One million Black women unite for a bold, new mission to extend our life expectancy by 10 years in 10 years.
GirlTREK is working to change these statistics so that Black women can live longer, healthier lives. We know that daily movement is an act of radical self-care, a catalyst for systems change and a prescription for increased life expectancy.
Pray and walk with us in a powerful day of unity and action. Streets all over the country will be filled with the collective power of Black women as we walk together virtually in solidarity, prayer, and purpose.
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Walk with your family to celebrate the end of the season with an epic demonstration of joy and justice—a healthy tradition that brings together thousands of families across the country for a post-Thanksgiving walk.
“Black women die, on average, a decade earlier than other women in the U.S.”
“4 out of 5 Black women are overweight or obese. Obesity increases the likelihood of developing chronic health conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.”
“Nearly 50% of Black women are affected by cardiovascular disease, and the risk is triple that of other groups.”
“25% of Black women over the age of 55 have Type 2 diabetes, and we are 2x more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to white women.”
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One million Black women unite for a bold, new mission to extend our life expectancy by 10 years in 10 years.
"We are the ones we have been waiting for." - June Jordan
And for the first time in history, our daughters are projected to live shorter lives than us. This is an injustice.
GirlTREK is working to change these statistics so that Black women can live longer, healthier lives. We know that daily movement is an act of radical self-care, a catalyst for systems change and a prescription for increased life expectancy.
Joy is our resistance. Justice is our demand.
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Apr - June
06 - 28
Self-Care School is an immersive, 10-week training program that blends movement, history, and radical self-care to teach Black women how to heal themselves and organize their communities.
June - SEPT
28 - 05
Summer of Solidarity is a 10-week, global call to action where GirlTREK is hitting the streets with 10 mass actions to show up, show out, and stand in radical, revolutionary solidarity… where joy is the agenda and justice is our demand.
Nov
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the state of black women's health
Black women die, on average, a decade earlier than other women in the U.S.
4 out of 5 Black women are overweight or obese. Obesity increases the likelihood of developing chronic health conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes.
Nearly 50% of Black women are affected by cardiovascular disease, and the risk is triple that of other groups.
25% of Black women over the age of 55 have Type 2 diabetes, and we are 2x more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes compared to white women.
and we have a solution
Physical movement at sustained levels
Healthy lifestyle habits
Life expectancy unlocked
...and that’s just the beginning.
GirlTREK will organize this energized army of walkers to serve as a powerful constituency to support landmark legislation, advance a policy agenda, build a wellness economy and power a care crusade that brings life-saving resources to the doorsteps of our neighbors.
- T. Morgan Dixon | Cofounder + CEO
Our joy & Justice Agenda is to...
We Want Healthy Bodies. We want immediate access to affordable and high-quality healthcare for all, including preventive care, comprehensive reproductive care, traditional medicine, access to resources for substance abuse recovery, and treatment that respects self-determination.
We Want Healthy Food. We support community-led, organic, regenerative food systems and the laborers who power them. We want food sovereignty.
We Want Healthy Minds. We want relief from the deadly impact of stress and the population-level trauma of forced labor, terror and poverty. We want access to mental health resources and culturally-appropriate therapeutic care.
We Want Economic Freedom. We will engage in collective bargaining for mutual aid. We demand fair pay, and an end to exploitative labor practices and predatory lending. We seek deep investments in community-owned solutions to the health crisis.
We want land & housing. We demand high quality and affordable housing and walkable neighborhoods. We want to own land for our children, protect historic landmarks that bring meaning to our communities, and to end corporate pollution of Mother Earth.
We Want Healthy Families. We demand truthful and accurate history and research to demonstrate the impact of slavery, forced separation, colonization and mass incarceration on Black families. To address the pressure of that past, we want jobs, affordable childcare, addiction treatment, the end to cash bail, and paid kinship care to disrupt the foster system. We want our family members to come home. When they get there, we will preserve cultural traditions that center joy.
We Want Power. We want free speech, universal voting access and the immediate end to voter suppression. We will fight to uphold the civil rights protections secured by our foremothers, and we will fight for new rights under new suns.
We Want Safety & Decarceration. We want an end to violence So in our communities, the leading cause of death for our daughters. We demand an end to surveillance, over-policing. the proliferation of guns and drugs, mass incarceration, and private prisons. We want investments in restorative justice and rehabilitation.
We Want Care for our Caregivers. We demand care from the womb to the tomb. This means reproductive justice, an end to inequitable treatment of our members during pregnancy and childbirth by healthcare institutions, progressive paid leave, accessibility in public spaces for people with disabilities, and dignified care, support and housing for our elders.
We Want the Next Generation to Lead. We believe in the power and potential of the next generation to create a more just, more healthy world. We demand access to quality education and jobs for our young people, including a minimization of student loan debt.
…all to extend life expectancy.
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Motivate and create meaning through conversation and media. Shift the mindsets and decision-making of Black women toward a shared culture of health and wellness.
Convene partners and attract resources to invest in local solutions, knitting these efforts into a national agenda. Enable Black women to collectively build new systems and transform existing systems for economic prosperity, health, and wellbeing.
Start exercising and lead crews of walkers to assess our neighborhoods. Activate Black women to become health advocates and leaders.
When Black women walk, things change.
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