Volunteers Sought to Serve on the Newburyport Pride Board

Each June, Newburyport celebrates Pride Month as a way of recognizing its LGBTQ+ community. The City is looking to celebrate that community year-round and has created a board of volunteers to make that come to fruition. The Pride Board is looking to add roughly five to seven volunteer members who will help plan and run Pride events in the city.

This effort has been led by Tina Los, the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Alliance coordinator, and Tarah MacGregor from Newburyport Youth Services, alongside founding board members Marianne Vesey and Lori Towle. They are all looking to elevate queer voices in the community to help bring authenticity to city events.

Prospective Pride Board members can send a resume and a letter stating why they are interested in being on the board, what skills and experience they might bring, and explain why they feel Pride is important to queer people and the community as a whole. The resume and letter should be sent to the mayor’s office at mayor@cityofnewburyport.com by Oct. 10.