Wild Bodema
Wild Bodema means women who drum and these women can really drum! Performing a variety of traditional and original rhythms, this new Asheville group of percussionists produces a high-energy sound that will make you want to get up and dance. This will be Wild Bodema's third year performing at Asheville Pride.

View our recent performance with Womansong at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDCUr8qnaRs and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHJ3IdEMDzo.
For more information email drumming@wildbodema.com

Western NC Community Health Services
Western NC Community Health Services ,Inc (WNCCHS) is a private,nonprofit organization located at 10 Ridgelawn Rd in West Asheville. Founded in 1994 by Carlos Gomez, Polly Ross M.D. and Minnie Jones our vision is a society with universal access to health care. Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of the individuals, families and communities we serve through caring communities.

PFLAG
Parents, Families & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG) is a national nonprofit organization with over 200,000 members and supporters and over 500 affiliates in the United States. This vast grassroots network is cultivated, resourced and serviced by the PFLAG national office, located in Washington, DC, the national Board of Directors and 13 Regional Directors.

For more information about PFLAG, please visit www.pflag.org

NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence
The mission of NCCADV is to provide the membership and allied professionals with the tools necessary to build a society that is dedicated to ending violence against women through support, education and awareness.

For more information about NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence, please visit www.nccadv.org

Ian Palmquist, Equality North Carolina
Equality NC is a statewide group dedicated to securing equal rights and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. We work toward that goal by effectively lobbying the North Carolina General Assembly, executive branch, and local governments on issues like employment discrimination, hate violence, privacy rights, sexuality education, adoption, domestic partnership, HIV/AIDS, and more. We also work to engage North Carolinians with educational programming and outreach efforts.

For more information about Equality NC, please visit www.equalitync.org

Rich Hurley, Human Rights Campaign
Rich Hurley, Charlotte, NC, is on the national Board of Governors of the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) representing the state of North Carolina. He has been an active volunteer, steering committee and board member in NC for HRC for the past 5 years. He will be speaking on behalf of the Human Rights Campaign sharing their national mission of equality, current efforts regarding Hate Crimes, ENDA and Don't Ask, Don't Tell as well as how anyone can get involved locally with the NC chapter.

Founded in 1980, the Human Rights Campaign advocates on behalf of GLBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public about GLBT issues.

For more information about HRC, please visit www.hrc.org or www.hrccarolinas.org

Western North Carolina AIDS Project
The Education programs of WNCAP are very diversified and are targeted to special groups such as teenagers, women, gay and bisexual men, lesbians and transgendered people, minorities, substance abusers and the mentally handicapped. In addition to these programs, WNCAP also offers educational material and resources.

For more information about WNCAP, please visit www.wncap.org