Category: Health & Wellness
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Purple Service Event – Vaccinations and Free Movie Screening
The Albuquerque Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. and the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. Omega Alpha Zeta chapter cordially invite you to a two-part “Purple Service Event”!
At Part 1, receive complimentary covid and flu vaccinations, and give back by donating sanitary products to address Period Poverty. The first 100 participants at Part 1 will receive FREE tickets to a private screening of the 2023 version of The Color Purple at 7:35 on December 30. Location of film will be shared following participation in Part 1.
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NM 45th Annual Conference on Aging
Are you an older adult in New Mexico? Don’t miss this lively event featuring activities like cooking and birding, museum tours, and classes in art, smart shopping, technology, and more… Plus a social dance!
Speakers include Barbara “Mother” Hubbard, Valerie Tsosie, and NM government luminaries. Just $10 for two full days!
Register HERE.
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Kitchen Creations Diabetes Education series
Join Kitchen Creations for a four-part series, Wednesdays October 11 to November 1! All are welcome, including spouses and family members involved in care! FREE once every 3 years to anyone with diabetes, pre-diabetes, or who is caring for a loved one with diabetes.
Discuss the ins and outs of diabetes and how it affects you, including how to use the diabetes plate, and other nutritional and dietary tools. Cook and eat tasty dishes from the Soul Food Cookbook and the New Mexico cookbook!
Please sign up at kitchencreations.nmsu.edu or call 575-202-5065 to sign up.
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8th Annual Recovery Celebration
Celebrate National Recovery Month with a party on Civic Plaza! There will be 50+ tables at the event from treatment organizations around the Albuquerque area, as well as live music and entertainment.
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Black Lives, Black Lungs film screening
Join NMACT for a free screening of the film Black Lives, Black Lungs: Journey of a Stolen Leaf. The film will be followed by a panel discussion on racism in tobacco marketing and public health.
“Black Lives, Black Lungs: The Journey of a Stolen Leaf unravels the tobacco industry’s forward-looking strategy of protecting profits, subverting regulations, and maintaining influence through the promotion of e-cigarettes to hook a new generation to nicotine. The panel discussion will feature topics of racism within commercial tobacco marketing, the lasting health and economic impacts on communities, and discussion of policy initiatives working to address health equity in New Mexico.”
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CiQlovia Open Streets Festival
CiQlovia is ABQ’s version of ciclovia – open streets. The 2023 CiQlovia route spans Kathryn Ave from Louisiana to San Pedro and will feature all kinds of activities, info, art, pop-up parks and playgrounds, a health hub – and a pumpkin patch!
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AfroMundo Social Justice Series: Sister Doula
Join AfroMundo at NHCC’s Wells Fargo Theater for a FREE screening of Sister Doula, a film about the Black maternal health and infant mortality crisis. Panel Discussion to immediately follow screening.
“Black babies die at 5 times the rate of white babies. SISTER DOULA is the story of Hakima Payne, a nurse in Kansas City who tackles this crisis head-on, fighting to save Black babies by offering alternatives to the US healthcare system that surveils, criminalizes, and harms Black families. Mama Hakima is equal parts unapologetic truth-teller and wise-compassionate mentor. This is the story of the birth doulas she has mentored, who advocate for Black birthing people and work toward a future where all people will have equal access to thrive in pregnancy, birth, and beyond.”
Register HERE
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Alpha Phi Alpha Blood Drive
Donate life-giving blood at the Bloodmobile at New Hope Gospel church this Saturday morning!
To schedule an appointment, scan the QR code on the flyer, click the link to the right, or call 505-246-1452.
