My brother Jerome spreads the GirlTrek message on his Facebook Page. He sported his Black Family 5K superhero blue shirt in the GirlTrek DMV Facebook Group.
The Paige Family gathered in Houston for Thanksgiving and 20 joined us for a giggly, huggy Black Family 5K on Buffalo Bayou where a walker asked us what we were protesting. We don’t accept shade, so the festivities continued.
A trek is expected at family gatherings. We recruit for GirlTrek at family reunions and can count a host of cousins among our ranks.
Barbara and I are headed to Portugal. We will add hiking – something we did not do before GirlTrek – to our yoga retreat, beach and sightseeing adventures.
As an OG – Original GirlTrekker – it’s difficult to count the massive love and fun experienced in my roles as a City Rep, past National Field Director, City Captain and Organizer.
My advice for spreading the GirlTrek self-care message is simple. Anyone can be a GirlTrek Organizer. No permission is required. One or two walking together is a huge inspiration and solo trekkers are the heart of the movement.
So, lace up your sneakers and walk, earn your Golden Shoelaces, post your pictures with #GirlTrek and #SelfCare, and keep trekking in your superhero blue GirlTrek shirt because “More is caught, than taught.”
BlackDoctor.org is excited for this content partnership with GirlTrek to feature #BlackGirlHealing, an initiative created to document the narratives, struggles and successes of Black women on the journey to living their healthiest, most fulfilled lives through the habit of daily walking. This initiative will further the mission of decreasing health disparities and stigma among women and girls, and further the conversation that self care is a revolutionary act of love. Join the movement at www.girltrek.org.
See #BlackGirlHealing in action!