Russellville Pride Committee

10/09/2026

Liv’s celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, October 13th at 11 AM at Pottsville First Baptist Church. Her public visitation will be held on Monday, October 12th from 5-7 PM at the same location.

In lieu of flowers, her family kindly asks that donations be made to the newly established Olivia Johnson FBLA Legacy Fund through the Arkansas Tech Foundation in order for her students to be supported for a lifetime to come. 💙💛

To donate to the Olivia Johnson FBLA Legacy Fund, please use this link: www.atualumni.com/JohnsonLegacyFund

The address for the Pottsville First Baptist Church is 5390 West Ash Street.

To read Liv’s obituary: https://www.lemleyfuneral.com/obituaries/Olivia-Johnson?obId=49812550

Please keep Liv’s family in your prayers.

10/07/2026

We are absolutely heartbroken over the loss of such an amazing human being. Olivia was a force to be reckoned with and helped make Russellville Pride what it is. The world has lost an incredible person and she will be missed. We are sending all our love to her friends and family in this impossible time.

Arkansas Tech University students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are mourning the loss of Olivia Johnson.

A two-time graduate of Arkansas Tech, Olivia was serving as coordinator of student success and instructor of business administration in the ATU College of Business and Economic Development at the time of her passing.

Read more:

https://www.arkansastechnews.com/in-memoriam-olivia-johnson/

09/03/2026

We are pleased to announce the next Public Service Micro-Scholarship Bingo night!

Last time, we raised over $200. Our mission is to accumulate $1,000 by December 31st so that we're able to offer $500 to help two (or more) students with cost of living or last-minute student account expenses.

07/02/2026

Tonight!

For a $5 donation, you'll receive one card--- give us $10 and get three! We'll be teasing pics of prizes all month
Dreami Tea

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

Just wanted to make a post for some clarification on a (very understandable) complaint we've gotten from several folks. This is regarding the men walking around "preaching" against Pride, telling folks they will go to hell, and all that garbage.

- Those men are in no way affiliated with our events or any of our event vendors, they came on their own

- There is nothing we can do to have them removed from the depot park area unless they are threatening physical harm - we've had several conversations with the Russellville Police about this and have been told that we cannot have them removed from a public venue - we are continuing to work with RPD and Main Street Russellville to figure out what all our options are for future events and how best to manage disruptors like the ones on Saturday evening

- The inside of the train depot is considered a private venue and, during our events, we can refuse entry to anyone we choose and informed these men that they were not allowed to enter the indoor depot space

We're always looking for ways to ensure our event space stays as safe as possible but have limited options in a public venue like depot park. Additionally, private security is not legal in Arkansas so we're required to use RPD for our event security.

We apologize for any negative experience anyone may have had encountering these folks - in future, if they are harassing you or making you feel unsafe, please don't hesitate to inform an officer on duty or any of the event volunteers.

If you have any specific questions or concerns on this, please reach out to us at [email protected].

06/08/2026

06/08/2026

We would love to hear from you! If you attended Russellville Pride '26 and/or any of our other events, or if you're just interested in our events, we would greatly value your opinion. Please consider taking a few minutes to fill out this feedback survey. Thanks in advance!

We're looking to gather feedback on the third annual Russellville Pride festival! We try to grow and improve with each event and your input helps us do so. Thanks for your time!