023) For the second year, CORAL was present for Juneteenth’s annual parade as the event grows each year. ...
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CORAL Addresses Latest Area Hate Speech with Letter from President
Dear CORAL Members, One would have to be hiding under a rock to not see that the LGBTQ community is being attacked on all sides as of...
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"Coffee With a Cop" Is a Good Beginning
Springfield, IL (June 5, 2023) If you enjoy an early morning outing that includes hot java and good conversation, then Stella Coffee &...
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