07/04/2025
Here’s a glimpse behind the curtain for Eugene Pagan Pride. This is going to be a long one.
We know some of the community have felt disappointed and hurt since we cancelled Pagan Pride and we understand that cancelling it doesn’t feel good. We hope that with a little more information there may be more understanding of what we need to be able to pull off Pagan Pride successfully.
So to start off we have these positions filled:
IT-Dennis Riddle
Treasurer - Dennis Riddle (and we hope to soon replace him for this position)
Youth activities Coordinator - Farrah Summers-Blake
Ritual Coordinator - Becca Perry
Entertainment Coordinator - Emily Chappell
And Executive Director - SerenDerryth Riddle
The jobs/team members we need filled and if not filled the Executive Director does their best to do:
Secretary
Marketing Coordinator
Vendor Coordinator
Food truck coordinator
Fundraiser/sponsorship coordinator
Workshop coordinator
Vibe and Ambiance Coordinator
Public Relations
Volunteer Coordinator
Hospitality Coordinator
And a lot of day of help, help with fundraisers, help with putting flyers out, and diy help to make sure we can have some things made that would be useful.
This year the Executive Director had to try and take on all of these open positions at one time or another, but at the time of canceling it was their responsibility to make sure all these all these jobs get done to get the event through the finish line.
We also have seen that our fundraiser in May didn’t do as well as we would have liked and the costs of the park have gone up, the cost of porta potties has gone up a lot every year, and we have other expenses that go up as well. So it’s not just that we didn’t have enough team members, it’s that funds were tighter which gives us less flexibility and making sure we have enough of the things like insurance, enough porta potties, parking space, signage and more (security this year due to baptist bros and angry protestors?)
We have been able to do Pagan Pride with duct tape, shoe strings and a lot of heart, this year we had less of all of those things. We have usually had a team of 6-9 people, and as you can see that still leaves a lot of jobs that the Executive Director has to pick up.
The Executive Director has to oversee all operations, oversee the team, do the admin things dealing with the park, the fire department, insurance, rental of chairs and tables for workshop area, porta potties and so much more… and also help anyone who has a position to make sure that they also have things they need or things to just make their jobs smoother.
We need Team Members to be able to pull Pagan Pride off for 2026. If you are interested or know people who could be good for the open positions please share and let us know how you or others may be able to join the team.
Reminder - none of these positions are paid and we all do them because of the love for the community.
