Pride march participants Lewis Paulino, medical student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Nicole Z. Mack, Administrative Secretary, Mount Sinai Printing Services.
Roughly 40,000 people covered the two-mile parade route down Fifth Avenue to Christopher Street during the 48th Annual New York City Pride March on Sunday, June 25. Among the marchers, the rainbow-colored flags, and festive floats were more than 80 Mount Sinai Health System employees—many of whom wore T-shirts that read, “We Take Pride in Your Health.”
At a PrideFest street fair held concurrently in Greenwich Village, members of Mount Sinai’s LGBT Health Services, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and Institute for Advanced Medicine also staffed information booths and distributed free condoms, pamphlets, and Mount Sinai-branded favors. In addition to celebrating inclusivity, “Mount Sinai is ensuring that employees feel comfortable and safe to be themselves at work and outside of work,” says Richard Cancio, MPH, Program Manager of LGBT Health, Mount Sinai Health System.