EVENT: My Step, Her Stride – 5K Walk/Run & Festival benefiting Women For Women International

By sherzad on February 7th, 2013

March 16, 2013

WHAT: The 1st annual My Step, Her Stride – San Francisco 5K walk/run followed by a festival including music, dance, and food as well as prominent speakers addressing women’s and global issues.WHEN: Saturday, March 16, 2013. Check-in begins at 8:30am and the program begins at 9:30am. Online registration is available at http://mystepSF.kintera.org through Thursday, March 14 at 2pm PST. Online event registration for adults ages 16 and over is $25 and children ages 5-15 is $10. Event-day registration is welcome at 8:30am on March 16 (at a cost of $5 more per registrant). The event is on rain or shine!WHERE: The Great Meadow at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

WHO: Since 1993, Women for Women International (WfWI) has worked to provide women survivors of war, civil strife, and other conflicts with resources to move from crisis and poverty into stability and self-sufficiency. WfWI delivers these resources through a yearlong program including a training stipend for each participant, rights education, job skills and business training. Along with helping more than 351,000 women in the past 20 years to rebuild their lives and those of their family and community members after war, WfWI uses its voice to call global attention to the unique role that women play in advancing peace throughout society. WfWI works in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, Kosovo, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan. For more information, visit www.womenforwomen.org.

WHY: This inaugural event is a wonderful opportunity for people in the Bay Area to learn about and get involved with Women for Women International. By taking part in the 5K walk/run, registrants will be providing crucial support to WfWI programs while stepping into the global WfWI supporter community. Registrants will have the chance to further their support at the event by purchasing handcrafts made by WfWI program participants or by signing up to sponsor a program participant for one year. The knowledge and skills she will gain from the WfWI program give her the opportunity to stride forward and truly change her life.

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