Native Women Running is leaving Turtle Island!

Verna Volker Start Date: Feb 16, 2024 - End Date: Apr 30, 2024
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Leadership/Training Program
  • Professional Development
  • Berlin, Germany

My Travel Story

by: Verna Volker Start Date: Feb 16, 2024 - End Date: Apr 30, 2024
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Leadership/Training Program
  • Professional Development
Native Women Running Leaves Turtle Island!

What an exciting time for Native Women Running (NWR). KoRo Women's Race in Berlin, Germany invited NWR to participate in their run.

SCC Events sponsors KoRo Women's Race. The race is on May 4, 2024. The race is Germany's biggest charity women's race.

Verna Volker is from the Navajo Nation. Her clans are Tódích'íi'nii (Bitterwater) nishlíi, Hashtl'ishnii (Mud People) bashishchiin, Ta'neeszahnii (Tangle) dashicheii, and Tó' áheedlíinii (Water Flows Together) dashinalí.
It will be an amazing event and opportunity to share Indigenous culture in Berlin! Verna lives in Minneapolis, MN and started NWR as an Instagram account to promote Native women in running both in the United States and Canada.

Jocelyn McIntosh is Métis. She is a citizen of Métis Nation of British Columbia. She is living on the unceded traditional territory of the Katzie First Nation and Kwantlen First Nation now known as Maple Ridge, BC. She is a volunteer on Verna's leadership team and works full time as an Aboriginal Education Resource Teacher.

Please consider donating to help with the cost for travel, accommodation, and meals. Your support will help us spread the positive message of Native Women Running.

https://www.berliner-frauenlauf.de/en/
  • Berlin, Germany

Updates

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  • Berlin Marathon

    Berlin Marathon
    Good morning, I've been meaning to do an update. Life has been crazy. Jocelyn and I have made our flight arrangements to Berlin. We also found a nice reasonable Air BnB in Mitte, Germany. We are excited but want to thank you to all who have donated. It means so much to us. Thank you, Verna

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