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Hours of Operation

Mon. 3pm - 8pm
Tues. Open for meetings/programs only
Wed. 3pm - 8pm
Thurs. Open for meetings/programs only
Fri. Open by appointment only

Other times by appointment or for special events

Street and Mailing Address

LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
6600 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44102

General Contact Information
Phone: 216.651.5428 
Fax: 216.651.6439 
General Email: 
info@LGBTcleveland.org

Please leave us a detailed message in our general voice mail (extension 10).   We will return your call within 24 hours during the business week. If you do not hear back from us within 24 hours, please leave us another message. Thank you!

Our Mission

The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Community Center of Greater Cleveland works to advance the rights, respect and diversity of the LGBT community. 

Our Vision

The LGBT Community Center seeks to create a community that celebrates the inherent worth and dignity of every person regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression, and inclusive of class, race and ability. We work collaboratively with other LGBT and ally groups to address community needs and issues. 

Our Values

The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland believes and supports the following values: 

Advocacy – pursuing change to advance the respect, dignity and human rights of the LGBT community;                                                                                                                   

Diversity – valuing and celebrating the differences that each community member brings to the whole including divergent voices;                                                              

Empowerment – fostering the personal growth and skills of LGBT individuals in overcoming personal, professional and familial challenges and to advocate for oneself; 

Equality – assuring that the LGBT community shares equally in human and civil rights, workplace treatment, and access to cultural customs; and                             

Leadership – taking a leadership role in fostering cooperation among other LGBT and ally groups as the preeminent advocate for the LGBT community.

Executive Director Phyllis Harris

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A Cleveland native, Ms. Harris has nearly two decades of leadership experience in local nonprofits, includes program management and development, fundraising, and senior-level executive positions. For many years, she also has played a strong role as an advocate in Cleveland’s LGBT community.

Previously Ms. Harris worked at Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio, where she oversaw youth engagement programming. She has served as director of education and advocacy with the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, was vice president of programs and interim CEO with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland, and capital campaign director at the Cleveland Sight Center. Her involvement with Cleveland nonprofit leadership includes roles on the governing boards of the LGBT Center, SPACES, and Community Shares of Greater Cleveland.

Ms. Harris holds a master’s degree in non-profit management from Case Western Reserve University and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baldwin Wallace College. She lives in Shaker Heights and is the proud mother of two children.

The Team

Center staff and contact Information

Phyllis Harris

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Executive Director
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Cindy Yu

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Associate Director
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Christen DuVernay

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Program Activities Coordinator
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Carey Gibbons

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Program Activities Coordinator
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The Center Welcomes New Executive Director

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Phyllis Harris brings strong leadership, advocacy skills to job

The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, which seeks to create a community that celebrates the inherent worth and dignity of every person, today announced that it has hired Phyllis (Seven) Harris as its new executive director. She begins her new job on April 23.

A Cleveland native, Ms. Harris’s nearly two decades of leadership experience in local nonprofits, includes program management and development, fundraising, and senior-level executive positions. For many years, she also has played a strong role as an advocate in Cleveland’s LGBT community.

Ms. Harris comes to the LGBT Center from Planned Parenthood of Northeast Ohio, where she oversaw youth engagement programming. Previously, she served as director of education and advocacy with the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, vice president of programs and interim CEO with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland, and capital campaign director at the Cleveland Sight Center. Her involvement with Cleveland nonprofit leadership includes roles on the governing boards of the LGBT Center, SPACES, and Community Shares of Greater Cleveland.

“I’m very excited to take on leadership of the LGBT Center, a vitally important asset for Cleveland,” said Ms. Harris. “This opportunity brings together all the strands of my experience with nonprofit leadership as well as so much of what I have advocated for in my personal life.”

“We are thrilled to have found such a good fit for the new position,” says Bob Sferra, LGBT Center board president. “Ms. Harris brings exactly the kind of leadership and advocacy background we need to continue making a difference in Clevelanders’ lives.”

Ms. Harris received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baldwin Wallace College and a master’s degree in non-profit management from Case Western Reserve University. She lives in South Euclid, and is the proud mother of two children.

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