Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Theta Theta Omega Chapter Health committee reports and National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, Las Vegas coalition (NBLIC) fliers

DOROTHY M. JOHNSON, R.N., BSN
Coalition Chair 5423 W. Rancher Avenue
Las Vegas. NV 89108
(702) 655-3752
Fax" (702) 655-3762
Las Vegas Coalition
National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer, (NBLIC)
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Dear Coalition Member:
We need you at our meeting on January 8, 1997.
Our main agenda item will be Program Planning for Nevada's
First African American Wellness Conference which is being
planned for May 30, 31, June 1, 1997.
We need your help! Please meet with us on;
Date: January 8, 1997
Place: West Las Vegas Library
951 W. Lake Mead Blvd.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Time: 6:30 P.M.
Si ncerely,
Martha Wells
Corresponding Secretary
P. S.
We would appreciate it if you could select a representative
for 1997 to attend all meetings. Regular meetings are held
on the first Wednesday of each month.
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NBLIC Summer Activities
September 13,1997
July 13,1997
Sunday
Participated in Health Fair at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino
July 19,1997
Saturday
Received the ’’Rose Award” from the Professional Black Women’s Alliance
Julu 28, 1997
Monday
Presented live production ’’Where’s Shirley" in partnership with the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Channel 13 televised segments on their 11:00 PM Health News. Cast flew on from the Philadelphia and New Jersey area...The Art of Courage: In Search of a Voice.
August 3,1997
Sunday
Member of paneL.Looking Toward the Future W. Sahara Library and Fine Arts Museum Hx of NBLIC...approx 60 pcs of lit. dispensed
September 20, 1997 Guest Speaker
Saturday
Community Baptist Church Health Fair &
September 26-27
Friday & Saturday
1997 ACS Volunteer Leadership Summit Ahwatuckee, Arizona
September 28
Sunday Talk Radio
October 2^W As
Western Region's Mid-Winter Conference, Los
Angeles Tentative, Unconfirmed
October 8-10
Wed - Friday Health Conference, Mesquite, Nevada
October 15 Wednesday 2nd Annual Clark County Culturally Diverse
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The fact is, Black Americans have a higher
likelihood of developing and dying from
cancer than any other ethnic population in the
United States.
The National Black Leadership Initiative on
Cancer (NBLIC) offers you an opportunity
to become part of a network of concerned and
active black leaders across the country who
are bringing cancer prevention and treatment
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Who We Are and What We Do
The Las Vegas Coalition was established in 1994. It
is the only coalition of NBLIC in the State of Nevada
and was spearheaded by Theta Theta Omega Chapter,
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
We are partners with the Cancer Information Service
(CIS), Nevada Division of Health, Breast and
Cervical Cancer Bureau, Minority Health Professions
Foundation who has helped fund us, as well as a
member of the Western Region NBLIC Coalition.
The Problem:
The founder and current chair, Dorothy M. Johnson,
RN retired, BSN, became alarmed at the high
incidences and high mortality rates of cancer in Las
Vegas within the African American community and
No-one appeared to be doing anything about it!
The Solution:
♦ Prevention ♦ Early Detection
♦ Screening ♦ Treatment
♦ We Can Do Something About Cancer!
KNOW CANCER’S
WARNING SIGNS
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HABITS
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PLEASE SEE YOUR DOCTOR. If YOU
don’t HAVE A DOCTOR, CONTACT THE
NBLIC AND WE WILL HELP !
Las Vegas Coalition
National Black Leadership
Initiative on Cancer (NBLIC)
P. O. Box 34828
Las Vegas, Nevada 89133
Telephone: (702) 655-3752 '
Fax: (702) 655-3762
Las Vegas Coalition
National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer
An Outreach Program of the National Cancer Institute
1/14/97
Dear Colleague:
The disproportionate incidence of cancer morbidity and medically underserved populations in the United States has been highlighted and targeted toward decreasing the statistical gap among the ethnic populations.
naTthii"1' lead.T8 Te“fdeath in Black Women 35 - 54 »ge and in the past thirty years, there has been a ten percent increase in cancer deaths of African American women and a 66 percent increase in cancer deaths of African American men. In 1995, approximately 120,000 new cancers were predicted to be diasnosed among African Americans.
However, the American Cancer Society reported at a November 14,1996 news conference that recent reports indicate new evidence that meaningful progress s bemg made. While no "magic bullet" has been found, it appears that the recent more favorable trend in mortality is the joint effect of several different cancer control activities.
Public and school health education has been cited as being one of the factors in this latest research report and we want to keep the ball rolling. Prevention must be focused on health education and early detection.
The Las Vegas Coalition of the National Black Leadership on Cancer (NBLIC) Wants to educate in order to promote early screening, early diagnosis and treatment of cancer within the Black Community. We want to give to the general population a working knowledge about chest X-Rays, Cytological examination of brochial secretions for lung cancer, Urine cytologies for bladder
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cancer, periodic blood counts for workers exposed to benzene, Liver function studies and scans for liver cancer, Vaginal examination for children of women treated wth DES during pregnancy, mammograns, pap smears, BSE, PBS, and other tools of the trade.
Therefore, we are sponsoring a wellness conference to be held in Las Vegas at The Orleans Hotel and Casino during the period May 30 - June 1,1997. This conference will be known as Nevada’s First African-American Wellness Conference.
Our current contract with the BCCCP Program through the Nevada State Health Department does not allow us to use funds granted for food/meals. Therefore, we need organizations and corporations to underwrite this item. We plan on limiting our conference to approximately one hundred at which time we would offer two lunches, two continental breakfasts and one brunch all free to the participants with no registraton fee. We are hoping some organizations/corporations would help us fund this item through grants or donations so that this conference would be absolutely free to the participants. Hotel accommodations are not included.
We thank you for your generosity and help in this matter.
• Checks should be made payable to the Las Vegas Coalition, NBLIC and mailed directly to P. 0. Box 34828, Las Vegas, NV 89133.
Sincerely,
Planning Committee:
Martha Wells, B.A.
Willa White, M.S.
Joyce Woodson, M.8., 8.0.
Dorothy M. Johnson, R.N., B.S.N., Chair
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Theta Theta Omega
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
FROM: Dorothy M. Johnson
Chairman, Health Committee/NBLIC
SUBJECT: Up Date: Nevada’s First African American Wellness Conference
Orleans Hotel and Casino 4500 W. Tropicana Las Vegas, Nevada May 30 - June 1,1997
Announcements have been mailed. Any Soror needing one, see me. Hotel arrangements have been initiated and final count of participants are due in the Wednesday before the conference.
Monies received thus far: TTO $400.00
American Cancer Society $500.00
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation $2.000.00
$2,900.00 Total
We are reminding the sorority again that registrations must be submitted by everyone attending the conference as money is tight and we don’t want to caught short at judgment time! I am referring particularly to the youth and Kappa Xi who are eligible for scholarships and will be admitted free. However, they must submit a registration no later than May 10,1997. No exceptions!
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HEALTH COMMITTEE REPORT
1997
TO: Theta Theta Omega, Chapter, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
FROM: Dorothy M. Johnson, Chair, NBLIC
Health Committee Chairman
HE: Upcoming Activities
At this time, I would like to reactivate the Health Awareness Committee to help plan and implement the upcoming Nevada's First African- American Wellness Conference, at the Orleans Hotel and Casino, 4500 Tropicana, May 30 - June 1,1997 presented by the Las Vegas Coalition, NBLIC in collaboration with Nevada State Health Dept., National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program through Center for Disease Control. Interested sorors are asked to see me before leaving today.
I would like to alert the advisors of AKAteens that they are invited and wil| probably receive scholarships for this affair. Details to be worked out
1 would like to see Lois Ice, Willa White and Kaweeda after the meeting for collaborations.
National Minority Cancer Awareness Week will be celebrated the third week of April. I have been contacted by the Sunrise Hospital with the request of us (NBLIC) partnering with the hospital to present a health program. Negotiations are now in process for this to happen, but I need to know if the sorority is going to physically support us before I go to any strategy meetings. I would ? appreciate a consensus on this. If agreement is reached, I would hope that all sorors would get their family and friends to attend. Is that asking for too much? Free to the public!
I have been nominated to serve on the Steering Committee of the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and expect to visit Carson City sometime this month when officials from CDC, Atlanta will be there.
I have been asked by the NBCCEDP to serve on the planning committee for the First Lady's Health Conference to be held in Mesquite at the Players Casino in October 1997..This will be a three day conference.
Last, but not least, I spoke at Delta Sigma Theta's Health Forum this morning at the W. Las Vegas Library.
MEMORANDUM
To:
Theta Theta Omega Chapter, AKA
From:
Dorothy M. Johnson
Subject:
Monthly Health Report
American Cancer Society is donating $500.00 toward Conference expenses.
The Susan G. Komen Breast Foundation has promised a donation.
The conference is shaping up nicely and announcements will be in the mail by the end of the week, so watch your mailbox for your copy.
I will be attending the 6th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, The Medically Underserved and Cancer in Washington, DC on April 23-27,1997 at the Hyatt Hotel. I will be staying at the Hilton unless someone cancels out at the Hyatt. The Susan G. Komen Breast Foundation is picking up my expenses.
MEMORAND UM
Date: November 1,1997
To: Theta Theta Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
From: Dorothy M. Johnson, Health Committee Chair
Subject: NBLIC Activities
1 October 29,1997, I traveled to Portland, Oregon at the invitation of the
American Cancer Society, Inc., Office of Collaborative Projects and Special Populations, Washington, DC.
to participate in a five-state planning session for the Pacific Northwest Conference, “Partnership for Cancer Control in Underserved Populations” held on October 30,1997 at the Portland Marriott Hotel in downtown Portland near the river.
The Pacific Northwest includes the states of Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska and this will be the ninth conference held across the country by regions by the ACS in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). The conference will be held in Portland on February 3-4,1997 at the Marriott Hotel.
There were ten participants as shown on the attached list.
Each member was asked to bring a list of 20 names of community leaders which will be cut down to approximately 15 names from each state. These 75 people will be invited and brought to the conference at the expense of ACS and CDC.
2.
NBLIC will be planning for a luncheon/fashion show for April 27,1998 at which cancer survivors will be models. If there are any members who would like to model, please see me after the meeting. We have received $1,990 from a Clyde A. Phillips Grant this month to help with general expenses for 1997 of which $1,000 is earmarked for the luncheon/fashion show. We expect to receive $5,000 from the State Health Department’s “Women’s Health Connection” program which is funded by CDC within the next couple of months to be used toward these expenses.
3.
On November 19,1997, my corresponding secretary, Martha Wells (an inactive Delta), will travel to Houston, Texas by invitation to participate in a Leadership Conference on Prostate Cancer in the African American Community: An Agenda for Action. This conference is to be co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
This conference is being held in conjunction with the Intercultural Cancer Council, 100 Black Men of America, the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer and the National Prostate Cancer Coaltions and will be held at the Westin Galleria on November 20-22,1997. Our expenses are being paid by the Las Vegas American Cancer Society and the Clyde A. Phillips Grant coming out of the Morehous School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. As you all know, the principal investigator for NBLIC is Louis P. Sullivan, MD, President of Morehouse.
4.
We have participated in Health Fairs and various organizations meetings during the month.
5.
I have been notified and interviewed by the Special Populations Office, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. that I will be profiled in the next issue of the National Newsletter of NBLIC because of the Las Vegas Coaltion’s outstanding work.
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
June Strickland, RN, PhD, Chair
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Washington
'A Mandy Canales-Salazar
M Cancer Control Director, Southwest Division, American Cancer Society
Louise Galaska
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control,
> I National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
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Dorothy Johnson
Chair, Las Vegas Coalition, National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer
M.,^Megas, Nevada
Diana Kuhns
Chief Operating Officer, Western Pacific Division, American Cancer Society
Program Director, Arctic Slope Native Association
Alaska
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MEMORANDUM
Date: November 1,1997
To: Theta Theta Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
From: Dorothy M. Johnson, Health Committee Chair
Subject: NBLIC Activities
1 October 29,1997, I traveled to Portland, Oregon at the invitation of the
American Cancer Society, Inc., Office of Collaborative Projects and Special Populations, Washington, D.C. to participate in a five-state planning session for the Pacific Northwest Conference, “Partnership for Cancer Control in Underserved Populations” held on October 30,1997 at the Portland Marriott Hotel in downtown Portland near the river.
The Pacific Northwest includes the states of Nevada, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and Alaska and this will be the ninth conference held across the country by regions by the ACS in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC). The conference will be held in Portland on February 3-4,1997 at the Marriott Hotel.
There were ten participants as shown on the attached list.
Each member was asked to bring a list of 20 names of community leaders which will be cut down to approximately 15 names from each state. These 75 people will be invited and brought to the conference at the expense of ACS and CDC.
2.
NBLIC will be planning for a luncheon/fashion show for April 27,1998 at which cancer survivors will be models. If there are any members who would like to model, please see me after the meeting. We have received $1,990 from a Clyde A. Phillips Grant this month to help with general expenses for 1997 of which $1,000 is earmarked for the luncheon/fashion show. We expect to receive $5,000 from the State Health Department’s “Women’s Health Connection” program which is funded by CDC within the next couple of months to be used toward these expenses.
3.
On November 19,1997, my corresponding secretary, Martha Wells (an inactive Delta), will travel to Houston, Texas by invitation to participate in a Leadership Conference on Prostate Cancer in the African American Community: An Agenda for Action. This conference is to be co-sponsored by the American Cancer Society (ACS), The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
This conference is being held in conjunction with the Intercultural Cancer Council, 100 Black Men of America, the National Black Leadership Initiative on Cancer and the National Prostate Cancer Coaltions and will be held at the Westin Galleria on November 20-22,1997. Our expenses are being paid by the Las Vegas American Cancer Society and the Clyde A. Phillips Grant coming out of the Morehous School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA. As you all know, the principal investigator for NBLIC is Louis P. Sullivan, MD, President of Morehouse.
4.
We have participated in Health Fairs and various organizations meetings during the month.
5.
I have been notified and interviewed by the Special Populations Office, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md. that I will be profiled in the next issue of the National Newsletter of NBLIC because of the Las Vegas Coaltion s outstanding work.
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NORTHWEST CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE
g. June Strickland, RN, PhD, Chair
‘Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, University of Washington
Mandy Canales-Salazar
Cancer Control Director, Southwest Division, American Cancer Society
Louise Galaska
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control,
14 .National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
I ’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Atlanta, Georgia .
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MEMORAND UM
Date^ December 6,1997
To: Theta Theta Omega Chapter
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.1
From Dorothy M. Johnson, Health Committee Chair
Subject: NBLIC Activities
On November 20,1997,1 traveled to Houston and participated in the Leadership Conference sponsored by
the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute and the Center for Disease Prevention and Control.
There were anywhere from 165-178 participants in attendance at any given time to formulate policy dealing
with Prostate Cancer in African American Men. The conference ended on Saturday noon after a draft of
tentative policy was compiled. Final draft to be presented at a later date.
We continue to plan for the April 26,1997 Fashion/Show luncheon to be presented in honor of National
Minority Cancer Awareness Week.
We welcomed Soror Barbara LeBron into our organization and appointed her financial secretary because of her educational background. She will also be serving as our representative to the newly formed partnership , “Community Partners for Better Health”. This is a coalition composed of The American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. American Diabetes Association, Community Health Center, Clark County Health District, Las Vegas Housing Authority, NBLIC and seven black churches.
A designated Sunday for “Health Awareness Sunday” will be announce soon at which time a health message will be delivered in each of the seven churches simultaneously. More information will be forthcoming.
A Christmas Party was held at my house on Wednesday, December 3, which was well attended.
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Nevada'a First African American Wellness Conference is shaping upkSo far, confirn i. The tentative program is
I traveled to Reno on Monday, February in a Steering Committee Meeting
at which from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) <fflof Atlanta were Of all they on was our themB short
overview of Hr plans and lineup of speakemwtd facilitators*. They appeared to be very impressed and ^tatedthey would the outcome of this event and in a subtle manner other
members I said we needed all the
Public Education Women's Health Connection (Nevada State Health Dept.) will
be manning a booth preliminary paper work and Health Dept.
wilflB printing our and help with They a® also willing to pick up expenses f<M
sitting and help with transportation costs to the
We are attempting for the proposed luncheons and
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Sunrise Hospital and the Susan G. Komen Breast Foundation.
I have been in a rep the Assn, of Black Policemen and are going to to give
help. Clark Deptftold me after the a flyer up they
would for®. I am also in the a $80,000 grant proposal to the Contract
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