Black Women for Wellness: Good News Tuesday

Well noone submitted any good news this week for Good News Tuesday (shocking!), so I had to go digging from some, and that's not easy. If you type "Black women" into a Google News Search you basically get grim statistics and articles about how unmarrigable Black women are. No seriously try it for yourself.

So this week's GNT features an organization doing good work on behalf of Black women. That's the good news! So this week, we're featuring Black Women for Wellness out of California. You can learn more on their site.

Black Women for Wellness' Mission

• Black Women for Wellness believes in preventing illness through education, self-empowerment, mutual support, rites of passage, and celebrations based on traditions created by Africans around the world.

• Black Women for Wellness is building a healthy community by looking within to cultivate motivation, strength, and dedication.

Respect, Black Women For Wellness’s Annual Conference on Reproductive Health

They are holding a free conference on October 29th.

What: On October 29, 2009 BWW will hold a one-day symposium in Los Angeles, bringing together public health advocates, scholars, grassroots leadership  and community organizations to discuss the status of African American and Black women’s health. This day will include coalition building for addressing health disparity experienced by Black women and girls with  a strategy session to achieve cultural competency in care education and services.

When: October 29, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. -4:00 p.m.

Where: California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90037

How: To sign up for the conference register online HERE, by October 23rd

Black Women for Wellness works to end the historical patterns and practices of institutional racism and dangerous lifestyle patterns that perpetuate illness and disease in out communities.

Comments

[Villager]

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peace, Villager

[Monie]

@Gina

"type “Black women” into a Google News Search you basically get grim statistics and articles about how unmarrigable Black women are."

Last night when I was searching for a Good News Tuesday post I thought that we needed our own search engine because of the crazy stuff that comes up in a search.

And if you think that's bad try searching for a photo by putting in African American or Black woman, you'd better have your filter set to strict otherwise it's going to be nothing but naked pics.
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I hope they have a Black Women for Wellness’ Mission in my area. This is def good news.

[LD]

I would love to attend.

[hp]

I didn't know there were any organizations that focused on our health but thanks to Black Women for Wellness because there are some issues that plague our community.

[SassyJ]

Here's an organization up in the Bay (NorCal)

Cinnamon Girls
http://www.cinnamongirl.org/home.htm

They are a strong, up-and-coming organization dedicated to young girls of color.

Take Wings Foundation (Terri J. Vaughn's org)
http://www.takewings.org/1.html?sm=49941

Based out of SF and another org that is taking off

[Ananda Leeke]

If folks have 15 minutes, they can get their yoga on by watching my Pink October Yoga classes for computer users on http://www.stickam.com/anandaleeke. There are several episodes posted. I recorded one last night. They are free to watch. I hope they help folks relax and take care of themselves while they are working and playing online.

[Monie]

Thanks for the info@SassyJ

[Fed Up Oberver]

Thanks for the links everyone, and to Gina for this post.

Monie, also when you Google/or Yahoo "Black Woman" in their respective photo searches, you will get pictures of non-Black women wearing Black clothes. Can they make their desire to make us invisible anymore freaking obvious?

[miriam]

Hi Gina,

This is off topic but I was unable to reach you via the contact page. Could I ask you a question regarding Chris Pearson? Thanks.

[Monie]

@Fed Up Oberver

Yeah I've gotten that too.