Join us Sunday, June 8th, 2025, at 9:00 AM for the 5th Annual Stride for Pride 5K Run in partnership with Action Together NEPA. We will be running on the beautiful Lackawanna River Heritage Trail on Olive Street in Scranton, PA. Can't make it on race day? We will also be hosting a Virtual 5K. Run any time on Friday or Saturday, and submit your results to our timing friends at Scranton Running Company. The virtual race will be scored, and the results will be displayed by Monday, June 9th.

This is a family-friendly event; children under 10 accompanied by a registered adult or guardian can participate for free.

The trailhead and pavilion are pet-friendly, but pets must be leashed, and we request that they not be on the course during the event.

ABOUT:

Queer NEPA is an LGBTQIA+ organization dedicated to culture, community, and justice. Queer NEPA blossomed out of the 2018 Pride Series, of the same name, organized by queer, transgender Muslim activist Emma Maloney (She/They Pronouns). A highlight of our 2018 Pride Series was the first Pride flag raising in the city of Scranton. On Pulse Remembrance Day, June 12th, 2018, Queer NEPA officially declared its founding as an organization dedicated to nonviolent advocacy and advancing the cause of LGBTQ+ rights in Northeastern Pennsylvania (NEPA).



Queer NEPAs platform is rooted in equality and community building. From Pulse to Stonewall, the queer community has a history rooted in resilience and bonded by love. Understanding the past helps us navigate present-day, as well as create a better tomorrow. Queer NEPA is dedicated to a campaign of nonviolent activism for peace and LGBTQ rights in both Luzerne and Lackawanna counties of NEPA. We also believe in gender equity, reproductive justice, and the abolition of poverty. Through volunteerism, advocacy, & coalition building, we hope to see a society free of the systems of hate, violence, & oppression that have afflicted NEPA & the rest of the world. We also look to evoke change through the power of the arts by speaking truth to power & uplifting local LGBTQ creatives.



Overall, Queer NEPA seeks to create a space where people can be unapologetically themselves, as well as raise up a diverse community that uplifts marginalized peoples.