Sunday, April 29 will see the 35th running of one of the marquee 10 kilometer running events in America. The James Joyce Ramble will again host the USATF American Masters 10K Championship. Runners from across the country will be filling Dedham restaurants and hotel rooms a mere two weeks after the Boson Marathon.
Runners may register for the championship or the main race by visiting ramble.org. The post-race party will be held on the grounds of the Endicott Estate with food provided by Wholefoods Market and refreshments by Jack’s Abby Craft Lagers. Music will be heard from the Dennis Brennan Band.
The charity partner of the 2018 Ramble is Back on My Feet, an organization that recruits the homeless and involves them into a program that begins with a commitment to run three days a week and then allows them to earn through steps the opportunity to transition into being once more a part of society.
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In Next Steps, members work with BoMF program staff to develop a personal road map to independence. Each member attends financial literacy classes and job skills training provided through partnerships with our corporate partners. Members can earn financial assistance to remove barriers to employment and housing. Members who achieve employment and housing become Alumni Members. Within six months of becoming a Back on My Feet Alumnus, 90% of members maintain their employment, 60% receive a wage increase and 20% achieve a promotion.
Ulysses was banned in America for a short period so organizers felt it was fitting that they attempt to cast a light on continuing repression of literary expression and honest journalism throughout the world.
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The James Joyce Ramble has petitioned since 1989 on behalf of writers such as Vaclav Havel, Xu Wenli, Aung San Suu Ky, Daniel Pearl, Anna Politkovskaya, and Rael Badwawi, who is still at this writing in a Saudi Arabian prison sentenced to 10 years for merely writing words of dissent.
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo are two such individuals now unjustly held since December in a Myanmar prison for covering the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya.
The two reporters had been working on a Reuters investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men who were buried in a mass grave in northern Rakhine state after being hacked to death or shot by ethnic Rakhine Buddhist neighbors and soldiers.
After Reuters published its report on the killings on Feb. 8, calls have mounted for the release of the two reporters. The United States said at a meeting of the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that Myanmar had “the gall to blame the media” for the situation in Rakhine and demanded that the reporters be freed.
Dedham non profits are once again invited to socially engage attendees about their missions and programs on Sunday. They should contact Martin at jjramble@gmail.com. Volunteers, new and returning may contact casey.jjramble@gmail.com
