Welcome the the 2022 Harambeecouver Diversity Run.
This run is organized by the Great Lakes Networking society and is part of the Harambeecouver Diversity Festival (August 26- 28, 2022). Click here for more detail on the Festival. This run is not yet sanctioned by BC Athletics. It is a casual summer run with minimal fees allowing us to get permits and other runner swag. We look forward to making it a mainstay in the summer.
Harambee is a Swahili word and slogan that means pulling together or working together. Loosely translated, it means unity. A popular slogan in East African, it came to represent a call of action or a development strategy where people supplemented government efforts through voluntary and personal contributions.
The act of coming together is also present in the Bantu word “Ububtu”. It is part of the Zulu phrase “Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu; Omundu Khu Mundu”, which means “a person is a person through other people; I am, because you are“.
With the goal of reconciliation and unification, Harambecouver started in 2017 as a Multicultural, Diversity and Reconciliation Parade. It was billed as “Vancouver’s first multicultural parade” in Canada. We hope to continue this tradition annually and we hope to have you join us at our festivals.
Thank you to our sponsors:
The Harambeecouver Diversity Run is organized by the Great Lakes Networking Society of BC, a non-profit organization registered under the BC Societies Act (Reg #80232 7262 BC0001). We live and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish People, including the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, Stó:lo and Tsleil- Waututh Nations. We are grateful to be hosted on this land.