She became a pride ally when she was a teenager.
Lori Travis is a senior business analyst in BGE’s Customer Care Center. It’s part of how I bring my whole self to work.” Lori and Aaron Travis He said, “I want to be a visible part of this community. He commutes from his home in Baltimore to the plant in Delta, Pa. He’s worked there for more than eight years. Brian Wrightīrian Wright is an operations shift supervisor at Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station, part of Exelon Generation. She’s is a reporting analyst for Mass Markets at Constellation, where she has worked for 11 years. Samantha Oquist marched to support friends and family.
#WHEN IS GAY PRIDE IN BALTIMORE PROFESSIONAL#
“I want to contribute to the group that contributed to me, that allowed me to find my personal and professional voice.”Īs a member of the parade event steering committee for Exelon Pride Baltimore, he was thrilled by the impressive turnout of company employees. “I found my voice through Exelon Pride,” said Chandler. He’s currently assigned to Constellation after spending his first year at PECO. Here’s what they say inspired them: Chandler WattsĬhandler Watts is in year two of the Exelon Leadership Development Program, on the portfolio management track. The crowd behind the Exelon Pride banner on June 15, 2019, was the largest ever-more than 130 employees, friends, and family, all followed by a BGE zero-emission electric bus. It’s a legendary annual event dating back to the 1970s.Įach year the Baltimore chapter of Exelon Pride, the company’s employee resource group that promotes a positive workplace environment for all Exelon employees regardless of sexual orientation, organizes a contingent of local parade participants eager to take an active role in Pride Month. The parade that highlights this citywide celebration attracts 30,000 people and more than 100 participating organizations to 11 blocks of North Charles Street, with a block party across the finish line. June is LGBT Pride Month, and in Baltimore all roads lead to Pride Weekend. Matthews for making it possible!!! Govans Presbyterian had a booth at the festival, too.Community Diversity and Inclusion Crew and Culture Matthews were present on Sunday for the festival in Druid Hill Park!!! We do work well together!!!īTW Faith has had a booth or table at the Sunday festival for years, but this was their first time to walk in the parade. Matthews walker who had knee surgery 2 weeks ago and pushed his wheel chair along the parade route accompanied by his husband – and to an 82-year old, long-time ally – member of Faith – who purchased a cane so that she could walk the route!!! Of course each church carried their own banner, too – we wanted people to know the churches that would welcome them! And, of course, Faith and St. Gay Pride 2013 was an exhilarating experience – crowd reaction was awesome as we passed by – the cheers we received were exciting – especially to one St. And we’re already talking about Gay Pride 2014! In fact the two churches are planning to do anti-bullying workshops together in the fall. Matthews are long-time friends – both are active participants in the events of the Loch Raven (Blvd) Ministerium. Matthews – and fits well with Faith’s participation in MORE LIGHT Presbyterians. Their LEAD ministries – their program to welcome LGBTQ’s – is an important part of the life at St. Matthews had paid all the entry fees (Faith paid for the banner)! Their goal was to have 100 walkers – I think the final number was 115! Their enthusiasm was contagious as we planned the event. Long before we started actively recruiting walkers, St. Matthews Roman Catholic church – the real instigator of the effort. Faith Presbyterian – one of the organizers of the effort – and Brown Memorial Park Avenue – were proudly marching behind the banner, FAITH COMMUNITIES OF BALTIMORE with PRIDE – as was First & St. When the Gay Pride parade kicked off in Baltimore on June 15, a number of faith communities were present – and Presbyterians were an important part of the event. Here is Doris Cowan’s report from the parade: Commenting on the passage of Question 6 last year, the Baltimore Sun said the victory could be “traced in part” to the involvement of the faith community, in particular to the fact that two African American Southern Baptist ministers chose to “lend their names, faces and reputations to a campaign on an issue that remains highly controversial in their community.” This year faith communities marched in the Baltimore Pride 2013 parade. Nineteen couples were married in Druid Hill Park surrounded by hundreds of well-wishers. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake officiated at the city’s first mass same gender wedding ceremony at Pride.