November 17, 2016 8 Comments
Last month, we announced that Black Girls RUN! would no longer support and/or promote specific races and racing organizations that we felt were not supportive of the organization. We have received a tremendous amount of support from our members and the broader running community. The resounding questions we are continuously asked are "what does this really mean?" and "how can I help?"
(If you haven't listened to the Real Runners of Atlanta podcast, where we explained in even greater detail, we suggest you do so ASAP. You can listen here. p.s. Thank you guys for having us on!)
We wanted to share some additional insight and context around the announcements, and provide a clear call to action for how the BGR! community can support us in this effort, and how the entire running community can join in to make the greatest impact.
In light of the current political climate, we believe it's more important than ever to show the world that we can come together for greater impact and positive change. This is certainly a conversation that will continue you.
Thank you for standing in solidarity with us.
- Toni & Ashley
November 20, 2016
Hi Anika, We’ve actually have made that request of the ambassadors for years. Either, it was not translating, or ambassadors/members were not adhering to protocol.
November 19, 2016
Members keep asking and raising concerns – wondering why the approach wasn’t to first ask the local Ambassadors/Members who have established local relationships to try and parlay them into a National relationship, by making introductions, selling the benefit, etc., and then if that didn’t work, moving to a boycott?
November 18, 2016
Marsha, no, but if that would be helpful, we can certainly add!
November 18, 2016
Is there a list posted somewhere that shows which organizations support BGR?
November 17, 2016
That is correct! We do not have a formal partnership with Brooks. We have worked with them previously, but they currently do not support us in any way.
November 17, 2016
Hi Toni. On the feed you stated Brooks does not support BGR? Is that true?
November 17, 2016
Hi Toni. On the feed that Brooks does not support BGR? Is that true?
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Traci witherspoon
February 11, 2018
Can we get an updated list of races we are boycotting for 2018? Thank you in advance.