When Black women walk, things change | T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison

T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison, founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek, are on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among Black women -- and build communities...

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Vanessa Garrison: I am Vanessa,daughter of Annette,daughter of Olympia,daughter of Melvina,daughter of Katie, born 1878,Parish County, Louisiana.T. Morgan Dixon: And my name is Morgan,daughter of Carol, daughter of Letha, daughter of Willie,daughter of Sarah, born 1849 in Bardstown, Kentucky.VG: And in the tradition of our families,the great oral tradition of almost every black church we knowhonoring the culture from which we draw so much power,we're gonna start the way our mommas and grandmas would want us to start.TMD: In prayer. Let the words of my mouth,the meditation of our hearts, be acceptable in thy sight,oh Lord, my strength and my redeemer.VG: We call the names and rituals of our ancestors into this room todaybecause from them we received a powerful b...