Health and Food

Oct 11 2012

Hands-only CPR

Los Angeles residents learned how to give hands-only CPR recently during a stop of the American Heart Association Hands-Only CPR Mobile unit. Nearly 400,000 Americans suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests each year and almost 90 percent die because they don’t receive immediate CPR from someone on the scene.

If started immediately, hands-only CPR can double or triple a person’s chance of survival. Go the website www.heart.org/handsonlycpr and learn the process works.

Oct 5 2012

“Choose Less, Weigh Less”

The County of Los Angeles launched an obesity awareness campaign titled “Choose Less, Weigh Less” Thursday to encourage residents to lower the amount of calories they consume in each meal.

New data reveals the adult obesity rate continuing to rise within the county, with Latinos showing the largest increase.

Shae Collins  |   OW College Intern
Oct 4 2012

Featuring the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles

The Georgia Laster Branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians will host its annual scholarship fundraiser concert Friday, Oct. 19, featuring the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los Angeles (ICYOLA). The orchestra has performed at numerous venues, including the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a Barack Obama presidential fundraiser attended by first lady Michelle Obama, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial dedication luncheon in Washington, D.C.

Sep 6 2012

Also provides reproductive health services

Cervical cancer has historically been one of the leading causes of cancer death for women in the U.S. Despite the fact that it is a largely preventable disease, cervical cancer continues to affect 13,000 people in the U.S every year, with African Americans having the highest rates of disease.

Planned Parenthood, among other services, works to decrease these numbers with regular screenings for women and the vaccine against the Human Papillomavirus (HPV), the leading cause of cervical cancer.

Aug 17 2012

Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Busy families looking to stretch their food dollars are discovering they can save time and money by starting or joining a cooking club. Three or four families team up, pool resources and spend part of one day cooking a week’s worth of meals together. It’s a fun way to put nutritious food on the table without spending a fortune.
 

Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.

California
San Diego college students and volunteers will carry out their sixth home restoration project on Wednesday, July 10 through Sunday, July 14. as part of the “Healing our Heroes’ Homes” (H3) program created by the nonprofit Embrace. The five-day effort will take place at the home of medically retired Marine Corps Capt. Sarah Bettencourt. Bettencourt served with many different units across the country during the Global War on Terrorism and developed a rare neurological disorder in 2008. With a focus to restore the homes of disabled veteran homeowners, H3 falls in line with Embrace’s mission to mobilize college-student volunteers and community members to serve less fortunate members of civilian and veteran communities. The project for the Bettencourts’ home includes kitchen and bathroom remodeling, building ADA-compliant disability ramps, widening their driveway to ADA standards, widening doorways and landscaping.
 
District of Columbia
The 2013 Smithsonian Folklife Festival will showcase its five-year community research project on African American identity with the program “The Will to Adorn: African American Diversity, Style, and Identity.” This multicity collaboration examines the history and culture of the aesthetics of African Americans. The festival will be held June 26-30 and July 3-7, outdoors on the National Mall between Seventh and 14th streets. “Whether we realize it or not, we are all dress artists. The way we compose our look is a creative expression of our ideas about who we are and who we aspire to be,” said Diana N’Diaye, program curator. “This program explores the diversity of African American traditions of style, but also teaches young people the importance of documenting their own culture and saving that information for themselves and future generations.”