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We’re proud to be recognized for our work uplifting LGBTQ+ youth on Chicago’s West Side. Explore recent media coverage and press highlights that showcase how TaskForce is advancing health, equity, and opportunity in our community and beyond.
- Windy City Times
TaskForce to lead Chicago Pride Parade in historic first
For the first time in its 54-year history, the Chicago Pride Parade will be led by a local community group: TaskForce Prevention & Community Services, a Black-led LGBTQ+ youth health and wellness organization based on the West Side.
- CBS News
TaskForce Prevention and Community Services to be honored during 2025 Chicago Pride Parade
This year's Chicago Pride Parade will honor a West Side organization serving the community for over three decades.
- Block Club Chicago
‘Expect Vogue’ At The Start Of This Year’s Pride Parade As West Side Group Tapped To Lead
TaskForce Prevention & Community Services is the first-ever community group to lead the parade and plans to highlight their dedication to LGBTQ+ young people — and their Vogue School.
- Windy City Times
LGBTQ+ organizations statewide release letter condemning Trump anti-trans policies
AIDS Foundation Chicago, Pride Action Tank, Brave Space Alliance, Life is Work, TaskForce Prevention & Community Services, and over 20 additional community organizations across Illinois issued a letter of solidarity this morning “to push back on the hate and attempted erasure of trans and gender expansive communities by President Donald Trump, his administration, and Congressional Republicans.”
- Austin Weekly
TaskForce Prevention will front 2025 Pride Parade as Out Front Leader
West Side nonprofit to lead 2025 Chicago Pride Parade for the first time
- Windy City Times
Chicago Pride Parade organizers kick off Pride Month with community focus
PRIDEChicago, the all-volunteer organization behind the iconic Chicago Pride Parade, officially launched Pride Month on Sunday, June 1, with a celebratory event at Sidetrack in Lake View.
- PRIDE Chicago
A Pride Parade First! Community Organization to Lead 2025 Chicago Pride Parade as Inaugural “Out Front” Leader
Honoring LGBTQ+ youth advocacy and community care—plus celebrating the 2025 Grand Marshals, Dr. Maya Green and Dr. Catherine Creticos
- Windy City Times
TaskForce Prevention and Community Services holds “Empower and Engage” event
The multi-service, grassroots TaskForce Prevention and Community Services (TaskForce) held an “Empower and Engage” event May 8 at Room 1530 in the West Loop.
- PRIDE Chicago
Local Impact Takes Center Stage at 2025 Chicago Pride Parade
TaskForce Prevention & Community Services, an LGBTQ+ youth-focused health and wellness organization located on the west side of Chicago, has been selected as the inaugural “Out Front” Leader of the 2025 Chicago Pride Parade.
