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Description
Throughout September 2024, the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights will host its 4th Annual Waymaker’s race to honor Elizabeth Frankel and to celebrate how each of us has the capacity to Be a Waymaker and walk with a child and their family, like Liz.
HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT
#BeAWaymaker: Walk with a Child on their Journey to the United States
In solidarity with the children Elizabeth worked with, our goal in 2024 is to collectively walk, run, or roll the same number of miles a child travels in search of safety to the United States.
As we kick off our race, we invite you to lace up your sneakers or tune up your bikes and join Joaquin on his journey in search of safety.
Walk with Joaquin
Joaquin is a young boy fleeing gang violence in Honduras. After being viciously attacked in his hometown by members of a local gang, Joaquin decided to make the journey to New York City to reunite with his mother and younger siblings.
But before he can be with his family, he will first need to travel 1,500 miles through the jungle and the desert to get to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Join Joaquin as a team or an individual and contribute to the total number of miles he needs to travel and help get him to his family.
Each mile walked will help raise $35,000.00 and every dollar will go towards sustaining the programs that Liz started to ensure that no child ever walks through our immigration system alone again.
Race Contact Info
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