#LetThemRun Pride 5k
SAVE THE DATE!
June 15 - 30, 2026
Happy Pride Month! Rising Hearts is excited to elevate Pride month by celebrating through movement and community with the #LetThemRun Pride 5K!
Join us for a run and walk supporting Cal Calamia, the 2SLGBTQIA+ and Non-binary Communities, who are being targeted with violence, exclusion, and legislative policies erasing them and their existence, when it has proven time and time again, they belong. Let's show up as allies, so the 2SLGBTQIA+ and Non-binary communities can show their pride, thrive, and feel supported. And with the registration and donations, we will be able to give back in a financially meaningful way so that they can continue the heart work they do. We can do our part to build a world where we feel we belong and where we can feel safe, and that includes through movement and in the outdoors.
Beneficiaries:
+ 2HOT4HOODIES - Non Binary Run Club
+ You Belong Outdoors and Beyond
#LetThemRun
About #LetThemRun:
In 2023, Cal Calamia (Trans Runner, Inclusivity Activist, Poet and Educator, Rising Hearts Athlete Advocate) received a USADA precedent setting exemption (not the only one to happen) to participate in the 2023 Chicago Marathon, and 2023 NYC Marathon, where they also, absolutely killed it and completed their 6 Star World Majors this year in 2025! That exemption was a step in the right direction but the advocacy continues! Wear your #LetThemRun shirt or singlet (if you already have it) with pride and support!
Cal Calamia, was at risk of being deemed ineligible for competition due to their use of gender-affirming therapeutic testosterone and now, accomplishing so much as an athlete and voice, making an impact. This is to also bring visibility to the anti-trans policies and legislations impacting trans kin and the LGBTQIA+ and Non-binary communities.
The LetThemRun logo made by Kyle Victory:
"I’m an illustrator, animator & avid runner in Brooklyn, New York. To me, self expression and physical activity go hand in hand. It is crucial to foster an inclusive and welcoming atmosphere within our sport. One where all individuals, especially transgender athletes, can thrive and express their authentic selves in this avenue of movement that’s as old as our species.
#LetThemRun x Rising Hearts
ABOUT THE BENEFICIARIES
2HOT4HOODIES
2 Hot 4 Hoodies is a trans and queer owned non-profit organization that serves folks beyond the gender binary by providing life-saving resources, education, and celebratory community. 2 Hot 4 Hoodies is also the parent organization of non-binary+ run club, which celebrates, uplifts, and provides a training community to transgender and non-binary runners, walkers, and rollers.
IG: @2hot4hoodies
Non-Binary Run Club is celebrating, uplifting, and providing a training community for trans and non-binary runners.
IG: @nbrcsf
YOU BELONG OUTDOORS
You Belong Outdoors is an organization dedicated to bridging the gap between the outdoors and inclusive, safe, and affirming outdoor spaces.
IG: @youbelongoutdoorsandbeyond
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Join Rising Hearts as we celebrate and support our sacred community for Disability Pride Month. Wear Black to show your solidarity and roll, run, dance or walk in solidarity with our sacred kin! This is our 2nd Annual Disability Pride 5k and we hope to raise enough money for organizations in these communities to show our support.
The colors of Disability Pride
Black: Represents the barriers and darkness faced by people with disabilities.
Red: Represents physical disabilities.
Gold: Represents neurodiversity.
White: Represents invisible and undiagnosed disabilities.
Blue: Represents emotional and psychiatric disabilities.
Green: Represents sensory disabilities.
This year, we hope to continue giving back and all registration fees and donations will support Born To Adapt and The Autistic People of Color Fund!
Get out, move, walk, run, bike, swim, roll, skate, meditate - however you want to move, we can do it together, as community.
BENEFICIARIES
To expand societal awareness around disabilities and to foster spaces where everyone can have access to the transformative power of movement, community, and the great outdoors.
The Autistic People of Color Fund practices redistributive justice and mutual aid by returning and sharing money directly to and with autistic people of color. We provide microgrants to Black, Brown, Native, Asian, and mixed-race people in the autistic community for survival, organizing, leisure, and pleasure. We are committed to the principles of Disability Justice, including leadership by those most impacted, intersectionality, anti-capitalist politics, cross-movement solidarity, interdependence, collective access, and collective liberation. Our work is grounded in commitment to ending extractive economies and building and sustaining generative economies.