North Vancouver movement coach and founder of RUN4ACAUSE, Sarah Jamieson, is once again calling on Lower Mainland residents to join her in celebrating International Women's Day, this year marking its 103rd anniversary.
In partnership with CARE Canada (an international humanitarian organization fighting global poverty in more than 84 countries), Jamieson is inviting community members to participate in the 2014 Walk in Her Shoes campaign, a 103-kilometre relay March 9, according to a press release. The relay is divided into eight legs, ranging from 10 to 12 km with each supporting a specific CARE project. Participants can join as part of a team and run or walk at their own pace, or choose to become a run ambassador. Participants are also encouraged to fundraise for CARE, and the federal government has agreed to match donations, three to one.
To register, contact Jamieson at 604-789-0203 or [email protected].
To kick off this year's campaign, CARE Canada is screening Girl Rising, a documentary that chronicles the effects of education on nine young women and girls in developing countries, Saturday, Feb. 22 at 1 p.m. at Vancouver's Vancity Theatre.
A panel discussion will be part of the event, and will feature Martha Piper, Vancouver's I Am Powerful Council president, and Hibo Haye, a young women who benefitted from CARE's education programming in Kenya's Dadaab refugee camp. Tickets: $10, eventbrite.ca.
