Ferndale Pride Leadership Change (Crystal A. Proxmire, Between the Lines, Nov. 22, 2013) Ferndale Pride is now under new leadership. Craig Covey has stepped down as Director of the event, and Julia Music has taken over the role. Music is a 35 year-old community activist who helped create Ferndale Pride in 2011 after Motor City…
Ferndale Pride Leadership Change (Crystal A. Proxmire, Between the Lines, Nov. 22, 2013) Ferndale Pride is now under new leadership. Craig Covey has stepped down as Director of the event, and Julia Music has taken over the role. Music is a 35 year-old community activist who helped create Ferndale Pride in 2011 after Motor City…
The Ferndale Pride Committee has announced the date for next year’s Ferndale Pride as May 31, 2014. Though the date falls just outside of the traditional June month of Pride, it keeps the event from conflicting with the Motor City Pride which will be held June 7-8, 2014.
For the third year in a row, Ferndale Pride’s focus was on a family-friendly festival with plenty of music and ways for the community to connect. But there was also a strong political element to the festivities, reminding people of the struggles LGBT people face and the need for allied and politician support
There are many tasks to be done including planning, promoting, handing out posters and flyers, fundraising, advance events, bar parties, staffing entrances the day of the festival for donations, working at the…
In just its second year, Ferndale Pride was able to raise $10,000 to give to local charities. Michigan AIDS Coalition, Affirmations, the Dyke March and the Ferndale Community Foundation each received part of the $10,000 total.
The theme of family love was evident in the Ferndale Pride planning. The kids’ tent was run by local moms and dads, and the Rainbow Run had a short family “run” where kids could join their parents and get paint thrown on them too. And in the afternoon a local family spoke about their experience adopting a gay teenager.
A passionate group of volunteers quickly got together to create events that celebrate Ferndale’s diversity on Pride Weekend, while not conflicting with the larger Detroit event.
Off the bat there were over 20 volunteers, led by…
The Ferndale Pride 2011 Planning Committee is in full swing as over 20 volunteers gathered last week to flesh out details of the three day celebration. From June 3-5 Ferndale will be host to many LGBT community events designed to complement the Motor City Pride Celebration taking place in Hart Plaza. Shuttles will run between the two events.
The Ferndale Area District Library is asking the public to help purchase more LGBTQ+ books for their collection after…
35 Year Old Gift Shares Eagle Pride, and Friendship Between Two Ferndales (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 2, 2018) Ferndale, MI -While cleaning out a closet, Ferndale Schools administrators found a hand-carved wooden eagle plaque that was a gift sent in 1983 from the Golden Eagles of Ferndale, Washington. The inscription says the plaque was sent…
35 Year Old Gift Shares Eagle Pride, and Friendship Between Two Ferndales (Crystal A. Proxmire, Feb. 2, 2018) Ferndale, MI -While cleaning out a closet, Ferndale Schools administrators found a hand-carved wooden eagle plaque that was a gift sent in 1983 from the Golden Eagles of Ferndale, Washington. The inscription says the plaque was sent…
Ferndale Pride sets record with $25,000 in grants to local LGBTQ charities FERNDALE, Mich. – Ferndale Pride distributed $25,000 in grants – the most funding it ever has distributed in a single year – to five local LGBTQ charities Monday, Aug. 28, at the Ferndale City Council meeting. The Ferndale Community Foundation, Ferndale Pride’s sponsoring…
Eight of the nine Democrats plus two Republicans signed a proclamation recognizing Gay Pride in Ferndale, which was presented at the June 7, 2012 Oakland County Board of Commissioner’s meeting.
Ferndale’s Plans for Pride (Craig Covey, 3/14/2011) When community members learned of the impending move of the annual Gay Pride Festival by Motor City Pride this year to Detroit’s Hart Plaza from downtown Ferndale, there was an immediate and overwhelming desire by many to create events for Ferndale so that GLBT residents, allies, businesses, friends…
After ten years of calling Ferndale home, Motor City Pride has decided to move the annual LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender – and ally) event to Hart Plaza in Detroit.
The response to Forever Pride, Forever Pride Action and their initiatives has been largely positive, says Guo.
Without a Headlee override or other funding source, $4 million will need to be cut from the city’s $26 million general operating fund.
Oakland County Times is on a QUEST to enjoy every local restaurant in Oakland County.
It isn’t just board members that make Downtown Ferndale shine. Beeker encouraged people to get involved by volunteering, attending meetings…