Walk for Syria’s Children in Chicago today, May 25th
SAC Chicago and Rise4Humanity, two nonprofit humanitarian organizations dedicated to raising awareness of and providing aid to Syrian’s in need, invite the public to the Global Walk for the Children of Syria, hosted on Saturday May 25th in Chicago, Illinois. Their partner organizations are hosting similar events simultaneously in cities all across the United States, and around the world.
The walk begins at 4pm on May 25th, 2013, at the corner of Congress and Michigan. The media is welcome to join the walk in honor of the children of Syria, both for those living with the constant threat of violence, and those lost to us before their time.
The conflict in Syria is not purely a military conflict. It is not a war where soldiers are fighting other soldiers, but where the government is committing violence against its own people indiscriminately.
On May 25th 2011, security forces returned what was left of the tortured body of 13-year-old Hamza al-Khateeb and this helpless child because the poster child for Syrian government brutality. On May 25th, 2012, members of the Assad regime stormed the village of al-Houla, Homs and committed a massacre of 109 people; 49 of them were children. These unthinkable events, along with countless similar incidents of inexplicable violence, are one of the reasons the people of Syria, and all those who stand with the Syrian people, will never give up until their children, and families are safe.
Other Participating Locations:
— Charleston, West Virginia (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Charleston)
— Chicago, Illinois (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Chicago)
— Houston, Texas (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Houston)
— Indianapolis, Indiana (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_IN)
— Los Angeles, California (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_LA)
— Louisville, Kentucky (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Louisville)
— Mexico City, Mexico (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Mexico)
— Miami, Florida (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Miami)
— New York (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_NY)
— San Diego, California
— Tampa, Florida (http://bit.ly/Walk4Syria_Tampa)
— Washington DC
