Give Out Day 2020: Run With Pride
A nonprofit fundraiser supporting
San Mateo County Pride CenterRun With Pride Half-Marathon, in support of the Transgender and Gender-Non-Conforming Community.
$2,270
raised by 49 people
$2,000 goal
My name is Alec Santiago Hooper, and I'm hoping you'll join me to Run With Pride today, as we celebrate #GiveOutDay, the LGBTQIA National Day of Giving.
As you may know, June is International Pride Month. Due to the current social and political climate, I've decided to celebrate #Pride2020 differently by bringing aid and awareness to the most disenfranchised group within the LGBTQIA Community.
In 2019, the Human Rights Campaign sites that advocates tracked at least 27 deaths of transgender or gender-non-conforming people due to fatal violence, the majority of whom were Black Trans Women. In this year alone, 16 deaths have been recorded. Yet, this statistic only reflects a fraction of the injustice and pain inflicted upon this community worldwide.
The Nike Running App prompted me to run 3.1 miles to celebrate Pride. I am asking you to support me with a $10 donation for the first 3.1 miles and $1 for every subsequent mile, with the goal of running a half marathon, (13.1 miles). All proceeds will be donated to the San Mateo County Pride Center in honor of #GiveOutDay2020 and #Pride2020.
Within your ability, a pledge of any sum will promise impact.
Join me at 6pm (Pacific Standard Time) at Lake Merced in San Francisco and on Intagram Live, today June 30th, 2020! Let's Run with Pride!