Walk. Reflect. Share. Reconnect.
Fifteen days, three small commitments a day: walk 30 minutes, name one gratitude, and share it with the group. Once a week, reach out to someone you've lost touch with. Finish 12 of the 15 days and you graduate — it's you vs. you, no comparing, just encouraging.
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Registration closes August 14 — reserve your spot before then. You'll get access to our WhatsApp group and a daily gratitude video sent straight to your email.
Days of showing up — for yourself
Of walking a day — all at once or split up
Days finished, and you graduate
Grace days, built in — life happens
With gratitude
Sumud15 happens because people chose to stand behind it. Our thanks to everyone who has sponsored the challenge.
Mark your calendar
From the day you sign up to the day the cohort graduates together — here's the whole arc.
Today
Reserve your spot. Everyone is welcome — any pace, any fitness level, anywhere you live.
Before Day 1
You get access to our WhatsApp group, and the daily gratitude videos start landing in your inbox.
August 15
Walk 30 minutes, name one thing you're grateful for, and share it with the group. Then do it again tomorrow.
August 29
Finish 12 of the 15 days and you graduate with the cohort. Stories are told, and the habit stays.
Why it matters
The walk you meant to take. The person you meant to call. The good in an ordinary day that you never stopped to name. Sumud means steadfastness — and steadfastness isn't built in one grand gesture, it's built in small acts repeated on the days you don't feel like it. Fifteen days of showing up for yourself, alongside people doing exactly the same thing.
Each day
None of them take long. All of them count. Do them in any order, at any time of day.
All at once or split up — just move. Outside is lovely, a treadmill is fine, a walk around the block counts.
One thing you're thankful for today. Not a list, not a journal entry — one thing, named out loud.
Post it in the group or publicly with #Sumud15. Saying it where someone can hear it is what makes it stick.
Each week
Reach out to someone you've lost touch with. Tell them you're thinking of them, and tell them what you're grateful for. Once a week, for three weeks — three people who didn't expect to hear from you.
Finish 12 of 15 days to graduate
It's you vs. you —
no comparing, just encouraging.
You get
3 grace days.
Honor
system.
Keep the group
kind and welcoming to all.
What you get
Two things arrive with your spot — a group that keeps you honest, and something in your inbox every morning.
Connect, stay accountable, and encourage each other every day — it's where the gratitudes get shared and the hard days get met with a reply.
One short gratitude video every day of the challenge, sent straight to your inbox to inspire and ground you before you head out.
Don't do it alone
Everyone is welcome — no fitness level required, no experience needed, no comparing. Send someone the flyer and start the fifteen days together.
Walk it with a partner, a parent, or your kids. The daily gratitude becomes a conversation at the dinner table.
A friend, a coworker, a classmate — anyone who's been meaning to do something and hasn't found the door in.
Your masjid, your MSA, your run club, your team at work. Fifteen days is a good reason to gather.
The whole challenge on one page. Save it, post it, or send it to the person you want walking beside you.
Save the flyerCommunity Spirit
The day-to-day lives in our WhatsApp group, and the cohort shares publicly under #Sumud15 and @Palistory.usa.
Post your daily gratitude, cheer on the person having a hard day, and let them do the same for you.
Tag #Sumud15 on a walk photo or a gratitude, and the practice reaches well beyond your own circle.
Finish 12 of the 15 days and you graduate with the cohort — the whole group crossing the same line.
Fifteen days, August 15 through August 29. Everyone welcome — you vs. you, on the honor system.
Registration closes August 14 — register before then to reserve your spot. When you register, you'll get access to our WhatsApp group and daily gratitude videos sent straight to your email.
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Before You Register
August 15 through August 29, 2026. Day 1 is the 15th and the cohort finishes together on the 29th. Registration closes August 14, so sign up before then to be in the group and getting the daily videos from the start.
Three things: walk 30 minutes, name one thing you're grateful for, and share it — in the WhatsApp group or publicly with #Sumud15. That's the whole daily practice. Once a week, you also reconnect with someone.
No — all at once or split up, just move. Ten minutes three times counts. Outside at sunrise is lovely, but a treadmill, a mall, or laps at work all count just the same.
You get 3 grace days — they're built in, because life happens. Finish 12 of the 15 days and you graduate. A missed day isn't a reason to quit; you just pick it back up the next morning.
It runs on the honor system. There's no leaderboard and no one grading you — it's you vs. you. The group is there to encourage, not to compare, and we ask everyone to keep it kind and welcoming.
Everyone is welcome — any age, any pace, any fitness level, wherever you live. Nothing here requires you to be an athlete, and the whole challenge runs through WhatsApp and email, so you can take part from anywhere.
Once a week, reach out to someone you've lost touch with. Tell them you're thinking of them and tell them what you're grateful for. A text counts. It's usually the part people remember longest.
Access to our WhatsApp group, where the cohort connects and encourages each other every day, and a daily gratitude video sent straight to your email — one every day of the challenge.
Post the day's gratitude or a photo from your walk in the group, or share it publicly and tag @Palistory.usa with #Sumud15. Either counts — saying it where someone can hear it is the point.
August 15–29, 2026
Thirty minutes of walking. One gratitude. One share. Fifteen days, alongside people doing the same — and a group that's glad you're there.
Sumud15 3.0 — The August Challenge
Registration closes August 14 · Begins August 15