About

Here’s a 2012 Vancouver PPD brochure PDF: ppd brochure

And here’s a 2012 Vancouver PPD Word brochure: ppd brochure

Statement of Purpose:

The Pagan Pride Project is a non-profit organization. The primary purposes of this corporation shall be the advancement of religion and elimination of prejudice and discrimination based on religious beliefs.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Pagan Pride Project is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community.

Defining the Mission Statement:

We try to keep our purpose balanced through the inspirations of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth:

• Air: Education
  We’re never going to be able to practice our spiritual paths openly if we don’t give the public accurate information about what we do and do not do.
• Fire: Activism
  People aren’t necessarily going to go out of their way to find out what Pagans really do. We have to have the courage to act on our convictions and do what we need to do.
• Water: Charity
  We know that what we do returns to us. We need to demonstrate this by offering compassion to our communities where it is needed. When we share our own abundance, we show that we trust the Gods to share abundance with us in return.
• Earth: Community
  We’re never going to be able to practice openly if we don’t know anyone else in our local Pagan communities. We need to weave networking webs in our cities, in our towns, in our rural areas. We need these webs to support one another. That support will also show those who would restrict our practice that we are not just a few isolated wackos, but are a growing congregation of people who adhere to a faith that, while different, is as valid as their own.

History

Read a history of the Pagan Pride Project

What is a Pagan?

The following definition is for the purposes of the Pagan Pride Project. Others may define themselves or their group in different ways, and that’s OK. Some groups that fit the categories we list may not call themselves Pagan, and that’s ok too – that’s why we say that first and foremost the definition of a Pagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan. But the following was created in order to have a functional definition to help educate the public about the spiritual paths we cover:

Definition:

A Pagan or NeoPagan is someone who self-identifies as a Pagan, and whose spiritual or religious practice or belief fits into one or more of the following categories:

• Honoring, revering, or worshipping a Deity or Deities found in pre-Christian, classical, aboriginal, or tribal mythology; and/or
• Practicing religion or spirituality based upon shamanism, shamanic, or magickal practices; and/or
• Creating new religion based on past Pagan religions and/or futuristic views of society, community, and/or ecology;
• Focusing religious or spiritual attention primarily on the Divine Feminine; and/or
• Practicing religion that focuses on earth based spirituality.

Symbols

What the symbols on our logo stand for

Legal Paperwork

Our Papers of Incorporation

Our Bylaws

Who’s Who on the Board of Directors of Vancouver Pagan Pride

Chairperson/Publicity/Rituals/Media:  Kerr

Liaison/Vendors/Site Coordinator: Janus

Children’s Events:  Minerva

Security & First Aid:  Arie

Entertainment:  Sorayah

Regional Coordinator

Amanda Hyde

Western Canada Region

ahyde@cogeco.ca