Free HIV, Prostate Cancer Screenings & More At Healthy Heritage Movement

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A young black woman who survived breast cancer at an early age will highlight a conference that will motivate other African Americans to take charge of their health. Nikia Hammonds Blakely is keynote speaker for the free Healthy Heritage Wellness Conference, taking place from 8am to 4pm Saturday July 26th at California Baptist University, 8432 Magnolia Street., Riverside. The conference offers speakers, information booths and interactive sessions aimed at improving the overall health and well being of the Black community. The theme of this year's conference is "Healthy Relationships, A Healthier You."

"Maintaining healthy relationships is not easy, but it can be done", Clark said. "The Healthy Heritage Wellness Conference 2008 will provide tools and resources to help develop and maintain these relationships." According to a San Bernardino County Department of Health report, African Americans in San Bernardino County die 13 years younger than whites. Many African American lives are shortened by illnesses such as diabetes, high blood pressure(hypertension), heart disease, HIV/AIDS and cancer.

The Healthy Heritage Wellness Conference will feature speakers who bring vast knowledge from medical/emotional health, faith, and Afrocentric worlds...including Dr. E.M. Abdlulmumin, a psycologist at the University of California, Charles Fossit III of Montclair, a sociology professor and author of Heartbrokers and Marriagebrokers, two books that explore personal relationships...among many other speakers.

For more information or to make a reservation to attend this event, call (951) 565-4431 OR email hhwcmovement@yahoo.com.