T. Morgan Dixon
T. Morgan Dixon is the co-founder and CEO of GirlTrek, the largest public health nonprofit for African American women and girls in the United States. With nearly 100,000 neighborhood walkers, GirlTrek encourages women to use walking as a first step to inspire healthy living, families and communities. GirlTrek seeks to eliminate barriers to physical activity, 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 country. With PHA and others, GirlTrek has developed training for African American women to serve as health professionals in the areas of fitness, mental health, nutrition and environmental stewardship.
2017 Summit Session: Hurdling Barriers: Physical Activity and Girls of Color