Featured Outdoor Diversity Organization: GirlTrek
During the month of September, we will share the work of GirlTrek, in our community effort to showcase organizations that are working towards social justice and more inclusive public lands.
We invite you to join us in making a donation to support this amazing outdoor diversity organization during the month of September and beyond.
In the footsteps of a civil rights legacy, GirlTrek is a national health movement that activates thousands of Black women to be change makers in their lives and communities — through walking.
About GirlTrek
Co-founded by T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison in 2010, GirlTrek was born out of friendship. It evolved as a challenge to friends and family to walk to heal their bodies, inspire their daughters and to reclaim the streets of their neighborhoods.
Officially becoming a nonprofit in 2012, GirlTrek has received the endorsements and support of organizations like Teach for America, the NAACP, the NPS and the Sierra Club, among others.
Since its inception, the organization has become the largest public health nonprofit for African-American women and girls in the United States.
With 1 million members, GirlTrek encourages women to use walking as a practical first step to inspire healthy living, families, and communities.
As women organize walking teams, they mobilize community members to support monthly advocacy efforts and lead a civil rights-inspired health movement.
Beyond walking, GirlTrek’s active members support local and national policies to increase physical activity through walking, improve access to safe places to walk, protect and reclaim green spaces, and improve the walkability and built environments of 50 high-need communities across the United States.
Support and Donate
Please consider joining us in supporting this amazing outdoor diversity organization by making a direct donation.
Follow GirlTrek
Visit their website for information about GirlTrek, their mission and advocacy work, events and walks, how to become an organizer yourself, and much else.
You can also follow them on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.
- Website: https://www.girltrek.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HealthyBlackWomenandGirls
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/girltrek
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/girltrek
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/GoGirlTrek/videos
You Can Help Bridge the Diversity Gap in the Outdoor Industry
An overview of diversity and inclusivity organizations we have supported can be found here. This document contains information about what these organizations are doing and how you can donate to them directly.
We also set up a submission form you can use if you know an organization that’s working to make the outdoors more diverse and inclusive. If you want to see them supported, please submit via this form.
