Peterborough Pride Values (with some suggested actions to deliver on them)

Treating all shareholders with respect and dignity

  • Clear commitment to peaceful assembly with security volunteers trained to de-escalate.
  • Behaviour in Parade is governed by the Criminal Code of Canada. Views expressed by parade participants are not necessarily the views of "Pride Peterborough"

Being volunteer-driven and recognizing the value and contribution of all shareholders

  • Appreciation, team-building opportunities, training provided and fits with the task assigned
  • Welcome and support through transparent decision making, clarity re how to get involved, orientation, records and information maintained and available
  • Volunteers have space to be self-directed and empowered to do the work that they would like to and exhaustive list of areas that volunteers can get involved with

Transparency and accountability of actions

  • Clarity re third party events (vs. core event), sponsorship guidelines, payment of performers, hosting a fundraising event, etc.
  • Clarity re where finances are spent (budget) and what funds need to be raised.
  • Clarity re decision making power and method and who/how people become on the central organizing committee. Minutes taken at meetings and posted.
  • Evaluation forms/process for volunteers & participants to contribute feedback.

Commitment to anti-oppression principles and practices

  • Diverse, inclusive, and welcoming Pride events
  • Active outreach, communication and advertising to diverse groups (needs multiple communication pieces for different audiences)
  • Anti-oppression and anti-homophobia workshops or trainings as part of Pride programming
  • Recognizing our relative privilege to march (i.e. as Moment of silence in the parade or some other way to recognize less freedom elsewhere)

Promoting diversity, inclusivity and accessibility for all

  • Guidelines and checklist for events that encourage accessibility (i.e. sliding scale fees, accessible venues, all-ages access) with notice on posters re accessibility, all-ages access, PWYC
  • Outreach to the community to have a broad cross section of the community represented on the central Pride organizing committee and other activities

Celebration!

  • More music! Bigger, better floats, etc.
  • add music committee to hub structure
  • add float committee to create, with a bit of financial support, a flashy float with music
  • Equity, youth and accessibility committee in Pride organizing structure
  • community outreach committee

 

**We may not be able fulfill all these ambitions this year, but we can prioritize and work towards them each year.**