Ambassador Olivia Frempong Run Coordinators: Sheraqua Woodard Lisa Nixon Joy Lee Clarissa Hartzog Black girls run? Of course we do. In 2009, Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks created Black Girls RUN! in an effort to tackle the growing obesity epidemic in the African-American community and provide encouragement and resources to both new and veteran runners. The mission of Black Girls RUN! is to encourage African-American women to make fitness and healthy living a priority. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 80% of African-American women are overweight. BGR! wants to create a movement to lower that percentage and subsequently, lower the number of women with chronic diseases associated with an unhealthy diet and sedentary lifestyle. The BGR Albany Chapter was started in early 2016 and we are on a mission to help women in the Capital Region to get and stay fit and healthy. There is no requirement to join, we encourage women of all sizes and fitness levels to join, NO WOMAN LEFT BEHIND!!!!!