NEWS RELEASE: San Diego Unified Announces Participation in Annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade

NEWS RELEASE
July 12, 2016

San Diego Unified Announces Participation in Annual San Diego LGBT Pride Parade

The San Diego Unified School District, along with it's students, teachers and stakeholders, is proud to once again participate in the San Diego Pride parade on July 15. This is the fourth consecutive year the district has marched in the parade and is expecting its largest ever group of participants.

San Diego Unified's contingent will be "Superhero" themed, together with the district's year-round messaging of being "United with Pride" with all of its LGBTQIA students, staff and faculty.

San Diego Unified school buses will lead the contingency displaying "Unified with Pride" school spirit banners decorated by Gay-Straight-Alliance (GSA) student club members from schools throughout the district.

The Pride Youth Marching Band is comprised of San Diego county high school and college students and directed by San Diego Unified's Visual and Performing Arts Director, Russ Sperling.

Ahead of Saturday's Pride Parade, join the Pride Youth Marching Band members as they kick off Pride weekend at the Spirit of Stonewall Rally Friday, July 14 at 6 p.m. The rally will take place at the Hillcrest Pride Flag located on 1500 University Ave in San Diego.

The San Diego Pride parade is one of many ways the district demonstrates its commitment to diversity and inclusion. San Diego Unified is proud to support our lesbian, gay, bisexual/pansexual, transgender, questioning/queer, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQIA) students and families. Here are some of the ways the second largest school district in California is "Unified w/ Pride."

· Anti-bullying and harassment measures<https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/705>
· Parent Outreach and Engagement<https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/402>
· Quality Assurance Office<https://www.sandiegounified.org/quality-assurance-office>
· Race, Human Relations and Advocacy<https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/208>
· Safe schools for all students<https://www.sandiegounified.org/node/700>

San Diego Unified is committed to equal opportunity for all students in admission and access to the district's educational programs, guidance and counseling programs, athletic programs, testing procedures, and other activities, and that all programs and activities be free from discrimination, including harassment, with respect to a student's actual or perceived sex, gender, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion, color, physical or mental disability, age, or sexual orientation.

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Media Inquiries: Isabella McNeil, San Diego Unified School District, 619-341-2343 Imcneil@Sandi.net<mailto:Imcneil@Sandi.net>

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