Archive for the ‘Announcements’ Category

• How Money Factors Into The War On Obesity- By Farah Dosani (April 17, 2012) A Medicare Decision

  Sunday, April 29th, 2012

  “The Medicare program recently announced it is now covering obesity screening and counseling by primary care providers – doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants.” Until eight years ago, Medicare said obesity was not a disease.

• OneWorld Program Line-Up for May 2012 – Focuses on Women’s Health

  Thursday, April 26th, 2012

  Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgeries are very new in the USA. OneWorld’s TV program highlights the removal of an Appendix through the natural orifice of the vagina; there is no external cutting. It’s remarkable; woman can return to work next day. See the program http://www.oneworldpi.org/health/health_videos_V5.html

• NH Girl Friends, Inc Annual Books & Art Fair – April 28, 2012 – Wexler Grant School, NH – 10:00AM – 3:00PM

  Thursday, April 19th, 2012

  Books & Art Fair and dynamic, interactive workshops about Building Academic Excellence in the Black community and Living Beyond Racial Stereotypes. Come to Wexler Grant School on april 28, 2012 at 10AM -3:00PM. Be involved; get inspired; make a contribution and learn.

• IMPORTANT New Information about New Haven Promise: http://www.newhavenpromise.org

  Thursday, April 12th, 2012

  Starting in 2012, the New Haven Promise Scholarship application is only available online. This year (in March 2012) students who signed the Pledge and provided New Haven Promise with an email address were sent an e-newsletter with information on how to apply. No more paper applications are available for this program. Applications closed 4/2/12.

• As March- Women’s History Month- Comes to a Close the War Against Women Continues. Mar. 29, 2012 The House Republicans Rejected the Violence Against Women Act

  Friday, March 30th, 2012

  March is Women’s History Month. Look what happened to some women in March 2012!
  Republicans invite an all-male panel to talk about birth-control! Prevent a woman from speaking! Limbaugh insults female law student calls her a slut. He is still on the air.