We Run Brownsville is a walk/run wellness program exculsively for women that is designed to prioritize individual care through the lens of collective responsibility and active community activism.
Leader
Sheila Gordon
Location
Livonia Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11215
We Run Brownsville is a grassroots based community organization that is utilizing a strengths-based approach to empower women to take ownership of their physical, emotional and mental health. WRB is a running program which will create, cultivate and sustain interpersonal relationships to better support lifestyle and behavioral changes. The program combines walking, running, strength training and cardiovascular activities with personal development workshops and wellness education.
We Run Brownsville seeks to raise awareness around exsiting health disparities to cultivate leadership and advance advocacy around issues of equity and accessibility in order to lead to a robust and progressive community transformation from within.