Relay Run for Refugees | Full Film
Channel: UNRWA USA
Date: 2020-04-22

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Humanitarian assistance should never be politicized, but that's what happened when the United States, UNRWA's largest donor for decades, suddenly defunded the Agency in 2018. 

In response, runners and refugees from Palestine participated in a Relay Run for Refugees, a 250-mile run from NYC to DC, hosted by UNRWA USA in partnership with Right to Movement Palestine. 

The intention behind what will go down in history as “the run of the century” was to urge the US government to put humanitarian assistance ahead of politics and back in line with American values; doing so would ensure Palestine refugees, who have nowhere else to turn, have uninterrupted access to education, food assistance, healthcare, and other programs.

The relay began on Friday, September 20, in NYC at the start of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and ended on Wednesday, September 25, in Washington, DC. Each day of running concluded with a ‘Refugees Reimagined’ storytelling event hosted by community partners in Clifton, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wilmington, Delaware, and Baltimore, Maryland.