This summer, we are marching in celebration of our heroic US Army WikiLeaks whistle-blower Chelsea Manning in Gay Pride events across the United States. Join us!
Last year, our San Francisco Pride contingent was awarded the “Most Fabulous” award–the highest honor given. Over 1,500 people made the contingent one of the largest in the history of SF Pride, the largest Gay Pride parade on Earth. This year, Chelsea is an official Grand Marshal of SF Pride!
Chelsea Manning contingent are confirmed for Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, and of course, San Francisco.
Los Angeles, CA – Sunday, June 8
Contingent organized by Out Against War/LGBT Greens
Contact: lgbtgreens at hotmail dot com
Seattle, WA – Sunday, June 29
Contingent organized by Veterans for Peace – Seattle Chapter 92
Contact: anton at vfp92 dot org (please put “Chelsea Pride?” in subject line), 206-235-3682
More info will soon be available on www.vfp92.org
New York City, NY – Sunday, June 29
Contact: klew357 at gmail dot com
San Francisco, CA – Sunday, June 29
Meet up 9:30am at Howard & Beale Streets
www.facebook.com/events/298467196976692/
The SF Pride! contingent is organized by the Chelsea Manning Support Network and Courage to Resist, with performances by the Brass Liberation Orchestra and the Chelsea Manning Flash Mob Dancers. A motorized cable car will be available for participants with mobility limitations.
Participating and/or endorsing organizations include:
- Bob Basker Post 315 of the American Legion
- Veterans for Peace-SF Chapter 69 & East Bay Chapter 162
- Iraq Veterans Against the War-National & Bay Area Chapter
- ACT UP-East Bay (Berkeley-Oakland)
- Occupy AIDS
- War Resisters League-West
- OccupySF Action Council
- Queer Strike
- VeteranArtists.org
- Bay Area Latin American Solidarity Committee
- Haiti Action Committee
- Inkworks Press Collective
- Middle East Children’s Alliance
- CODEPINK Women for Peace
- American Friends Service Committee-SF
- National Lawyers Guild-SF Bay Area Chapter & Military Law Panel
- ANSWER Coalition-Act Now to Stop War & End Racism
- United National Antiwar Coalition
- Mobilization to Free Mumia Abu-jamal
- Gray Panthers of SF
- Lynne Stewart Defense Committee
- World Can’t Wait
- Civilian-Soldier Alliance
- SF Green Party
- WORD: Women Organized to Resist and Defend
Contact Emma Cape (emma at chelseamanning dot org) if you’re organizing or participating in a Chelsea Manning Pride 2014 event not already listed.