African American
Mo’ better greens: A guide to healthy living. I love this new book!
A new book has come to my attention-- “By Any Greens Necessary: A Revolutionary Guide for Black Women Who Want to Eat Great, Get Healthy, Lose Weight, and Look Phat.” It's by nutritionist Tracye McQuirter, a health and vegan activist in Washington, D.C.
Profiles of Hope: How cancer survivor, Wilhelmina Obatola Grant brings awareness to breast cancer through art–Part 2
Wilhelmina Obatola Grant is a resident of Harlem, mixed-media assemblage artist, and breast cancer survivor. She uses objects she finds to create art and uses it to bring awareness to breast cancer and violence against women.
Profiles of Hope: How cancer survivor Wilhelmina Obatola Grant brings awareness to breast cancer through art
Wilhelmina Obatola Grant is a resident of Harlem, mixed-media assemblage artist, and breast cancer survivor. She uses objects she finds to create art and uses it to bring awareness to breast cancer and violence against women.
In this article she talks about how she got started as an artist and how her art has helped her deal with cancer.
Profiles of Hope: Wilhelmina Obatola Grant's journey with breast cancer
Wilhelmina Obatola is a resident of Harlem, mixed-media assemblage artist, and breast cancer survivor. She uses objects she finds to create art that brings awareness to breast cancer and violence against women.
She talks to GHH about her personal fight with this disease.
Did you know...African American women can get osteoporosis and the sooner you know you have it, the better?
Osteoporosis is a bone disease that affects some women after they reach menopause. People with this disease have low bone density, which makes it very easy for bones to break. Even though African American women are less likely to get osteoporosis than Caucasian and Asian women, many people wrongly believe that African American women are not at risk at all.
National African American Read-In
READ-IN format:
Professor Browne-Marshall's Presentation: 20 minutes
Q&A session: 20-30 minutes.
Book signings: 20-30 minutes
Imam Alfred Mohammed: The African American in the Age of Obama (Prospects and Challenges)
Imam Alfred Mohammed talks about The African American in the Age of Obama (Prospects and Challenges).
When: Sunday, August 9th 12pm
Where: 817 Jackson Avenue, Linden NJ
FREE LUNCH!
For More Info Call: 908-486-6974
African Diaspora Film Festival - Screening of the film "Mandrill: Live at Montreux 2002"
The Teacher's College at Columbia University is hosting a film festival "Music and Soul in the African Diaspora." This event features music and rhythm films based in Africa.
GetHealthyHarlem.org celebrates Black History Month
Dr. Mary T. Bassett discusses high blood pressure and salt
Alex Askew talks about the influence of people of color in the food industry
Community member Vickie Powell shares her story of getting healthy
Healing Starts with Us: The Open Book
This Symphony Space event explores the mental health epidemic of depression in the African American community: What it looks like, sounds like and feels like.
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