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Community Garden Expo Reaches Youth
		Healthy Lifestyles They planted seeds in hopes of seeing the community grow. Members of Krazy Sac La’dz, Inc.’s Youth Board and their supporters held a Wellness, Fitness & Garden Expo on May 22 at New Helvetia, a local low-income housing development. >>more

Poisoning Linked To Mines Recently reported deaths of more than one hundred children in the northern Nigerian state of Zamfara are being blamed on polluted water pools where the children play. The deaths of 163 Nigerians, most of them children, were reported by Dr. Henry Akpan, the health ministry's chief epidemiologist, as “lead poisoning caused by illegal gold mining.” >>more		'Sweating In The Spirit' Today African Americans are dying in greater numbers than ever before, due to the effects of obesity, Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and certain cancers. Largely, unhealthy diet and the lack of physical activity are the greatest contributors to these diseases. >>more

Pastor Encourges Exercise Beginning in March, St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church kicked-off a 90 Day Campaign to educate and empower its members and the Oak Park community to be more health conscious, by eating more fruits and vegetables and by increasing their physical activity. >>more



COMMENTARY
Fighting Child Obesity As a co-founder and the current Creative Director of the Rancho La Puerta fitness resort and Golden Door spas, Deborah Szekely has long been known as a pioneer in health and wellness. My remarkable friend Szekely is now focusing on a new target audience: our nation’s children. >>more		HIV Testing Day What you need to know about HIV testing and why Black people should get tested on this June 27th, National HIV Testing Day. Scientific denialists have been around since, well… the beginning of recorded science. One group of denialists refused to believe that the earth was round. >>more