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ACTIVE COLOR: 

An LGBTQ of Color Running and Walking Club

COMING TO SATURDAYS IN 2020!

Located in Oakland, CA, we are a running and walking club for LGBTQs of Color promoting health and wellness, stress reduction and management, and community building.

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BEGINNING IN 2020,  we will meet on SATURDAY MORNINGS -- rain or shine -- from 9:00am - 10:30am at Lake Merritt at the columns on El Embarcadero. You can walk one time around the lake (3.1 miles), run one time around the lake (3.1 miles), or run two times around the lake (6.2 miles).

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Brunch will follow at a local restaurant on the 1st SATURDAY of the month for those who want to attend. Members pay for their own brunch.

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All abilities welcome.

Friends and family of LGBTQs of Color are welcome.

All club activities are clean and sober.

Oppressive and offensive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. 

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ACTIVE COLOR:

​An LGBTQ of Color Running and Walking Club

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  • We will encourage each other in our physical practice to meet health and wellness goals as well as provide an opportunity for community building, socializing, networking, and support.

  • All levels welcome.

  • Friends and family of LGBTQs of Color are welcome.

  • All club activities are clean and sober.

  • Oppressive and offensive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated. 

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CLUB WAIVER OF PARTICIPATION/
CODE OF CONDUCT

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I agree that I am a member of ACTIVE COLOR, and I know that running in and volunteering for organized group runs, social events, and races with this club are potentially hazardous activities, which could cause injury or death. I will not participate in any club organized events, group training runs or social events, unless I am medically able and properly trained, and by my participation, I certify that I am medically able to perform all activities associated with the club and am in good health, and I am properly trained.  I agree to abide by all rules established by the club, including the right of any official to deny or suspend my participation for any reason whatsoever. I understand that bicycles, skateboards, roller skates, and roller blades are not allowed to be used in club organized activities unless specifically mentioned and approved of in advance. Additionally, I understand that oppressive and offensive behavior of any kind will not be tolerated, and all club activities are clean and sober. I assume all risks associated with being a member of ACTIVE COLOR, which may include, but are not limited to falls, contact with other participants, the effects of the weather, traffic, and the conditions of the road (e.g., worn pavement, potholes, animal waste), and all risks being known and unknown by me. Having read this waiver and knowing these facts and inconsideration of your accepting my membership, I, for myself and anyone entitled to act on my behalf, waive and release the ACTIVE COLOR and the city of Oakland, their representatives and successors from all claims or liabilities of any kind arising out of my participation with the ACTIVE COLOR, even though that liability may arise out of negligence or carelessness on the part of the persons named in this waiver.  I grant permission to all of the foregoing to use my photographs, motion pictures/videos, recordings or any other record for any legitimate promotional purposes for the club UNLESS I specifically tell ACTIVE COLOR not to use my image. My participation attests to my agreement to abide by these practices. 

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MEET THE FOUNDER

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DARLENE A. HALL, Ph.D.

I am a Black lesbian with strong social justice values who is deeply committed to embodying health and making the world a better place. A lifelong runner who has been a member of LGBTQ running clubs since 2006, I am creating this group for LGBTQs of Color who run, walk, and want to commit to their health and wellness alongside social justice-aware like-minded folks.

"CARING FOR MYSELF IS NOT SELF-INDULGENCE, IT IS SELF-PRESERVATION, AND THAT IS AN ACT OF POLITICAL WARFARE."

Audre Lorde

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BRUNCH follows walk or run around the lake

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ACTIVE COLOR T-SHIRT

UNISEX

SHOW ACTIVE COLOR SPIRIT!

THIS TWO-SIDED 100% COTTON T-SHIRT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO SHOW ACTIVE COLOR COMM/UNITY BY WEARING IT WHEN WE GATHER ON SUNDAYS. IT IS AVAILABLE FOR SPECIALIZED PURCHASE ON SUNDAYS BY PROVIDING ME WITH THE FOLLOWING: 

  • NAME

  • T-SHIRT SIZE

  • $20.00

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please don't hesitate to contact me with questions!

415.297.7265

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