Our club meetings will resume in the Fall Quarter. Until then, please reach out & stay close to our Pride Friends in other ways during this quarter. At the end of this very week, on Sunday, June 27, we will be representing our club & Shoreline Community College as we march in the Seattle Pride Parade. All persons in support of our club & the GLBTQ community at large are welcome to show up, support our pride, & to attend the Parade.
Seattle Pride Parade's theme this year is "Over the Rainbow." As a club, we have
already made our awesome banner & other signs (hence the pictures.) We have also decided as a club to each be one rainbow color: Wilem will be Red, Sam', Orange, Ramiro, Yellow, Paul, Green, Heather, Purple, & our Proud Teacher, Dr. Mimi Harvey will be Pink. We still need a Blue Volunteer.
1) 8:00 AM on the morning of, at about across the street from the North Gate Bus Mall Transit Center is North Seattle Community College with a courtyard, called Thornton Place. Meet at Thornton Place (334 NE Thornton Place, Seattle). Allowing a short wait period for us to show up at this meeting place, we will enjoy refreshments (Ramiro is bringing fruit & donuts) & get pepped up for the day.
2) Together we will take Bus 41 downtown to Pioneer Square. If you can, bring up to $5 cash for round trip bus fare if you don’t have a bus pass/otherwise, we will just take care of each other. Together we will haul our parade essentials.
3) From downtown, we will walk together to the corner of 4th & James Street. That’s our reserved space.
For those who are not actually marching, you may join us in any of the above plans as well and/or find a good viewing point to cheer us on. Our march will start at roughly 11 am, however we are expected to arrive early- & besides, this will give us time to just have fun during the show before the parade.
Prez Ramiro would like us to keep these ideas in mind:
· Parking is available at the Northgate Transit Center. Do not drive down there. You will not be able to get in, traffic will be awful and you will have to pay a lot of money for parking that is really far away.
· Bring water. We are hoping for a hot sunny day, we are doing a lot of walking. Bring some food (trail mix?) It will likely rain though, so bring a rainbow umbrella.
· Parade lasts about two hours. To be on the safe side plan to be there until 2pm.
· At the end of the parade, we will officially be off of school time/chaperone status, but hopefully kinda sticking together.
· After the parade we will put stuff away and enjoy the other events. There has been talk to meet up at the Fountain for a gay swim.
· If you have any questions, please contact Prez Ramiro or any of our officers. We are active on FaceBook, Twitter, Cell Phone/Email, & Skype. Before the event, you can also ask questions in the Student Leadership Center, room 9301 of the PUB- Lisa & Jamie are especially helpful.
This will be the 3rd consecutive year that our club is participating in this event. For archived stories & pictures of the last 2 years, dig back in our older blog pages.
Photos Courtesy of Club Member Wilem
Respectfully submitted by Alumni Member, Sam'
