The campus community is invited to a ceremony raising the Progress Pride Flag outside Chrysler Hall Tower on Thursday, June 1.
When the campus community gathers June 1 to celebrate the start of Pride Month, it will be under a new banner.
A ceremony at 1:30 p.m. Thursday will raise the Progress Pride Flag on the western side of Chrysler Hall Tower.
The design broadens inclusion of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Building on the rainbow flag, it adds chevrons of black and brown to recognize the important contributions of Black and racialized people in the pride movement; of white, pink, and light blue to represent the trans community; and a purple circle representing the intersex community.
The flag-raising ceremony aligns with one of the University’s newly defined strategic priorities, says Joyceln Lorito of the UWindsor Pride Committee: “Creating and promoting programming that enables all members of the campus community to develop greater knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion; the skills necessary to work, learn, and lead together in a diverse world; and the awareness that change is everyone’s responsibility.”
She says organizers hope to see a large turnout of supporters for movement toward equity, diversity, and inclusion.
The UWinPride Committee is also organizing a series of online lunch-and-learn sessions for June; watch for more details as they are finalized. Learn more about UWindsor Pride on its website.