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On Saturday, September 5th, 2020, I'll be attempting to run a solo ultramarathon (this one is just 50 kilometers, or ~31.1 miles) in...

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Sep 1, 20202 min read

This Memorial Day Weekend (May 23rd), we will be hosting a virtual charity 5k benefiting Family Promise. My friend, Jiggy Gosalia, had the..

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May 4, 20203 min read

I want to highlight the new, stronger movement combining environmental justice, racial justice and inclusion, labor and economic justice,...

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Apr 22, 20206 min read

I attended CHILD USA's Third Annual Awards Celebration in Center City Philadelphia, and met many incredible advocates.

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Nov 8, 20193 min read

In 2019, the world has reached an inflection point with respect to many of its dimensions.

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Sep 18, 20193 min read

On Sunday, July 28th, I will begin a 1,200 mile bicycle trek around Pennsylvania in support of CHILD USA. The trip will take around 2 weeks

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Jun 27, 20192 min read

My ambitions have grown larger than ever, and I've imagined a trip that I just cannot refuse. Being a child of Philadelphia suburbia, and a

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Jun 18, 20192 min read

In the summer of 2016, my friend and I set off onto the greatest nautical adventure we could have ever devised. Our homes are situated along

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Jun 17, 20197 min read

In the middle of my trip to Colorado in 2019, I met up with CU Boulder's running club President, Caelan Denley. We had 16 miles worth of

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Jun 17, 20194 min read

One prolonged tradition of child trafficking occurs in Afghanistan, where boys aged 11 or 12 are picked off the street, and then taken into

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Jun 17, 20193 min read