Healthcare
“I am Obamacare….”
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‘Obamacare’ to the rescue: A woman who felt President Obama had let the middle class down has changed her mind.
[Event] TOMORROW Night in Toronto: Sway magazine presents the Santé Soirée Benefit
At the Embassy Night Club to benefit awareness about prostate cancer and the Black community.
Canadian Black men are 65% more likely to get prostate cancer than white men and almost three times more likely to die from the disease. This is no joke! In fact, someone in my immediate family was just diagnosed with prostate cancer shortly after I first became aware of this event and is going in for surgery before the end of this month, that’s how serious it is. So of course I will be attending this. If you’re in the GTA and can make it, I urge you to do the same – not only are you getting a night to top-notch entertainment but you are also supporting an extremely worthy cause. Not in the area or can’t make it? Please retweet or post this to your Facebook page (social sharing button now back in place on the site!). Every new impression helps. See the flyer above and below for more details:
Artists unite April 13 to break barriers surrounding prostate cancer in black communities.
Sway Magazine will raise awareness April 13 with Santé Soirée, a blowout benefit that brings together some of Canada’s hottest performers in conjunction with Prostate Cancer Canada. The star studded line-up will be co-hosted by the Juno Award-winning darling Divine Brown, the homie, Solitair (now known as Silver) and star comedian Trixx, known for his sell-out performances at Yuk Yuks and appearances on Much Music’s Video On Trial.
Doors open at 7:00pm for this mélange of intimate performances, with complimentary cocktails from Bacardi Rum, Lifford Wines and Molson Canadian, with Caribbean-fusion delicacies like ackee and callaloo spring rolls, being served by Chef Washington of Room Service Restaurant and Catering.
Ticket price includes a donation to Prostate Cancer Canada and a one-year subscription to Sway magazine.
When: April 13, 2011 7:00 pm
Where:
Embassy Nightclub
117 Peter St.
Toronto, ON M5V
Cost: $20.00
CLICK TO LEARN MORE: Facebook | Sway magazine
[News] US Federal Government Shutdown Looms over Planned Parenthood!
This is pathetic!
In the above video you can see a press conference where representatives Barbara Boxer Dianne Feinstein discuss government shutdown and Planned Parenthood.
You’ve heard the anger, you’ve heard the frustration, you’ve heard the reality, that’s where we are.
Is it your understanding that House Republican opponents of Planned Parenthood believe that the federal money is commingled, expungeable, and therefore it’s a legitimate approach to show their opposition to abortion.
The fact is that what they’re saying to us today is if you want to keep the federal government open you have to throw women under the bus and we’re saying we’re not going to do that.
Barbara Boxer: If they’re telling you as a member of the press that this money all goes to Planned Parenthood that is incorrect. Let’s be clear here. Seventy-five percent of it goes to other organizations. They are listed. You can see them. I named some of them. There’s 45 hundred different clinics, a quarter of which are run by Planned Parenthood. So let’s understand it. And again, let’s understand something else, let’s not confuse the American people. The Hyde Amendment governs this program. Not one single dime can be used for abortion.
Read more:
– Government Shutdown Inevitable: Blame Game Increases as Clock Ticks. [ABC News]
– Abortion Opponent Sees Gains in Budget Fight. [Wall Street Journal]
– Cutting Planned Parenthood would be counterproductive. [Baltimore Sun]
[UPDATE: Crisis averted!]
[Event] In The Bronx, NY TODAY: Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen, Vol. 4: Let’s Get Active!
You know I gotta support any other hip-hop oriented event with ‘kitchen’ in the name!
Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen Volume 4, “Let’s Get Active!” will be honoring International Women’s Month by addressing some of the health disparities that affect women of color. Our goal this year is to use hip hop to initiate dialogue and inspire action in supporting healthier nutrition, more physical activity, and increased community involvement among women and their families.
How many children and adults do we know in this city that buy the red quarter juice, the fifty-cent honey bun, and use their last quarter for more candy? We can name a whole bunch, and let’s not front, most of us have indulged in that world!
The South Bronx is one of the poorest counties in the nation, economically and nutritionally. It was just ranked the UNHEALTHIEST of New York’s 62 counties. It is plagued with ridiculous poverty, diabetes, high unemployment, hunger, obesity, dirty bodegas, lack of access to good fruits and vegetables, to schoolyards, playgrounds and gym classes in school.
Check it mi gente, we live in a community where 37% of South Bronx residents say that they have lacked money to buy food at some point in the past 12 months. What happens to your body when it is not sure if it will be fed again? It goes into starvation mode and stores it as fat– hence obesity prevails. Most recently, the movie Precious depicted this reality through the life story of a young black woman whose social conditions (ie. poverty) contributed to her weight, which as a consequence led to low self- esteem, teen pregnancy, illiteracy, sexually transmitted diseases, and an intergenerational cycle of abuse within the women in her family.
Unfortunately obesity is being blamed on the individual and their self-control. What is not being taken into account is the actual living conditions and quality of life of the person. It is not being looked at as an institutional problem. What are our politicians doing to decrease the root causes of this disease? WHERE ARE OUR ELECTED LEADERS?
We at Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen believe that it is a problem that demands our attention. We want healthier alternatives for our families and communities. We believe that hip-hop is one of the tools that can be used for mental, emotional, and physical wellness. Become a b-girl, deejay, emcee or graffiti artist who wants to disseminate information and create a more holistic culture.
Please join educators, students, environmentalists, health advocates, doctors, nurses, food co-ops, DJ’s, emcees, b-girls, poets, artists, dancers, healers, organizers and activists at Hostos Community College in the South Bronx. We will come together through a hip-hop showcase to express our solidarity with women’s rights!
Turn Up the Heat and Let the Soul Simmer, as We Stir this Hearty and Healthy Soup for the Hip Hop Soul!
Momma’s Hip Hop Kitchen, Vol. 4: Let’s Get Active!
Saturday, March 5th, 2011
at the Hostos Center for Arts and Culture
450 Grand Concourse (at 149th St.) Bronx, NY
(Main Theater)
Time: 2-5pm
This event is FREE and open to all ages. For more information please:
Visit our website www.mhhk.org or EMAIL US
[Promo Video] TRD (Tobacco Related Deaths) PSA
“Mo Iqbal, explores the negative practices in the marketing of cigarettes and the depiction of smoking in the media in his film TRD (Tobacco Related Deaths), starring actor, Matt Littler, actress Carly Stenson, as well as singer, Natasha Hamilton.”
[this is a PPC thing courtesy Goviral network and Smoke & Mirrors]