FUN PRIDE ACTIVITIES FOR WORK
PRIDE MONTH EVENT IDEAS FOR TEAM BUILDING
This article will feature ten awesome ideas to celebrate Pride at work and our best practices for hosting Pride-themed events!
Pride is right around the corner, and we are so excited to help you celebrate Pride with your remote teams! Pride month is a fantastic time to reflect on the incredible progress of LGBT rights and strides in recent years and to celebrate the remarkable contributions of LGBT people to our organizations, communities, and lives.
Celebrating Pride can be an incredible way for corporate teams to boost employee morale, build company culture and engage in fun team-building activities. You will show your employees that you value diversity and inclusivity and want to celebrate important holidays that uplift minority communities like the LGBT community. So, how can you celebrate Pride at work this June?
1. Pride Team Building Session
Invite your team to a fun, exciting team-building session with a fun Pride twist! You can easily customize any of KraftyLab's art and crafts classes, like terrarium-making with a fun stake and rainbow design and colorful soaps and candles with our custom molds for our soap-making candle-making classes. Your team will enjoy a fun and relaxing experience crafting together while working on a project they get to enjoy at the end.
Check out some fun Pride terrarium and candle designs from our talented instructors!
Pride Team Building Activities For Work.
2. Pride Happy Hour
Treat your team to a unique Pride happy hour experience with a mixology class! Your employees will receive a cocktail-making kit and all the ingredients needed to make delicious rainbow-inspired and Pride-inspired mocktails and cocktails everyone can enjoy. A professional mixologist will lead this class and give your team a new set of skills that will impress their friends and family!
Cocktail Making Class For Pride Event At Work.
3. Pride Gift Basket
One of the most tangible ways to support the LGBT+ community is to invest in them! You can partner with or help small businesses this June while gifting your team a memorable present. Check out some of our favorite LGBT+-owned companies below!
Latinx and gender-fluid artist Bianca owns Bianca Designs - they focus on creating ‘inclusive pride art that provides representation and visibility.’ Some of their beautiful pride designs would make awesome gifts for your team, including the Retro Rainbow Pride Enamel Mug, The Future Is Inclusive Notebook, and their Inclusion Matters Sticker!
Equator Coffees is a B-certified coffee roastery and cafe chain by partners Helen and Brooke. For over 25 years, they have been responsibly sourcing and expertly roasting coffee all over the Bay Area. Some awesome gift ideas include their best-selling coffee set, their 16oz Super Blooom Tumbler or even an Equator Coffee Subscription!
Coolhaus is an LGBT-women-owned business featuring all sorts of ice cream pints, sandwiches, and cones! They offer corporate gifting solutions and deliver nationwide.
Wunderkek is owned and operated by Guatemalan couple Luis and Hans, and their repertoire includes cookies, brownies, and other delicious sweet treats. Check out their signature care packages for a perfect sweet bundle gift.
Pro Tip: Small businesses can use all the marketing they can get, so be sure to leave a review or give them a shout-out on social media to show your support.
Support LGBT+ Businesses For Pride Month.
4. Pride Trivia
Inspire a little friendly competition among your team by inviting them to participate in a fun session of Pride Trivia! KraftyLab’s trivia experience can be customized to suit your Pride activity, including fun Trivia like LGBT+ history, pop culture, LGBT+ terminology, and more.
Q1. What year did the first pride parade take place?
A. 1970
B. 1972
C. 1975
Q2. What was the first country to recognize same-sex unions?
A. Germany
B. Spain
C. Denmark.
Q3. How many colors did the original pride flag have?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 8
Q4. Where was the largest Pride parade held?
A. São Paulo
B. New York City
C. Madrid
Q5. When was the military policy Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repealed?
A. 2007
B. 2011
C. 2014
Fun Pride Trivia Questions For Work.
5. Pride Watch Party
A watch party can be a great low-key event to wrap up your Pride celebrations! We recommend choosing thought-provoking documentaries that can inspire some great conversations about the lived experience of LGBT people. Check out the following:
Disclosure - is an analysis by trans people of the impact of Hollywood and its depiction of trans people in mainstream media.
All In My Family - is an intimate look at a gay filmmaker's struggle with acceptance from his traditional Chinese family as he starts a family of his own.
The Death and Life Of Marsha P Johnson - is a powerful investigation of the suspicious death of gay and transgender rights movement activist Marsha P Johnson.
A Secret Love - explores the effects of coming out later in life for a lesbian couple who kept their romance a secret for decades.
Pro Tip: Elevate this experience by sending out movie snacks or treats from LGBT-owned businesses; that way, you can treat your support and support small business owners! Pipcorn Heirloom Snacks is a queer-owned brand that makes delicious snacks like popcorn, twists, cheese puffs, and more. You can build your own bundle here and let your team choose their favorite movie snacks!
Pride Month Watch Party For Work.
6. Pride Lunch & Learn
The Stonewall Riots are a fascinating turn of events in 1969 that erupted the gay liberation movement. Invite your team to learn all about the police raids gay bars underwent, the trans women of color at the front of this movement, and the commemoration of this historical event through modern-day Pride parades.
Check out Stonewall Uprising for a comprehensive look at how this period unfolded. You can send your team an UberEats or GrubHub gift card to enjoy a meal with the whole team while they soak up this LGBT+ history lesson!
Pride Month Lunch And Learn.
7. family-friendly Pride Arts & Crafts
If you are hosting a summer field day or are looking for a fun way to include the whole family in your Pride celebrations, invite your team to make some simple and easy Pride crafts that even the little ones can make.
Learn how to fold Origami hearts! The team can choose different colored papers from the rainbow, or you could use multi-colored paper!
Learn how to make a simple Pop-Up Heart Rainbow Card! This is a great activity for kids; you can even share it with a loved one to remind them what Pride is all about.
Family Friendly Pride Arts And Crafts For Work.
8. Drag Queen Bingo
We all love RuPaul Drag’s Race, so how about bringing a real set of drag queens to entertain your team? You can treat your team to a fun session of Drag Bingo hosted by hilarious drag queens! This is a fully interactive game with unbelievable commentary and sass from two professional entertainers.
Drag Queen Bingo Event For Work Teams.
9. Pride Bake-Off
Everyone loves Bake-Off, so why not challenge your team to create the ultimate rainbow dessert? You can send your team all-inclusive kits so they can join along and bake from the comfort of their home. Think of all the options: sugar cookies, cupcakes, or even a no-bake fruit tart! If you organize your event at the last minute, you can even send a box of good old-fashioned cake mix and some food coloring!
Elevate this experience by adding an LGBT short film like ‘Out’ to watch (Available on Disney+) or even a Pride playlist (Available on Spotify) to sing along to while your baked goods are in the oven!
Cupcake Making Workshop For Pride Month At Work.
10. Pride Book Club
For a laid-back celebration, honor Pride by appreciating awesome LGBT authors. Queer stories often depict a lot of pain and trauma; while this is important, we want to celebrate happy endings! Check out five awesome books by queer authors telling authentic stories:
Real Queer America - an exploration of what Queer America looks like traveling through Red states from a once-Mormon, happily married lesbian woman.
Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe - a YA coming-of-age love story between two Mexican-American teenagers set in the late 80s.
Felix Ever After - is a deeply moving story about a marginalized trans teen exploring identity, family, peers, and falling in love.
Pride Book Club Ideas For Work.
ABOUT KRAFTYLAB
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