GirlTrek, an international organization that encourages healthy habits and self care for Black women, participated in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Peachtree Road Race on Monday, July 4, 2022 in Atlanta. GirlTrek encourages women to walk for 30 minutes at least five days a week.

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People show up at the race by themselves, with friends, with family. And some, like Kimberly Jones (pictured second to right), come with their own running or walking groups.

Jones, 60, is a part of GirlTrek, an international organization that encourages healthy habits and self care for Black women. GirlTrek encourages women to walk for 30 minutes at least five days a week.

”Nationwide, we have over a million women,” Jones said. “Black women as a whole suffer from obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, so we just try to encourage each other to walk.”

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