Soul Stroll 2023 Recap
Soul Stroll is Our Annual Signature Fundraiser
Soul Stroll for Health is the Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council’s Signature Event. Established in 2002 to increase awareness about good nutrition and physical activity as keys to better health. Soul Stroll is a 1, 3, 5 Mile Run/Walk. The Soul Stroll health fair includes multiple resources and corporate partners providing product, screenings and information.
Together, we fight for health justice by addressing health disparities in African-American, Latino, and Pacific-Islander communities - across generations.
Soul Stroll is a timely platform for people and organizations focused on health equity, health justice, and health disparities. The annual event represents and inspires communities of color while focusing on important health issues. BACHAC has been a leader in providing health resources and education to underserved communities for more than 25 years.
Soul Stroll 2023 by the Numbers
50+ people (sponsors and invited guests) attended the Soul Stroll VIP Reception on Friday evening to meet our Soul Stroll Ambassador Feminista Jones
350+ people participated in the Saturday event
30+ resource tables were onsite sharing information and knowledge
90 BACHAC Volunteers including BACHAC staff helped to set up, register attendees, direct/greet /assist attendees, distribute breakfast and lunch, clean up and break down.
Soul Stroll 2023 Photo Gallery
Soul Stroll 2023 VIP Event Photo Gallery
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Our competing teams put the “Soul” in Soul Stroll! Thank you for making Soul Stroll 2023 a great success!
“Movement is Resistance,” and our competing teams moved in force to win the grand prize of $500 for their non-profit!
Congratulations to the Bay View Hunters Point YMCA! With a team of 77 “Strollers,” they are our 2023 grand prize winners! Stay tuned for more updates and captures of the weekend’s festivities!
2023 Soul Stroll
Soul Stroll Ambassador: Feminista Jones
Feminista Jones is an intersectionality expert, public speaker, community activist and social worker. She is an award-winning writer and the author of the critically acclaimed Reclaiming Our Space: How Black Feminists Are Changing the World From the Tweets to the Streets (Beacon). Her work centers around queer identity, critical race theory, intersectionality, mental health and social work. She also teaches a course on the African American Queer Experience at Temple University.
Jones’ passion and talent for writing have led to her being published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Time, Essence, Out, Complex, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Salon, and EBONY magazine to name a few publications. She currently operates her own subscription-based platform, and contributes to various publications as a freelancer and commissioned writer. She’s also been featured on the Oprah Winfrey Network. Because of her work, Jones has been extensively featured in publications around the world, including The Boston Globe, Detroit Free Press, Huffpost, Jet magazine, Ms., The New York Times, NBC News, Newsweek, NPR, The Washington Post, USA Today and The Intercept. Jones is also a mom, an organizational leadership, management, culture and diversity consultant, a mentor to young girls and women, a Ph.D. student at Temple University and an outspoken advocate for the homeless, people living in poverty and those living with psychiatric disabilities. Read full bio.
Previous Soul Strolls
2022 Soul Stroll Ambassadors
Armand Carr | Founder and CEO of All Tied Up
Michael Ohioze | Olympic Athlete
LaVonna Martin-Floreal | Olympic Athlete
The 2022 Ambassadors joined a roster of well-known community leaders who have served as Soul Stroll Ambassadors over the years.
Our partnership with community-based organizations is an important component of Soul Stroll’s success. The event has attracted such well-known celebrities as Sunny Hostin, Kim Coles, Laila Ali, Danny Glover, Ben Vereen, Donna Richardson Joyner, and Stedman Graham to serve as honorary chairs and to attend the VIP reception the night before the Stroll.
In 2020, 2021, and 2022, we had our first ever all virtual events. We are excited to be coming together again in person in 2023 to celebrate and be in community! Below are photos from our last in-person event in 2019.
We were excited to have Kim Coles join us as Honorary Chair for Soul Stroll 2019! Here are some photos from our meet and greet.
