This video features the very funny Wanda Sykes...just to warn you, there is just a little bit of naughtiness at the end of the video...don't say we didn't warn you!
Grand Cities Pride is a celebration of community activism and support. We want to celebrate the local GLBT community through our programming and hope to grow into a larger Pride festival as the years pass. Please check back for more information.
We can also be contacted at: GrandCitiesPride@hotmail.com
EVENT INFORMATION:
Saturday, May 30.
Town Square Park, Corner of Demers and 3rd St.
11 am: Event opens with vendors, tables, etc.
1 pm: Opening Ceremony and Awards presentation.
2 pm: Entertainment with MJ Kroll and Alicia Leafgreen.
4 pm: Closing Ceremony.
5 pm: Community Cleanup of Town Square Park.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
Sensations, N. 42nd St.
Pride Drag Show by Champagne Dreams Productions.
Doors open at 7, show starts at 8. 21+, $7 cover.
Featuring performance by MJ Kroll and Alicia Leafgreen, as well as all of your favorite regional performers!
We look forward to spending another great Pride Day with all of you! Thanks!
-Grand Cities Pride Committee
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Grand Cities Pride Award & Mary Wiper Ally Award
As part of the first annual Grand Cities Pride festival and community gathering (2008), two awards were presented. These awards are meant to symbolize the intent and purpose of the festival while also honoring active members of our various communities as well as the straight allies who offer support to our communities.
Grand Cities Pride Award
This award will be presented annually to an individual who has provided exceptional service and support to communitites of sexual and gender diversity while also promoting advocacy and education to benefit those communities.
The innagural recipient of this award was lore m. dickey, whose work promoting understanding of trans people and their experiences has not only greatly enhanced the Grand Cities community but also a wide variety of regional and national forums in which lore has taken part.
The 2009 winner of the Grand Cities Pride Award is Geoffrey Schaubhut, a UND student and member of the UND 10% Society. His work on campus and in the community on behalf of GLBT people has been extensive and includes education about the discriminatory exclusion of gay men from blood drives and a project meant to create gender neutral restrooms on UND's campus to provide trans people and others with safe places. His work is not limited to GLBT concerns and he is active in a number of other activities including UND's Big Event.
Mary Wiper Ally Award
This award shall be given annually to a straight-identified individual who has demonstrated support for communities of sexual and gender diversity as well as a strong commitment to issues of social justice in general.
The innaugural recipient of this award was Kathy Ficke of the Christus Rex Lutheran Church, located on the UND Campus. Kathy has long been a friend and supporter of GLBT people, working to ensure that there are religious communities in which queer people can feel safe and supported.
The 2009 Mary Wiper Ally Award goes to Jaryn Allen, a graduate student in Counseling Psychology. Jaryn is a strong advocate for the GLBT communities and has done amazing work through Student Health Promotions on sexual health and sexual literacy, including safer sex practices and STD awareness/prevention. She is always working to increase her knowledge of different communities and identities and is a strong advocate for inclusion of sexual and gender diversity in the work that she does.
This award is named after Mary Wiper, an alumna of the University of North Dakota who passed away while on a hiking trip on August 1, 2004. Mary was a strong advocate for social justice, and was known as a compassionate ally to gay and lesbian people; she also dedicated her time to women's issues and was perhaps best known for her committment to environmental issues. Mary was a living example that great changes can be made through social justice work at the grassroots level, and it is in this spirit that we offer this award.
Who I'd like to meet: Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Trans people, Queer people, Intersex people, Ally people, Cross-dressers, Genderqueers, Drag Performers, Androgynous people, Questioning people, "Straight but not narrow" people, Activist people, Artistic people, Dykes on Bikes, Leather Men, Bears and Cubs, Chubby Chasers, Twinks, Fun people, Cool people, Kinky people, Polyamorous people, Monogamous people, Tops, Bottoms, Versatile people, Asexual people, Shy people, Masters and Mistresses, Slaves, Sexy people...let's celebrate all of our People!
Thanks for the add! I'm working on Central Dakota Pride so I'm gittin' pride-ful! Who knows maybe I will be able to spread some Pillsen-Licher pride your way... best of luck with the new venture!
