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project leader
Sheila G
location
Dumont Ave. & Herzel Street
(Brownsville)
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the project

Help us make this community race a reality!
The Brownsville Mile comes out of the success of the We Run Brownsville (WRB) women's running group; a group comprised of women who are beginning to novice runners. As both a way to pay it forward and as an intentional strategy for placemaking, the Brownsville Mile will serve as a great event to bring the neighborhood together.

Join us for a finish line festival and celebration.
A potential oasis in need of much repair, Betsy Head Park provides some green breathing room in an otherwise densely populated area that has historically been viewed as unsafe. In addition, improvements to this public space would have a correlated impact on public health. When Brownsville Milers experience the safety of the park, the support of neighbors and the encouragement of family and friends, they, too, will enjoy the benefits of living in a community with a functioning public space agenda. 

Your donation will be matched!
Donations to our project will be matched by the NY State Health Foundation. Thank you for your support!

the steps

  • Select date, location of race
  • Secure permits
  • Meet with local community board, parks department & local police
  • Select committee teams for race responsibilities
  • Secure medical team
  • Outreach for race - social media campaign
  • Create race logo
  • Order equipment
  • Order participant t-shirts & medals
  • Team status meetings
  • Final logistics meeting
  • Race Day

 

why we're doing it

Brownsville is a neighborhood with a lot of unmet needs.

Many families lack access to basic needs and basic services are inappropriately inadequate. Historical structural inequalities, decades of disinvestment and generational poverty have created crippling outcomes across an institutional continuum. Organizing a community race won't eliminate the deep poverty that is pervasive in Brownsville but our "active activism" advances an authentically visible resistance to a negative external narrative and co-creates a message of resilience and empowerment.

The Brownsville Mile will serve as an innovative and highly collaborative conduit for community building, promoting a sense of well being and as a scalable strategy for placemaking.

budget

Disbursed budget (as of 4.16.18):



RAISED = $9,376.00
 less ioby Platform Fee  $35.00
less ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $272.07
TOTAL TO DISBURSE = $9,068.93

Original budget:

Race Participant shirts $2,000.00

Race participant medals $1,500.00

Race Logo design $1,500.00

Water/Snack for post race amenities $2,000.00

Signage: banners, poster $1,750.00

Race Announcer $250.00



PROJECT SUBTOTAL = 9,000
ioby Platform Fee  $35
ioby Donation Processing Fee (3%) $270
TOTAL TO RAISE ON ioby= $9,305

 

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photos

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donors

  • Anonymous
  • Troy g.
  • Fostena F.
  • Kay White
  • Anonymous
  • Anonymous
  • Kerry S.
  • Inacent Saunders
  • JKS Creativeworks
  • Marcia J.
  • Sheila Gordon
  • Dionne Grayman
  • Nia G.
  • Jeanette C.
  • Sheila B.
  • Anonymous
  • Grace and Friends
  • Felicia H.
  • Thanks Ms. Jeanette
  • Sheila B.
  • Renae Widdison
  • Tyisha’s Donors
  • Carol Mendoza
  • Daina
  • Danielle Johnson
  • Tina Johnson Tyisha’s Mom
  • Anonymous
  • Alanah
  • Kay White
  • Salah zalatimo
  • Maurice R.
  • Anonymous
  • Farrah
  • Cynthia Grayman Pond
  • Melvina Dick & Friends
  • Ms. Yvonne & Friends
  • Lisa Gill
  • J Ricard
  • Beulah C.
  • Justin Garrett Moore
  • Thanks Odette
  • peter gee in honor of Naila!
  • L. Martin- Friend
  • In Honor of Rosa Mae's Birthday
  • Michelle T.
  • Anonymous
  • In honor of Rosa Mae's Birthday
  • Erika McSwain in honor of my mother Rosa McSwain
  • Frank & Maureen McIntyre - Tammi's parents