Your home in South Jersey
Opening fall 2026
Who We Are
South Jersey is a historically underserved and under-resourced region. That goes double for marginalized communities, like our LGBTQIA+ Community. Over the last three years, we have been doing the work to reach the queer community of South Jersey. We’ve actively supported queer organizations, their events and members through ACQA, the Atlantic County Queer Alliance. We did the intentional work to build a strong foundation and consistently, what we hear from our community members as their biggest need is a space they can feel safe and welcome. So we took our skills, resources, and connections to make the next step for our community.
Two years of research, meetings, tours, questions, decisions, and partnerships has led us to announcing the Pride Center of Atlantic City. Located just steps away from Atlantic City’s historic gayborhood, the Pride Center of Atlantic City will open this year as a full-service community center, offering both in-person and virtual programming to ensure accessibility for everyone. We hope you will join us on this journey.
Meet the Team
Mico Lucide
President
Mico Lucide is a lifelong Atlantic County resident and LGBTQ+ advocate, having led queer organizations since he was in college at Stockton University. He co-founded the Atlantic County Queer Alliance (ACQA) with the goal of bringing together LGBTQ+-serving organizations to collaborate and share resources while uplifting each other’s work in the South Jersey region. He is guided by the principle that “as a community, we cannot let enemies and egos, or personalities and problems, stand in the way of us coming together as a community.” He has devoted much of his adult life to the work of serving South Jersey’s queer community – but is grateful to know the work is in good hands with the team he’s helped assemble at the Pride Center of Atlantic City.
Jo Miller
Executive Director
Jo Miller (they/she), a nonbinary transwoman and passionate member of the South Jersey Queer Community, brings a decade of experience in local political and relational organizing to our team. In 2023, Jo was sworn in as the first out transgender person in a partisan office in NJ history and subsequently catapulted fully into queer organizing. Since then she has worked diligently to form strong bonds with a multigenerational array of advocates, activists, and local leaders throughout the state. Jo is excited to implement her skills and relationships to uplift the queer community of Atlantic City and the broader SJ region as we build a community center ready to support each and everyone of us.
Claire Brower
Program Coordinator
With years of experience working in the nonprofit industry and running queer community events in the Atlantic City and greater South Jersey area, Claire brings a wide array of skills and experience to the team. Originally hailing from Ocean County, Claire now calls Atlantic County home and knows firsthand how hard the lack of resources and dedicated queer spaces has affected the queer community of South Jersey’s ability to connect with and support each other. In addition to being the program coordinator for the center, Claire works in the environmental science field, volunteers with a local immigrant rights organization, and is the executive director of Queer Headed, a local nonprofit offering sober queer social events.