Events
Heart & Soul Passport to Wellness Expo: Free Event-July 29th Washington Convention Center
Free Event, Health Screenings, Cooking Demos, Yoga, Zumba and More Click Here to Register NOW!
Health
Celebrity
Heart & Soul at MEGAFEST 2017
The Heart & Soul team had a phenomenal four days of health screenings with the AID Healthcare Foundation at MegaFest. We sincerely hope that your MegaFest experience was an enjoyable one. Click for slide show
Education
Health
New Healthcare Bill – the Wrong Choice for African Americans
By Dr. Marjorie Innocent Baltimore, MD – In 1954, Thurgood Marshall and a team of NAACP attorneys argued the landmark civil rights case, Brown v. Board, before the Supreme Court. They demonstrated to the […]
Health
Physicians Corner: Dr. Richard Allen Williams
By: Michael A. Graham Dr. Richard Allen Williams, is currently a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the UCLA School of Medicine, President/CEO of the Minority Health Institute, Inc. in Los Angeles, California and the President […]
Celebrity
Rise Above: An Evening of Intimate Conversation & Music
The Rise Above HIV Campaign, is a project of WORLD in collaboration with AIDS Healthcare Foundation and several of its affiliates. Register For Event About South Side Help Center Founded in June […]
Events
WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS AVOID “BURN OUT” & BUILD INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RELATIONS
Entrepreneurial burn out isn’t something we talk about often but, the statistics don’t lie. Only two-thirds of all small businesses survive past 2 years, and about half of all small businesses will make it past […]
Health
HealthCARE is a HumanRight #NotAPrivilege Campaign
BLACK WOMEN’S ROUNDTABLE AND AARP LAUNCH “HEALTHCARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT” #NOTAPRIVILEGE CAMPAIGN Black Women Leaders Join Forces In A Call To Action to Protect Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Health Care The National Coalition on Black […]
Health
No Place Like Ohm: ALL PULL NO PUSH
By Synthche Franchella I often speak to my yoga students about the role of pain and how it can inform our practice. Pain is actually an excellent teacher. It’s our body’s warning signal that something […]
Fitness
“When black women walk, things change,” say T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
The founders of the health nonprofit GirlTrek. They’re on a mission to reduce the leading causes of preventable death among black women — and build communities in the process. How? By getting one million black […]
Diet
National Women’s Health Week: What’s Mental Health Got to Do With It?
By Nicole Greene, Acting Director of the Office on Women’s Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. As women, we’re often the caretakers of our families. We make sure everyone is happy and healthy […]
Health
Health
National Women’s Health Week May 14, through May 20, 2017.
National Women’s Health Week is an observance led by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health. The goal is to empower women to make their health a priority. The week […]
Health
The American Psychological Association Marks Mental Health Awareness Month With Range of Activities
Events will address challenges for children’s mental health, LGBTIQ population, minority boys and men, caregivers and people with chronic illness WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association will engage a variety of audiences during Mental Health […]
Celebrity
“WE ARE THE JONESES” PREMIERING SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 10 P.M. ET/PT
LIFE IS BUTT A DREAM ON CENTRIC’S NEWEST DOCU-SERIES “WE ARE THE JONESES” PREMIERING SATURDAY, APRIL 22 AT 10 P.M. ET/PT. Forget trying to keep up with the Joneses, as Centric premieres “WE ARE THE […]
Diet
My Transition To A Vegan Lifestyle
By Jasmine Knight On the evening of January 9th, 2016, while my 6-month old daughter slept and my 10-year old son played with his legos; I cleaned house. I went through my kitchen and threw […]
Food
21 INGREDIENTS (THAT MEAN SODIUM) TO WATCH ON THE LABEL
By AHA Sodium Reduction Initiative Team | 6 Feb 2017 There are many ways that sneaky salt can find its way into your food. Today, we explore the ways sodium can be sneaky and […]
Events
“Test My Breasts” 5K Walk and Wellness Fair: Washington DC
1 out of 8 women will experience breast cancer in their lifetime — and if you’re African American or Latino living in Washington DC — those numbers, and the chance of death, is even greater. […]
Beauty
10 WAYS STRESS IS WRITTEN ALL OVER YOUR FACE
According to Dr. Sanam Hafeez Psy. D, Colombia University Professor and Founder of Comprehensive Consultation Psychological Services in New York City; stress is written all over our face and can result in looking years older […]
Health
What is HIV Criminalization
What Does It Mean For Black People? By Gerald Garth of The Black AIDS Institute Statistics consistently show that Black communities are more disproportionately impacted by HIV. Along with higher rates of transmission, statistics […]