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Rally! Season 3, Issue 7: April 2024

April Awareness

April is Autism Acceptance Month, and also brings us International Asexuality Day (April 6) Day of (no) Silence (April 12), and Lesbian Visibility Week (April 22-28). Whether you were loud or quiet, active or taking a break, we hope you were proud just being yourself, because we are proud of you.

National Volunteer Week 2024

#NVW2024 is April 21st-27th. PCA celebrates our volunCHEERleaders by shedding light on our truth - who we are as people, the diverse communities with which we self-identify, and the profound impact we have had as a whole by raising SPIRITS, AWARENESS, AND FUNDS!

 

Watch PCA Celebrates #NationalVolunteerWeek 2024 and catch these exciting reveals:

  • How many PCA volunCHEERleaders are there nationwide?

  • What demographic groups do we identify with?

  • How many different languages do we use?

  • How much have we donated in our lifetime?

Spring Into Pride!

To thank our members for another year of partnership, and to ignite their #PCAPrideTour energy for 2024, PCA has sent each Member Team some gifts! 🎁Ask your Delegate what has landed in their inbox for this year’s “Spring Into Pride” gifts! Categories are: something stunning, something smart, and … something hot 🔥 (hint drop)!

FACES of PCA (by David Smith)

In each issue of Season 3, we feature one of the “FACES of PCA” video interviews by David Smith. David is a videographer, journalist, and sport psychologist who splits his time between marketing projects for PCA, writing for @CompeteMagazine, in-person and virtual clinical work with athletes, promoting his @StonewallPerformance pursuits and the mantra of #FitWIthPride, and preparing to defend his PhD dissertation! Click to watch the FACES playlist!

 

April’s “FACES” Feature: Kari Carollo 

Kari Carollo is a volunCHEERleader with Cheer Portland 💙💚💜. This video was filmed in January 2023, which was in her first year. Kari’s interview shared how much PCA had already taught her in that first year: about how to be a better ally, about togetherness, and about “RESTING YOUR FEET!”

Featured Partner - Stonewall Performance

Stonewall Performance is on a mission to empower confidence and authenticity for the LGBTQ+ community through sport. “Through sport we can all develop the strength, resilience, confidence, power, and grit we need to be ourselves and stand up for ourselves in a world that is often unwelcoming to LGBTQ+ people.” Head Coach David Smith (you might know him from short films as “FACES of PCA”), integrates Stonewall Performance’s mindset and skill set into his work with PCA in every possible way: educational and personal spotlight videos, counseling and training services, and marketing to make memories. Whether you are a volunCHEERleader with PCA, or a performer or athlete in another community, Stonewall Performance has applicable coaching, consulting, workshops, research, education, and media for you to consume! Website Facebook Instagram YouTube

 

What’s up next for Stonewall Performance? David is a PhD candidate in sport/exercise science and psychology at the German Sports University in Cologne. He will be defending his dissertation very soon! We’ll let you know when to book your travel to Cologne, Germany to be his cheerleading squad. Get your “DEFENSE” signs ready!

PCA Education

You’ve seen PCA education come in the forms of comprehensive summits, expert-led synchronous & asynchronous webinars, and topic-specific inter-team focus groups, most often with the goal of advancing our Member Teams and advancing charitable cheerleading worldwide. This time, we had a unique opportunity to give each PCA volunCHEERleader the tools and confidence to advance themselves. PCA partnered with Bruce Miller (he/him) of Understanding Money and hosted a private group class for any interested PCA volunCHEERleader. Topics included: debt, credit, net worth, budgeting, and investing… these sound a little un-glittery, but were presented to us in an accessible and empowering way!
 

If you are a PCA volunCHEERleader, you are an adult, so you have every reason to listen and learn about these everyday #adulting topics. And if you are a PCA volunCHEERleader, PCA thanks you by providing you access to these materials FOR FREE. Contact your Delegate or a PCA Board Director and ask about the Understanding Money financial literacy resources now available to you. And if you represent one of our Member Teams, a PCA Partner Org, a like-minded sports team or league, or any organized group of adults, know that you can reach out to Bruce to arrange your own private group class! Click here to start your journey toward financial freedom.


Have an idea for another PCA Education course topic or instructor? Email director2@pridecheerleading.org.

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