In celebration of Second Chance Month, the Petey Greene Program (PGP) is proud to host the annual Walk/Run for Education Justice. This family-friendly run/walk welcomes strollers, young runners, and leashed furry friends. Tickets for runners 12 and under are free. This is a community event! Fun activities for all ages …
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In celebration of Second Chance Month, the Petey Greene Program (PGP) is proud to host the annual Walk/Run for Education Justice. This family-friendly run/walk welcomes strollers, young runners, and leashed furry friends. Tickets for runners 12 and under are free. This is a community event! Fun activities for all ages are available before and after the run/walk.
Founded in 2008, PGP supports the academic goals of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people through high-quality volunteer tutoring programs, while educating volunteers on the injustice manifest in our carceral system and encouraging them to engage in justice-oriented activism to reimagine the criminal legal system. The PGP operates the largest multi-state volunteer tutoring program for currently and formerly incarcerated people.
With every step we take, we will demonstrate that everyone deserves a chance, we cannot discount anyone, and we are responsible for each other.
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I was on call the weekend of this race and had to round in the hospital in the morning and then had plans in Boston in the evening. Instead of … MORE
I was on call the weekend of this race and had to round in the hospital in the morning and then had plans in Boston in the evening. Instead of going home inbetween I was planning to spend the afternoon in Boston and go on a 3 mile run along the Charles. I found this race which started at 1pm and thought it would be more fun than just running on my own and it goes to a good cause to help with educational justice. I was a little disappointed to find out the race was not timed. That should have been better advertised. Again in this specific scenario where I was going to do a 3 mile run in Boston anyways around 1pm it wasn’t a big deal but I’d be annoyed if I drove down for it. I don’t really have a problem with smaller fundraiser races not being timed. It just should be clear on the registration page. The race made up for this by having the most lovely shirts. They are long sleeved tech shirts designed by one of the students and they were beautiful. There was also pizza and other snacks, a DJ, a warm up stretch. The course was simple along the Charles River. There were a few bridges you crossed. The course wasn’t that well marked but it was pretty obvious where to go and there were mile markers and volunteers at the one confusion section. I stopped my Garmin a bit late so don’t have my exact time but it was around 38 minutes which is my fast training pace which is what I was going for. Overall this was fine. I had to do a 3 mile run in Boston anyways so I might as well get a beautiful shirt and run with people and support a good cause but I would only do this race again in the same situation.