ROAR! That is WELCOME in Lion speak.

I am Cris the Campus Pride Mascot. I joined the Campus Pride family during the 2007 Campus Pride Summer Leadership Camp. Camp 2009 is happening right now! You can follow us on all the happenings right here on the blog. Though I am there with them the Pride Leaders will be doing the reporting from the field, so be sure to give them support by reading their posts and commenting on them! ROAR! GO CAMP!

So right now you may be asking yourself why does Campus Pride have a mascot and secondly why is it a Lion. Well, I have a story for that! We all have stories, right? It all started when the Campus Pride staff put out a call for a Mascot. Here is the posting the staff posted on a mascot job site in 2007:

Campus Pride is looking for a very outgoing, positive, and visionary Mascot. This Mascot will be the symbol of what Campus Pride is and needs to go both inside and outside the organization, as well as be able to embody all of the LGBT Communities through the work you will do. This Mascot must also believe and follow the Campus Pride Values:

• Utilizing the diverse talents of student leaders.
• Giving students a voice and action in leadership.
• Empowering student leaders for positive change in society.
• Building stronger LGBT and Ally communities on college campuses.
• Celebrating and recognizing diversity.

The responsibilities for this position include:

• Serve on the leadership team to ensure all staff members follow and live up to the values of Campus Pride. (listed above)
• Represent Campus Pride at all events, conferences, etc that Campus Pride officially attends.