Coalition News and Events
Chicago's Pride Parade
From Chicago's 2019 Pride Parade.
We are excited that you’ll be walking with us!
This year, our lineup number is #53.
Our van–-with the church signs-–will be located near 4500 N. Broadway. Plan on arriving to the area no later than 10:00 a.m.
We recommend you use the Wilson Stop on the CTA Red Line. Driving and parking is not recommended.
The parade route is about three miles long. The Parade will end at 2800 N. Cannon Drive.
We are not offering transportation to, from, or during the parade.
The Coalition's Pre-Pride Service
From Chicago's 2015 Pride Parade
The Coalition, with pastors from several local congregations, will be leading an ecumenical worship service at 11:00 a.m.
The Pride Service will be held at the southeast corner of Clarendon and Wilson. This location is quite near our starting point. We plan to
be done by 11:45 a.m.
At the end of the parade, please bring your congregation's sign to our van so we can pack it and return it to our storage facility.
These signs are expensive. Please do NOT discard them.
Volunteer Needs
From Chicago's 2018 Pride Parade
The parade organizers require us to have several parade monitors. A monitor assists our entire group to stay together so we are able to
complete the parade route in an orderly, timely fashion. If a CCWC Volunteer asks you to be a monitor, please consider assisting us.
We will need some help at the end of the parade packing up signs into our van and unloading signs at our storage facility. We’d appreciate
if you or a group from your congregation can assist us with this.
Our 2020 Pride Video
The 2020 Pride Video.
We created a video montage for Pride 2020. We invited all of our member congregations to submit a short video greeting to
everyone celebrating Pride 2020 virtually. A great many of our partner congregations send greetings and best wishes for this very
unusual Pride season.
Purpose of the Coalition
The Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches is a collaboration of more than 80 churches and other ministries in the Chicago
metropolitan area which welcome and affirm people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We have two
goals:
- To spread the message of our members' LGBTQ-inclusion across the Chicago metropolitan area, mindful that a positive message about
sexual and family diversity is a gift to all people.
- To connect the leaders, members, and guests of our partner churches for fellowship and education, enabling support and
resource-sharing for the practices of faithful welcome.
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