Where’s Our Parade?
In February, the idea of a Disability Pride Parade started forming. We had anticipated organizing a group of folks to participate in a Disability Pride Parade in Halifax, NS to coincide with National AccessAbility Week which starts the last Sunday in May. Then, our world was shut down due to Covid-19 and we put all plans on hold. The idea was still in the backs of our heads but we paused to take stock and figure out how to exist in this new world, without mass gatherings.
Earlier this week, Gerianne and I were talking about how we’d love to keep the idea of the parade alive. The proliferation of online gatherings has inspired us to try to organize an online parade. This does present some challenges, as it won’t look like a traditional parade but we’re nothing if not adaptable!
So, DisabilityPride.net calls our friends and fans to prepare their “floats” and send us pictures, videos, art, animations, showing us what Disability Pride means to you! We will create a video with your contributions and stream it live at a Facebook event.
We want to have the first part of the parade, the Facebook live event, on May 31st or June 1st so we would like to have the initial pictures and other content submitted by May 25th. Send them in a message to https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityPride.net/ or email them to me at mwilson@disabilitypride.net
If you miss the May25th deadline, that’s more than ok! we invite you to post your “float” to https://www.facebook.com/DisabilityPride.net/ between May 31st and June 6th to continue the parade throughout National AccessAbility Week!
