City of Philadelphia - File #: 110399

• File #: 110399
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 5/12/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 5/26/2011
• Title: Declaring June 2nd as Creating a Legacy of Wellness: Mind, Body, and Spirit Day in Philadelphia.
• Sponsors: Councilmember Tasco, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Clarke, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember DiCicco, Council President Verna, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Blackwell

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
5/26/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
5/12/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title
Declaring June 2nd as Creating a Legacy of Wellness: Mind, Body, and Spirit Day in Philadelphia.

Body
WHEREAS, On June 2nd, the Black Women's Health Alliance ("BWHA") will launch the "Creating a Legacy of Wellness: Mind, Body, and Spirit" Campaign in Philadelphia with keynote speakers Dr. Marilyn Hughes-Gaston and Dr. Gayle Porter, international experts in the areas of evidence based strategies and interventions for health disparities in minority communities; and

WHEREAS, The goals of the Legacy of Wellness: Mind, Body, and Spirit Campaign are to:

* increase the awareness and knowledge of effective strategies that improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities of African American women, women of color, their families, and the community at large;

* unite and mobilize minority leaders to develop, integrate, and expand health awareness activities and/or policy changes within their organizations to benefit employees, constituents, clients, patients, congregational members, and the community at large;

* increase knowledge and awareness of heart health, obesity, stress, depression, and mental health of 1000 women and their family members to encourage and influence healthy lifestyle changes;

* leverage existing and establish new partnerships and collaborations with health and human service providers, research and education institutions, organizations and governmental entities at the local, state, and federal levels, community based organizations, and faith-based institutions; and

WHEREAS, BWHA (formerly known as the Philadelphia Black Women's Health Project) is a non profit, community based organization that was established by approximately 100 Philadelphia women who attended the First National Conference on Black Women's Health Issues in Atlanta, Georgia in 1983. The ladies recognized that the "voices" of African American women were largely unheard in the Philadelphia health community and mobilize...