Pride Decides

Pride Decides is a non-partisan comprehensive voter engagement and legislative program.  Since 1994, LGBT Detroit has a significant history in voter engagement. Candidate forums (Mayoral, Gubernatorial and State Congressional), voter registration drives and voter education events have largely occurred during LGBT Detroit’s annual flagship LGBT+ pride project Hotter Than July.  As Detroit looks towards the upcoming election cycles, LGBT Detroit continues the non-partisan comprehensive voter engagement and legislative programs. The program, recognized by President Joe Biden, re-engages voters in upcoming elections. Within the COVID-19 pandemic, activities for the program will be a hybrid of virtual and in person activities. Core activities include voter education, voter registration, phone banking, and the practice of ensuring voter participation in any election.

As Detroit looks towards the upcoming local election cycle in the fall, LGBT Detroit continues the non-partisan comprehensive voter engagement and legislative program, Pride Decides. Piloted during the previous national election cycle, LGBT Detroit partnered with and was supported by Michigan Voices, ACLU of Michigan, Planned Parenthood of Michigan, and Black Voters Matter. In zip codes 48221 and 48235, the program made over 60,000 voter contacts in the summer and fall of 2020 to ensure voters were educated on how they could participate in the general election. The program was so successful that a note of thanks was sent to the agency from President Joe Biden for the work completed during the election cycle. In 2024 Pride Decides aims to re-engage voters in the upcoming City of Detroit local elections. Core activities include voter education, voter registration, phone banking, and the practice of ensuring voter participation in any election.