“Art, to me, is fundamentally about expression: ideas, emotion, and defiance. I think these are similar to the goals of Pride. It is celebration and protest, a way to be seen and change the way people see us, a chance to be us, unapologetically” – Sharon Strauss, CHASI Artist-In-Residence
![Banner showing a group of people sitting at a table and standing at a white board, actively having a discussion.](https://blogs.ufv.ca/chasi/files/2020/07/UFV-CHASI.jpg)