Press Release for Pagan Pride Day in Wichita KS

August 3, 2002

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

Contact: Soseneda Jones 316-303-9089

Celebrate the Autumn Equinox and help your community at the Wichita

Kansas Pagan Pride Day festival on Saturday, September 21st, from 6:00pm

to 8:00pm, in Linwood Park. All ages are welcome at the free event,

which will feature a Pagan religious ceremony and information on Pagan

spiritual practices. Attendees are asked to share the harvest by

bringing canned foods and/or non-perishables to benefit the food bank.

Wichita's local event is affiliated with the Pagan Pride Project, a

global organization whose mission is to reduce discrimination against

Pagan religions. By providing accurate information, and by showing

communities that their own neighbors and co-workers practice these

religions, they hope to lessen prejudice against them.

Last year 17,494 people attended the 76 Pagan Pride Day events held in

the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Portugal, and

Brazil. Together, they collected $15,090.21 and donated 15,175 pounds of

food and goods to charity. More than 115 events are scheduled for this

year.

Saturday's celebration will center on a religious service observing the

Autumn Equinox, a time of thanksgiving in many Pagan traditions. The

charity drive is a way to give thanks for the abundance of the year, and

share it with our community. The ceremony will celebrate the diversity

of the Pagan community and bless the results of the charity drive before

it is given away. Participants are encouraged to bring percussion

instruments for drumming.

Modern Paganism, or Neo-Paganism, is a rapidly growing religious

movement based on combinations of ancient polytheism, modern

eco-spirituality, and reverence for the Divine as both masculine and

feminine. Some common traditions found under this umbrella include

Wicca, Witchcraft, Asatru, and Druidry. Pagans are found in all walks of

life from professionals to homemakers, and hold ethical standards that

emphasize respect for nature, humanity, and oneself.

For more information about the event or about Pagan religions please

contact Soseneda Jones at 316-303-9089 or Soseneda. Also;

http://www.paganpride.org, Pagan Pride Project, 133 W. Market St. PMB

119, Indianapolis, IN 46204, paganpride, or 317-916-9115.

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