Founded in 2016, Power Up With Pride is a video gaming charity marathon, created by the LGBTQIA+ speedrunning community for the community at large, showcasing speedruns, challenge runs, and community games, with an emphasis on LGBTQIA+ and ally runners. We do this while coming together as a community to raise money for LGBTQIA+ charities, in hopes of providing a comfortable and exciting online environment for queer folks in the gaming community. Our website is https://powerupwithpride.org/ if you would like more information.
This year's event, Power Up With Pride 2024 will run from Thursday, June 13th thru Sunday, June 16th, 2024, with short breaks during overnight hours. As always, this will be an online event streamed on our Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/powerupwithpride
We will be raising money for True Colors United for this event! True Colors United implements innovative solutions to youth homelessness that focus on the unique experiences of LGBTQ+ young people. You can find more info at their website: https://truecolorsunited.org/
Our fundraising goal for this event is to raise $10,000 for True Colors United. An example they provided of how they would be able to use the money:
$10k would cover four months of youth collaboration technical assistance with one community. This means that for four months we'd be able to provide individualized training and support to communities working to end youth homelessness, with topics including adultism, intergenerational collaboration tactics, antiracist organizing, and more.
Game submissions and volunteer applications for PUWP2024 will be open on Oengus from March 11th until 11:59 PM ET on April 7th. Please note that the submission deadline will not be extended past this date. First-time runners and volunteers as well as familiar faces are welcome and encouraged to apply!
If you're interested in being part of this event, want to learn more, or have any questions, check out our Discord and introduce yourself!
