Wheaton Regional Park Adventure Playground
2002 Shorefield Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20902
USA
Come out to Wheaton Regional Park for TASSC’s first annual Run for Strength, a 5k run and 1 mile walk to support the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition (TASSC) International. Meet and run with TASSC staff, supporters and survivors, including elite Ethiopian runners who were forced to flee their home countries after being persecuted by the government. Festivities, refreshments, music, and mingling will immediately follow the run. If you can’t make the run and you still want to support TASSC, feel free to sign up as a virtual runner, donate directly on our website (tassc.org/donate), or join us for the post-run celebration!
Proceeds from Run for Strength will benefit the survivors of torture TASSC serves each year. Among the many free services TASSC offers to survivors are psychological counselling, yoga and massage therapy, social services, workforce development training, and legal support as survivors seek asylum in the US. TASSC currently provides holistic services to 330 survivors annually, fulfilling its mission to end the practice of torture wherever it occurs and to support survivors as they empower themselves, their families and communities wherever they are. Since 1998, TASSC has helped over 7,000 survivors rebuild their lives through in-house, holistic, comprehensive and trauma-informed services.
Please join us on December 4th for our first ever Run for Strength! If you have any questions, you can contact our Race Organizer at info@tassc.org