| June 21, 2014 |
Pride Scotia 2014 Edinburgh
Pride Scotia is Scotland’s national LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) pride festival. Run entirely by volunteers, we organise both a pride march and a community based festival to celebrate diversity and personal identity. The traditional pride march and rally provides a platform for politicians, community activists, celebrities and most importantly individuals turn out to march through the city centre to celebrate pride. The festival encompasses live music, DJs and a health and community fair. Pride Scotia is held in Edinburgh every year
Pride Scotia (Edinburgh) will:
Create a safe space to engage communities in the celebration of their sexual orientation.
Coordinate the bi-annual Pride celebration in Edinburgh
Capture and build upon our organization’s and our communities’ history.
Provide a platform for education through a significant public presence.
Run a not-for-profit organization, committed to volunteers and staff.
Honour – our past by remembering our history.
Protect – our future by reaching out, educating and defending our right to celebrate.
Value Diversity – by accepting and respecting differences and working to understand the diverse cultural complexities that influence identity, assumptions, behaviours, expectations and beliefs.
Celebrate – with provocative and outrageous events.
Engage – the diversity of our communities to participate in events and facilitate community development.
Recognise – and acknowledge, the involvement and contributions of volunteers, staff and sponsors.
Respect – volunteers, staff and sponsors by creating and sustaining an environment where we treat each other with respect and dignity.
Sustain – the organisation by ensuring transparency in our actions and accountability with, and to, our communities.
Manage – with fiscal responsibility and foresight, ensuring the viability of the organisation and the fulfilment of its mission.
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