2020-07 March

This is the planning document for the Elderberries July 2020 March.

Table of Contents:

• Outstanding Decisions

1. Facts
2. Demands
3. Things we need to talk about
4. To-Do lists organized by week-before, day before and morning of
5. Who to invite
6. Media considerations
7. Online Resources
8. Chants
9. The email to send out Saturday morning

Outstanding Decisions

• Who are we going to give the 30 things to? The first 30 that arrive? The first 30 who show up? The first 30 elders who show up?
• Shouldn't priority be given to 1.The Board 2. The Elderberries members who signed up and 3. The people who are helping us (Rebecca?Jaqui?the Youth?
• Lynn will need a wheelchair for our march. Where and How can we secure one in our time frame? How much are they?

1. Facts

Elderberries will clearly be the sponsor and producer of this event. We need to make it clear that it is NOT a Halifax Pride event.

We will be giving out the parade route only to those registered.

• Official Public Web Page: https://gay.hfxns.org/2020-07-18_Elderberries_March
• Date: 2020-07-18 Rain Or Shine
• Time: NOON.
• Route: Lawn in front of OLD Halifax Library, Spring garden & Brunswick, up Spring Garden Rd, R on South Park, into the Garrison Grounds. The slower moving folks will lead the March (This will keep us together. No stragglers. Slower but effective.)
• Spokesperson: Lynn
• Honorary Marshall: Mike Sangster
• Theme: The original 1987/88/89 Pride March / Protest
• We will have to follow the safe outdoor activity guidelines in place at the time

2. Demands

1. LGBT Seniors Housing. Why? For example, Trans folk are not safe; also, LGBT housing is a health issue.
2. Cultural competency certification for healthcare workers.
3. (to be amended) Timely access to health care for trans folk
4. Access to Point of Care HIV Testing

3. Things we need to talk about

• how we promote this event
• do we invite the media
• what is our limit on number of people?
• what happens if more than that show up?

4. To Do

Week Before

• Invite Jacqui Gahagan to participate
• BAREND buys masks
• DAN Identify washrooms (start: Library; end: Garrison Grounds)
• JACQUI will draft media talking points
• DAN Send out special invitations
• DAN get banner printed
• MIKE will invite Doug (probably Lapierre)
• Inform media
• Get a wheelchair for Lynn?

Day Before

• Print out 30 copies of the chants
• Day Before Items Go Here

Morning Of

• Send out the particulars (below)

5. Invitations

• NSRAP (via Norval)
• Elderberries Members
  • Email
  • Facebook
• Facebook Event? Probably no.
• Turret Memories
• Other Facebook groups
• RADStorm

6. Media

Elderberries will clearly be the sponsor and producer of this event. We need to make it clear that it is NOT a Halifax Pride event.

• CBC Information Morning
• CBC Mainstreet
• Global Halifax
• The Coast
• The Herald
• Halifax Today
• Wayves FB group & Twitter Feed

7. Resources

• https://gay.hfxns.org/1988_Pride_March
• There's a good article about the 1988 march here: https://gay.hfxns.org/2012-07-28_ChronicleHerald

8. Chants

• Big bunch here https://bonmot.ca/~daniel/chants/
• “Hey hey, no no, the status quo has got to go,”
• “One, two, three, four. Our rights are what we’re fighting for,”

9. Saturday Morning Message

Hello Elderberries Secret Flash March Participant!

Do you have your late '80s signage ready? Your paper bag? Just your marching voice? Your mask? You're good to go!

Here are the particulars for the march today!

When: Saturday, July 18, 2020 NOON Where: Park in front of the OLD Halifax Library site, Spring Garden at Brunswick

The slower moving folks will lead the March.

Washrooms: there are washrooms at the Halifax Library should be available; there should be porta-potties at the event we'll be joining at the end of the march.

COPY COVID PROTOCOL FROM https://halifaxpridecalendar2020.sched.com/event/cyJo/halifax-pride-social-site-bring-your-bubbles?iframe=no&w=100%&sidebar=no&bg=no

COPY PARTICULARS FROM THE WEB PAGE HERE

Although this event is not in any way affiliated with Halifax Pride, we will be ending up at the Garrison Grounds where a Pride event will be going on. The particulars for that are here: https://halifaxpridecalendar2020.sched.com/event/cyJo/halifax-pride-social-site-bring-your-bubbles

• Here is the FB event for that: https://www.facebook.com/events/3050834125028847/