American Heart Association’s Powerful Black Family Celebration 23 July, 11 AM – 4 PM @ USC GLAMAA volunteers are needed

Please take a moment to review these events. Volunteers are needed for many of them. Let us know where and when you’d like to help out! Please don’t forget to register for the 5K @ www.teamhousela.org

1. American Heart Association’s Powerful Black Family Celebration 23 July, 11 AM – 4 PM @ USC
GLAMAA volunteers are needed

Objective:

To reach 500 – 1,000 African Americans in Los Angeles with a black family reunion event that will bring awareness and educate the black community about cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention within the Los Angeles community.

We will:

© EMPOWER the community with information on their individual health numbers through health screenings and providing resource information that will help them live a healthier life.

© ENGAGE the community in heart-healthy nutrition and physical fitness activities, such as celebrity kick ball game, fitness demos, games, line dancing, fraternity/sorority stepping.

© HONOR loved ones lost to heart disease and stroke with a family tree memorial (attach pictures and keepsakes); have a celebrity kick ball game; dedication of a walking path and/or award in honor of Lou Dantzler (Community Leader and Challengers Boy & Girls Club Founder, who died of stroke).

2. Annual GLAMAA Pancake Breakfast 30 July 8AM – 12PM
Please let us know if you’d like to help with this committee

3. Annual Spelman Morehouse Summer Picnic 7 Aug 2PM – 6PM

9 WIlliamsburg Lane
Rolling Hills CA 90274

We are asked to bring drinks and ice. If you’d like to work on this committee please contact Thomas Day, GLAMAA VP, at thomasdayjr@gmail.com

4. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Dedication 28 Aug Washington DC

5. Nation’s Classic RFK Stadium 10 September Morehouse v Howard

Tickets for the game range from $25 to $60 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com . For more information about the game, go to www.nationsfootballclassic.com
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6. GLAMAA First Annual 5K Run/Walk @ The Long Beach Marathon 9 October

The website is currently active for this endeavor. It is www.teamhousela.org . From this site, alumni can build their own pages to solicit donations. We have a collected donation goal of $500 per alumni. It is FREE to register

7. ****GLAMAA Elections****

GLAMAA elections will be held this month. ALL offices are open for aspiring candidates. If you’re interested in continuing the excellent tradition of the Greater Los Angeles Morehouse Alumni Association as an Officer, please send your nomination to Cecil Brim at harambe@aol.com

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Darnell L.Holcomb
President
Greater Los Angeles Morehouse Alumni Association
National Alumni Chapter of the Year
www.GLAMAA.org

Please send dues ($50 yearly) to:
Greater Los Angeles Morehouse Alumni Association
P. O. Box 78820
Los Angeles, CA 90016

Miles for Migraine: 4th Annual 5K / 10K Run / 2 Mile Walk

Miles for Migraine: 4th Annual 5K / 10K Run / 2 Mile Walk

Sunday, October 9, 2011, 9:00 AM
55 Music Concourse Drive
Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

For some adults, as well as teens and children, the phrase “I have a headache” doesn’t begin to describe the profound nature of migraine or cluster head pain. Yet in the US, a headache is the most common brain disorder. To raise awareness of this disorder, the 4th annual Miles for Migraine run will take place on Sunday, October 9 in Golden Gate Park. Registration can be done online at http://www.active.com/running/san-francisco-ca/miles-for-migraine-5k-10k-run-and-2-mile-walk-2011. For more information, please telephone (510) 384-7403 or visit www.milesformigraine.org

In 2010 the Miles for Migraine nonprofit was able to provide a $10,000 donation to the University of California Headache Center for research and clinical practice of headache. “The funds will be used for imaging research that gets to the crucial heart of the question- what is going on inside of the brain of migraine sufferers during an attack,” says Neurologist Peter Goadsby, MD, PhD, director of UCSF’s Headache Center and a world expert on this common and often debilitating ailment. “Migraine is a complex, often horrible and disabling problem. Building knowledge about the condition from research is a guarantee of better treatments in the future. The Miles for Migraine run demonstrates that people afflicted with migraine and their families and friends are willing to stand up, be counted and act to change the problem. It is an honor to see this fruits of that effort at close hand. “

About Miles for Migraine
Miles for Migraine, an annual 2-mile walk/5K/10K run, was created in 2008 by Eileen Jones to raise public awareness about the deficiency in headache research, raise urgently needed funds, and serve as a fun and worthwhile endeavor for both migraine patients, their friends and families. The race is certified for length and time so attracts serious runners as well as people interested in supporting the issue. “The Miles for Migraine board of directors and race committee are excited with the growth and level of interest that this race has achieved, says Eileen Jones. “I started this race to raise awareness about migraine, because I myself have had migraine for 22 years, the last seven with chronic daily pain. Over the years I have sought and received the best of treatments from migraine neurology specialists and alternative health practitioners to no avail. I have come to believe that the best hope for myself and other severe migraine patients lies with research into the prevention, causes, and treatment of headache disorders.”
General event information
The 4th annual Miles for Migraine race takes place on Sunday, October 9, 9:00 am in Golden Gate Park, in San Francisco. Fees are $35.00 and include a cotton t-shirt. Registration can be done online at http://www.active.com/running/san-francisco-ca/miles-for-migraine-5k-10k-run-and-2-mile-walk-2011. For more information, please telephone (510) 384-7403 or visit www.milesformigraine.org. Look for more news about the Miles for Migraine race on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Miles-for-Migraine/145614822200 and Twitter: twitter.com/MigraineRun

4th Annual SF Juneteenth Festival Comedy Explosion

Friday, June 17 · 7:00pm – 9:00pm
Location
African American Art & Culture Complex (Buriel Clay Memorial Theatre)
762 Fulton Street @ Webster St.
San Francisco, CA
Created By
Shelly Tatum, Kevin Jefferson, Montel JenningsShow all (6)
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Hosted by Jamie Foxx’s #1 Show Starter! LA’s own… Mr. Speedy Caldwell

Starring

Dewayne “Insane Wayne” Jackson, Winner of the 2011 Bay Area Black Comedy Competition Finals!

also featuring

Sqweeks Morales
Patrick Jaye
Cheryl the Soccer Mom
Tai Mai Shu (Bradley Lum)

And making her comedic debut a legend of hip hop
Ms. Suga T…..Sprinkle Me!

African American Art & Culture Complex
Buriel Clay Memorial Theatre
762 Fulton St.
San Francisco

21 & over

Tix: $25

Call to order hard tickets:

AAACC: 415.922.2049
T.U.R.F.: 415.584.6099
SF Juneteenth Inc.: 415.931.2729
Shelly Tatum Presents: 415.351.1622

This is a tax deductible event. If you’re schedule won’t permit you to attend make a donation to the community cause.

Make check payable and mail to:

T.U.R.F. (Tax id 94__3269525)
1652 Sunnydale Ave
San Francisco, CA 94134

Purchase tickets online at

http://www.airbornetickets.com/EventDetail/360/SF%20Juneteenth%20Festival%20Comedy%20Explosion

Free parking

No host bar & Food provided by “The Spot For Fine Catering Services”

Raffle tickets for great door prizes will be available for purchase.

Proceeds to be donated to the Willie L. Brown Jr. Teen Center (T.U.R.F.), African American Art & Culture Complex & the SF Juneteenth Committee Inc.

Sponsored by KBLX, Lennar, PG&E, and The Sun Reporter

Under the direction of Shelly Tatum Presents

Walk with Team Lee against AIDS

Come walk with Team Lee next Saturday, June 18th at the 5th Annual East Bay AIDS Walk!

Last weekend marked the 30th Anniversary of the first reported case of AIDS in the United States.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee has been an active and tireless leader in the international fight against HIV/AIDS.

This year Congresswoman Lee will be the Honorary Chair for the East Bay AIDS Walk.

Join Team Lee on June 18, 2011 as we stand up to fight this epidemic at home and across the world.

For more information about how to sign up with Team Lee for the walk, please email blee.campaign@gmail.com or call 510-663-1207.

Each year a lot of good do-oers get together to do good. Do it 12 times!

There is no limit to how you can get involved. Just use your imagination of what things need to happen and I’m sure we can find you others who share that same concern. For example, Do-gooders each year on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Birthday and/or Cesar Chavez’ birthday clean up the nieghborhood and/or build school gardens. Which is great. But if you know anything about gardens, you can’t keep them up by visiting them once a year. Therefore, we recommend once a month – 1stSaturdays!

Is there a school in your neighborhood?

If the answer to the above question is yes, then your first assignment towards Healthy Economics is to pay a visit. Let us know what you discovered!