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A Local Business in Syracuse Prepares Community for Pride Month A Local Business in CNY Prepares Community for PRIDE Month

By Jailah Pettis

EMILY SHIROFF: This year brings a new way people in Syracuse begin to support PRIDE month.

SHIROFF: NCC News reporter Jailah Pettis brings us more on what a vintage shop began this year.

JAILAH PETTIS: Preparation is taking place right behind me at the Market Street on James for Pride Month.

PETTIS: At the front of Marketplace on James, sits various items on sale for PRIDE month.

PETTIS: Customers are welcomed with open arms at this vintage shop.

PETTIS: Last year Marketplace on James decided to walk in the PRIDE parade but this year they chose a special was to support the LGBTQ PLUS community.

LOGAN ANHORN: “Each month we do a different charitable donation and this month it was a no brainer to go with the local charity revolved around PRIDE month”.

PETTIS: One customer that visits the often says that PRIDE month allows the community to celebrate.

CLIFFORD CRENSHAW:”Well it’s good to celebrate different walks of life and PRIDE month definitely encapsulates that so it’s good to have an outlet for people to celebrate how they are”.

PETTIS: Marketplace on James plans to celebrate the entire month.

PETTIS: Many items are available for purchase at the marketplace on James for PRIDE month and head over to NCC News online for more events going on throughout the month of June.

PETTIS: Live on James Street I’m Jailah Pettis NCC News

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (NCC News) — The Marketplace on James in Syracuse is home to all things art and vintage. June is not only the start of a new month but the beginning of many events for Pride month. The Pride flag waves brightly in front of the Marketplace on James as people enter the shop.  

On June 1, the Marketplace on James hosted a prepare-for-Pride event in the store. The shop has a table display of Pride items ranging from earrings, necklaces, coffee cups and more.

Store employee Logan Anhorn says that the Marketplace on James has always been rainbow-based since opening in September 2021.  

“I think it blends the people inside the vendors in here and the whole city together. And that flag also is just a welcome sign to every single person,” Anhorn said.

The vintage shop is a hate-free zone and supporter of the LGBTQ+ community daily.  

During Pride week on June 11, the shop will donate 10 percent of their sales to CNY Pride. CNY Pride is a nonprofit organization that puts together multiple events throughout the month of June. The most notable event is the CNY Pride festival and parade that will take place on June 10.

All are welcome to stop by the marketplace on James to celebrate the month and spread kindness.  

Here is a list of pride events happening in Syracuse:

  • Sound of Syracuse: Transient Kicks with Professional Victims
    • June 3 and June 4, at 8:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m.
  • Pride Flag Raising
    • June 3, from 11:oo a.m. -11:30 a.m.
  • CNY Gay 5K
    • June 17, from 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Pride Night: Dance and Be Gay
    • June 1o and 11, 8:00p.m. – 2:00 a.m.

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