We are Claire River and Nick Seifert from central North Carolina. To meet a challenge and have a grand adventure prior to our senior year in high school, we have been planning to hike 100+ miles of the Appalachian Trail with Claire's dad Michael this summer. With recent events highlighting racial injustice and inequality, we would like to use this opportunity to hike for a purpose by raising money for Campaign Zero. "Funds donated to Campaign Zero support the analysis of policing practices across the country, research to identify effective solutions to end police violence, technical assistance to organizers leading police accountability campaigns and the development of model legislation and advocacy to end police violence nationwide." We ask that you contribute below to Campaign Zero. Give per mile or give a flat donation. Anything helps. While on the Appalachian Trail, our family members will post our progress with updates here. For all those per-mile donators, we'll do our best to hit 100 miles and go beyond as far as we can. Thanks for your support! FYI: The organization is technically We The Protesters and Campaign Zero is one of their targeted campaigns, so the gofundme will look like it's going to We The Protesters for that reason.