After four months of collecting dozens of entries from our friends, fans, family, and followers, we have a WINNING newsletter name: “RALLY!" It’s a cheerleader word! It’s an activist word! It’s something you can really get behind and cheer for! It’s our newsletter! See how we landed on such a great name here! |
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June is a special month for the LGBTQ+ community to unite, to speak out, and to celebrate! PCA and some of its Member Teams have special THINK, FEEL, DO messages for you: It’s LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH, and we want you to: THINK Out Loud! FEEL Love! DO More Acts Of Kindness! - Capital Cheer Elite ---------- THINK Broadly, Freely, & Sexy
FEEL Strong, Authentic, & Loved
DO Work & Do You - CHEER Colorado ---------- THINK Community, Openly, & Confidently
FEEL Safe, Congenial, and Heard
DO More & Do Better - Cheer PDX ---------- THINK like a volunCHEERleader
FEEL Proud
DO 1) Build Community, 2) Provide Support, 3) Instill Teamwork, 4) Model Acceptance, 5) Promote Advocacy. - CHEER San Francisco ---------- THINK Positively about all the things you're thankful for
FEEL Creative and free to express yourself and what you need
DO be patient with yourself, we're all figuring out this new world. - CHEER Seattle ---------- THINK about yourself kindly and speak to yourself the way you would to a friend. Your mental health matters! FEEL the rain on your skin. No one else can feel it for you, only you can let it in. DO sex safely after seeking affirmative consent. - The PCA Board |
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Feature PCA Member Team: CHEER Philadelphia |
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CHEER Philadelphia still holds the title as our newest PCA Member Team. Let’s learn more about them! We want to know more about your logo! How did you come up with it? When we were brainstorming what we wanted for the CHEER Philadelphia brand, we knew we wanted something that was going to look very collegiate - something crisp, clean, and most importantly, flattering on anyone. So we started with blue and white for the colors. Then, we realized no other PCA member team had orange in their brand, so we added it in to complete the rainbow! As for the logo, what screams Philadelphia more than the Liberty Bell? Well, and cheesesteaks… So we worked with a graphic designer who created a really sharp image that could be used in tons of different spaces without losing the integrity of the design. How has CHEER Philadelphia found ways to adapt to the virtual world during the pandemic? We did have some in-person choreography practices before it got too chilly in Philly and then decided to transition into virtual practices. We knew Zoom fatigue was going to be a problem, so we switched up what was happening during our weekly practices. One week we would focus on choreography, the next week we would do a team bonding activity, maybe play some virtual games, and we partnered with CNY and CDC to rotate hosting practices for a fresh feel! One of the most fun activities we did - one of our captains sent out a questionnaire to the team with different questions and then created a trivia game for us all to play. It was a really fun way to learn more about our teammates! We were also really proud to have two team members speak at Summit! Currently, we’re running a virtual fundraiser for PRIDE month that is a social media bingo fundraiser! Check out our Instagram to participate as we raise money for our beneficiary this year - William Way LGBT Community Center. Tell us more about your beneficiary! We’d love to! William Way LGBT Community Center seeks to engage and support the diverse LGBTQIA+ communities in the Greater Philadelphia area through arts & culture, empowerment, and community connections. William Way provides volunteer-run programs including counseling, senior programs, Trans programs, a library, archives, and other community-building opportunities. If someone is thinking about joining CHEER Philadelphia, where and when should they start? Now is a great time to start thinking about joining our team! We are really looking forward to returning to in-person practices in the fall with choreography and stunting! We anticipate having some clinics/open gyms in August and then holding tryouts at the end of the month. And how else could someone support CHEER Philadelphia? We are in the process of finding a new space, so if you know any great gyms in Philly that would want to host us - let us know! As always, a donation to CHEER Philadelphia is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law. Donate on our website, Facebook, or Venmo/PayPal. |
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PCA Storytime on @BeauMyGod |
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On June 9, BeauMyGod podcast host Beau Bradley (he/they), also a first-year volunteer on CHEER Seattle, sat down with CHEER Seattle Co-Founder, PCA Co-Founder, and PCA Board Secretary, Sara Toogood (she/her); Co-Founder of both PCA and Cheer Salt Lake, Valina Eckley (she/her); PCA Board Director and Coach for Cheer New York, Colyn Fiendel-Milani (he/him); Program Director for CHEER San Francisco and former PCA Board President, Anthony Chavira (he/him); and 19-year performing veteran of CHEER SF and PCA Marketing muse, Nguyen Pham (he/him). They define “charity” and “cheerleading,” explore the meaning and impact of safe spaces, reminisce about Gay Games, and reveal the history behind Charitable Cheerleading, which originated in San Francisco, CA in the 1980s. Listen to the podcast and watch it on YouTube! |
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We are on TikTok! (It’s about time) |
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Pride Cheerleading Association is on TikTok! Search @PrideCheerAssociation. Like & Follow! Look out, we might already be following YOU! |
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We are so proud of our Member Teams for their perseverance over these past 15 months, for staying vigilant to rapidly changing mandates, for keeping their nonprofits alive, and for responding to changing needs from their family of volunteers. They have reimagined and reinvented themselves to survive and thrive. We recognize each team has undertaken a unique and difficult journey and each team is still forging a unique path forward to emerge safely from this pandemic. We are cheering for each team as they return to the community with this hashtag: #PCAComebackTour! When it’s time… join us… upload your photos and tag! (P.S.: 𝙿𝙲𝙰 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚢 𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜. 𝙰𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚞𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜.) |
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“Happy Pride” Facebook Profile Frame by PCA |
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Show your PRIDE! Be the RAINBOW! Click on your own profile photo on Facebook and select “Add Frame.” Search for “PCA Happy Pride 2021” by @PrideCheerleadingAssociation. If you manage a Page, you can do this here. |
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The PCA ProShop is BACK! Hot new items! Easy ordering! And 10% of your purchase price becomes a DONATION to PCA! Thank you, FSP Designs, for your support and for making us all look like rockstars! |
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