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CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY!
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATE!
Upload your times & photos 10/7 through 10/11
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on October 9th
HONORING THE PAST: Recognizing Indigenous existence & honoring Ancestral lives and their sacrifices.
CELEBRATING THE PRESENT: Indigenous Peoples are still here – with their resilient voices and heart.
BUILDING A FUTURE: Creating a future for the next generations to come.
Rising Hearts will be making a donation through this virtual run to 'Āina Momona to support their heart work and the frontline efforts to protect the people and the lands that have been devastated by the recent wildfires. Āina Momona is one of many organizations mobilizing to help support the communities.
"Running is medicine. Running is tradition. Running is healing. Running is prayer. Running is community. Indigenous people are known for running – for the messages they carry – for the prayers they carry – for the tradition it brings. For Indigenous Peoples Day 2023, we run together as relatives, as a community, to recognize and celebrate Indigenous people! To acknowledge the past and what Native people have had to experience to be here today. We celebrate the present existence of Indigenous people and all the good medicine we bring to our relatives and to the lands. As we look ahead – we have the opportunity to dismantle current systems of oppression and racism and rebuild a better and visible future! Our relatives across Turtle Island (North America) are sharing so much of their hard work to support their communities and build a future for our next generations. This virtual race is to bring and call people in – to support Indigenous People, uplift the real history and stories, their strength, and their resilience – because we are still here! We are thriving.” – Jordan Marie Daniel
Instagram @nativein_la & @rising_hearts
Upload your times & photos 10/7 through 10/11
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day on October 9th!
BENEFITS
The beneficiaries of this event will be Rising Hearts and 'Āina Momona
'Āina Momona is a Native Hawaiian nonprofit dedicated to achieving environmental health and sustainability through restoring social justice and de-occupying Hawaiian lands. Meaning, "abundant land" in Hawaii - focuses on issues critical to the health and wellbeing of Hawai'i's future. We envision an ecologically and politically sovereign Hawai'i, where natural and cultural resources thrive under the care of a just, healthy, and sustainable population. It is our wider aim to equip Native Hawaiian communities with the resources needed to be self-sufficient, sustainable, and resilient in the face of capitalism, colonialism, and the ongoing climate crisis. Learn more here: www.kaainamomona.org
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EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION
There are 574 federally recognized Sovereign Nations (Tribes, Nations, Bands, Pueblos, communities and Villages) and roughly 66 State recognized Nations that all have their own form of governance, but please remember, our existence, is in our blood and doesn’t conform to the colonial constructs that gives us our identity. Due to genocide, so many of our relatives were taken – once thriving, now we are among the minority and often, invisible. But that is changing as so many Indigenous folx are emerging with their voice, presence and heart to create a better future for our next generations.”
“As we are in the fight for justice, visibility and respect – to be seen, heard, and supported across all our movements, the call for renaming and replacing the very things that uphold and celebrate colonialism, genocide, white supremacy and racism – are being removed, one by one.
Indigenous Peoples Day is October 9, 2023 – a day that is replacing the holiday known as Columbus Day across many cities and states but has yet to change federally. This celebration of Columbus – who accidentally discovered Turtle Island (North America) and the islands in the Caribbean – back with the 300th year anniversary of this 1492 “discovery” in 1792. For generations, Native people have opposed this holiday and recognition that celebrates the genocide of our ancestors and the systemic oppression and racism that it created that Native, Black, Brown, Immigrant, Asian, Two Spirit, LGBTQ+ and Non-Binary people feel today.
Indigenous Peoples Day recognizes our existence, history, culture and traditions that pre-date contact. In 2015, over 6,000 Native people and allies came together on Randall’s Island in New York to honor and recognize the survival of Indigenous Peoples in the Western Hemisphere. One by one, Indigenous Peoples Day is replacing Columbus Day. Indigenous voices are rising. They are being seen, heard, and centered. Let’s continue this support and amplification – and let’s have Indigenous Peoples control the narrative of our culture and history that is not accurately depicted in school textbooks.”
See States, Cities & Counties who have either recognized, observed or adopted
Indigenous Peoples Day!
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TRACKING YOUR DISTANCE
12.5 laps on a track = 5K
25 laps on a track = 10K
4 laps on a track = 1 Mile
Treadmill
MapMyRun.com
Find a Certified USATF Course
Some run/walk events display course maps at elitefeats.com
Many parks have measured 'fitness' trails open to the public
Download free app Strava & hit 'Record'
QUESTIONS
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VIRTUAL HOW TO
1. Run/walk whenever & wherever you'd like!
2. Starting on the event date go to elitefeats.com/Results - click on this event.
3. Search for your name - click UPDATE.
4. Enter your time.
5. OPTIONAL upload up to 5 photos!
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WHEN TO POST
EARLY REGISTRANTS (before start day) can start posting times ON start day!
LATE REGISTRANTS (after start day) allow up to 24 hours to post times.
BIB MAILING begins 10/7. Allow 3-5 business days to receive.
You don't need the bib to run/walk, it's a keepsake!https://secure.actblue.com/donate/aina-momona