Shapes Franchising joins in the growing number of companies, sports teams such as the NFL, NBA etc., franchised gyms, and thousands of organizations that support the movement known as Black Lives Matter. This movement is in direct response to the murder of unarmed black men and women in the United States of America. We have watched the videos and heard the accounts of black men and women being brutalized and killed by police with little or no accountability.
Systemic racism and its effects on our society are pervasive and troubling. Shapes is unique in that we are a women-only fitness club. Many of our members are black and brown and most are mothers. The anxiety and fear that each of those mothers feel as they watch their son or daughter leave the house each morning is real, and our Shapes family feels with them. Racism in America is a scourge that we all must face and conquer.
To that end, Shapes is proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with great American companies like Disney, Amazon, Apple, Coca-Cola and Google to say racism and bigotry have no home in America or in our companies.
Shapes and their independently owned franchise gyms, known as Shapes Fitness for Women, are committed to fairness and equality in our gyms, and we support the principles of equality and justice. BLACK LIVES MATTER.
