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11 March '08: Whitman-Walker Clinic Selects Capital Pride Alliance As New Organizer Of Capital Pride
Alliance Will Take Full Responsibility for Pride in 2009
WASHINGTON - Whitman-Walker Clinic has chosen the Capital Pride Alliance, an organization founded by current members of the Capital Pride Committee, as the new organizer of the annual Capital Pride festival.
"After extensive reviews and interviews with the four organizations who applied to take over Pride, the board of directors felt that the Capital Pride Alliance had the proposal that would ensure the most successful transition," said ReGina Newkirk, Director of Development, Communications and Community Relations for Whitman-Walker Clinic. "As current members of the Capital Pride Committee, they have extensive experience in organizing the event and presented a detailed, long-term plan to make sure the event is successful in the years to come. The board congratulates them and the other three applicants who submitted great proposals."