Rising Hearts at the 2024 New York City Marathon!
Rising Hearts coming to Lenapehoking lands for the NYC Marathon!
We are excited to come to Lenapehoking Lands / New York City! Meet and welcome Goldstein Little Eagle (@glittleeagle ), Kali KO Mequinonoag Reis (@kali_ko_reis ), Yatika Starr Fields (@yatikafields ), and Jordan Marie Whetstone (@nativein_la ). We hope to do a couple local community activations outside of the official event opportunities, so stay tuned!
We are really grateful for these opportunities to come together and for the support organizations bringing us to these spaces to represent our communities, our passions, and hold space for those no longer here.
We are running with purpose and so excited to be getting to that start line with so many other Native runners from Native Strength Revolution, Native Women Running and many others participating that we may not know about.
To learn more about who we are, our why and purpose for coming together, visit www.risinghearts.org/rh-nycmarathon. Over the next month, we will be rolling out more spotlight content of our runners!
Tentative Schedule of Events:
+ 11/1: Option 1 for meet and greet / blessing of runners with UIC before Opening Ceremonies!
+ 11/1: 4pm Parade of Nations | Opening Ceremonies for NYC Marathon (More details TBD)
+ 11/2: 12:30pm: Option 3 doe Meet and Greet / Blessing of Runners with UIC before Marathon Sunday!
+ 11/2: Native Strength Revolution to participate in their morning shakeout run and meditation session!
+ Organizing special CHEER SPOT on marathon route for all Indigenous runners and friends to see their family, loved ones and friends! Stay tuned.
FUNDRAISER FOR LOVED ONES AND THEIR FAMILY:
Join Jordan Marie Whetstone (Lakota) of Rising Hearts and Kali Mequinonoag Reis (Seaconke Wampanoag and Cape Verde), in helping to bring more visibility for the families and their loved ones as they hope to raise $100,000 or more, to donate back to the families, advocates, survivors, and organizations focused on ending this violence and creating a safer future for Indigenous Peoples through the You Are Loved community grant program. After the New York City Marathon, Jordan will be running the 2024 California International Marathon to continue fundraising for this grant support program!
The Passion:
Jordan, of Rising Hearts, and professional runner, dedicated her 2019 Boston Marathon to 26 missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. Since then, she has been on a mission, running for justice - running with purpose, in bringing more visibility to the movement, the families, their loved ones, the advocates, and the community organizations within the MMIR space. Since 2020, Rising Hearts has helped raise over $200,000 collectively through their virtual wellness campaigns for families of missing and murdered loved ones, advocates, survivors, organizers and community heart working organizations. More resources are needed to support the efforts of fundraising, court costs, search and rescue, data, travel for hearings, listening sessions, legal fees, mental health and wellness services, community organized efforts, financial support for cost of living, and more.
The You Are Loved Community Grant Program:
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.
Applications will go live December 15, 2024 on a rolling basis, need basis and urgency basis:
+ Examples of Need Basis: mental health and wellness costs / access, printing costs, banners, shirts for awareness / memorials, direct assistance for family / families, impact campaign / storytelling that will directly uplift and support loved one / families
+ Examples of Urgency Basis: Funeral costs, vigils, search and rescue, DNA testing to expedite progress in loved ones case, MMIR based conference / Federal listening session
How To Learn More + Donate:
To donate, you can start now! Visit www.risinghearts.org/nomorestolenrelatives and you’ll find more information about the You Are Loved Community Grant Program and starting October 15, 2024, you’ll have access to Jordan’s and Kali’s RUNNING FOR JUSTICE page for the 2024 TCS NYC Marathon to learn more about who they are running for, their why, resources to learn from and more.
Stay Up To Date:
Subscribe to the Rising Hearts newsletter - www.risinghearts.org or visit our blog www.risinghearts.org/blog for updates about fundraising, follow us at @rising_hearts on IG | @nativein_la | @kali_ko_reis
UPCOMING RUNS
Rising Hearts will be hosting the 2024 4th Annual #EveryChildMatters 5k Remembrance Run on #OrangeShirtDay | National Truth and Reconciliation
SEPTEMBER 27TH - SEPTEMBER 30TH
Remembering and honoring the thousands of Indigenous children stolen from their families and homelands, forced into Boarding and Residential Schools, and the survivors, and descendants.
Since May 2021, over 12k Indigenous children and bodies have been unearthed from these schools. This is a heartbreaking reality across Indigenous communities as families fight for their return home, for justice for families, and for opportunities to support survivors and build a future that is bright and thriving for our next generations. We will have our Rising Hearts #RunningForJustice virtual team when you sign up.
We will be donating to Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition and Indian Residential School Survivors Society!
Get your Every Child Matter 5k Remembrance Run Shirt!
$25 and 2 day shipping!
Last day to purchase to receive shirt by 9/27 = September 22, 2024
Rising Hearts will be making a donation through this virtual run to Native Wellness Institute, Urban Indigenous Collective and Rising Hearts.
VIRTUAL INFORMATION:
+ Date: October 11-14, 2024
+ Distances: 5k, 10k, Half Marathon
+ Stickers to purchase!
+ Donate an entry!
+ Donate instead of register
+ Download digital BIB
+ Create a virtual team or join one
+ Join Rising Hearts virtual team: Running With Purpose
+ Beneficiaries: Native Wellness Institute, Urban Indigenous Collective, and Rising Hearts