More than 85,000 people have signed up to participate in GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp, and its accompanying podcast has been downloaded more than 50,000 times.

(Washington, D.C. – June 15, 2020) Today, marks day 11 of GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp, a 21-day walking meditation for daily resistance that celebrates a different Black woman of historic significance each day; and day 21 of nationwide protests against racism and police brutality following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

The Black History Bootcamp kicked-off on June 1st, and by the second day, 10,000 people had accepted the challenge and by day 10, more than 85,000 people signed up to learn about legendary and revolutionary Black women in history like Audre Lorde, Ella Baker, Shirly Chisholm, Georgia Gilmore and Nina Simone.

GirlTrek encourages Black women to use radical self-care and walking as the first practical step to leading healthier, more fulfilled lives.

GirlTrek is on a mission to inspire one million Black women to walk in the direction of their healthiest, most fulfilled lives by the end of 2020 and it all starts with taking the pledge at GirlTrek.org.