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April is National Minority Health Month
April is National Minority Health Month, and this year the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) and its partners are highlighting the important role individuals and organizations can play in helping to reduce health disparities and improve the health of racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native communities.
The theme for this year’s National Minority Health Month is Give Your Community a Boost! The theme focuses on the continued importance of COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as one of the strongest tools we can use to protect communities from COVID-19, which has disproportionately affected communities of color. CDC data show that some racial and ethnic minority groups — particularly Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, and American Indian or Alaska Native people are at increased risk of getting sick, having more severe illness, and dying from COVID-19. Give Your Community a Boost! also supports the many other efforts happening in communities across the country to advance health equity.
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Healthy Recipe
Fish and Spinach Bake
1 package (10 oz) frozen spinach, thawed
1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper
1 pound fish filets (thawed if frozen)
1 teaspoon Creole or Cajun seasoning blend
1 large tomato, diced
4 green onions, sliced
Wash hands with soap and water. Preheat oven to 350 °F. Squeeze thawed spinach to remove most of the liquid. Spread in the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange fish filets over spinach. Sprinkle with seasoning blend. Top fish with tomatoes and green onions. Cover the baking dish with foil and bake for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 20 minutes more or until fish flakes easily.
Refrigerate leftovers within 2 hours.
Notes:
Try any kind of fish or even chicken.
Change the flavor by adding lemon juice or lemon pepper.
Try salsa instead of fresh tomato and green onion.
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Get Vaccinated!
For CDC's latest COVID-19 vaccines visit cdc.gov
Graphics: Courtesy of CDC
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To reduce their risk of becoming infected with the Delta variant and potentially spreading it to others, CDC recommends that fully vaccinated people:
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Wear a mask in public indoor settings if they are in an area of substantial or high transmission.
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Fully vaccinated people might choose to mask regardless of the level of transmission, particularly if they or someone in their household is immunocompromised or at increased risk for severe disease, or if someone in their household is unvaccinated.
Source: www.cdc.gov
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Free Uber Rides to Get Vaccinated
The National Council of Negro Women (Prince George's County Section) has partnered with Vaccinate Your Family and Uber to provide free rides to county and state residents who have vaccine appointments as part of their Good Health WINs Program. Taking Effective Action, Inc. (TEA) is pleased to join this partnership. If you or someone you love needs a ride to get vaccinated, please email info@t-action.org to get a ride and details.
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The All of Us Research Program is inviting one million people across the U.S. to help build one of the most diverse health databases in history. We welcome participants from all backgrounds. Researchers will use the data to learn how our biology, lifestyle, and environment affect health. This may one day help them find ways to treat and prevent disease. Read more.
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April is National Humor Month!
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A cheerful disposition is good for your health; gloom and doom leave you bone-tired. Proverbs 17:22 The Message (MSG)
Did you know that laughter is the best medicine? Just goes to show you can’t go wrong with celebrating – humor is one of the most essential qualities to human life. Larry Wilde, an author and humorist, started National Humor Month in April 1976. He created this day with the idea to bring public awareness of the therapeutic value of humor.
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Try this joke for a few laughs:
A man was telling his neighbor, “I just bought a new hearing aid. It cost me four thousand dollars, but it is state of the art. It’s perfect.” “Really,” answered the neighbor. “What kind is it?” The man answered, “Twelve thirty.”
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A Virtual Mental Health Forum
Topic: Battling Mental Depression
Love AME Church
& Taking Effective Action, Inc.
Thursday, May 26, 2022 • 7:00 pm to 8:00pm
FREE: More Information to Come
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Mix and Mingle Coffee Lounge
Coming Soon!
We pride ourselves on providing a personalized dining and social experience. In collaboration with local coffee roasters, bakeries, wineries, micro-brewers, distillers, and artists to source the highest quality offerings. M&M serves a rotation of specialty coffees and specialty goods each month.
Mix and Mingle Coffee Lounge is a story of three friends with a mission to empower communities while using coffee as their vehicle to engage.
Hospitality, Service and Family driven. We offer quality savory hand crafted beverages, food, creative community workshops and a ghost kitchen space.
MIX AND MINGLE COFFEE LOUNGE
8923 Woodyard Road
Clinton, Maryland 20735
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Word(s) for the Week:
A Power Hook-up
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For the Spirit that God has given us does not make us timid; instead,
His Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control. 2 Timothy 1:7, TEV
Sometimes people can be so insensitive to others. They may say unkind things or just be mean. It’s times like these that we need to depend on God to help us respond with calmness and love. If we are not careful, we can find ourselves letting our guard down. Be comforted in what the Bible says, “No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment you shall condemn.”
You may have anger and hurt feelings when people attack you with unkind words and deeds, but God’s spirit will help you to be calm—just put the whole ordeal in His hands. This is a time to use your “power hook-up” that comes straight from God to get you through the situation. The scriptures records, “His Spirit fills us with power, love, and self-control” (2 Tim 1:7).
So, I ask you, “When you come under attack, verbally, physically or mentally, how will you handle it? Will you lower yourself to the attacker’s level? Or will you grab hold of your power hook-up and pull down the power of self-control that God has filled you with.” I know my answer. What will yours be?
Heavenly Father:
I praise You and exalt You. Thank You for Your spirit that you put in me. Help me to remember to depend on You to help me maintain self-control in every area of my life. Lord, no matter what my temptation is, I trust You to give me the power to maintain self-control. In the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. —Dr. Gertie Loretta Hurley
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We welcome your support. For more than 16 years Taking Effective Action, Inc. (TEA) has worked to improve health education and awareness to persons in the Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia communities and beyond. We are striving to help individuals and families live longer, healthier and more productive lives. Please partner with us by your in-kind or financial donation. We appreciate any help —no amount is too small $1.00, $5.00 and up. To donate click here. Please watch the short video below that summarizes some of the things we are doing in the communities we serve.
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"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.”
― Hippocrates.
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TEA is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides education and supportive services in order to assist community members in reducing some of the health disparities they encounter.
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Mailing Address
P.O. Box 4433
Upper Marlboro, MD 20775
240-394-8327
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