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From the Ted Talk by T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison: The trauma of systematic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change...

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VG: So how did we take this simple idea of _______ and _____ a revolution that would catch a fire in _____________ across America? We used the best practices of the Civil Rights Movement. We _______ up in church basements. We did grapevine ___________ sharing through beauty salons. We empowered and trained mothers to stand on the _____ _____. We took our message directly to the streets, and women responded. _____ like LaKeisha in ___________, Chrysantha in Detroit, _____ in New Orleans, women with difficult names and difficult stories join GirlTrek every day and commit to walking as a practice of self-care. Once walking, those women get to organizing, first their families, then their ___________, to walk and talk and solve problems together. They walk and notice the abandoned building. They walk and notice the lack of sidewalks, the lack of green space, and they say, "No more." Women like Susie Paige in Philadelphia, who after walking daily past an abandoned building in her neighborhood, decided, "I'm not waiting. Let me _____ my team. Let me grab some ________. Let me do what no one else has done for me and my community."

Solution


  1. information
  2. lines
  3. neighborhoods
  4. front
  5. women
  6. huddled
  7. onika
  8. rally
  9. walking
  10. chattanooga
  11. communities
  12. supplies
  13. start

Original Text


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VG: So how did we take this simple idea of walking and start a revolution that would catch a fire in neighborhoods across America? We used the best practices of the Civil Rights Movement. We huddled up in church basements. We did grapevine information sharing through beauty salons. We empowered and trained mothers to stand on the front lines. We took our message directly to the streets, and women responded. Women like LaKeisha in Chattanooga, Chrysantha in Detroit, Onika in New Orleans, women with difficult names and difficult stories join GirlTrek every day and commit to walking as a practice of self-care. Once walking, those women get to organizing, first their families, then their communities, to walk and talk and solve problems together. They walk and notice the abandoned building. They walk and notice the lack of sidewalks, the lack of green space, and they say, "No more." Women like Susie Paige in Philadelphia, who after walking daily past an abandoned building in her neighborhood, decided, "I'm not waiting. Let me rally my team. Let me grab some supplies. Let me do what no one else has done for me and my community."

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black woman 4
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jim crow 2
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health crisis 2
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Important Words


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