We are excited to announce that CK Pride has invited our municipal entry to lead the 2024 CK Pride Parade!

We invite you to join other municipal colleagues for a fun, inclusive, and family-friendly event.

All municipal employees are welcome to attend. Please invite family and friends!

Participating in the CK Pride Parade is a voluntary event outside of work time to honour Pride, inclusion, and celebrate together.

Suggest a theme for our entry before July 24th!

Submit an idea for a theme for our entry! This will help us choose how we should dress and decorate.

Use the QR code on the flyer above or email DEIJ@chatham-kent.ca with your ideas.

Help shape our Pride Playlist!

Submit a song idea for our Pride playlist! Share your family-friendly Pride-themed song suggestions to keep us dancing along the parade route.

Use the QR code on the flyer above or email DEIJ@chatham-kent.ca with your request.

Parade Details:

Saturday, August 17^th, 11:00AM

Parade starts at the Chatham Civic Centre and ends at Bill’s Place (48 Centre Street, Chatham).

A van will be available for people who want to participate but can’t walk the route. Stollers or other mobility devices welcome.

Everyone is welcome to stay for the festival afterwards!

Register, share a theme or song idea, or ask questions:

Register, share theme or song suggestions or ask questions through the DEIJ Employee Portal or contact Rebecca Haskell-Thomas, Coordinator, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice DEIJ@chatham-kent.ca 226.312.2023 x 2447.

Learn more about Pride:

More details about local Pride week events are on the CK Pride website.

Learn more about Pride and supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities at work from the DEIJ Employee Portal.