2011 Dallas Black Pride (The Movement)

2011 Dallas Black Pride (The Movement) brings you HisSTORY AND HerSTORY. September 29 – October 2, 2011.  Host hotel Marriott City Center in Downtown Dallas.

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2011 Pride Schedule

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Thursday: September 29, 2011

9:00AM – 6:00PM – VIP and Guest Check-In

Where: The Marriott City Center Lobby

7:00PM – 10:00PM – The Movement Launch Reception

Where: The Marriott City Center

11:00PM – Parties hosted by various community organizations / promoters

For more details about parties, visit “NIGHTLIFE” page. (click for more info)

Friday: September 30, 2011

10:00AM  – Vendor and Summit Registration

11:30AM – Black LGBT Community Summit Luncheon

Where: The Marriott City Center, Plaza Ballroom B

1:00PM – 4:00PM  – Black LGBT Community Summit (Click here for more info) 

Where: The Marriott City Center

DFW Pride Movement would like to raise awareness of HIV/STDs and discuss factors contributing to the high rates in the Black LGBT community, and develop action steps to decrease the rate of transmission through prevention, intervention and community collaboration.  We aim to bring together health officials, community workers, community members and leadership in the Black LGBT community to address and seek solutions for change within this heavily impacted community.

Keynote Speaker – Mr. Christopher Bates, Senior Public Health Advisory to the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases and Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

Keynote Speaker – Mr. Cleo Manago, Founder and CEO of the African, American Advocacy, Support-Services & Survival Institute (AmASSI)

5:00PM – 7:30PM – DFW Pride Movement Networking Reception

Where: The Marriott City Center, Cambridge Ballroom

7:45PM – 11:00PM – Queerly Speaking: Black Pride Edition

Where: The Westin City Center, Cambridge Ballroom

11:00PM – Parties hosted by various community organizations / promoters

For more details about parties, visit “NIGHTLIFE” page. (click for more info)

Saturday: October 1, 2011

9:00AM – Vendors and Summit Registration

10:00AM – 4:00PM – Empowerment Series (Click for more info)

Where: The Marriott City Center

The sessions will cover a diverse range of topics and issues impacting the Black LGBT community and other communities of color.  Topics will include financial planning, health relationships, domestic abuse, crossing the generational lines and more.  

3:00PM – 7:00PM  – Official Dallas Black Pride Social Affair, “Tweet and Greet” (Click for more info)

Where: Plaza C

Join WhatsTheT.com, United Black Ellument, Amir, Coach Couture, Lester Newnue Matthews and the DFW Pride Movement for an afternoon of fun, food, and cocktails; as we text, Facebook chat, and Twit about the 2011 Dallas Black Pride Celebration.  We are going network until our fingers hurt!

4:00PM – 8:00PM – GREATER THAN AIDS PHOTO SHOOT

Where: Plaza Foyer

Join The Movement as we show our support for the Greater Than AIDS Campaign.  Have you photo taken  and you just might win the chance to become the local face of the campaign.  Random photos will be drawn from the collection and turned in posters that will hang at supporting businesses, clubs, and bars in the Dallas Fort Worth Metropolitan Area.  “WE ARE GREATER THAN AIDS!”

5:00PM – 7:00PM - GLO TV: Live Show Taping of “UNCUT (Sex and The Modern Man)” (Click for more info)

Where: Plaza A

Join GLO TV for a live audience taping of one of GLO TV’s hottest new tent pole series. After the screening there will be a rousing, honest and raw discussion about sex in the gay community.

8:00PM – 10:00PM – “The Movement” Full Throttle Fashion Explosion

Where: Plaza AB

Join the DFW Pride Movement and the Greater Than AIDS Campaign as we walk the catwalk.  Featured models include Ty Lattimore, Rock Rockafella, Remy Mars, Envy Ebony, Cuban Michaels, Uriah Bell, Suki ‘The 5th Ellement” and many more entertainers as they strut their HOT stuff in support of getting people tested and linked to care.  “WE ARE GREATER THAN AIDS!”

11:00PM – Parties hosted by various community organizations / promoters

For more details about parties, visit “NIGHTLIFE” page. (click for more info)

Sunday: October 2, 2011

12:00PM – Living Faith Covenant Church Worship Service

Where: Normandy AB

Let’s gather together in worship, praise and blessings

2:00PM – 5:00PM  Black Pride Dinner at Catfish Blues

Where:

1011 Corinth Street

Dallas, Texas 75215

214-565-9300

Join the Dallas Black Pride at this year’s host restaurant for a real home cooked meal.  Don’t let the name fool ya!  If you want some excellent soul food then come to Catfish Blues.  It’s not your traditional seafood restaurant.