Puerto Rican Runners Lace Up for Resilience and End Violence

Through sun and rain, from dawn to dusk, 53 female athletes led hundreds of runners across the island in the Kilometers of Change race for three days in an outcry against domestic violence in Puerto Rico.

SAN JUAN – Under the sun, rain, from dawn to night, 53 women athletes led for three days hundreds of runners who started the Kilometers of Change race across the island in a cry against domestic violence in Puerto Rico and so far collected more than $400,000 for gender violence survivors' shelters and their children. On Sunday night, the 53 Kilometers of Change ambassadors arrived at the Central Park from where they had left on Friday morning, c…

Puerto Rican Runners Lace Up for Resilience and End Violence

Over a thousand participants gather in Puerto Rico this weekend, lacing up their running shoes to champion a critical cause: supporting survivors of gender-based violence. They hope to raise vital funds and awareness through relay races spanning the island. The post Puerto Rican Runners Lace Up for Resilience and End Violence appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.