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The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White Clinic presenting the annual Pridefest Parade and Celebration
The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White Clinic is the presenting sponsor for the 2024 PrideFest Parade and Celebration in downtown Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, June 23, from noon to 4 p.m. Participating in the kickoff announcement, seated from left, are Jesse Macko, Rainbow Alliance; Ashley Armstrong, The Wright Center and Rainbow Alliance; Shea Hughes, Rainbow Alliance and co-chair special events; Gwendolyn Smith and Sister Ruth Neeley, RSM, Ryan White Clinic; Duane Elders, Rainbow Alliance, special events marketing committee; and Joseph Farley, Ryan White Clinic; second row, Olivia Rolland, Beverly Birch, and Stephanie Tyson, Ryan White Clinic; Katie Spencer, Rainbow Alliance; Dr. Mary Louise Decker, medical director, Ryan White Clinic; Chris Goldyn, Karen McKenna, and Melissa Bonnerwith, Ryan White Clinic; Meagan Zielinski, Rainbow Alliance, special events committee; and Sharon Whitebread and Ashley Gula, Ryan White Clinic.
The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White HIV Clinic will be the presenting sponsor for the Northeast Pennsylvania Rainbow Alliance’s annual Pridefest Parade and Celebration in downtown Wilkes-Barre on Sunday, June 23. The parade begins at noon, with the celebration to follow on Public Square until 4 p.m.
The Northeast Pennsylvania Rainbow Alliance provides education, support, and advocacy for individuals and families who are LGBTQ+ while working to advance fairness and equality. The Rainbow Alliance envisions a future where all people in the region can live openly and free from fear, and where individuals, organizations, and businesses work collaboratively to build an equal, inclusive community. The nonprofit organization works to educate and empower its volunteers to create strategic, peer-driven, sustainable programming that is overseen by volunteer leadership.
The formation for the parade begins at 11 a.m., near East South and South Main streets, two blocks off Public Square. The program includes more than 75 vendors, drag performances, and more. For more information, go to RainbowAlliance.org/Pridefest.
For almost 25 years, The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White HIV Clinic has been providing comprehensive whole-person primary health and support services to individuals living with HIV/AIDS, including integrated primary care, medication assistance, case management, mental health, and other support services. The Ryan White Clinic offers services at The Wright Center for Community Health locations in Scranton, 501 S. Washington Ave., and Wilkes-Barre, 169 N. Pennsylvania Ave., and serves Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming, Wayne, Pike, Susquehanna, and Monroe counties.
For more information about The Wright Center for Community Health’s Ryan White HIV Clinic go to TheWrightCenter.org or call 570-941-0630.
