PA Progressive Summit Feb. 2015

Last week end several  members of DWMC attend the PA Progressive Summit.

  First picture is Mike and Bobbie Bolt with Independent United States Senator Bernie Sanders.

 

Bobbie Bolt  along with Former Congressman Patrick Murphy and Krystal Ball, pictures taken at Progressive Summit. 

Patrick J. Murphy was America's first Iraq Vet elected to Congress and is now the anchor of "Taking the Hill," the MSNBC show dedicated to leadership, public service and breaking down the civil-military divide in the country. Patrick provides in-depth reporting for the veterans who have given so much to our nation.  He represented Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011 and was born in Philadelphia.

Krystal Ball is a co-host on MSNBC’s ensemble show "The Cycle." She’s also a political writer, former congressional candidate and CPA. Her writing has appeared in publications such as US News and World Report, the Atlantic, the Huffington Post, and Politico; she has been a featured speaker at Columbia, Princeton, and George Washington University and a guest lecturer at the New School in New York City. Ball is a Contributing Writer for the Truman Doctrine, a national security oriented blog run by the Truman National Security Project.

Phenomenal Woman, 200 Sista's In Red for Wellness

DWMC members attend an event to draw attention to Heart Disease prevention and awearness Feb. 7.  We had a table at the event offering voter register forms along with an invitation to become DWMC members. 

This wonderful well attended event sponsored by Minority Health at Valley Baptist Church in Farrell was attended by over a hundred phenominal women dressed in red to enjoy a number of speakers offering informative on the various aspects of Heart Disease, Diane Jones, of Slippery Rock University opened the event with a powerful poem by Maya Angelou, Phenomeal Woman. Then went on to describe the risks of getting Heart Disease and symptons. 

April Lee spoke about knowing your Numbers and what they mean.

Nicole Smith RPH a Pharmist of 13 years discussed medications and side effects

Survivors of Heart treasplant spoke about their experiences.

Mrs Henrietta King, Mrs Mavis Shannon-Odem, Mrs Glendolyn Blackwell, Mrs. traci Freeman-Otey,  Destine McDonald