Courtney Phillips, Co-Founder of Gumbo Media and Gumbo Fit, on Organizing, Running, and Community

Courtney Phillips is the co-founder of Gumbo Media, a storytelling platform and content engine that expands the narrative of Black life. She's also the co-founder of Gumbo Fit, a unique community powered by Nike Running that thoughtfully bridges the worlds of underrepresented populations and the fitness mainstream through a diversity of programming and content curation, while prioritizing the coalescing of Black and Brown fitness and wellness enthusiasts across Chicago to start, with a particular focus on South and West-side communities. In this episode, Courtney and Kristen talk about how Courtney's built a grassroots community for running, why running isn't as accessible to Black and Brown communities as you may think, and what her big goals for the future are. Resources Find out when you can run with Courtney and Gumbo Fit on their Instagram (and Courtney's on IG @courtneynphillips) Learn more about Gumbo Fit in this awesome video with Nike, "Sport Changes Everything" Courtney and her co-host/Gumbo Fit's Programs Coordinator Ian Gonzales just launched their podcast, The Runner's Club. Check it out, subscribe, and download right here. Other Black and Brown fitness and running communities Courtney recommends checking out: 7 on Sundays, Black Chicago Runners, Men Run Deez Streets, and Running Diversity (and scroll through who @GumboFit follows for even more inspiration) Bonus read: With Each Run, A City Shaken By Racism Is 'Finding The Greater Good' (NYTimes)