Bay Area Man Walking 100 Miles Barefoot for Immigrant Children’s Rights

Bay Area man walking 100 miles barefoot for immigrant children’s rights

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) -- Patrick McConnell has been training for three months to walk from San Francisco’s Ocean Beach to Santa Cruz barefoot. He says every step will help raise money for immigrant children detained at the border. “Many of these kids are fleeing violence, trafficking, unimaginable hardships back at home then they are met with a system that treats them like adults,” says McConnell. McConnell says he’s partnered with the Young Cent…

“Perfect Victims” by Mohammed El-Kurd: Unapologetically Walking Barefoot Over Glass

Mohammed El-Kurd's "Perfect Victims" is not a book that seeks permission. It does not explain or apologize. It stands, instead, as a piercing intervention—a record of how the world looks when you are spoken about far more often than you are listened to. A Palestinian born and raised in Israel-occupied East Jerusalem, El-Kurd brings the urgency of lived experience and the sharpness of a poet who knows language can be both weapon and shield.At jus…