Over the past nine years, MOASH has watched with pride as the BAMM Pride Summit has grown into the event it is today. What started as a small, day long workshop in 2015 with around 40 attendees has grown into a beloved event that over 400 youth and school staff across the state of Michigan attend each year.

The BAMM Pride Youth Summit is a space that LGBTQIA+ youth can be themselves, make connections, and learn new things. We strive each year to provide attendees with an impactful, free experience that will have a positive effect on the young people, their GSAs or other clubs, and their schools. With BAMM's 10th anniversary event on the horizon, MOASH  and GVSU continue to dream of the future of the BAMM Pride Summit.

The history of this event and its funding is below, but currently the BAMM Pride Summit does not have any dedicated grant funding. MOASH is committed to keeping BAMM a free event for all attendees, but rising costs have made the summit increasingly expensive to host each year. So for our 10th anniversary summit, MOASH has launched a fundraising campaign through the fundraising platform Givebutter for our upcoming Summit. 100% of the donations to this campaign will go directly to supporting the costs surrounding the BAMM Pride Summit, including the cost of food, free busing for attendees, event t-shirts, and speaker fees. 

Supporting this event will help support the hundreds of youth who look forward to attending the BAMM Pride Summit each year. Youth thrive when they have the support of their community, so please help us provide community to hundreds of youth in Michigan.

We will include the names of all who donate (that choose to be included) in the program for our 10th annual summit! Donations can also be made in honor or memory of someone. You can check out the full campaign by clicking the button below or donate directly from this page by using Givebutter's embedded donation tool.