This newspaper column gives me the opportunity to address important issues related to long-term care planning, including financial, housing and legal matters. Conversations on these topics are often difficult within families, but they are important if we want to control our future and maintain our lifestyle.
During the Christmas holidays, a team of GM employees and retirees zip in and out of the Detroit Area Agency on Aging, picking up greeting cards for the Holiday Meals on Wheels campaign and then dropping off the proceeds of their sales.
As this edition of the Michigan Chronicle rolls off the presses, I’m in Washington, D.C., to make a presentation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging (AoA) about health disparities in the African American community. This forum is part of AoA’s recognition of African American History Month. The program will draw an audience of interested stakeholders from various government agencies.
TOWN HALL MEETING presented by The Michigan Chronicle - "Detroit: Overfed and Undernourished - digesting it all." A discussion on how outside factors - political, spiritual, emotional, and racial impact your health.
Thursday, January 24, 2008, 6pm - 8pm, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History. Registration begins at 4:45pm. Moderated by Charles Pugh of Fox 2 News & FM 98 WJLB. PANELISTS: Reverend Wendell Anthony, President Detroit Branch NAACP; Vicki Winans, Gospel Artist and Fitness Expert; The Honorable Conrad Mallett, Jr., President DMC Sinai-Grace Hospital; Florine Mark, President and Chairman of the Board, The Weight Watchers Group, Inc.; Beverly Perry, Independent Franchise Owner, Curves - New Center One & Renaissance Center; and Dr. Norris Polk, Medical Director, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. Featured Guest: Coco, FM98 WJLB
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As this edition of the Michigan Chronicle rolls off the presses, I’m in Washington, D.C., to make a presentation to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Aging (AoA) about health disparities in the African American community. This forum is part of AoA’s recognition of African American History Month. The program will draw an audience of interested stakeholders from various government agencies.
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