Just off of Interstate 95 squats a mammoth, rainbow painted building. Located at 1407 Sherwood Avenue, the Gay Community Center of Richmond offer a diversity of events to the greater Richmond community. Many LGBT residents feel that the GCCR, which opened two years ago, has created a space that unites the community.

The GGCR opened just two years ago, although it is a part of the Gay Community Foundation, which just celebrated 10 years in Richmond.

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The Oktoberfest 5k, a walk/run fundraiser took place in Richmond on Oct, 3, 2009. The course went through the Financial District, down Shockoe Slip, across the Mayo bridge, along the Floodwall, back over the Manchester Bridge, and returned through the Financial District. The founder of the OK5K, Greg Hennig, said,”it is a race that everyone wins.” All registered participants received a ticket to attend the official Oktoberfest celebration on October 24th.

We were divided into teams and sent out to shoot this assignment. Our time frame was 3.5 hours, for shooting, editing, posting and lunch. Kinda like the real world I suppose. Our team picked the OK5K.  Credit also goes to Miguel Souza, Ben Sellers and Jacyln O’Laughlin. I worked on shooting and editing.

Steve Eisasser is a 76 yr. old scooter enthusiast from Naples, FL. The project assignment for my Visual Journalism class was to create a one minute profile piece. I met up with Steve in Charlottesville, VA., the halfway point of his 3,000 mile scooter trip.