September 2009 Newsletter
"Healing for the Mind, Body & Soul"
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In this issue |
From left to right: Honorees Joyce Jones Guinyard, DC, Octavia Miles, Sheryl Lee Ralph and CABWHP CEO Crystal D. Crawford, Esq.
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The air was filled with excitement as nearly 150 supporters gathered on Monday morning, August 3, 2009 at the exquisite City Club on Bunker Hill in downtown Los Angeles for the California Black Women Health Project’s (CABWHP) 15th Anniversary “Women Who Dared” Breakfast Gala”. This year, we honored three outstanding women for their numerous contributions to the community: Sheryl Lee Ralph, Octavia Miles, and Joyce Jones Guinyard, DC.
Honorees with a few members of the Gala Committee (including Gala Chairperson Michele Kemp and Dimetria Jackson, Esq.)
Crystal Crawford opens Gala by teaching the crowd Sweet Honey in the Rock's anthem "Women"
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While welcoming participants with the message that Black women’s lives are invaluable, our CEO, Crystal D. Crawford, Esq. taught the crowd Sweet Honey in the Rock's powerful song "Women." The lyrics are, “Women must be a priority. Respected and upheld in society!” She then formally greeted our guests and honorees with a warm welcome, a brief history of CABWHP and its work, and the purpose of the event.
Our guests fill the room |
Guests join in the celebration |
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Advocate Training Program 2009-2010:
Empowering Black Women
to be Tomorrow's Health Activists
Application Deadline: Sept. 23, 2009
CABWHP will soon begin training a new group of Northern and Southern California health advocates through our innovative Advocate Training Program (ATP). The ATP is a 9 month program which includes a ten-week course that meets for approximately 3 hours per week. The 2009-2010 ATP will have a special cohort for young women ages 18-30. However, applications from sisters of ALL ages are encouraged to apply. The ATP is designed to train women from the grassroots community to become effective health policy activists and advocates. Since 2002, the Advocate Training Program has produced eighty women's health advocates trained in Black women’s health issues, media advocacy, community organizing, strategy development and policy advocacy. In 2006, we trained our inaugural Northern California class of advocates in the East Bay. The 2009-2010 ATP will empower a new set of health advocates to enrich our advocacy, activism and dialogue with policy makers. Applications are available now! Space is limited so submit your application as early as possible!
For more information, contact us at (310) 412-1828 x15 or adrienne@cabwhp.org
California Black Women’s Health Project
101 N. La Brea Ave., Suite 610
Inglewood, CA 90301
www.cabwhp.org