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On this episode of Le Run Down we go across Canada with ultra runner and Mental health advocate, Skylar Roth MacDonald.
Skylar loved playing all kinds of sports, playing soccer competitively until concussions forced him to retire.
He found his love for ultra running while exploring the Canadian Rockies, and his passion, coupled with the tragic loss of his friends, inspired him to run across the country to raise awareness for mental health.
News:
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/11/20/Arrests-in-Wetsuweten/ (The Tyee - ‘We Want Her Out of Jail Today.’ RCMP Slammed for Arresting Journalists)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/11/17/antonio-may-six-deputies-indicted-murder/ (Washington Post - A man died at an Atlanta jail on ‘Taser Tuesday.’ Now six deputies are indicted on murder charges.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-fired-24-shots-handcuffed-man-why-didn-t-they-n1264887 (NBC News - Police fired 24 shots at a handcuffed man. Why didn't they turn on their body cameras?)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/police-montreal-pepper-spray-mental-illness-health-1.6243500 (CBC - After Montreal police pepper-spray man in mental crisis, advocates call for more training, support)
Show:
https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/meet-skylar-roth-macdonald-the-man-who-ran-across-canada-to-raise-awareness-for-mental-health/ (Meet Skylar Roth-MacDonald, the man who ran across Canada to raise awareness for mental health - Canadian Running Magazine)
How to Help:
https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/ (Black Lives Matter - Ways You Can Help)
https://blacklivesmatter-canada.carrd.co/ (Black Lives Matter Canada)
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZH0xk5FqYJXwymoue-dnjqJEMj3FplF0Om8wdm8HZd0/edit (Montreal-Based Racial Justice Organizations)
https://bailfunds.github.io/ (List of American and Canadian Bail Funds)
Educational Materials:
https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home/#resources (Reclaim The Block - Resources and Downloads)
http://criticalresistance.org/abolish-policing/ (Critical Resistance - Abolish Policing)
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYn1EYMdFkqnY2I4I8FzaJoGqEGLdHi6v (Critical Resistance - Breaking Down the Prison Industrial Complex video series)