Overview
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Completed
Invidual
Organized by Upstate Pride SC
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Deadline: Nov 14, 2025 11:59 pm
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Nov 16, 2025 9:00 am - Nov 16, 2025 2:00 pm
About
Fundraising Goal
We aim to raise $50,000 through the Red Dress Run/Walk to power our HIV prevention, care, and community support work for trans and nonbinary people of color across the Upstate.
Funds raised will help us:
Provide at-home HIV testing kits, PrEP counseling, and care navigation
Expand Positive Change, our peer-led support program for those newly diagnosed
Offer emergency housing, transportation, and food assistance for participants in crisis
Support stipends for trans facilitators, group supplies, and leadership development
Ensure the Red Dress Run/Walk remains a bold, visible, and affirming platform for HIV awareness, remembrance, and action led by the most impacted
Together, we’re not just raising awareness — we’re raising resources that save lives.
About the event
The World AIDS Day Red Dress Run/Walk is the signature fundraiser and awareness event of The Ladies Room SC, designed to unite the Upstate in a bold display of love, remembrance, and resilience. Held annually in honor of World AIDS Day, this event brings together community members, advocates, healthcare partners, and allies to:
Honor the lives lost to HIV/AIDS
Celebrate those living and thriving with HIV
Reignite our collective commitment to ending the epidemic
Participants of all genders are invited to show up in red dresses or bold red attire as a visible act of solidarity and resistance. The color red not only honors the legacy of the red ribbon—it symbolizes passion, action, and courage in the face of stigma and silence.
This isn’t just a run or walk—it’s a joyful protest, a moving memorial, and a community celebration rolled into one. Whether you're running in heels or walking with your crew, you're making a statement: that HIV is not over, and our community is not invisible.
Join us for a day filled with purpose, performances, music, awards, and unity—because together, we rise in red.
