Black Health Matters

July 18, 2023August 4, 2023 R.L. Witter

Spring Health Summit and Expo

In conjunction with the Office of Newark’s West Ward Councilman Dupré L. Kelly. .Black Health Matters (BHM), the award-winning public health platform, hosted its Spring Health Summit and Expo. The May 20 interactive event at the Essex County Donald M. Payne Sr. School of Technology in Newark, NJ featured actress and award-winning journalist Rolonda Watts and actor, activist, and founder of Yoba Development, Malik Yoba as co-hosts.

Attendees enjoyed complimentary breakfast and lunch, body massages, and on-site screenings provided by. Carewell Health, Essex County Department of Health, University Hospital, and RWJBarnabas Health and others. BHM Summits and Expos deliver crucial health and wellness information, focusing on chronic diseases that affect the Black community. Partnerships with physicians, nurse practitioners, scientists, patients, celebrities and community advocates help create the exceptional educational experiences.

More than 800 in-person and online attendees, over 1600 virtual exhibit booth visitors, and over 900 webinar viewers accessed information on topics such as: breast cancer, genetic kidney disease, liver cancer, mental health, shingles, multiple myeloma, healthy prostate, and senior body sculpting with The Guru of Abs. Superb musical performances by Mark Gross Sr.’s NJPAC TD Jazz for Teens Program, and Councilmember Kelly’s hip hop alter ego, “DoItAll,” of Lords of the Underground filled the air with joy.

Event sponsors included: Alnylam, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, GSK, Genentech, The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Novartis, and Vertex. Community partners were The Eastern Area of the Links, Incorporated, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity-Newark Alumni Chapter, Urban Healthcare Initiative Program, Incorporated, NJPAC, and University Hospital, among others. WBGO 88.3FM Radio served as media sponsor.

Attendees left the event enlightened, energized, and inspired to form better health habits leading to positive health outcomes, all because #blackhealthmatters.

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