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Vol. 10 Issue 1 The Urban News | Gateway to the Multicultural Community 2015 • 15 ABIPA Health Highlights C e l e b r a t i n g 1 0 Y e a r s O f S e r v i c e T o T h e C o mmu n i ty L o c at e • E d uc at e • N av i g at e • A d v o c at e Special Events

ON SITE ACTIVITIES Every Wednesday 56 Walton St., Asheville What Do We Do With Our Power? Community Lunch & Learns – From 1 to 2 p.m. It has been said that “The hand at the Linwood Crump Building Brothers Shiloh Recreation Complex. that rocks the cradle rules the Every Thursday Breakfast Audre Lorde world.” Living a Healthy Life Saturday, March 14 With Diabetes – From Prostate & Diabetes by Je’Wana Grier-McEachin, Executive Director 6:30-8 p.m. at the Wesley Health. 8 a.m. at the Photo by JaíEssence McEachin Grant South Side Center. ABIPA office. Healthy Breakfast As you have been reading It is a belief of mine that we Options provided Ladies Night Out by through this issue you know that it should use our power for good. is Women’s History Month. Have We all have power whether we you ever really thought about acknowledge it or not. Women First Thursday Call (828) 251-8364 to schedule women’s impact on history? are often referred to as a minority of each month from 4-8 p.m. ABIPA for your organization or This month I want you to take and this has often been reflected church events. a moment to think about the in the amount of power we have FREE physicals, lead quote and how powerful it had in politics, in pay, and in mammograms, and health educa- really is. You are here because making decisions for ourselves. Donate to ABIPA tion for qualify- a woman birthed you. You are But are we really a minority? ing uninsured Tax deductible donations who you are because of what What was the ratio of girls to or underinsured women. can be made by sending a your mother breathed or did not boys when you were in school? Transportation provided. check to: ABIPA, PO Box breathe into you during your When you go to church what is Free childcare, refresh- 448, Asheville, NC 28802; developmental years. the ratio of women to men? In “I am, was, and always will be a ments, blood-pressure or click the donation tab at The power of a mother’s love, or many settings women are always catalyst for change.” checks, cholesterol screen- www.abipa.org. Thank you the lack thereof, has truly shaped the ones that show up. ings, and pap smears. Call for your support! ~ Shirley Chisholm our society. Yes there are other said it per- (828) 250-6006 to make factors that shape us, but what our fectly: “As women we must stand “Your silence will not protect you.” your appointment. Thank you to our mothers ingest while they are car- up for ourselves. We must stand ~ Audre Lorde funding partner agencies for rying us, how much they hold and up for each other. We must stand making our work possible. nurture us as infants and adoles- up for justice for all.” “Hate is too great a burden to cents is the foundation for our core People say profound things, bear. It injures the hater more PRAISE than it injures the hated.” being. With that said, what do we but it is up to us to live profound Help your congregation do with our power? lives. ~ Coretta Scott King be designated as a Health “If you are always trying to be Church by participating in PRAISE activities. Churches “As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to normal you will never know how be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar will be designated as a amazing you can be.” Healthy Church and award- as you otherwise might.” ~ Marian Anderson ~ Maya Angelou ed up to $500 for reaching Praise Goals! “Where there is no struggle, there is no strength.” FREE Community ~ Oprah Winfrey and the Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month Health Screenings Buncombe County Service Foundation What you need to know African Saturday, March 14 with • Inherited syndromes such from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tried Stone Missionary private health as Familial adenomatous by Kathey Avery, RN Baptist Church. insurance have a polyposis (FAP) ABIPA have the 30% higher rela- Saturday, March 28 • Racial and ethnic background 56 Walton Street highest colorectal cancer inci- tive 5-year sur- from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Asheville, NC 28801 dence and mortality rates of all vival compared • Lifestyle-related factors such Shiloh Center. racial groups in the . Kathey Avery as physical inactivity, obesity, Office: (828) 251-8364 with that of unin- The link between diet, weight, certain types of diets. Fax: (828) 251-8365 sured African Americans. SAVE THE DATE exercise, and colorectal cancer Deaths from colon cancer Mailing address: risk are some of the strongest of could be avoided with health Heart-to-Heart PO Box 448 any types of cancer. screenings. Take advantage of ABIPA wants to thank every Kathey’s Birthday Minorities benefit from more church who made our Heart- Asheville, NC 28802 the free screenings with The Friday, April 17 sophisticated colon cancer screen- Affordable Care Act. In 2011 to-Heart February fundraiser 6-9 p.m. at the Battery Park ing. Current guidelines may be colorectal cancer ranked third in a success again this year. We Apartments. Asheville Buncombe inadequate in at-risk African know you understand that for Institute of Parity mortality incidence in both men American and Latino populations. and women. us to continue to help our com- Achievement African Americans should be munity we need the support of Celebration of Health ABIPA promotes economic, screened at an earlier age. Our Risk Factors each of you. We know education Conference 2015 social, and healthy parity people, age 40 to 49, were more and prevention are essential to a • Age Saturday, April 18 achievement for African likely than those age 50 to 59 to • Personal history of colorectal healthy community. Americans and other people develop high-grade dysplasia, It is extremely important that 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at UNC of color in Buncombe polyps or colorectal cancer Asheville, Sherrill Center. while older African Americans, age our churches participate in our County through advocacy, • Personal history of FREE. Register on line at education, research, and 75, were at increased risk of adeno- screenings and healthy church inflammatory bowel disease celebrationofhealth.word- community partnerships. mas. We know obesity puts people initiatives over the next several press.com or by calling at risk for many cancers including • Family history of colorectal months as we help you save the (828) 251-8364. www.ABIPA.org colon cancer. cancer lives of our community.

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