Save the Date
2013 Northampton Pride Parade
Saturday, May 4th
2013 Northampton Pride Parade
Saturday, May 4th
Last
year, for the first time, there was a
contingent at the Pride Parade for the
Amherst Regional Public Schools.
Administrators, staff and families marched
together, showing support and enjoying the
festivities. This year we’d like to
organize an even larger group and show
even greater support. The
tone of the event is celebratory and
family-friendly. You
do not have to be a member of the LGBT
community to march. In fact last year
the majority of the people in the school
group were allies. Participating
is a great way to show support for
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered
members of our community.
Details from the organizers
The parade starts
at noon in downtown Northampton and ends at a
rally at the 3
County Fairgrounds.
The
school group will be meeting 11:00-11:30
a.m. in the staging area across from the Northampton
Brewery.
For
the parade, the school group will have a
main banner to march behind. We will stay together as
the parade marches through town to the 3 County
Fair Grounds, and then we will disperse to enjoy
the day however we choose. Last year some people
stayed for the vendors, musicians and speakers at
the fairgrounds Several of us found a shady tree near
the stage and enjoyed a picnic lunch. The event
itself is free and all are welcome to attend.
There is a charge for food and other Pride-related
items are for sale in the tents.
Amherst
is a diverse and accepting community but
homophobia is still present. For children
or staff members who hear homophobic
comments at school it means the world to
see that those attitudes to not reflect
the feelings of the entire community.
For
more information, please contact Amherst
regional schools contingent organizer Ali
Wicks-Lim (Fort River parent) at wickslim@yahoo.com.
More information on the parade and Pride
event itself is available here:
http://www.site.nohopride.org/Pride__Event.html
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This is not a school sponsored event ***
