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RUNNING FOR JUSTICE VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON EVENT

ALL Virtual & In-Person Participants can upload times & photos May 2 - May 9

One In-Person 5K Run/Walk option to be held May 3, 2025
One In-Person 5K Run/Walk option to be held May 4, 2025
One In-Person 5K Run/Walk option to be held May 5, 2025

AMENITIES
Group Prayer, community run. Safe, scenic and plenty of parking space.

BENEFICIARIES

You Are Loved Community Grant for MMIR Families, Survivors and Advocacy Orgs / Advocates: This community grant program is a direct services pathway for families, advocates and organizations to submit your request for on a rolling basis. We hope to raise the $100,000 + to get this program started, with a long term goal of sustaining this resource for community and outside agencies to continue to donate to or fundraise for.

Rising Hearts will be partnering in kinship with the Urban Indigenous Collective (UIC) and support their MMIP Taskforce. UIC is located on Lenapehoking lands and it’s important for Rising Hearts to collaborate in meaningful ways with groups local and with a close connection to MMIP Advocates and Families in the surrounding areas.

Donate: www.risinghearts.org/youareloved

Coalition to Stop Violence against Native Women: The mission of the CSVANW (Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women) is to eradicate violence against Native women and children by championing social change within our communities. We are dedicated to taking responsibility for the future wellbeing of Native women and children. Through the pillars of support, education, and advocacy, we leverage our collective strengths, power, and unity towards the creation of violence-free communities. Our vision encapsulates the essence of our efforts: fostering Healthy Families, Healthy Communities. This vision guides our commitment to healing and transforming our communities into safe, nurturing spaces for the growth and prosperity of all its members.

Donation Link: https://csvanw.org/donate-now/

National Indigenous Women's Resource Center (NIWRC): Providing national leadership to end violence against American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian women and communities by lifting up the collective voices of grassroots advocates and offering culturally grounded resources, technical assistance and training, and policy development to strengthen Tribal sovereignty.

Donation Link: https://www.niwrc.org/donate

EDUCATIONAL CONTEXT

May 5th – What is it?
May 5th as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls.

TRIGGER WARNING:
A congressional resolution to designate May 5th as a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls has been introduced. The resolution was drafted in memory of Hanna Harris (Northern Cheyenne) who was murdered July, 2013. The resolution was first introduced in April 2016 on the same day that RoyLynn Rides Horse (Crow) passed away after having been beaten, burned, and left in a field to die. Nearly 200 tribal, national, and state organizations supported this resolution. To learn more about the work that went into this – visit www.niwrc.org.

On May 5, 2018, the United States Senate passed a co-sponsored resolution to declare May 5th, a National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Womxn. This includes our 2 Spirits, girls, boys, men, elders, LGBTQ, non-binary relatives & relatives with disabilities – all relatives. This epidemic is across Indian Country on Turtle Island and expands beyond colonial borders.

SOME FACTS for CONTEXT:
In 2016, 5,712 Indigenous women and girls were reported missing – only 116 were logged into the Department of Justice database. That is UNACCEPTABLE!

3rd leading cause of death – murder
UIHI identified 506 cases of MMIWG across 71 selected urban cities, 75% of the cases had no Tribal affiliation listed.
66 of the 506 cases were tied to domestic and sexual violence
4 in 5 will experience sexual/domestic violence/violence in their lifetime

CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS:
- Lack of accurate representation within the data
- Institutionalized racism / racism in general /systems of oppression / stereotypes / lack of action from law enforcement, governmental agencies (state and federal_
- Lack of proper training with Law Enforcement and Government
- Not enough representation from families and advocates on Taskforce's, Operation Lady Justice and involvement in policy.

REPORTS TO LEARN FROM:

FOLLOW AND SUPPORT

@niwrc / @sovereignbodies / @threesisterscollective / @native_women_running / @mmiwhoismissing / @restoringancestralwinds / @urbanindianhealthinstitute / @urbanindigenouscollective / @sunny_redbear / @seedingsovereignty

Tribal Law & Policy Institute
Native Women's Society of the Great Plains
Watch the film BLACKFEET BOXING
Support legislation centered on ending this violence
Follow hashtags: #NotInvisible / #MMIR / #MMIW / #MMIWG / #MMIWG2S / #MMIP
Follow my saved HIGHLIGHTS to learn more about MMIR via my IG - @nativein_la

TRACKING YOUR DISTANCE

4 laps on a track = 1 Mile
12.5 laps on a track = 5K
25 laps on a track = 10K
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

Email [email protected]

VIRTUAL HOW TO

1. Run/walk whenever & wherever you'd like!
2. Starting on the event date go to elitefeats.com/Results
3. Search for your name - click UPDATE.
4. Enter your time.
5. OPTIONAL upload up to 5 photos!

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 1/24. Allow 3-5 business days to receive.
You don't need the bib to run/walk, it's a keepsake!