Girl Trek: Black women band together to focus on health

The members of Alpha Kappa Alpha lead by example by getting out into the community and getting their steps in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — You may have heard of the worldwide movement, “girl trek” which was originally an initiative for black women to band together focusing on their health by being more active.  Three news anchor Lexis Greene met up with one sorority right here in in the coastal bend using the Trek walk to help get their members out into our community. You might have seen a group of women down by the sea wall getting their power walk on… but their mission is more than counting steps.  “The idea is really to promote heart health. Heart disease is the number one killer of women it’s the number one killer of black women in America”, said Jaishree Ellis. Getting out there is the first step, said Ellis who is an OBGYN in Corpus who also serves as the community uplift chair in her sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha.She thought her members would benefit from the Trek walk. “We modeled it after a national program called GirlTrek – and the idea is to grab a neighbor -grab a friend and just...