All Entries in the "Health & Wellness" Category
Grand Bahama Deltas to host second Diabetes Awareness Health Fair
Source In an effort to foster greater awareness of diabetes and its impact on the community, the Grand Bahama Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated will hold its Second Annual Diabetes Awareness Health Fair and Blood Drive on Saturday, November 13. The event will take place at Pro-Cathedral of Christ the King from 10:00 [...]
Sigma Gamma Rho teams up with the Centers For Disease Control
Source Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. is the only African American sorority to be named a partner of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention Act Against AIDS Leadership Initiative (AAALI) and was recently awarded more than $100,000 in funding to focus on educating communities hardest hit by HIV. AAALI was launched by the CDC [...]
Sigma Gamma Rho wigs up for breast cancer
Source Hidden under his suit jacket, junior Sean Kelleher wore a wristband that explained why he attended the Wig Party on Saturday night. “My aunt died of breast cancer a few months ago, so I am rather interested in the subject myself,” Kelleher said. “If students were to come to this event they would understand [...]
Cal State Deltas host breast cancer symposium to inform students on disease
Source Cal State Fullerton’s Delta Sigma Theta Inc. Sorority Xi Lamda Chapter and Sistertalk hosted its annual Breast Cancer Symposium in the Women’s Center Wednesday night, Sept 22. About 25 students filled the center’s discussion room for a presentation detailing the statistics, misconceptions and risk factors of breast cancer. Ambrocia Lopez, Community Outreach and Education [...]
Central Michigan Alphas host forum to educate students on STDs
Source Your name will follow you longer than an STD will. Lansing sophomore Ivanna Rodgers said she wants people to know their reputation goes farther than the burn of a sexually transmitted disease. “An STD will burn physically (but) your reputation will burn forever,” she said. “Protect yourself, protect your name.” Rodgers and about 60 [...]
Alpha Kappa Alpha joins the American Diabetes Association’s movement to stop Diabetes
Source Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority (AKA) is joining forces with the American Diabetes Association’s African American Initiatives — known as Live EMPOWERED — to stop diabetes in the African American Community. The collaboration is driven by the reality that African Americans are greatly affected by diabetes; they are 1.8 times more likely to have type 2 diabetes [...]
Orangeburg Deltas engage community in initiative to curb obesity
Source The Orangeburg Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. has continued to fulfill its historic service creed by tackling adult and childhood obesity with a community-wide weight-loss initiative. Since January, the sorority has engaged individuals in Orangeburg and Calhoun counties in a weight-loss challenge that culminated with a final weigh-in March 25 at [...]
Bowie/Mitchellville Kappas host “Power to End Stroke” Walk-a-thon
Source The members of Bowie/Mitchellville (MD) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated are celebrating six years of existence and services rendered to supporting programs of community service, social welfare and scholastic achievement. The chapter will be holding a walk-a-thon, as a fundraiser, and will be donating all proceeds from the walk-a-thon to the [...]
Sigma Frater Steven Kniffley selected to render mental health services in Senegal
Source Brother Steven Kniffley, Phi Beta Sigma’s immediate past International Second Vice President was recently one of three people in the United States accepted into the Senegal Global Mental Health Practicum. Bro. Kniffley will spend four weeks in the impoverished region of Saraya, Senegal working as a therapist at their community health center. In addition, [...]
West Chester Univ. Greeks co-host free confidential HIV testing to students
Source For the first time in history, West Chester University will be having an official HIV testing day. WCU Rapid HIV Testing Day is scheduled for Wednesday, March 31 from 10:00-3:00 p.m. in the Sykes Student Union parking lot. The event is sponsored by West Chester University, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania and the Mazzoni [...]
