We’ve added another marathon this year! We’re looking for WHEELERS and RUNNERS to join Team U2FP in both our Chicago race and Twin Cities races (new this year!) right now. Registration for the 2019 Bank of America Chicago Marathon is open through March 31 ...

Last month, I had the opportunity to represent U2FP as well as the North American SCI Consortium (NASCIC) in addressing a gathering of scientists, therapists, clinicians and the SCI Community at a 2-day NIH conference entitled SCI 2020: Launching a Decade for Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research (you can watch the conference here & here if you missed it). This was a unique opportunity, in that it may have been the first time that the SCI Community was formally part of these meetings and had a chance to make a presentation to the audience ...

As Kelsey mentioned in her post last week, Barry Munro's talk at Working 2 Walk this past fall in Vancouver made a lasting impact on her. She wasn't the only one. Lot's of attendees told us how impactful Barry's presentation was. Check it out!

When I attended Working 2 Walk last October, Barry Munro (CSRO’s Chief Development Officer & a U2FP Board Member) shared words about us being the “stakeholders.” Those words have really stuck with me. I’ve been thinking more and more about the weight of our influence on the effort for Cures. And by “us” I mean those of us who know what it’s like to sit in a chair; I mean the able-bodied warriors ...