The official Black Girls RUN! running group of the Central Valley, California supporting the Fresno area. We invite all ladies from Fresno, Clovis, Visalia, Sanger, Hanford, Lemoore, Stockton, Modesto, Merced and more to join us on the pavement and be a part of a positive MOVEment. Ambassador Team: Jasmine Parker (Stockton, Modesto, Brentwood Area) Sharacey Warsinger (Fresno Area) Shamara Garcia (Fresno, Clovis Area) Run Coordinators: Racey Leffall - (Fresno Area) Devonderia Sanchez, LMFT - (Lemoore Area) Carmen Mendoza, RRCA Certified Run Coach - (Fresno, Clovis Area) Juanita Murphy - (Fresno Area) Jerri Kriz - (Tracy, Stockton, Manteca Area) LaToya Shoals - (Madera, Fresno Area) Black girls run? Of course we do. In 2009, Black Girls RUN! was created 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.