By The Keystone Newspaper Theme: “Rooted in Resilience”
By Marie Shane
On Oct. 16, Allies of KU hosted its annual PrideFest celebration in the McFarland Student Union Building, Room 218, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. This year’s theme was “Rooted in Resilience.”
PrideFest highlighted the LGBTQ+ community and provided students with a space to form friendships. The festival was open to all students and included activities such as airbrush tattoos, face painting, friendship bracelet making, stuff-a-plush and music.
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When entering the event, students could sign their names on a banner to pledge to help overcome the adversity and systemic oppression the community faces.
“It’s important to raise awareness for LGBTQ+ and is a chance to have a good time, especially during this stressful time of year,” student Lisbeth Mora said.
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Booths were stationed around the event featuring representatives from the LGBTQ+ Center, Planned Parenthood, Safe Berks and Bradbury-Sullivan.
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“We never have an event where all of these organizations come together, so it’s somewhere we can access them,” student Mariana Grijalva said.
For more information on future Allies events, visit their Instagram page @kuallies.