Comments on: Why I Am Running in the Oakland Running Festival http://www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/2010/02/every-step-counts-why-i-am-running-in-the-oakland-running-festival/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tom Morrow http://www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/2010/02/every-step-counts-why-i-am-running-in-the-oakland-running-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-205270 Tom Morrow Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:27:16 +0000 http://www.ellabakercenter.org/blog/?p=317#comment-205270 I have run every major marathon in California, but I think Oakland will be the most special--for many of the reasons you state. This is a race about community, about celebrating the important things that make us human. I don't live in Oakland, but I love and appreciate it--and I depend on the great City. It is the epicenter of the Bay Area, the foundation that enables the East Bay, North Bay, Peninsula and SF to prosper. I am proud to join you for the run, and make a donation to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Thank you for the important work you do for the Community, and...see you at the finish line. I have run every major marathon in California, but I think Oakland will be the most special–for many of the reasons you state. This is a race about community, about celebrating the important things that make us human. I don’t live in Oakland, but I love and appreciate it–and I depend on the great City. It is the epicenter of the Bay Area, the foundation that enables the East Bay, North Bay, Peninsula and SF to prosper.

I am proud to join you for the run, and make a donation to the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Thank you for the important work you do for the Community, and…see you at the finish line.

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