(4 pictures from the 2019 disability pride nyc parade. 1 picture showing a crowd of people of all ages, some in wheelchairs and some standing, with blue t shirts on holding balloons, another showing 2 men marching in the parade carrying a banner that says Disability Pride NYC on it with a huge crowd of people behind them, a 3rd picture of 3 people, a man and a woman in wheelchairs and and a woman standing behind them. The 2 in the wheelchairs are sitting next to each other wearing sunglasses and putting their heads together and they are all smiling. The woman behind them has her arms around them. A 4th picture showing a young girl in an orange T shirt sitting on her father’s lap, he is wearing a blue shirt and a grey hat and sitting in a wheelchair, they’re both smiling)
2020 Disability Pride NYC Parade is Cancelled due to COVID 19
We are very sad to announce that after studying all the information about coronavirus and checking with the Mayor’s Office and other professionals, the DPNYC Board has voted unanimously that, due to the extreme risk to the health and safety of this community caused by COVID 19, there was no other choice other than cancel the 2020 Disability Pride NYC Parade.
Even if by some miracle the number of infected were to begin to subside this summer, due to social distancing, the virus will still be out there and once people start to go out again they can get sick again. There are also reports predicting a possible phase 2 of the virus come fall so simply rescheduling the parade was not an option.
This was the hardest decision we have ever had to make but the safety of the disability community is always our first concern.
(Poster shows colorful graphics of birds flying down to a young woman shown looking to the side from the neck up wearing a hat over a silhouette of many people marching forward with their arms raised. The right hand corner has THE 2018 DISABILITY PRIDE PARADE In white against pink. In the middle there is a blue field with white and pink lettering that says EXPRESS YOURSELF! Sunday July 15th. Below that is text in black and white that says “The theme of this years parade is CREATIVITY. We encourage you to decorate clothes, hats, wheelchairs, hair, faces, floats, make puppets, wear costumes, – use your imagination – have fun! Awards will be handed out for most creative ideas”. Gather at MADISON SQUARE 10AM, parade steps off at 11AM. Goes down BROADWAY to UNION SQUARE PARK. FESTIVAL AT UNION SQUARE PARK noon – 3 PM. Under that are the logos for DPNYC, POPD and ABS and on the bottom are pictures of last years paraders who came creatively dressed.)
