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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2021 PRIDE AMBASSADOR - MACPHEE CENTRE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS We acknowledge that the Halifax Pride Festival takes place in Each year Halifax Pride celebrates an individual or group who has Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. made a positive impact within the 2SLGBTQ+ community, inviting them RAINBOW This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship to share their message at events and contribute their input to festival with Mi’kmaq people. We are all treaty people. Part of acknowledging planning. We are honoured to welcome the MacPhee Centre as the traditional territory and the impacts of colonialism is reflecting on BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frances Dadin-Alli – Chair 2021 Pride Ambassador. our relationship with the land, reconciling for past wrongs, and being Chris Cochrane – Vice Chair mindful of those wrongs still taking place. The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning’s Gender & Sexuality Salman Sadib – Treasurer Alliance (GSA) Program launched in January 2017 in response to a Kartik Saini need for safer spaces in our communities for 2SLGBTQ+ youth. GSA DIAMOND SAFER SPACE STATEMENT Liane Khoury programs support youth as they gather weekly to learn and grow Oriol Salvador Halifax Pride is committed to encouraging conditions for safer spaces together. The collaborative and youth-led nature of programming Patrick Maubert throughout our festival. We aim to ensure everyone feels respected, empowers youth to find their space and voice within the larger Steve Cook HALIFAX DOWNTOWN valued, and able to freely express themselves, regardless of their communities they inhabit. Youth swap stories of marginalization, Wade Betts , , sexual orientation, race, age, offer and seek peer support, and make time to engage in play and William Babstock levels of ability, and all our other diverse identities. Our Safer Space celebrate the beauty of their 2SLGBTQ+ identities and community. Policy (halifaxpride.com) guides Halifax Pride in all of our planning. STAFF During COVID-19 youth have pivoted GSA programming to virtual, Adam Reid – Executive Director ensuring they can continue to come together in community. GOLD

QTBIPOC SUPPORT MESSAGE FROM HALIFAX PRIDE Fiona Kerr – Operations & Communications Manager CBC_Pride_Logo.pdf 1 2016-05-18 4:41 PM Dan MacKay – Elder Coordinator The MacPhee Centre is no stranger to this type of transformational Halifax Pride stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement This year has taught us that strength can look very different from Don Brownrigg – Events Manager work. As an organization, MacPhee empowers youth between the to end violence and police brutality against Black communities across what we once imagined. Sometimes strength is taking care of Grace Strange – Volunteer Coordinator ages of 12-19 by connecting passion with purpose through the arts. North America. African Nova Scotians and Black people have the right yourself. Sometimes it is knowing when you need to ask for help. And Holly Green – Two-Spirit Coordinator MacPhee works to inspire creativity and confidence by offering to live free from oppression, violence, and systemic marginalization. sometimes it is knowing when to offer help to others. Jennifer Waugh – Production Assistant unique programs in visual and performing arts, creative writing, and Halifax Pride recognizes our history and ongoing contribution to the technology in safe and inspiring spaces. marginalization of QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People We learned these things while coping with a pandemic, unstable Monika Landry – Noon-Hour Panel Coordinator of Colour). Pride began as a protest and must remain a movement housing, isolation, precarious employment, and their effects on our Riley Reign – Stage Manager MacPhee participant, Jennifer, shares that “self-advocacy is one of committed to the fight against systems of oppression, including those mental health. And we know that sometimes these challenges got Sara Graham – Accessibility Coordinator the most valuable and applicable skills [youth] learn at the MacPhee that oppress Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. the better of us. It is not possible to be strong in every moment, nor Tanya Beers – Bar Manager Centre”. Jennifer continues, “I was taught the value of my voice, do we have to be. But we also know that when challenged, resilience Wren Tian-Morris – Website Consultant self-advocacy, and solidarity. Walking into GSA was completely life abounds in the queer community. Too many of us learned ways to VOLUNTEER LEADS changing”. cope through adversity at an early age. We are connected in part Morgan Manzer – Governance Committee Lead For more information go to macpheecentre.ca or follow SILVER not only through these experiences, but also the recognition of our Grace Strange – Youth Committee Lead @macpheecentre on social media. differences. Holly Green – Accessibility Committee Lead For a moment we were robbed of the community that gives us CONTRIBUTORS strength, but now it is coming back. And as it does, let’s remember Karen Waterfield, Strategic Arts Management – Bookkeeper that we don’t need to return to life as it once was. Let’s build a more Mirror Image Media – Videographers thoughtful and caring community. Let’s gather again. Find strength in Dylan White – Digital Consultant one another. Look around you. The strength and resilience you see in Taz & Ollie – Office Dogs others, they see it in you too. The past year has not been easy, and we NOTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS will not deny that many challenges still lay ahead, but we need to take A huge thank you to the community members who have Audio, video footage, and photography will be used throughout the FRIENDS OF PRIDE time to celebrate, reflect on what we have come through, and process contributed their time and talents on the following committees: Halifax Pride Festival. By your presence at events, you acknowledge what we have learned. So join us at the festival. Share your pride. Show that you have been informed that you may be photographed and/ you are resilient. Accessibility Immigrant or recorded, and that these items may be used as part of our Active Living Programming promotional materials or social media platforms. We may not feel resilient all the time, but feel it for a moment, a day, or Communications QTBIPOC throughout the festival. Radiate resilience. Elder Safety Events Trans & Non-binary PHOTO CREDITS Happy Pride! Governance Youth AUGUST halifaxpride.com Thanks to all those who helped by contributing their photography to Health & Wellness Instagram GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS halifaxpride 12-22 this guide, including: Stoo Metz and Samson Learn. Twitter HalifaxPride VOLUNTEER WITH PRIDE! Facebook-square Halifax Pride 2021 Visual theme and guide design by Shortstop and Revolve. halifaxpride.com/volunteer

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organized events. Halifax Pride cannot guarantee the accuracy of the the of accuracy the guarantee cannot Pride Halifax events. organized

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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2021 PRIDE AMBASSADOR - MACPHEE CENTRE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS We acknowledge that the Halifax Pride Festival takes place in Each year Halifax Pride celebrates an individual or group who has Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. made a positive impact within the 2SLGBTQ+ community, inviting them RAINBOW This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship to share their message at events and contribute their input to festival with Mi’kmaq people. We are all treaty people. Part of acknowledging planning. We are honoured to welcome the MacPhee Centre as the traditional territory and the impacts of colonialism is reflecting on BOARD OF DIRECTORS Frances Dadin-Alli – Chair 2021 Pride Ambassador. our relationship with the land, reconciling for past wrongs, and being Chris Cochrane – Vice Chair mindful of those wrongs still taking place. The MacPhee Centre for Creative Learning’s Gender & Sexuality Salman Sadib – Treasurer Alliance (GSA) Program launched in January 2017 in response to a Kartik Saini need for safer spaces in our communities for 2SLGBTQ+ youth. GSA DIAMOND SAFER SPACE STATEMENT Liane Khoury programs support youth as they gather weekly to learn and grow Oriol Salvador Halifax Pride is committed to encouraging conditions for safer spaces together. The collaborative and youth-led nature of programming Patrick Maubert throughout our festival. We aim to ensure everyone feels respected, empowers youth to find their space and voice within the larger Steve Cook HALIFAX DOWNTOWN valued, and able to freely express themselves, regardless of their communities they inhabit. Youth swap stories of marginalization, Wade Betts gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, race, age, offer and seek peer support, and make time to engage in play and William Babstock levels of ability, and all our other diverse identities. Our Safer Space celebrate the beauty of their 2SLGBTQ+ identities and community. Policy (halifaxpride.com) guides Halifax Pride in all of our planning. STAFF During COVID-19 youth have pivoted GSA programming to virtual, Adam Reid – Executive Director ensuring they can continue to come together in community. GOLD

QTBIPOC SUPPORT MESSAGE FROM HALIFAX PRIDE Fiona Kerr – Operations & Communications Manager CBC_Pride_Logo.pdf 1 2016-05-18 4:41 PM Dan MacKay – Elder Coordinator The MacPhee Centre is no stranger to this type of transformational Halifax Pride stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement This year has taught us that strength can look very different from Don Brownrigg – Events Manager work. As an organization, MacPhee empowers youth between the to end violence and police brutality against Black communities across what we once imagined. Sometimes strength is taking care of Grace Strange – Volunteer Coordinator ages of 12-19 by connecting passion with purpose through the arts. North America. African Nova Scotians and Black people have the right yourself. Sometimes it is knowing when you need to ask for help. And Holly Green – Two-Spirit Coordinator MacPhee works to inspire creativity and confidence by offering to live free from oppression, violence, and systemic marginalization. sometimes it is knowing when to offer help to others. Jennifer Waugh – Production Assistant unique programs in visual and performing arts, creative writing, and Halifax Pride recognizes our history and ongoing contribution to the technology in safe and inspiring spaces. marginalization of QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People We learned these things while coping with a pandemic, unstable Monika Landry – Noon-Hour Panel Coordinator of Colour). Pride began as a protest and must remain a movement housing, isolation, precarious employment, and their effects on our Riley Reign – Stage Manager MacPhee participant, Jennifer, shares that “self-advocacy is one of committed to the fight against systems of oppression, including those mental health. And we know that sometimes these challenges got Sara Graham – Accessibility Coordinator the most valuable and applicable skills [youth] learn at the MacPhee that oppress Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour. the better of us. It is not possible to be strong in every moment, nor Tanya Beers – Bar Manager Centre”. Jennifer continues, “I was taught the value of my voice, do we have to be. But we also know that when challenged, resilience Wren Tian-Morris – Website Consultant self-advocacy, and solidarity. Walking into GSA was completely life abounds in the queer community. Too many of us learned ways to VOLUNTEER LEADS changing”. cope through adversity at an early age. We are connected in part Morgan Manzer – Governance Committee Lead For more information go to macpheecentre.ca or follow SILVER not only through these experiences, but also the recognition of our Grace Strange – Youth Committee Lead @macpheecentre on social media. differences. Holly Green – Accessibility Committee Lead For a moment we were robbed of the community that gives us CONTRIBUTORS strength, but now it is coming back. And as it does, let’s remember Karen Waterfield, Strategic Arts Management – Bookkeeper that we don’t need to return to life as it once was. Let’s build a more Mirror Image Media – Videographers thoughtful and caring community. Let’s gather again. Find strength in Dylan White – Digital Consultant one another. Look around you. The strength and resilience you see in Taz & Ollie – Office Dogs others, they see it in you too. The past year has not been easy, and we NOTICE OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND FILMING COMMITTEE MEMBERS will not deny that many challenges still lay ahead, but we need to take A huge thank you to the community members who have Audio, video footage, and photography will be used throughout the FRIENDS OF PRIDE time to celebrate, reflect on what we have come through, and process contributed their time and talents on the following committees: Halifax Pride Festival. By your presence at events, you acknowledge what we have learned. So join us at the festival. Share your pride. Show that you have been informed that you may be photographed and/ you are resilient. Accessibility Immigrant or recorded, and that these items may be used as part of our Active Living Programming promotional materials or social media platforms. We may not feel resilient all the time, but feel it for a moment, a day, or Communications QTBIPOC throughout the festival. Radiate resilience. Elder Safety Events Trans & Non-binary PHOTO CREDITS Happy Pride! Governance Youth AUGUST halifaxpride.com Thanks to all those who helped by contributing their photography to Health & Wellness Instagram GOVERNMENT SUPPORTERS halifaxpride 12-22 this guide, including: Stoo Metz and Samson Learn. Twitter HalifaxPride VOLUNTEER WITH PRIDE! Facebook-square Halifax Pride 2021 Visual theme and guide design by Shortstop and Revolve. halifaxpride.com/volunteer August August August August August August August August August August August 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Saturday 15 Sunday 16 Monday 17 Tuesday 18 Wednesday 19 Thursday 20 Friday 21 Saturday 22 Sunday 9:00 AM Morning Meditation Morning Meditation Morning Meditation Morning Meditation

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Two-Spirit 11:00 AM Sing Out with Unison! Event: Proud Prana Yoga Gender Bending Yoga Drum Making The Pavilion The Pavilion Demonstration

Noon-Hour Panel Series: Noon-Hour Panel Series: Noon-Hour Panel Series: Noon-Hour Panel Series: Noon-Hour Panel: Two-Spirit Noon-Hour Panel: Noon-Hour Panel Series: 12:00 PM on the Music on the Addressing Event: 2SLGBTQ+ Two-Spirit Identities and Are All Families Equal? Not for Trans, The Umbrella Queer Mental Health QTBIPOC Healthcare Play Time Newcomers Desirability vs Preference Self Expression 2SLGBTQIA+ Families in NS Mainstage Mainstage Community During and After COVID Inequities Overcoming Social Isolation Festival Site: Festival Site: featuring Community featuring Community So Fetch Dog Walk 1:00 PM Market, and Health & Market, and Health & Two-Spirit Event: Point Pleasant Park Wellness Area Wellness Area Beading with Killa

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HALIFAX PRIDE ORGANIZED EVENTS PRIDE ORGANIZED HALIFAX 3:00 PM SCHEDULE 2021 4:00 PM NSRAP 25th Queering the World Anniversary Gathering Welcome BBQ

Two-Spirit Event: 5:00 PM Halifax Pride Flag Raising Two-Spirit Event: Grand Parade Come Learn With Me Ask Without Worry for Everyone EXTRAmurals 5:30 PM Rainbow Pride Run 6:00 PM EXTRAmurals Hip Youth Two-Spirit EXTRA- Elder EXTRAmurals: Trans & EXTRAmurals: All Tongues: QTBIPOC EXTRAmurals: Youth & Elders EXTRAmurals: Hop and Waacking Hangout Event: murals: Hangout Soccer Non-binary Outdoor Immigrant Hangout K-Pop Class Come As Spikeball Storytelling Salon Baseball Badminton Washer Toss Classes You Are Tournament Hangout Hangout 6:30 PM UNtoxicated

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