To the Editor:

The library and its community partners at McCarter Theatre Center, HiTOPS, YWCA Princeton, Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton Civil Rights Commission, and Princeton Human Services welcomed more than 2,000 people to the third annual Princeton Community Pride Picnic on Saturday, June 3 where we celebrated Princeton’s LGBTQ+ community with music, art, activities, food, and much more.

A special thank you to Palmer Square Management for providing a safe host site for this year’s Pride Picnic. Twenty local nonprofits and organizations set up booths that offered fun activities, information, and giveaways in support of the mission of the picnic to “celebrate and commemorate the local LGBTQIA+ community and its Pride, to connect, and to share resources.’’ There was joy in the air at this multi-generational event where acceptance for all was clearly on display and as Princeton reaffirmed its commitment to being an inclusive and welcoming town for everyone where we all belong.

It truly takes a village to host a successful event of this scope, and it would not have been possible without support from our community partners as well as additional generous funding from the following sponsors: Experience Princeton, JoyCards, Witherspoon Media Group, Lake Smithfield Studios, Ellen Malavsky Marketing and Communications Consulting, jaZams, and Rylan Lott Photography.

Jennifer Podolosky
Executive Director, Princeton Public Library

Janie Hermann
Princeton Community Pride Picnic Committee Chair
Witherspoon Street