PRIDE 2021 Diamonds and Denim is underway. The response from the business and nonprofit community has been overwhelming since the information was released. We are so happy and proud that so many organizations want to be a part of this historic pride parade in Abilene, Texas.
While we are currently sorting out sponsorships, vendor spaces, and parade floats, we still want to capitalize on all of the buzz around PRIDE 2021 right now. That's why we have decided to create an interest list for possible vendors and sponsors for the event in September.
If you are interested in vendor space or sponsoring the PRIDE 2021, please fill in the contact form below so we can keep you in the loop as things progress.
This form is not in any way an obligation to participate. It is a means for us to track interest and keep possible sponsors and vendors in the loop as these opportunities become available.
PRIDE 2021 Sponsor/Vendor Interest
Author: Sam
Sam is the President of the Abilene PRIDE Alliance. He is a local progressive, rural government activist and works at TRUST Web (a web design firm) as the owner. He is also co-owner of WHITL Woodworking (a jewelry manufacturer). Sam has been an avid organizer since he attended the University of North Texas studying psychology. It's a passion that followed him his entire life. He ran for the Texas House of Representatives in 2018 and again in 2020 to draw attention to the lack of education funding facing Texas and the dire situation that most rural water infrastructure was in. Sam's hometown made national news several times for the amount of lead content in their drinking water. The issue remains unaddressed. In 2019 when he was chair of Indivisible Abilene he helped to put on Abilene's largest PRIDE event to that point in two weeks on $500. Over 500 people were in attendance at Everman Park. It was this event that would lead to the creation of the Abilene PRIDE Alliance. In the fall of 2019 Sam, James, and several other LGBTQIA people held the first Abilene PRIDE alliance meetings. Since then, they have formed an online database for affirming...