The Baobab Wellness Collective - DEVELOPING BLACK WOMEN'S MENTAL, PHYSICAL AND FINANCIAL WELL BEING
Baobab Fit is a quarterly y wellness workshop to be held in Brownsville Brooklyn. The purpose is to expose Black women, specifically mothers to the latest in health living options by bringing them to their front door.
Leader
Krishna Davenport
Location
Belmont Ave Brooklyn, NY 11212
About the project
A quarterly wellness workshop centered around Black women, specifically mothers and their children. Each quarter we will introduce participants to new low cost ways to workout, fresh food markets, recipes in a fun day party setting. Each event will feature local businesses and will be fashioned after the popular day parties that have taken over the last few summers.
The Steps
There are several steps that need to be taken in order to make Baobab Fit a success. We will need to:
Booking trainers that specialize in training women (i.e Zumba, HITT, Socacize instructors)
Book a DJ to give the event the feel of a day party.
Obtaining and renting a space.
Working with community gardens and restaurants to provide snacks and also education (benefits of juicing, vegetarian life).
Marketing. There are several organizations in Brownsville that focus on growth in Brownsville.
Why we‘re doing it
As a Brownsville native, I have been blessed with so many opportunites in the fitness and dance world and have been looking for a way to bring that home. Across Brooklyn gyms and yoga centers are popping up everywhere, but areas that are mostly Black and Latino are being left behind. There is less of a push for wellness spaces in our communities and I want to change that. There are even fewer spaces that center mothers of color, giving them the space they need to regroup so that they can continue to be be givers. Baobab Fit is way of allowing Mothers to be takers, even if just once a month.