Pride Crosswalk
Ridgefield, CT
A Visible Symbol of Inclusion in Our Town
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Making The News!
Top LGBTQ+ Rainbow Crosswalks to Visit Across the U.S. (OutCoast)
Pride Crosswalk Dedicated In Ridgefield (Ridgefield Press, 10/9/23)
PHOTOS: Speakers come together at the Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk Dedication Celebration (Hartford Courant, 10/9/23)
Ridgefield’s first LGBTQ+ Pride crosswalk painted on driveway (Norwalk Hour, 10/6/23)
Pride Crosswalk Installed in Ridgefield | Student News (Fox61 Student News 12/29/23)
Ridgefield LGBTQ+ community, allies to paint town’s 1st Pride crosswalk: ‘visible sign’ of inclusion (CT Insider 7/15/23)
Inspiring Poetry
Celebrating the Ridgefield Pride Crosswalk dedication, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023
WALK THE TALK
by Barb Jennes, Ridgefield Poet Laureate Emerita
Today we walk across a rainbow,
a bridge over troubled water,
a keyboard tuned to the key of love.
It is made of more than paint and grit:
the blood of Stonewall rioters infuses
the red, the dawn of a new day
brightens the yellow and orange.
Touch the green and you’ll feel healing;
amble over blue and you’ll be doused
with a sea of hard-won serenity.
The purple is infused with the spirit
of pride, ripe-to-bursting as a plum.
Feel the embrace of beloved skin on
the brown and black stripes—no one
left behind as we walk the path of inclusion.
And as you cross from pink to blue
or blue to pink, sense your rebirth
as the person you were born to be.
This crosswalk aroused a lot of crosstalk—
precipitated hate until many felt assailed.
But courage and humanity prevailed.
We are, after all, a community where
all are invited,
all are welcome,
all are esteemed,
all are rejoiced,
and all can bear witness
as we walk the talk
of compassion today.
Uniting the Community, One Color at a Time
Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 in support of a Pride Crosswalk!