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Running For Their Lives

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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.

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