Atlanta Pride announces 2025 Pride Across the Peach State recipients

Atlanta Pride has stated the recipients of the Pride Across the Peach State grants The grants are designed to uplift encouragement and amplify the efforts of Georgia-based Pride organizations This year Atlanta Pride received percent more requests than in its inaugural year Last year the grant helped engage over Pride attendees across Georgia with a total of given to grantees This year s Pride Across the Peach State grantees are Athens PrideAtlanta Black Pride Inc Carrollton Rainbow Equality Fest Inc Gainesville GA Macon Pride Inc Pride Lake Pine Lake GA Rome Georgia Pride Inc Savannah Pride Center Smyrna Pride Southern Fried Queer Pride Statesboro Pride Inc recipient The Pride Across the Peach State initiative reflects Atlanta Pride s commitment to building a stronger more connected LGBTQ movement throughout Georgia Chris McCain the Executive Director of Atlanta Pride reported in a announcement These grants are about investing in long-term sustainability expanding access and ensuring that LGBTQ people in every corner of our state feel seen supported and celebrated This year s recipients embody these values to their core and we re excited to see how their offerings continues to flourish Along with financial patronage past grantees also received in-person endorsement and information from Atlanta Pride In February the Pride Across the Peach State grantees met for a two-day event of networking and knowledge sharing and received guidance to further sponsorship their Pride events With so countless funding sources for LGBTQ organizations being reduced or disappearing altogether especially for groups outside of major cities this grant venture is more fundamental than ever Steven Igarashi-Ball Atlanta Pride s Director of Communications and Society Engagement reported Pride Across the Peach State offers meaningful encouragement to local organizers who are creating space connection and celebration in their communities We are grateful to help uplift their work and to remind them that they are seen valued and supported For more information about the Pride Across the Peach State grant initiative and Atlanta Pride visit atlantapride org The post Atlanta Pride announces Pride Across the Peach State recipients appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta