International Women’s Day Planned
“Healthy Women. Healthy World”
is the theme of this year's Inter
national Women’s Day celebration
to be held Friday arid Saturday,
March 74.
TV personality B. J. Harrison will
host the Health Fair, a special
.feature of the two-day event to be
held at Little Rock AME Zion
Church. 401 N. McDowell Street. All
events are free and open to the
public.
“Women are the key to good
health because we determine the
habits of children at an early age,”
according to Harrison, 33, whe boats
Channel 9’s “Your Money and Your
Life." (Sundays at 6:30 p..m.)
“People will be stronger and live
their lives better If we learn aa much
as we can about staying healthy,"
continued Harrison, who sees her
job as finding out everything there
is to know about a health issue and
reporting it in layman’s language.
The International Women’s Day
celebration begins Friday, March 7,
with an eyewitness account of
women’s health in El Salvator.
Speaker Janis Zadel of New York
recently returned from service aa a
nurse midwife among peasants in
the countryside. Latin American
music will be provided by Clyde
Appleton of UNCC, and actress
Sandra Gray will perform the life
of a Bolivian heroine. Deors open at
7 p.m.
On Saturday, March 8, the doors
open at noon with Ms. Harrison
opening the program at 12:80 p.m.
She will host the Heelth Fair which
continues throughout the afternoon,
featuring health and fitness checks
by local agendas.
"You can have your blood pres
sure checked, your eyes tested for
glaucoma, learn to check for breast
cancer, take a diabetes or sickle ceO
test, and even have your body-fat
measured,” according to Health
Fair coordinator Cindy Patton.
“There will be information on
PMS, endometriosis, osteoporosis,
nutrition, cancer and smoking."
Health reporter Harrison will
interview participants about their
health concerns for later use in her
show.
Also on Saturday afternoon
workshops will focus on a variety of
health topics. From 1-2:80 the work
shops will be: "Health Care: A
Global Wow,” "Health Concerns of
Handicapped Women," “Stress
Management,” and “Dangers an the
Job and in the Community: Your
Right to Know About Toxic
Chemicals.”
The second session, from
2:45-3:18, will Include workshops on:
"Abortion: Stories North add
South” (film), "Your Right to bo
- Healthy,” “Taking Charge of Your
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Workshop leaders will include
Charlotte Post columnist Ahmad
Daniels, UNCC professors Ray
Michalowski, JQ] Dubish, Joan
TiUotson, and Robert Day, members
of Handicapped Organized Women
(HOW), the N.C. Occupational
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The celebration concludes with the
Woman of the Year Award honoring
women of our community who have
not been previously recognised for
their contributions on the Job or in
the community, followed by an
international buffet.
A special child care program will -
be provided throughout the two-day
event The building is wheel chair
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