Policing Equity

For those looking for ways to take action, we ask you to join us in the first of our two fundraiser efforts. This week we are donating to an organization that is tackling the difficult problem of police reform, Center for Policing Equity. Along with our donation we will also match $2 for every $1 donated for the next 7 days up to $5,000.

More information about Policing Equity (Center for Policing Equity, CPE): "CPE uses science to promote justice. A research and action think tank, we use data driven interventions to help law enforcement examine their policies, behaviors, and practices to eliminate biased policing and ensure safer communities. We analyze data on stops, police contact and use of force, and measure disparities in order to understand and recommend changes for law enforcement procedures. We use data to build fairer and more just systems. We partner with law enforcement and communities. Our aim is to bridge the divide of communication, generational mistrust, and suffering."

Run Against Racism: Charity Challenge and Event
What? 
The challenge is to run 1 mile a day for the entire month of July (31 days = 31 miles). On August 1st we will hold The "Run Against Racism" 10k event (there will also be a 5k alternative available). Our goal is to raise money and awareness for causes that address social injustice, racism, and police brutality that disproportionately affects Black people throughout our country.

Where? 
Anywhere! Run at home, or conquer the daily challenge by running before, after or during your daily training. The daily goal is simple: run 1 mile! Then on August 1st join us for our 10k event!

How does it work? 
* All donations will be handled through the Terminus "Run Against Racism" GoFundMe campaigns. We have opened 3 separate campaigns to cover each of the 3 charities that we have chosen.
* Terminus will create a poster to track your progress throughout the challenge. The poster will contain various boxes to track your pledges, miles, and totals.
* Gym members will pledge a monetary amount per mile completed (example: 1 dollar per mile). This is your "personal pledge". Gym members will be encouraged to also post a "penalty pledge" for the days that they don't complete a mile run. 
* We would also encourage members to ask friends, family, and social media networks to pledge per mile ("donor pledge") or participate and donate via the GoFundMe account. 
* Every Wednesday we will send out a reminder to submit your donations for the week. Final donations will be collected and wrapped up on Saturday August 1, 2020.
* Terminus has chosen charities from our communities' recommendations (see details below). We suggest selecting 1 charity to represent for the length of our campaigns. Can't choose just one? Divide your contributions amongst the other charities!
* Terminus has pledged a donation match up to $1000.
* On August 1st, Terminus will hold the Run Against Racism 10K (We will have a 5K option). The miles for this event will be included in your pledges (10k= 6miles/ 5k= 3miles). This type of event is preferred as we are still under Covid-19 guidelines.We will be scheduling heats of 10 on the day of the event.  This event also lends itself to be inclusive of friends and family members that currently do not attend our gym.

Here are the charities! Included are the GoFundMe links for each campaign!
The NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund https://www.naacpldf.org/  is a legal organization fighting for racial justice through a combination of litigation, advocacy, and public education. It also defends civil rights gains and protections and works to improve the diversity of judicial and executive appointments. 
GoFundMe link: http://gf.me/u/yczyf5

Center for Policing Equity https://policingequity.org/  uses a data-driven, evidence-based approach to eliminate bias and reduce the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement. Over the past ten years they've partnered with over 25 police departments to help them bridge the divide with the communities they serve.
GoFundMe link: http://gf.me/u/yc4676

Hands On Atlanta https://www.handsonatlanta.org connects changemakers to nonprofits and schools in need, while engaging socially responsible companies to help make a difference in our community. Everyday Hands On Atlanta volunteers are hard at work tutoring and mentoring children, helping individuals and families out of poverty, improving Atlanta’s environment, and more.
GoFundMe link: http://gf.me/u/yc45yb

The Bowdoin Rugby Football Club (BRFC) stands in solidarity with Black communities across the country and all who bravely stand for equity and justice. We condemn the tragic killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others at the hands of racists as well as the institutions that permit and too often facilitate such acts of racism. We recognize that the American criminal justice system is not broken, but operating as it was historically intended: as a means of disproportionately and unjustly oppressing, detaining, and killing Black Americans and people of color. We demand radical and equitable change to that institution and all others that perpetrate and perpetuate white supremacy, hatred, and injustice. 

Today, BRFC prides itself on upholding inclusivity among our core values. Rugby teaches us to love our teammates and respect our opponents regardless of race, color, creed, sexuality, gender expression, and physical and mental ability. And yet, we must also recognize the enormous privileges afforded to us as a team and college that is still statistically, historically, and culturally majority-white. In this time, silence and inaction is are deafening and unconscionable.

In solidarity with our fellow Americans who fight for justice, BRFC  is establishing a fundraiser to support the Center for Policing Equity, which is working to put an end to police brutality and institutional racism in the American criminal justice system by, in their words, "working directly with police to measure behaviors and revise policies results in fewer people killed, and fewer people in jail." 


More information can be found below about the Center for Policing Equity from their website, which can be found at https://policingequity.org/

CPE uses science to promote justice. A research and action think tank, we use data driven interventions to help law enforcement examine their policies, behaviors, and practices to eliminate bialsed policing and ensure safer communities.

We analyze data on stops, police contact and use of force, and measure disparities in order to understand and recommend changes for law enforcement procedures.

We use data to build fairer and more just systems. >> We partner with law enforcement and communities. Our aim is to bridge the divide of communication, generational mistrust, and suffering.