Pagan Pride Project Inc

Causes: Religion, Religion-Related

Mission:

Statement of Purpose:

The Pagan Pride Project is a non-profit organization.The primary purposes of this corporation shall be the advancement ofreligion and elimination of prejudice and discrimination based onreligious beliefs.

Mission Statement:

The mission of the Pagan Pride Project is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community.

Defining the Mission Statement:

We try to keep our purpose balanced through the inspirations of Air, Fire, Water, and Earth:

• Air: Education
  We''re never going to be able to practice our spiritual paths openly if we don''t give the public accurate information about what we do and do not do.
• Fire: Activism
  People aren''t necessarily going to go out of their way to find out what Pagans really do. We have to have the courage to act on our convictions and do what we need to do.
• Water: Charity
  We know that what we do returns to us. We need to demonstrate this by offering compassion to our communities where it is needed. When we share our own abundance, we show that we trust the Gods to share abundance with us in return.
• Earth: Community
  We''re never going to be able to practice openly if we don''t know anyone else in our local Pagan communities. We need to weave networking webs in our cities, in our towns, in our rural areas. We need these webs to support one another. That support will also show those who would restrict our practice that we are not just a few isolated wackos, but are a growing congregation of people who adhere to a faith that, while different, is as valid as their own.

Programs: Public educational events held yearly and facilitated through local coordinators. Our public events collect canned food items for local charities, provide education about the different aspects of Paganism, and provide a forum to foster community interaction.