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After a summer of fabulous Pride celebrations across the country, it’s good to know that Milton Keynes is getting it’s very own parade – one that celebrates the entire diversity of the city and incorporates a wide selection of groups…

The 2009 Celebr8 parade will take place on World Peace Day, 21 September 2009, celebrating the diversity of our community, past, present and future and looking outwards towards the issues of global poverty. The parade at its core celebrates the seven strands of diversity. Diversity is about ‘difference’ – difference across race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, faith, age and economic circumstance.

It’s about recognising that not all people are the same and that people have different, equally valuable, skills, experience and knowledge to offer. The parade will mark the launch of the entire fringemk Festival 2009 with the Mayor of Milton Keynes opening proceedings, along with Ruth Stone of the MKCVO (Milton Keynes Council of Voluntary Organisation).

The parade will allow groups to celebrate their differences with over 470 groups registered with the MKCVO alone and another 1200 being invited and encouraged to register and participate.

For more information visit the Fringe MK website, or join the Celebr8 group on Facebook.

Also, check out The Parks Trust site for information on some forthcoming FREE events in MK, including an outdoor film festival and World Picnic Day.