Since 1999, the Anarchist Black Cross Federation, political prisoners and support organizations across the country have held a 5K non-competitive run/jog/walk/bike event to raise awareness and funds for the numerous political prisoners currently held in North American prisons.
Runs will be held on or around September 17th at various cities and prison yards around the continent.
In past years, we’ve had runs in Albuquerque (NM), Arcata (CA), Ashland (OR), Bellefonte (PA), Boston (MA), Denver (CO), Elmore (AL), FCI Sandstone (MN), Inez (KY), Los Angeles (CA), Marion (IL), USP Navosta (TX), Pelican Bay (CA), Phoenix (AZ), Tucson (AZ), and Toronto, Ontario. Our comrades on the inside also engage in solidarity runs at the same time as ours on the outside.
This year so far, the announced runs are:
- New York City – September 17th. Prospect Park. https://nycabc.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/rdtw2017/
- Donate to NYC run: https://gumroad.com/nycabc
- Denver, Colorado – September 17th. Location TBD. https://denverabc.wordpress.com/2017/08/27/running-down-the-walls-2017/
- Donate to Denver run: https://fundly.com/running-down-the-walls-2017
- Los Angeles, California – September 17th. Location TBD. https://www.facebook.com/events/1429725433733446/
- Buffalo, New York – September 17th. Delaware Park. https://www.facebook.com/events/152542165328344/
- Bloomington, Indiana – October 1st. Ninth Street Park. https://www.facebook.com/events/338896499903851/
- Minneapolis, Minnesota – September 17th. Lake Nokomis. https://www.facebook.com/events/191140331426985/
- Riverside, California – September 17th. 2601 Fairmount Blvd https://www.facebook.com/events/450727261993019/
Funds raised are typically split between the ABCF Warchest and a community group chosen by the host organization.
The ABCF Warchest is a program designed to send monthly checks to those Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War who have been receiving insufficient, little, or no financial support during their imprisonment. The Warchest program was initiated in November 1994 and sends money to Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War (PP/POW) via monthly checks.
For more information, see
http://www.abcf.net/warchest-program/
If you would like to organize a run, please email [email protected]
via itsgoingdown.org
