Who/What:
In an effort to raise money to continue the widely popular free yoga programs for kids in schools, shelters, and jails, Yoga Gangsters, a Miami-based non-profit organization reaching at-risk youth across the nation, will be hosting the annual Yoga Gangsters Challenge in Miami on Sept. 28.

The first 2014 event took place in Fort Lauderdale on Sunday, Sept. 21 at FAT Village. The second fundraiser will be held in Miami on Sunday, Sept. 28 at Rail 71, 7205 NE Fourth Avenue. The event begins at 10 a.m.
Yoga Gangsters Challenge includes a two-hour yoga practice consisting of 108 Sun Salutations, a marketplace dedicated to holistic apparel, conscious gift and jewelry vendors, healthy food trucks and a first time debut workshop with Founder Terri Cooper and Executive Director, Jodi Weiner. The Yoga Gangster Raffle grand prize is a life-changing 10-day yoga retreat to India.

Last year, the event attracted more than 500 participants who raised over $60,000. These efforts allowed the organization to share the gift of yoga with over 8,500 kids in 12 states. This year, the organization intends to meet the goal of raising $120,000.

“Our mission is to diversify the face of yoga and make it more accessible to youth coming from disadvantaged socioeconomic groups,” says Terri Cooper, who founded Yoga Gangsters in May 2008. She founded the organization after reading a headline on the front page of the Miami Herald, which stated that $332 million was cut from Florida’s public schools, while the state was proceeding with building three new prisons, costing taxpayers $305 million.

To register for the 2014 Yoga Gangster Challenge, visit https://ygchallenge.com. The 2014 Yoga Gangster Challenge cost is $25, or participants can raise $108 for free admission. Event sponsorships are available.
For the most up-to-date event information, visit http://ygchallenge.com.

When:
Sunday, September 28, 2014
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Where:
Rail 71
7205 NE Fourth Avenue
Miami, FL 33138

About Yoga Gangsters
Yoga Gangsters provides free empowering and urban flavored yoga programs to youth across the country who are at risk or in crisis. The classes take place in schools, jails, shelters and youth centers, and provide a safe and fun way for kids to learn better focus and better choices through empowering messages of self-control, self-respect and self-awareness.