SAY IT LOUD! BLACK AND LATINO GAY PRIDE *
Albany, NY
June 5-7, 2009
Contact: Phillip Purse
Phone: 518-432-4188
Email: info@inourownvoices.org
www.inourownvoices.org
NEWARK-ESSEX PRIDE *
Newark, NJ
June 8-14, 2009
Contact: Perris Straughter
Phone: 949-350-5437
Email: newarkessexpride@gmail.com
www.newarkessexpride.com
BOSTON SPYCE
Boston, MA
June 11-14, 2009
Contact: Steven Fleury
Phone: 617-905-0406
Email: sfleury_1982@yahoo.com
www.bostonspyce.com
PORTLAND BLACK PRIDE
Portland, OR
June 12-15, 2009
Contact: Craig Tyson
Phone: 503-847-3039
Email: info@unityprojectoregon.org
www.brotobropdx.org
CHICAGO, IL LATINO PRIDE *June 13, 2009
Contact: Nilsa Irizarry
Phone: 773 412 1423
Email: irizarry23@aol.com
www.orgulloenaccion.org
MEMPHIS, TN BLACK PRIDE
Memphis, TN
June 19-21, 2009
Contact: Terryl Buckner
Phone: 901-522-8459
Email: hardawayarg@yahoo.com or terrylbuck61@aol.com
www.memphisblackpride.com
www.brothersunited.com
SOUTH CAROLINA BLACK PRIDE
Columbia, SC
June 19-21, 2009
Contact: Todd Shaw
Phone: 803-799-9190
Email: info@southcarolinablackpride.com
www.southcarolinablackpride.com
OUTBURST UK BLACK PRIDE FESTIVAL
London, England (UK)
June 24, 2009
Contact: Andrew Prince
Phone: 0208-678-6689
Email: info@outburstuk.org
www.outburstfestival.org
CHICAGO WINDY CITY BLACK LGBT-SGL PRIDE
Chicago, IL
July 2-6, 2009
Contact: Charles E. Nelson, II
Phone: 773-268-5678
Email: cnelson@windycitychicagoblackpride.org
www.windycitychicagoblackpride.org
BLACK PRIDE LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA
July 3-5, 2009
Phone: 213-926-5537
Email: info@blackpridela.org
www.blackpridela.org
www.myspace.com/blackpridela
CHARLOTTE, NC BLACK GAY PRIDE
Charlotte, NC
July 17-19, 2009
Contact: Lynkoya Handy
Email: cncbgp@yahoo.com
www.charlotteblackgaypride.org
DETROIT’S HOTTER THAN JULY
Detroit, MI
July 20-26, 2009
Contact: Hank Millbourne
Phone: 888-755-9165
Email: info@hotterthanjuly.com
www.hotterthanjuly.com
MOCHA BLACK PRIDE *
Buffalo, NY
July 23 -26, 2009
Contact: Damon L. Humes
Phone: 716-852-1142
Email: dhumes@mochaproject.org
LITTLE ROCK BLACK PRIDE *
Little Rock, AR
July 24-26, 2009
Contact: Stanley Rogers
Phone: 501-398-0307
Email: srogers@littlerockblackpride.com
www.littlerockblackpride.com
PITTSBURGH BLACK PRIDE
Pittsburgh, PA
July 24-26, 2009
Contact: Deryck Tines
Phone: 412-261-1692
Email: pghblackpride@hotmail.com
EYES OPEN FESTIVAL
Cincinnati, OH
July 25, 2009
Contact: Doug Cooper-Spencer
Phone: 513-291-0224
Email: eyesopenfestival@gmail.com
TORONTO SPLASH
Toronto, ON (Canada)
July 30 – August 2, 2009
Contact: Polly Watkis
Phone: 416-662-2585
Email: contactpolly@gmail.com
MOCHA BLACK PRIDE *
Rochester, NY
August 6-9, 2009
Contact: Damon L. Humes
Phone: 585-420-1400
Email: dhumes@mochaproject.org
PRIDE IN THE CITY
New York City (Brooklyn), NY
August 7-8, 2009
Contact: Evelyn Williams
Phone: 518-459-1695
Email: consult@egwilliams.com
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA BLACK PRIDE
Jacksonville, FL
August 7-9, 2009
Contact: Jonathan Martin
Phone: 904-502-7544
Email: info@jaxxblackpride.org
www.jaxxblackpride.org
INDIANA BLACK GAY PRIDE
Indianapolis, IN
August 7-9, 2009
Contact: Rosalyn Shepherd
Phone: 317-833-4077
Email: msrespect1010@yahoo.com
www.indianablackpride.com
ST. LOUIS BLACK PRIDE
St. Louis, MO
August 14-16, 2009
Contact: Erise Williams, Jr.
Phone: 314-531-2284
Email: ewilliams@stlouisblackpride.org
www.stlouisblackpride.org
IN THE LIFE ATLANTA
Atlanta, GA
September 4-7, 2009
Contact: Raymond Duke
Phone: 404-872-6410
Email: rduke@inthelifeatl.com
www.inthelifeatl.com
TWIN CITIES BLACK PRIDE
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
September 11-13, 2009
Phone: 612-643-2023
Email: colorcoordination@gmail.com
www.colorcoordination.org
SOUTH AFRICA BLACK PRIDE
Johannesburg, South Africa
September 28 – October 3, 2009
Contact: Andile Vinjiwe
Phone: +27 82 836 6833
Email: andile9099@gmail.com
www.addikted.ning.com
THE MOVEMENT
Dallas, TX
October 1-4, 2009
Contact: Venton Jones
Phone: 214-335-2227
Email: dfwpridemovement@gmail.com
www.dallassouthernpride.com
BALTIMORE BLACK GAY PRIDE
Baltimore, MD
October 9-12, 2009
Contact: Keith Rumph
Phone: 410-609-6302
Email: info@bmoreblackpride.org
www.bmoreblackpride.org
NASHVILLE BLACK PRIDE
Nashville, TN
October 23-25, 2009
Contact: Dwayne Jenkins
Phone: 615-974-2832 or 800-845-4266
Email: nashblackpride@aol.com
www.brothersunited.com/blackpride.htm or www.myspace.com/nashvilleblackpride
JACKSON BLACK PRIDE
Jackson, MS
November 19-22, 2009
Contact: Dr. Mark A. Colomb
Phone: 601-957-3625
Email: mcolomb@mbk-inc.org
www.jacksonblackpride.org
* Indicates that this Black Pride organization is NOT a member of the IFBP.
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