Second Pride Festival - 2009

Second Pride Festival 2009

What ?

The Second Pride Festival is a festival of the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transexual) Community. The concept and idea is similar to the well known Gay Pride celebrations held all around the world.
But this event does not concern people joining together anywhere in the real world, but in the virtual world of Second Life®, created by Linden Lab™. For the duration of the event, anybody with a Second Life account can connect to the Festival's location and join the celebration.
Various activities are available on site, such as visiting of the many vendor stands available to promote businesses or charities, GLBT locations and causes, discussions, debates, parties, amusement rides, and more...


What we do ?

To make the festival happen we set donation kiosks around Second Life. We use what we need to rent the sims and do the festival and we give all extra donations to a charity organisation chosen by us. SP09 is working with Amnesty International this year and their movement called Outfront, to support freedom of expression of the LGBT people and community around the globe. More info on : http://www.amnestyusa.org/lgbt-human-rights/page.do?id=1011002


When ?
May 23rd thru May 30th 2009


We also have some events prior to the main festival, such as benefits and promotion parties. Check the Calendar to find them or ask Helyo Mendes (helyomendes@secondlife.com).



Where?


The Second Pride Festival 2009 will be held on six mainland sims (= simulations) called Ruthenium, Rhodium, Osmium, Iridium, Platinum and Palladium. **Until the time of the Festival, those sims will not contain any content mentioned above as they belong to Linden Lab™.
The Second Pride HeadQuarters building is located on a sim called "Dombersnark". The HQ is at ground level and contains all the infos about Pride that you will need inworld. Just like internet URLs we have direct teleport links on Second Life called "SURLs". The direct SURL to the Pride HQ is : http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dombersnark/189/75/40 Simply click it here with your Second Life account open to get a teleport button to that location. We often have meetings prior to the official start of the Second Pride festival.
To know when we are having a meeting, check the forum's Calendar or contact our secretary DannielScarlet Destiny (dannielscarletdestiny@secondpride.com). The meetings are held in the meeting room on the second floor of our HQ building.


Who ?

Committee Members:

Chairman: Zack Preminger (zackpreminger@secondpride.com)
Secretary (co-chair): DannielScarlet Destiny (dannielscarletdestiny@secondpride.com)
Treasurer: Addison Mortlock (addisonmortlock@secondpride.com)
Marketing: Leland Ansar (lelandansar@secondpride.com)
Membership: Jace Lewis (jacelewis@secondpride.com)
Event Booking: Aramir Ayala (unavailable for RL reasons) - Co-chaired by Helyo Mendes (helyomendes@secondpride.com)
Building: Lemonodo Oh (lemonodooh@secondpride.com)
Security: Scota Parisi (scotaparisi@secondpride.com) - Co-chaired by Madison Rutledge

And all of our supportive members from the Second Pride Festival Group 2009 on Second Life.


How can I help ?


The Second Pride Festival needs your support to be the greatest one ever. If you feel like helping, don't hesitate to contact a Pride Committee member to ask him/her how you can help!We always need people with building and/or scripting skills, people for translations, and people to share ideas with us!


Want more info ?


1. Use the Second Pride contact form to contact us about all your concerns or questions.

2. Contact one of us on Second Life, via Search -> People. We will be glad to answer any question you might have.

3. Send an e-mail to support@secondpride.com .

4. Visit us inworld at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Dombersnark/189/75/40

5. Visit our website at http://www.secondpride.com/ Sphere: Related Content