WeHo Pride 2022 - Community Group Application
Organization/Group Information
| Organization/Group Name |
Pride Poets
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| Applicant Name |
Brian Sonia-Wallace
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| Applicant Title or Relationship to Organization/Group |
Curator
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| Applicant Email Address |
[email protected]
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| Applicant Phone Number |
+13109068345
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| Please briefly describe your organization/group and its mission or purpose: |
Pride Poets is a One City, One Pride project grantee (since 2019) which brings LGBTQ+ poets to write on typewriters for members of the public during Pride. For the past two years we have operated Zoom mics and a poetry hotline, and look forward to returning to in-person activation! Pride Poets curator Brian Sonia-Wallace is the current West Hollywood City Poet Laureate.
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| Is your Organization/Group a 501c3? (It is not a requirement that your organization be a 501c3) |
No
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to LGBTQ Pride |
Pride Poets is composed of poets across the LGBTQ+ spectrum, with the goal of helping our community celebrate and commemorate their love and lives through poetry.
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to West Hollywood |
Since 2019 Pride Poets has been a One City, One Pride grantee. Pride Poets curator Brian Sonia-Wallace is the current West Hollywood City Poet Laureate.
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WeHo Pride Integration
| In what way is your organization/group seeking to integrate with WeHo Pride? |
Option 1: Activate a designated space in the footprint of a WeHo Pride event held in the vicinity of West Hollywood Park and San Vicente Blvd. during the weekend of June 3-5, 2022
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Option 1 - Space within WeHo Pride Footprint
| Please describe you proposed programming/activity within the WeHo Pride footprint: |
Our goal is to activate a space with typewriters with 3-4 poets at a time, requiring one 6-foot table under an awning. We would be delighted to partner with another applicant and share space, as our goal activation time is 4 hours Saturday and an additional 4 hours Sunday. In the past, we set up with the WeHo Arts booth and it was a beautiful partnership, encouraging people to come into the booth and stay to look around while their poem was being written.
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| Will your organization/group be requesting supplemental funding from the City for programming and activities as a part of your footprint in WeHo Pride? |
No
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Agreement with the City of West Hollywood
| Please note that, if selected, your organization may be required to provide insurance and enter into a written agreement with the City of West Hollywood. |
I agree
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Additional Information
| If there is any additional information you would like to share, please use the below space: |
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