We cannot thank you enough for your generosity and support in making WPA’s first Virtual 5K a success!
Special thanks to our sponsors - Good Apple, NCheng LLP, Alcott HR, and Flushing Bank - for their support, dedication, and commitment to helping women facing injustice and incarceration.
To learn more about WPA or to make a donation, please visit wpaonline.org. Follow us on Instagram @WPA_NYC
Fun facts about the event:
- Dollars raised = $20,918.26
- Total number of participants = 216
- Number of continents represented = 3
- Fastest time = 20:14 (running)
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ABOUT WPA: WPA is the nation’s first organization for women impacted by incarceration. WPA empowers women to redefine their lives in the face of injustice and incarceration. Together, we forge pathways toward freedom, safety, and independence.
The number of women in state prison in the U.S. has increased by 834% over the last four decades. That is more than twice the rate of increase that men experienced. WPA’s alternative to incarceration program, JusticeHome allows women to avoid prison or jail. Instead they address the challenges that led to their arrest in the community. It costs more than $120K a year to send a woman to jail and her children to foster care. It costs less than $20K a year to offer her an alternative to incarceration with WPA.
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