GirlTrek TED Talk: Walking as a Revolutionary Act of Self-Care
- Community Power
- Health Care Access and Quality
- Systemic Oppression
- African American
- Women
“When black women walk, things change,” say T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, the founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek. They’re on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among black women — and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million black women and girls to prioritize their self-care, lacing up their shoes and walking in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled lives.