Humanitarian Walk for the 59 Hostages Still in Gaza

Sunday, April 20th, 2025. DAY 562. 

Last day of Passover (in Israel).

There is graffiti for the hostages everywhere in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. There is no escape from awareness of their plight (even with the sometimes very human and necessary urge to somehow find a way to go on living, and to even experience moments of joy). We all live in bubbles of one kind or another (the Boulder bubble being just one of them). But we must somehow find ways to continue to keep awareness of the hostages in the news. Walking with Boulder Run For Their Lives on Sundays is one local way. Please join us. Please share about our walk. Families and dogs always welcome. Wishing you a meaningful Passover from Jerusalem, and I’ll see you on April 27th. Thank you, @⁨Bruce Shaffer⁩ for leading again this Sunday.

Rachel

Boulder: This Pesach, the master story of the Jewish People – the Exodus from Egypt – is not ancient, not a metaphor, nor an abstraction. With 59 Hostages still in brutal captivity, it’s happening right now and our moral imperative in this moment is to mobilize to Let Our People Go. Along with groups around the country, R4TL-Boulder will walk for them until the last one is home.

Please join us.
Bruce Shaffer

Sunday, April 20th marks the 562nd day since 240 hostages were kidnapped from Israel and taken to Gaza. 59 of them still remain captive there, 24 of whom are thought to still be alive. Please – join us this Sunday to walk for all those still held hostage. The world cannot forget. Please bring posters and wear red.

The local Boulder chapter of Run For Their Lives (part of the larger Bring Them Home Now initiative) has been walking in downtown Boulder every week since Thanksgiving, 2023. There are multiple groups like ours meeting internationally and across US cities (including a local Denver chapter).

There are 231 active Run For Their Lives groups across the world. Wherever you are, whether visiting friends or family or vacationing, you can join a group and walk with them, or walk on your own and post a video in the main Run For Their Lives Facebook group, in our local FB group, or on your own feeds. The initiative’s goal is to get as much press coverage as possible for the hostages through publicizing these walks. 

Please share our local instagram posts: https://www.instagram.com/run4theirlives_boulder/profilecard/?igsh=aG84MTQ0ZWJ4ODY5

Please join our Boulder group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/18k7a9WJ23/

If you want to order Run For Their Lives gear, you can get it at: https://www.calicustoms.info/runfortheirlives and donations for items can also be made to https://solidarity.bringthemhomenow.net/

Our group meets at 1 pm on the corner of Pearl & 8th and walks the length of the Pearl Street Mall and back, stopping at the courthouse for a brief video that the leads of Run For Their Lives include in their weekly recap. The goal is to share the message far and wide (specifically via social media) that the hostages have not been forgotten. This is not a protest; it is a peaceful walk to show solidarity with the hostages and their families, and a plea for their release.

When: Sunday, April 20th at 1 pm
Meet-up: Corner of Pearl & 8th Street