Immigrant Rights, Boston Marathon & Donate to Win

Support Stride for Stride for a chance to win a one-of-a-kind commissioned painting by renowned artist, Joey Africa.

Hello friends of Stride for Stride. We’ve been busy over the past two weeks distributing Know Your Rights Red Cards*, contacting immigrant lawyers to hold immigrant rights Zoom meetings with the team, and adding another therapist to our Mental Health in Stride program. It’s a stressful time for our team so we’re grateful to you, our donors, that we can offer free mental health therapy for anyone on the team who needs/wants it.

Additionally, we’ve been busy preparing for the spring race season. The Hyannis Half-Marathon will be our first big race of the year, followed by the 305 Half in Miami, and the NYC Half in NYC, obviously. And, April 21st is the 129th running of the Boston Marathon. This year Stride for Stride will have 23 runners and 4 charity runners in the Marathon - our biggest Boston team ever.

Donate to Win

One of our Boston Marathon charity runners donated a commissioned large scale painting from the incredible artist, Joey Africa. Every $100 donation to Stride for Stride will enter you for a chance to win a custom painting from Joey. Winner gets to customize the painting with Joey. Some of Joey’s incredible paintings can be seen below, on our donation page, and via Joey’s website.

Every donation will support all of Stride for Stride’s programs from our race entries to our free mental health care to our immigrant rights initiatives.

Donate to Win at: http://bit.ly/StrideArt

Thank you for supporting Stride for Stride!

*Know Your Rights Red Cards

“All people in the United States, regardless of immigration status, have certain rights and protections under the U.S. Constitution. The Know Your Rights Red Cards were created to help people assert their rights and defend themselves against constitutional violations. Knowing and asserting rights can make a huge difference in many situations, such as when ICE agents go to a home. Red cards provide critical information on how to assert these rights, along with an explanation to ICE agents that the individual is indeed asserting their rights.”

Mental Health in Stride

Today, Stride for Stride is launching Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy for anyone on the Team who needs it.

Today, Stride for Stride is launching Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy for anyone on the Team who needs it.

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Running is therapy. Running is not only good for your physical health, but it's also good for your mental health.

Hundreds of runners on Team Stride for Stride have benefitted mentally from running life changing races like the Boston Marathon, the NYC Marathon, Falmouth, and local 5Ks. Running releases endorphins that improve our mood, and crossing the finish line explodes those endorphins into a major boost of confidence.

However, sometimes running isn't enough. All of our runners are immigrants who have endured the isolation of not knowing many (or any) people in their new country, they've experienced the stress of moving to this country, the challenge of not (initially) speaking the language, and now they are currently enduring anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.

Since our founding in 2018, Stride for Stride has been a welcoming and safe community for runners from 26 different countries. We are a community whose team members have provided comfort for our runners experiencing debilitating depression, crushing defeat, and solace during one's darkest days.

​Mental health has always been a major health issue for our team and we anticipate 2025 to be even more challenging. Therefore, today we are launching Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy sessions for anyone on the Team who needs it.

We are starting the program with a Spanish speaking therapist who is already providing online therapy to one runner on the team. Over time we hope to increase the number of therapists and offer both online and in-person sessions.

Stride for Stride has always been more than just running. Crossing the finish line gives people hope, empowerment, a sense of belonging, and pure joy. And, now Stride for Stride gives our team the mental health support they need, if and when they need it.

We're launching Mental Health in Stride thanks to the support of Jackson Health System in Miami and thanks to private donors like you.

Mental Health in Stride

Stride for Stride is launching Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy for anyone on the Team who needs it.

Running is therapy. Running is not only good for one's physical health, but it's also good for one's mental health.

Hundreds of runners on Team Stride for Stride have benefitted mentally from running life changing races like the Boston Marathon, the NYC Marathon, Falmouth, and local 5Ks. Running releases endorphins that improve our mood, and crossing the finish line explodes those endorphins into a major boost of confidence.

However, sometimes running isn't enough. All of our runners are immigrants who have endured the isolation of not knowing many (or any) people in their new country, they've experienced the stress of moving to this country, the challenge of not (initially) speaking the language, and now they are currently enduring anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.

Since our founding in 2018, Stride for Stride has been a welcoming and safe community for runners from 26 different countries. We are a community whose team members have provided comfort for our runners experiencing debilitating depression, crushing defeat, and solace during one's darkest days.

​Mental health has always been a major health issue for our team and we anticipate 2025 to be even more challenging. Therefore, in January 2025 we are launching Mental Health in Stride to provide free mental health therapy for anyone on the Team who needs it.

We are kicking the program off with a virtual Spanish speaking therapist who is already providing therapy to one runner on the team. Over time we hope to increase the number of therapists and offer both virtual and in-person sessions.

We're launching thanks to the support of Jackson Health System in Miami and thanks to private donors like you.​

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One Team. 27 Countries. Stride for Stride.

One Team. 27 Countries. Stride for Stride.

Stride for Stride is a team of immigrants from 27 different countries. We are more than just running. We are a welcoming community for runners from all over the world. Stride for Stride is about hope, empowerment, belonging, happiness and family. Running is good for the body and the mind. Crossing the finish line gives you confidence that you can accomplish anything you set your mind to, no matter where you come from.

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Many Marathons for Stride for Stride

Fall 2024 has been a very busy running season for Team Stride for Stride.

Fall 2024 has been a very busy running season for Team Stride for Stride.

We had 50 runners in the Maine Marathon & Half on October 6th in Portland. Three of our our team members ran their first marathon in Maine with times of 2:33, 3:03, and 3:21. Great times for first timers!

Yesterday, Stride for Stride had 28 women run the Boston 10K for Women - a great women-only race in downtown Boston, And, 16 Stride for Stride team members ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday - one of six world major marathons. Stride for Stride continues to grow and we continue to become stronger distance runners.

And, in less than three weeks Stride for Stride will have 18 runners competing in the NYC Marathon - the biggest marathon in the world with 50,000 runners. Included in that field is Tom and Jorge who will be running their first marathon together since their kidney transplant in January. It’s extremely rare for a kidney donor and their kidney recipient to run a marathon together, and we’re excited to show that kidney donors save lives.

Tom is running the NYC Marathon to give hope to Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) patients who are waiting for a life-saving kidney donation - kidney recipients can lead very active lives post-transplant. And, Jorge is most definitely proof that kidney donors can run marathons post-transplant. In fact, Jorge ran the Chicago marathon yesterday and in three weeks he will run the NYC Marathon. He’s a superhero!

To donate to Tom and Jorge’s fundraiser in support of Stride for Stride please visit:

https://fundraisers.hakuapp.com/fundraisers/4c9f29b6be0b8dd44f57

Thank you for supporting Stride for Stride - we couldn’t run without you.

Stride for Stride currently sponsors 430 runners from 26 countries.

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