Running For Their Lives
Published: October 17, 2012
www.RUNNINGFORTHEIRLIVES.us
Springfield (oct 3rd) to Chicago (oct 21st) - Saint Sabina
I am...
Maxwell 'Emcays' Mkwezalamba. I am running for 'The Lost Childhoods' that have been and will be snatched away due to Chicago's alarming rate of homicide.
I dedicate my run to the many faceless statistics that have faded like the R.I.P spray paint shirts worn by their loved ones. I embark on my journey in the memory of those too young to fight as patriots for their country, but not too young to be murdered in their countries slums. I take on this challenge because I have the audacity to believe that I was born to use my artistic talent to be a catalyst for positive change.
I am not running to raise millions of dollars, to concur some record, or prove some point.
I'm running because running saved my life, and I hope that if I keep running, I could save someone else's life.
And so... I run.