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GirlTrek is a 2-year-old national nonprofit in Washington, DC with an active community of over 150,000 women and girls! Vanessa Garrison and Tanya Morgan Dixon are the dynamic duo behind the movement. GirlTrek started with a routine telephone call. The two women discussed the health challenges facing their families and communities. The conversation ranged from the lack of healthy food options in poor neighborhoods to the influence of hip hop videos on the psyche of teenage girls.