BECOME A SPONSOR!
Sponsoring the annual YS Pride event provides funds for LGBTQ+ resources year-round.
The annual YS Pride event represents the largest fundraising opportunity to help maintain and increase resources and community programming. The goal for this year is to raise enough support that the organization is able to expand giving opportunities throughout the immediate community and beyond. With sponsorship levels created for everyone, your help ensures that Yellow Springs Pride Inc. is able to provide the needed resources & support for so many.
Our Why+
The struggle for equality, freedom, inclusion and dignity of LGBTQ+ individuals in the United States has a storied past that stretches into our present. LGBTQ+ history is a story of overcoming adversity, coming out into the light of love, and creating space for community care. Society often overlooks the contributions we make in our communities and the world.
In naming Yellow Springs Pride Festival sponsorships, our hope was to shine light on this history and inspire our friends and allies to learn where we started, how far we’ve come, and how far we still must go for our siblings to fully realize their true potential and place in the world.
This year’s Pride Festival aims to inspire action and advocacy for LGBTQ+ Ohioans, with a focus on Black trans women and trans youth, who are especially vulnerable to violence, hate crimes and unconstitutional laws being pushed through the state legislature — a true disregard for science without even a shred of decency.
We encourage our friends and supporters to learn about the Gay Liberation Front, Stonewall, ACT UP, Radicalesbians and other intersectional organizations, and #LetThemPlay, a movement to protect trans youth in Ohio.
We leave you with this quote from Audre Lorde:
“Among those of us who share the goals of liberation and a workable future for our children, there can be no hierarchies of oppression.”
Thank you for your support of your friends and neighbors as we empower our community with the tools to usher in a more loving, compassionate world.
Festival Sponsorship+
With the call to continue promoting unity, let's FEROCIOUSLY EMBRACE LOVE.
PRESENTING SPONSORSHIP: $5,000+
The presenting sponsor receives recognition on all media & marketing material surrounding the event as represented as "Presented by" mentions, and also receives LIBERATION sponsorship benefits below:
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2 Promotional Social Posts during July
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4 Additional Promotional Social Posts during June
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10 Beer Tickets
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4 Free Tickets to After Party
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Brand/logo added to official marketing material as sponsor
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Brand logo visible at the YS Pride Park Main Stage
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Name announced on the Main Stage as YS Pride Sponsor
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Branded float/vehicle admission in the YS Pride Parade
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Name/logo listed on the YS Pride website as an official sponsor
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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2 YS Pride Tees
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
Gay Liberation Front was the name of several gay liberation groups, the first of which was formed in New York City in 1969, immediately after the Stonewall riots. Similar organizations also formed in the UK and Canada.
LIBERATION: $2,000
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2 Promotional Social Posts during July
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4 Additional Promotional Social Posts during June
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10 Beer Tickets
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4 Free Tickets to After Party
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Brand/logo added to official marketing material as sponsor
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Brand logo visible at the YS Pride Park Main Stage
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Name announced on the Main Stage as YS Pride Sponsor
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Branded float/vehicle admission in the YS Pride Parade
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Name/logo listed on the YS Pride website as an official sponsor
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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2 YS Pride Tees
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
The Stonewall riots, also known as the Stonewall uprising, Stonewall rebellion, or simply Stonewall, were a series of spontaneous protests by members of the gay community in response to a police raid that began in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, at the Stonewall Inn in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.
STONEWALL: $1,500
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2 Additional Promotional Social Posts during June
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10 Beer Tickets
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4 Free Tickets to After Party
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Brand/logo added to official marketing material as sponsor
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Brand Logo Visible at the YS Pride Park Main Stage
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Name announced on the Main Stage as YS Pride Sponsor
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Branded float/vehicle admission in the YS Pride Parade
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Name/logo listed on the YS Pride website as an official sponsor
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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2 YS Pride Tees
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
Act Up is a diverse, non-partisan group of individuals united in anger and committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis.
ACT UP: $1,000
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5 Beer Tickets
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2 Free Tickets to After Party
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Name announced on the Main Stage as YS Pride Sponsor
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Branded float/vehicle admission in the YS Pride Parade
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Name/logo listed on the YS Pride website as an official sponsor
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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1 YS Pride Tee
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
The Radicalesbians was a short-lived but important group in the history of the lesbian and feminist movements. Its collectively-written "The Woman-Identified Woman" is a provocative manifesto that challenged all feminists to reconsider their conception of lesbians and lesbianism.
RADICAL: $500
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10x10 Vendor Booth at YS Pride Festival
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Name/Logo listed on the YS Pride website as an official sponsor
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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1 YS Pride Tee
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
Protect Trans Kids & Let Them Play | Fight transphobia and stop discrimination in the doctor's office. Make your voice heard! Discrimination in healthcare is already illegal. Tell the government to enforce the law!
LET THEM PLAY: $250
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Social Media Sponsorship Mention
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Name/Logo listed on YS Pride website as an Official Sponsor
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Official YS Pride Thank You Letter
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1 YS Pride Tee
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YS Pride Pack: A Promo Merch Mix
DISRUPTORS: Choose your disruption amount!
LGBTQ+ disruptors are individuals or groups within the LGBTQ+ community who challenge societal norms, stereotypes, and systemic discrimination through their activism, advocacy, and creative endeavors. These disruptors strive to dismantle barriers to equality and inclusion, sparking meaningful change in areas such as politics, media, entertainment, education, and beyond.