• Black Women for Wellness believes in preventing illness through education, self-empowerment, mutual support, rites of passage, and celebrations based on traditions created by Africans around the world.
• Black Women for Wellness is building a healthy community by looking within to cultivate motivation, strength, and dedication.
• Black Women for Wellness works to end the historical patterns and practices of institutional racism and dangerous lifestyle patterns that perpetuate illness and disease in out communities.
• Black Women for Wellness consciously made a decision to use the term Black, we use and define Black women as an inclusive term, for all women of African descent, whether born in the United States, in the Carribean, Europe, on the continent of Africa or in the Pacific Islands. So when you read and see Black Women on this website, be included!
Black Women for Wellness Purpose
• Gathering and sharing research on the history and current challenges and issues of Black women’s health.
• Training speakers for panel discussions, academic lectures and organizational programs on all aspects of Black women’s health.
• Providing health education and information on strategies to prevent illness, maintain and restore health.
• Referring women to culturally sensitive health providers and counseling services.
• Advocating for African women’s health through memberships on boards, commisions & task forces and publishing information and education on from our perspective.
About Black Women For Wellness
Black Women for Wellness’ Mission
• Black Women for Wellness believes in preventing illness through education, self-empowerment, mutual support, rites of passage, and celebrations based on traditions created by Africans around the world.
• Black Women for Wellness is building a healthy community by looking within to cultivate motivation, strength, and dedication.
• Black Women for Wellness works to end the historical patterns and practices of institutional racism and dangerous lifestyle patterns that perpetuate illness and disease in out communities.
• Black Women for Wellness consciously made a decision to use the term Black, we use and define Black women as an inclusive term, for all women of African descent, whether born in the United States, in the Carribean, Europe, on the continent of Africa or in the Pacific Islands. So when you read and see Black Women on this website, be included!
Black Women for Wellness Purpose
• Gathering and sharing research on the history and current challenges and issues of Black women’s health.
• Training speakers for panel discussions, academic lectures and organizational programs on all aspects of Black women’s health.
• Providing health education and information on strategies to prevent illness, maintain and restore health.
• Referring women to culturally sensitive health providers and counseling services.
• Advocating for African women’s health through memberships on boards, commisions & task forces and publishing information and education on from our perspective.