Our work depends on volunteers like you to keep it running. We are actively seeking to create open spaces for your ideas and your passions!
Whether you’re a lifelong member of the upstate community or have just arrived here yesterday, we’re here to help you get involved in a community of support where you can thrive and show up in a way that feels great to you.
Committee members are the backbone of Upstate Pride SC. We need professionals with a passion for advocacy and giving back to the LGBTQ+ community. We can't wait to hear your ideas and work with you!
Assist with the planning and execution of the yearly Upstate Black Pride March & Festival that takes place in downtown Greenville on the last Saturday of June.
This committee works on the planning and logistics for the annual festival in Spartanburg.
This committee works on the planning and logistics for the annual health fair.
This committee's duties include advocating for equitable policies, providing educational resources, organizing events, and serving as a platform for LGBTQ voices to address challenges and opportunities for growth.
This committee will organize and oversee educational events and projects, with the goal of creating a well-informed and engaged community on issues facing LGBTQ+ persons.
This committee ensures we have performers for specific events and yearly festivals, arranges contracts with the peformers and ensure they meet the guidelines.
Responsible for setting up all events beyond the annual festivals. Includes coming up with themes for events, securing locations, catering, security and working with the Entertainment committee to contract with performers.
Responsible for promoting the organization and its various events, creating flyers and graphics for social media posts.
Keeps our social media feeds updated, responds to messages to those accounts. Creates posts.
Help with press releases, writing blog items and other content for our website, photography, newsletters, communications with potential donors and sponsors, thank you notes, etc.
Coordinates volunteers for our events. Recruits new volunteers. Communicates with potential volunteers. Ensures we have enough volunteers for each committee or event.
The members of this committee contact local businesses to ask them to be partners with Upstate Pride SC. Also responsible for soliciting donations from the public.
Responsible for the monthly hikes and any other outdoor activities.
We’re seeking volunteers who want to be part of the conversation and create the future of Upstate Pride SC.
We’re here to empower change makers, whether with resources we already have in place, or by collaborating with you to create new resources. If we don’t have a space that fits you, we’re willing to help you create that space!