2021 Pride PARTNERSHIP PROPOSAL CONTACTS:

Hasina Juma (She/Her) RESPECTFULLY Director of Organizational Change SUBMITTED BY: Direct Line: (780) 218-9844 Email: [email protected] Calgary Pride calgarypride.ca Elliot Rae Cormier* (They/Them) Calgary Pride Development and Membership Manager Direct Line: (403) 993-0196 Email: [email protected] *On leave, planned return to work in late June 2021

Kathleen Jessiman (She/They) Marketing and Fund Development Coordinator Email: [email protected] ABOUT CALGARY PRIDE

With more than 40 years of history, Calgary Pride is a volunteer led, non-profit organization with significant roots in Calgary and passionate commitment to the communities we serve. Calgary Pride’s mandate is to advance visibility and inclusion for Calgary’s gender and sexually diverse communities. To do this we endeavour to build strong community partnerships, implement ongoing year round programming and produce the 4th largest Pride celebration in .

In order to achieve success we rely upon the generous support of our members and community partners. You ensure that we can continue to offer a free annual celebration of diversity to all Calgarians. And your investment allows us to offer enhanced programming throughout the year, bringing us closer to a city free from discrimination against gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. We believe that partnerships such as yours are monumentally impactful in fostering strong community connections, and continue to fortify the human rights movement. We take great care in working with our partners to curate engagement and recognition strategies that speak to the core values of both organizations, and that convey this authentically to the 2SLGBTQ+ community and their allies. CALGARY PRIDE WEEK AUGUST 27TH - SEPTEMBER 6TH

Calgary Pride continues to be the fourth largest and fastest growing Pride festival in Canada, and is uniquely positioned to Pride is at continue doing so. its essence a celebration 2020 was a landmark year for Calgary of resiliency, Pride, not only because of our 30th Anniversary, but because the COVID-19 community pandemic saw us sashaying into realms of and love. event production that were brand new to our team just one year ago. This year,

As the last major city in the calendar will be no year to host Pride, and in recognizing different. the continuing impacts of COVID-19, our organization has created a dynamic virtual engagement plan, technology solution, and business revitalization strategy. B!G PRIDE We Don’t Pivot, we SASHAY!

Wednesday Calgary Pride 2021 will be celebrated from your homes, at Sept/1 • 6pm - 12am businesses, in the streets and from your cars at the B!G ART Movie Night 1 Drive-in!

In true Pride style, we are excited to be offering a series of Thursday events that delight, excite, capture, captivate and most Sep/2 • 6pm - 12am importantly CELEBRATE our community. Theatre Night

Not quite ready to mingle in public? no problem! We will be Friday broadcasting this programming on our social media platforms! Sep/3 • 6pm - 12am Be sure to download our app so you don’t miss a moment! And Music Night remember, together #WeAreCalgaryPride

Saturday Sep/4 • 3pm - 12am 18+ Show: Circus

Sunday Sep/5 • 3pm -12am Parade Day Calgary pride goes Virtual (again)! Calgary Pride is pleased to be curating a truly Viewers will not only impressive program of live streaming and pre- be able to watch the recorded content for this year’s Festival. programming, but can comment and meet with Leading up to and during Calgary Pride week, one another. Calgary Pride will broadcast performances from Canada's best and brightest 2SLGBTQ+ artists, community newscasts, and more — all free to the Connected, public. safe, and This programming will be streamed simultaneously on Twitch and other platforms celebratory, as copyright allows, including integration to our this is website. This, in combination with our rigorous Calgary online advertising and in partnership with traditional pride. media partners, ensures that we have the widest possible reach that is both accessible and engaging.

We will also be relaunching the Calgary Pride App, Phone mockups available in the iOS App Store and Google Play. for demonstration purposes only The Weekly Pride Cast Good morning, afternoon, and evening, Calgary! Calgary Pride will stream a weekly 10- to 20-minute pre-recorded community newscast on our social channels leading up to Pride Week. Hosted by a rotating cast of local 2SLGBTQ+ artists and community leaders, the weekly Pride Cast will create space for visibility and connection at a time where our community needs it most.

Content includes community events and resources, pride updates, business shoutouts, partner stories, interviews, local queer history, and more, all in the voices and stylings of artists and leaders who are well-known and well-respected in Calgary’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. Check out past episodes on our YouTube channel! THE MARKETPLACE

The Marketplace has always taken shopping local to a whole new level. It’s a well-loved community space offering artisanal products, information on community resources, and more. The main attraction is the services of our partners and businesses large, small, and anywhere in between.

This year we will be hosting this on a virtual platform, not only on parade day, but for the entirety of Calgary Pride week.

Website and merchandise mockups for demonstration purposes only #OUrPride 2021

2021 has been a year of unparalleled challenges for everybody and every organization, and the gender and sexually diverse community has been disproportionately affected. This is where Calgary’s entrepreneurial spirit can make a huge difference.

Between August 27 and September 6, we invite you to host group activities, trivia nights, park hikes, backyard barbecues, watch parties, art or history walks, or whatever other creative idea you have! Make it welcoming, easy for people to participate, and fun – but you must stay within the Restrictions on Gatherings as they are defined during Pride Week.

We ask that your #OurPride initiative includes a fundraising component for attendees that might be in a position to support Calgary Pride’s efforts to make our great city more diverse, inclusive, and safer for members of the gender and sexually diverse community. This is not just a Pride celebration. This is all of us, together, for Calgary Pride. READING WITH ROYALTY

YEAR-ROUND PROGRAM In partnership with the Calgary Public Library, Reading with Royalty celebrates diversity and encourages children to look beyond gender stereotypes and embrace exploration of self.

In this year round program participants are able to experience those who glamorously interpret gender expression and imagine a colourful world where people can express their identity freely. Join us in sparking imagination and celebrating inclusion at this family-friendly story-time program, led by local drag Monarchy, and produced monthly at libraries around the city and at a variety of community events.

This is the first program of its kind in Alberta that introduces the concepts of gender identity and gender expression to kids under age 12, with an audience of almost 5,000 kiddos to date. Offered online until we can meet in person again!

Private bookings are available! If your ERG wants to host an event for families with kids (and kids at heart), please visit the Calgary Pride website for more information. QUEERLY FESTIVE: DINNER & SHOW

DECEMBER 2021 (tentatively) As winter settles itself in each year and the holiday season comes into full swing, we understand that it can become an incredibly difficult time for some. Many members of the 2SLGBTQ+ community find themselves displaced and without family, which is further exacerbated during Christmas.

To combat this, we are pleased to produce annually a holiday dinner and show, with entry by donation. We want to ensure that each and every person within our community has an opportunity to take part, connect with friends, meet new ones, and celebrate our diversity! THE POWER OF PARTNERING WITH PRIDE 61 31K 59 102 HOURS OF LIVE STREAMING ONLINE VIEWERS TUNED #OURPRIDE SUPPORTING FREE LEARNING SERIES AND BROADCASTING OVER IN TO OUR VIRTUAL LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS WORKSHOPS FACILITATED 10 FESTIVAL DAYS BROADCAST BY 83 SPEAKERS FROM 37 ORGANIZATIONS 2.4K 231 $25K 1.8K RAISED THROUGH VOLUNTEER HOURS PARTICIPATING 2SLGBTQ+ #OURPRIDE INITIATIVES WORKSHOP ATTENDEES FROM 139 VOLUNTEERS ARTISTS AND ENTERTAINERS AND ONLINE AUCTION FROM 3,553 SESSION REGISTRANTS Great job to the whole

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Calgary Pride Festival 2020 Analytics

Social Media Analytics July 1st, 2020 – September 6th, 2020

Facebook @calgarypride 9.8K Impressions 7.9K Reactions 2020 862 Shares 978 Comments 975 Link Clicks top facebook post: SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYTICS TOP POST: facebook 795K 22K 29K impressions engagements FOLLOWERS instagram 195K 11K 8.5K impressions engagements followers twitter 191K 1K 8.2K impressions engagements followers

linkedin 15K 444 353 impressions engagements followers

Twitter @calgarypride 191.7K Impressions 779 Link Clicks 310 Retweets 728 Likes 25 Replies TOP TWEET: top instagram posts: instagram top

Event Exposure: TV Media July 1st, 2020 – September 6th, 2020

BETWEEN JULY 1ST TO SEPT 1ST 2020 300M EVENT EXPOSURE: MEDIA HITS TOTAL REACH IN TRADITIONAL MEDIA Over 290 traditional media hits across Canada between July 1st, 2020 and September 6th, 2020 with a total reach of 299.73 million in traditional media. st th Event Exposure: TV Media July 1 , 2020 – September 6 , 2020

Links: • https://globalnews.ca/video/7204980/global-calgary-partners-with-calgary-pride- to-sponsor-ourpride-business-initiative • https://globalnews.ca/video/7305616/calgary-pride-week-gets-underway • https://globalnews.ca/video/7288300/tour-calgarys-most-significant-lgbtq- 2020landmarks

EVENTEvent Exposure: EXPOSURE: Print Media July 1st, 2020 – September 6MEDIAth, 2020 HITS

ALSO FEATURED IN: Global News, Markets Insider, Business Insider, CBC News, ICI Radio Canada, Narcity, Global Newswire, Market Screener, Wallstreet Online, Calgary Herald, CTV Calgary News, CTV Toronto, Edmonton Journal, Yahoo! News Canada, The Chronicle Herald, University of Calgary News, To Do Canada, MSN Canada, and many more.

Also featured in: Global News, Markets Insider Business Insider, CBC News, ICI Radio Canada, Narcity, Global Newswire, Market Screener, Wallstreet Online, Calgary Herald, CTV Calgary News, CTV Toronto, Edmonton Journal, Yahoo! News Canada, The Chronicle Herald, University of Calgary News, To Do Canada, MSN Canada, and many more.

Links: • https://finance.yahoo.com/news/shaw-pride-marches-lgbtq2sia-bipoc- 133000643.html

2020 website 1.75M 136K stats impressions pageviews 31.7K 53.7K 28K 10.2K 6.9K clicks users Homepage festival 2020 live 10.4K 5.3K 3.4K Program Guide ourpride learning series 2020 7.9K 2.5K app 138K sessions Downloads stats screen views 32.8K 1.4K ad views ad clicks 1.05K 14.8K tracks played notifications sent 69% 31% Android users apple ios users TELLING YOUR STORY

Sharing the stories of our partners is a powerful and important aspect of our partnerships. It allows us to convey with the 2SLGBTQ+ community and broader public your organizations, values, and dedication to engagement and authentic allyship, while also providing visibility and recognition to those who work within your organization.

From diversity training, to including pronouns in your email signature, to hosting your employee Pride Brunch, or photos of your all gender washroom signs, we are dedicated to collaborating with you on these initiatives, or further supporting those that you have already engaged in, and sharing your commitment to supporting community with the world. #ProudPartners sample posts Pride is at its essence a celebration of resiliency, community and love. This year, is no different. PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Opportunities to partner with Recognition Strategies Diamond Platinum Gold Silver Bronze Calgary Pride are as varied as $15,000 $10,000 $7,500 $5,000 $2,500 the gender and sexually diverse Unique opportunity to brand an element of the festival communities we serve. Full page launch ad in Calgary Pride App This is a standard sponsorship B!G Art Activation deck for the Calgary and Festival. Please use this as a Name & logo recognition in the weekly Pride Cast springboard for your community Inclusion in #ProudPartners live D&I panel during Pride Week investment and brand recognition ideas. We look forward to exploring Logo representation on all printed materials your goals and how we can work Recognition through Calgary Pride social media channels 4 posts 3 posts 2 posts 1 posts and celebrate diversity, equity and Colour banner ad in Calgary Pride App inclusion together. One free exhibit booth space in Virtual Market Interested in supporting Calgary Pride all year round? The following One free virtual parade entry pages outline some of our year round Use of the Official Calgary Pride logo programming and events that occur outside of the Pride Parade & Festival. Logo in Calgary Pride App Logo on Sponsorship page of the Calgary Pride website OUR TEAM

STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS The Pride Calgary Hasina Juma Shelby Dewhirst Planning Committee She/Her She/Her operates as a volunteer Director of Organizational Change Interim Chair run organization, including a volunteer Board Parker Chapple Jonah Ardiel of Directors, over 60 They/Them He/Him volunteers, and three year- Director of Business Development Officer round paid staff. They all are collectively responsible Elliot Rae Cormier Jenn Galandy for the planning and They/Them She/Her execution of the annual Development & Membership Manager Officer Calgary Pride Parade, Pride in the Park Festival, Sumit Munjal Kevin Jowsey and ongoing annual He/Him/They He/Him collaborative programs Manager of Production & Programming Officer such as Reading with Royalty, Memorial Park Kathleen Jessiman Gordon Procyk Pride, the Queerly Festive She/They He/Him Dinner & Show, and Evolve: Marketing & Fund Development Coordinator Officer Pride Amplified.

Hayden McHugh They/Them Special Events & Marketing Coordinator There is no doubt that GET INVOLVED WITH CALGARY PRIDE our volunteers are Calgary Pride’s volunteer Board of Directors recruits the backbone of our for open positions on a rolling basis. Want to make organization. a positive impact on 40 years of queer (and counting!) in Calgary? Contact the Board via email Hundreds of volunteer at [email protected] for information on hours from fabulous openings and how to apply. folks, including our Board of Directors, Want to make some seasonal magic? Grab some contribute to the friends from your ERG or make some new ones along success of Calgary the way and watch out for Pride Festival volunteer Pride’s year round applications to open on the Calgary Pride website. programming and our annual Parade & Festival. thank you