[RBS] Lamaan Achai 6K Run In RBSA To EXCLUDE Women!!!
Phil'n'Chanie Rosenfelder
philnchanie at gmail.com
Thu Apr 25 22:26:15 IDT 2013
oops
it's not a Lemaan Achai event, it's a Lev HaTorah event, with proceeds
going to LA
maybe LA should have let LHT do their own advertising?????
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 10:07 AM, yotzma2 <yotzma2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I got very excited when I saw a posting on facebook today for the Lamaan
> Achai 6K run right here in RBSA. I know several women, friends and family,
> who love to run. This being local sounded great - no traveling or logistics
> to work out. To top it off, raising some money for a wonderful local
> organization is a great thing. A moment later, however, I was quite
> saddened to see that the run is for Men and Boys only. To exclude 50% of
> the residents of our neighborhood from such an exciting event - especially
> with how important the issue of excluding women is in our local discourse
> is insensitive at best, but feels more like a step backward in the local
> struggle to include everyone in communal life.
>
> I personally believe that if this event is not open to everyone, that it
> needs to be taken out of our neighborhood. It is unacceptable to me that
> half our community would be excluded from this event.
>
> If you feel the same, I suggest you share your feelings with Lamaan Achai.
> they canbe contacted online here: https://lemaanachai.org/Home/Contact
>
> Josh
> RBSA Resident
>
>
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