In the Fall of 2018 a group of like minded individuals who had been noticing within the community many injustices, apathy, and a lack of representation, voiced what many of them had been thinking for decades, “Why don’t we get organized and make a difference in our community?”

 

Thus North East Indiana Leather was born.

 

Slowly, at first, but then with great gusto, those who raised their hands met initially to create a Logo - then realized quickly that it could become so much more. NEIL’s first public appearance was Fort Wayne Pride in July 2019, and the Bylaws were finally ratified in August 2019. Membership interest started rolling in quickly, and the numbers continue to grow. As the area’s only organization of its kind, NEIL is poised to make a difference through Philanthropy, Education, Community, and Leather.