Sixth Annual Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride Day: SUCCESS! 
Pagan Pride Day 2008 was a complete success! Vendors met or exceeded their expectations, our attendance met that of the competing venue a few blocks away, fun was had by all (including the local constabulary/peace keepers) and our community efforts yielded over THREE HUNDRED POUNDS of food and clothing for those in need!
The event was covered, not only in the Digital Missourian and the Maneater, but also in a Tangled Macrame's Blog as well as the Digital Missourian's Faith In Focus blog
We would liike to thank our Keynote Speakers and featured workshop presenters are Joyce and River Higginbotham, Llewellyn authors of "Paganism: An Introduction to Earth-Centered Religions" and "Pagan Spirituality".
We would also like to thank this year's acts: Songbyrd from Kansas City; The Deva Dancers; Moon Holloran-Leady; Dances of Universal Peace featuring Linda and Ed; and Carolyn and Friends! The entertainment was stellar!
Of course, the vendors were fabulous this year as well! Thank you so much for helping to make this year's event a successful and memorable one!
And we'd also like to congratulate Atena Creations and Bella Luna Adornments for their gracious contributions to this community offering and let them know that they are BOTH officially winners of websites AND hosting for two years at with GoDaddy. (I’ll be touching base with you soon… so start thinking about what you’d like me to conjure up for you - Phoenix).
But most of all, we would like to thank everyone who made it out to celebrate with us this year - those who make it out to the festival each and every year... and all the wonderful new faces!
We're already starting the planning process for next year's event -- so keep visiting us here and we'lll keep you informned of the plans for 2009!
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Get Involved by volunteering, sponsoring or vending! Or you can:
- join our list at MidMOPaganPride@yahoogroups.com
- mail us at
Mid-Missouri Pagan Pride
1409 West Broadway
Columbia MO 65203
- Contact Taz at tazmma@yahoo.com, (573) 982-9079
- Contact Rose at rosewise@starband.net, (573) 289-3657
- Visit us on the web at http://www.midmopaganpride.org
What is Pagan Pride?
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.
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.
Cool Links
Here are some cool links that will inform and help to educate:
- Join the e-List and get Involved! And check out our MySpace!
- Ozark Avalon
- Hearthfires
- WitchVox
- Pagan Education Network
- Pagan Pride
