Atlanta Family Weekend
October 8 – October 12 EDT
Calling LGBTQ+ families for an Atlanta Family Weekend on October 8-12!
Family Equality is a proud partner of COLAGE’s Atlanta Family Weekend within the Rustin Institute’s annual IGNYTE conference. Join us in Atlanta to connect and dream about what a collective of multiracial LGBTQ+ families, justice-minded organizations, and local resources can do together!
View Family Equality’s events as part of the weekend’s schedule:
Saturday, October 10
National Center for Civil & Human Rights 100 Ivan Allen Jr. Blvd, NW Atlanta, GA 30313
- 8:30AM – 8:50AM: Family Equality Keynote: Darra Gordon
- Family Equality CEO will provide a keynote address.
- 8:50AM – 9:40AM: The Necessity of Community for Black LGBTQ+ Families Plenary Panel
- Panelists will be announced shortly.
- 1:00PM – 3:00PM – Family Cookout
- COLAGE’s cookout is sponsored by Family Equality.
Use discount code FamilyEquality26 at checkout.
Family Equality’s events listed above during the Atlanta Family Weekend are made possible through the generous support of the CARE WITH PRIDE® initiative.
To see more events, check out the IGNYTE conference schedule.
About Rustin Institute’s IGNYTE Conference:
IGNYTE 2026 marks a powerful new chapter as the first IGNYTE convening hosted by The Rustin Institute for Leadership Development. Rooted in the belief that movements are strongest when generations lead together, this year’s theme– Family Reunion: Our People, Our Power– celebrates LGBTQ+ community as chosen family and leadership as a shared responsibility.
Like any family reunion, IGNYTE 2026 brings together elders, youth, mentors, organizers, creatives, and advocates across lived experience and generations. It is a space to reconnect, to learn from one another, and to strengthen the relationships that sustain movements over time. By centering intergenerational dialogue and collective care, IGNYTE affirms that our greatest power lies in one another.
