Pride Year-Round would like to extend a special thanks to our sponsors, Blue Zones Project and the Center for Sexuality & Gender Diversity, and to our moderators and panelists, NaTesha "T" Johnson (Upside Productions Management), Traco Matthews (CA Racial Equity Commissioner), Patrick Jackson (Bakersfield’s NAACP), Raji Brar (Bakersfield Sikh Women’s Association), Camila Chavez (Dolores Huerta Foundation), Carina Ortiz (BPD: Community Relations), Greg Mann (CA Civil Right Deptartment), Bakersfield Police Department, Kern County Sheriff's Office, FBI Bakersfield, and Siona Harper H. (Pride Year-Round).

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We would also like to give a big shoutout to GusTavo, Shira, and Libby from the Department of Justice: Community Relations Service for supporting Pride Year-Round and the Bakersfield Police Department in bringing this special forum to Bakersfield. Our founder is dedicated to keeping this forum going every year.

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And last but not least, a warm thank you to Mayor Karen Goh. Not only did she dedicate her time to attend the forum until the very end but she also made a proclamation, recognizing November 21st as Bakersfield Anti-Hate Awareness Day!