2025 NYC Pride Guide - Flipbook - Page 65
Your safety and security
is a top priority at NYC
PRIDE.
Below are ways we can
help keep ourselves and
each other safe at this
year’s Pride Events.
OUR PART
YOUR PART
• NYC PRIDE volunteers will run operations on site
• Consider your power and privilege; consider ways you can be helpful to others
• A private security firm will be present, including
• If you witness or experience an act of violence, call the
with highly-visible branded shirts.
setup officers, fire guards, and special event
supervisors who will liaise with NYC PRIDE staff,
security personnel, venue personnel, and
government agencies.
• Each event venue’s security will collaborate with
NYC PRIDE’S security liaisons.
• NYC PRIDE security and volunteer personnel are
required to undergo de-escalation training,
including (where applicable) alcohol involvement,
sexual harassment, consent for attendees and
performers, rally environments training, underage
guests/family-friendly event training, and raciallybased altercations.
• Personnel will be trained on active shooters and
other threats.
• Personnel will be trained on evacuation exit and
communication plans in partnership with venue
management.
• NYC PRIDE will strictly adhere to capacity and
spacing policies imposed by event venues
government agencies.
and
around you.
NYC ANTI-VIOLENCE PROJECT hotline at 212.714.1141.
• If you identify a potential threat, including discrimination, violence, hate, or even
an unattended bag, call 911 immediately.
• Avoid attending events alone, when possible. Designate a “PRIDE BUDDY,” and
do not leave your friends alone.
• Advise someone who won’t be with you of your whereabouts and of any change
of plans.
• Keep electronics charged and bring additional battery power.
• Write down some emergency contacts in the event that your phone dies.
• Trust your instincts. Remove yourself from situations where you feel unsafe.
• Notify event organizers for immediate support if you experience any harassment
or threats.
• Speak up loudly to alert bystanders to violence to help deter it (if you can do so
without endangering yourself).
• Record what is happening - take videos on your phone, if possible, but stay safe.
• Offer what support you can to those in need.
• Keep your money in a safe place.
• Don’t drive if you have been drinking or taking anything that can impair your
decision-making or motor skills.
INFORMATION
• Designate an emergency meet-up spot in the event you get separated from your
group.
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