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Contact: Erin Echols
805-756-7153
pride@calpoly.edu

Cal Poly’s Pride Center Hosts Pride Week May 4-10

SAN LUIS OBISPO—Cal Poly’s Pride Center will host 14 special events for students and the public during Pride Week, from May 4-10.

By educating people about the issues facing the local LGBT community, the Pride Center hopes to create a campus environment where all students feel welcome and empower them to support social justice, said the Pride Center's Erin Echols.

Activities for Cal Poly students include:
Sunday, May 4

  • Capture the Flag, presented by Spectrum, 1-3 p.m., on Dexter Lawn.

Monday, May 5

  • Learn to Cook, presented by University Housing, 7 p.m., in Cerro Vista Community Center.
  • Cookie Decorating, presented by University Housing, on Monday, May 5, at

      8 p.m., in Sequoia Hall TV Lounge.

Tuesday, May 6

  • Week of Welcome (WOW) Spring Training presentation, 8 p.m., in Chumash Auditorium.
  • The Laramie Project, a film presented by University Housing, 8 p.m., in Muir Hall.

Thursday, May 8

  • Rock Band Competition, presented by the Pride Center, 8 p.m. – midnight, in Bishops Lounge.

Saturday, May 10

  • Pride Week Prom, presented by the Pride Center, 9 p.m. – 1 a.m. in the PAC Pavilion. Admission is $10.

Activities for the public will run Sunday, May 4 to Saturday May 10 and include:

  • Art Display, presented by the Pride Center, from Sunday on Dexter Lawn.

Tuesday, May 6

  • Pride Fair, presented by the Pride Center, 11 a.m. – noon in University Union Plaza.
  • Soup & Substance, presented by the Pride Center, noon – 1 p.m. in Room 204 of the University Union.

Wednesday, May 7

  • Another Type of Groove with featured poet “katastophe,” sponsored by the MultiCultural Center, 7 -9:30 p.m., in the PAC Pavilion.

Thursday, May 8

  • Provocative Perspectives speaker Glenda Russell, presented by the Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs, 7:30 a.m. in the Vista Grande Café, and 11 a.m. in the University Union, Room 204.

Friday, May 9

  • Free BBQ Lunch, presented by Delta Lambda Phi and Fusion, 11:30 a.m. -1 p.m. in the University Union Plaza.

Saturday, May 10

  • Youth Empowerment Conference, presented by GALA, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., in the University Union, Room 220.

For more information, visit http://www.pride.calpoly.edu.

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