Promotional poster for the Vegas Black Pride Wellness Weekend, October 23-25, 2026, featuring diverse Black individuals happily posing outdoors with the Las Vegas skyline and the Stratosphere Tower in the background, surrounded by desert plants and cacti.

VEGAS BLACK PRIDE

WELLNESS WEEKEND

October 23-25, 2026

Embrace the Culture.

Amplify the Healing.

Talent & Program Submission
Vegas Black Pride™ logo and an oval rainbow-colored border, with the text 'LAS VEGAS, NV' underneath, on a black background. Contains four playing card symbols: club, heart, diamond, and spade.
A logo featuring a map of Africa with a fist made of colorful bricks, and the words "Reclaiming US Movement" in bold, yellow and white text.

ESTABLISHED IN LAS VEGAS SINCE 2018

Vegas Black Pride® was established in 2018 to create space for Black LGBTQ+ visibility, culture, and celebration in Las Vegas. Today, it continues under Reclaiming Us as a wellness-centered Pride experience rooted in community, care, and legacy.

WHAT WE CENTER

WELLNESS

Rest, healing, HIV prevention, and mental health conversations.

CULTURE

Black LGBTQ+ joy, creativity, history, and celebration.

COMMUNITY

Safe spaces, trusted partners, resources, and connection.

LEGACY

Continuing the work of Black Pride in Las Vegas through wellness, culture, and care.

IN MEMORY OF JUANITA WALKER

In memory of Juanita Walker, mother of Founder Johanna P. Perez, whose life was taken by gun violence. Her legacy continues through wellness, community care, & youth-centered safe spaces.

The legacy behind Drop the Guns, Pick Up A Ball

  • Video: Drop the Guns, Pick Up a Ball legacy wellness activation

A woman with dark curly hair smiling and holding a spray bottle, standing behind a young girl with braided hair and a colorful dress, in a room with brick walls and various items and boxes around.
A person in a red shirt and blue shorts is standing on a grassy park, with large trees around and the bright sun overhead creating a starburst effect in the sky.

  • Photo: Johanna P. Perez with her mother, Juanita Walker

Purple and yellow flowers with memorial plaque for Juanita Walker, who was born on July 24, 1967, and passed away on August 18, 1991.

  • Photo: Memorial plaque and tree presented to Juanita Walker during the 2nd Annual Vegas Black Pride®, formally known as Vegas Urban Pride.

Drop the Guns, Pick Up a Ball was created in her honor as a youth wellness and gun violence awareness activation. The plaque and tree reveal remain part of her enduring, and this program has grown into a regional gun violence awareness initiative, expanding beyond Vegas Black Pride®.