The Pagan Pride Project is a national non-profit organization that aims to advance religion and eliminate prejudice and discrimination based on religion. Their mission is to foster pride in Pagan identity through education, activism, charity and community. The project promotes tolerance and understanding between people with different belief systems. Under the Pagan Pride Project's umbrella, events have been hosted in all 50 states and several countries around the world since 1997. Although events are locally organized, each has the common thread of educating the community and ending discrimination based on spiritual beliefs. Each event must organize a donation drive that benefits a local charity in need.
WHAT IS PAGAN PRIDE DAY?
Jeremy Joy
Jeremy is an expert on plants, animals, minerals and fungi for Pagan Pride. He is our event vendor coordinator and is the creator and motivating force behind our highly popular Nature Walks in a variety of locations.
Ulix VanBeber
Ulix is the president of the Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Project. He is a professional diviner and ritual artist. Ulix founded Academie Gnostique in 2016, where they teach divination, occult philosophy, and advanced runology.
Michael Eckhard
Michael is the Greater New Orleans Pagan Pride Project's treasurer. He is an initiate of the Golden Dawn tradition and has studied a number of other traditions including the Theurgy of Iamblichus, Chaos Magick, Christian magical practices and the meditative techniques of the enlightenment traditions.
Emily Schumacher
Emily Schumacher is a New Orleans native, educator, writer, and ritualist. She is an initiate of multiple traditions, is an officer of Alombrados OTO, and oversees curriculum at Académie Gnostique, a school of magic and esotericism in New Orleans. Emily is also an artist working in textile and paper mediums creating tarot, book bindings, and talismanic art.
Debra Delk
Debra is our Volunteer Coordinator.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS