A RUN/WALK/WHEELCHAIR EVENT
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Our mission at Compassion Prison Project is to transform prisons and communities through compassionate action. Our main focus is on childhood trauma and how it affects the lives of men and women living and working in prisons. In our research, using the CDC/Kaiser Permanente ACEs study (Adverse Childhood Experiences), we have seen that ACEs are disproportionately high within the prison system. At CPP, we are focused on bringing childhood trauma awareness, education, and healing to prisons and communities both in the U.S. and globally.
DO I REALLY HAVE TO RUN ACROSS AMERICA?
No. You are welcome to if you'd like, but this, like life, is a collaborative event. We will work together to collectively cover 3,000 miles (or more).
WHERE IS THIS EVENT?
Anywhere you want it to be! Throughout the week of Saturday, June 19 to Sunday, June 27, 2021, you can run, walk, or wheelchair as many times as you'd like for as many miles as you'd like. Using the the free ItsYourRace app*, your miles will automatically be recorded and added into our cumulative event miles. You can do your runs anywhere you'd like.
*If you are unable to use the ItsYourRace app for mileage tracking, you have the ability to enter your mileage manually (on the honor system).
USING THE ItsYourRace APP
The IYR app syncs with the event. After you are registered, click the link below to find out more information about the mobile app and how to use it for tracking your RAAFTA event (that's cool lingo for Run Across America For Trauma Awareness). You can also upload photos from your own personal course, or share a selfie at the end of each run/walk/roll!
DONATIONS TO COMPASSION PRISON PROJECT
Participants will be able to go the extra mile with a personalized fundraising page to help support CPP's mission. If you're not up for participating but would still like to help Compassion Prison Project run our programs in prisons and transitional houses throughout the country, please consider a donation. There are 2.2 million men and women incarcerated in the United States today. 95% of them will return to our communities. We want them to return as healthy citizens, able to thrive and contribute to society in a positive way. We want to supply them with knowledge and tools to heal. We want to put an end to generational trauma.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE A GREAT EVENT SHIRT?!
When you register for RAAFTA you will have the option to also purchase an event t-shirt, designed by CPP's extraordinary designer. The $25 t-shirt cost includes shipping directly to you. Shirts will be shipped to the address of the PARTICIPANT, not the billing address (if different). Please allow up to two weeks for delivery.
Participants can run for this event any time between
SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2021 at 12:00am PDT
and
SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2021 at 11:59pm PDT.
THANK YOU FOR SPREADING TRAUMA AWARENESS AND
SUPPORTING COMPASSION PRISON PROJECT'S EFFORTS TO BRING
HEALING TO OUR MEN AND WOMEN LIVING AND WORKING IN OUR PRISONS.
