2026 Annual Giving Campaign: Lighting The Way To Our Future

Like you, our hearts are hurting. Throughout the country, laws and policies are targeting LGBTQ+ people. We are facing an administration working to ban gender-affirming care; limiting access to bathrooms, sports and other public domains; and essentially seeking to legislate legal and social recognition of only two genders.

The fear is real and we can not afford to look away.

All of us at SOJOURN are here with you to fight alongside you and for the people we hold dear in our lives. We promise to unconditionally support all people expressing the beautiful human experiences of trans, non-binary, gay, lesbian, bisexual, intersex, and everywhere else along the spectrum of gender and sexual diversity.

Our lives and our rights to exist are our birthright and our liberation is a shared fight.

We must be loudly critical of state level legislation that targets trans youth and their families, demand non-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ folks, and ensure access to health care for all. With your support, SOJOURN can continue to be nimble and responsive to threats as they come up.

Help SOJOURN do our work across the South to empower, to educate, to advocate and yes, even to celebrate by making a gift that is meaningful to you to our 2026 Annual Campaign.

This year, instead of gathering at Purim Off Ponce, Atlanta’s greatest dance and costume party, we are asking our supporters to reinvest in SOJOURN’s mission. YOU can empower communities to advance and celebrate gender & sexual diversity across the South by giving directly to our annual campaign.

Together, we can rewrite the future.

Make your donation and guarantee that LGBTQ+ people – especially our young people – know they are not alone and that unity and solidarity are touchstones throughout the Jewish community and beyond.

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2026 FOCUS AREAS
Deftly defend Trans and LGBQ+ Youth, and lead legislative advocacy work across the South. We want our young people to have freedom to be their autonomous selves, pursue their dreams, and live with dignity — no exceptions.
Engage deeply with Jewish organizations to understand the dire impact that stigma and bias has on their gender and sexually diverse members.
Encourage Jewish organizations to come together and demonstrate what it means to be a LGBTQ+ ally and an activated partner of SOJOURN.
Nurture relationships with our LGBTQ+ youth and their families and to determine what SOJOURN needs to ‘build’ and support in our Southern communities.

WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
$1-$99+: Emergency Crisis Funds
$100: Provides compassionate 1x1 guidance to LGBTQ+ people, their families and professionals
$180: Produce info sharing sessions like our monthly Drawing From The Well, Pathways to Progress Speakers Series, and Thrive, our legislative action meetings.
$250: Get resources like The LGBTQ+ Guide to Jewish Atlanta and Houston; How to Talk About anti-Trans legislation through a Jewish Lens, out into the community
$500: Coordinate the Jewish community for legislative action and Pride events across the South
$1,000: 1 day training & technical assistance to a Jewish community in the Southeast
$2,500: Programming for QueerHillah, the 20-30 yr social and service program.
$5,000: A year-long youth suicide prevention program.

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ANNUAL CAMPAIGN GIVING LEVELS
LUMINARY~ $10,000
SUNRISE~ $7,500
STARLIGHT~ $5,000
INCANDESCENT~ $3,600
BRILLIANCE~ $2,500
OPALESCENT~ $1,800
BLAZE ~ $1,000
DAZZLE ~ $720
GLITTER~ $540
GLOW ~ <$540
To make a pledge with monthly or quarterly installments, please email Giving@sojourngsd.org or call 404.275.4637.

SPONSOR MARKETING BENEFITS (1K+)

Company/Donor/Foundation Name Inclusion: (listed according to sponsor level)
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Premier placement on POP Wall of Fame published on SOJOURN's website
Premier placement in all media alerts and press releases
Premier placement on all YEAR-ROUND event collateral materials
Inclusion & highlight on SOJOURN social media platforms
Featured in POP e-blasts highlighting company/foundation/donor
Featured in e-newsletters highlighting company/foundation/donor
Rights to use SOJOURN logo on event-related materials

Sponsorship of SOJOURN connects you with our 2,500 person email list and a 57K social media reach. For information or about sponsorship opportunities, email giving@sojourngsd.org or call/text 404.275.4637.

You may mail checks to: SOJOURN, 1530 DeKalb Avenue, Suite A, Atlanta, GA. 30307

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For a complete and current list of donors to the 2026 Lighting The Way Annual Campaign, visit the SOJOURN website.

SOJOURN's 2026 Annual Giving Campaign

Celebrating Gender & Sexual Diversity Across The South!

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