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Health Education Ministry
The Health Education Ministry provides a foundation for changing how we live and how our children live. We find fun and exciting ways to education and inform the Faith-Based community about maintaining a healthy lifestyle, spiritually and physically. We Support families in changing their perspectives about healthy diets, exercise, and weight and promote a culture of awareness and involvement. By providing a forum for education and awareness through literature, workshops, training and health fairs families will develop healthier lifestyles. We focus on and promote healthy lifestyles and celebration of survivors.
Meet the Health Education Ministry Leaders:
Lottie Harris, Co-Leader. Lottie Harris is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Redlands. She has her lifetime teaching credentials and is currently a Health/Church Consultant for San Diego Black Health Associates. As a health consultant, she lead a project called FBACH where she conducted health forums in the African American communities involving 15 churches; each forum focused on health disparities, i.e. diabetes, hypertension and obesity, etc. Lottie worked as Nurse Supervisor in a “busy” emergency department at a local hospital. She is a community activist and is the founding Past President of San Diego Black Nurses Association. Currently, she is the President of Bayview Health Unit and Chairperson of the Health Education Ministry. She is actively involved in many community organizations in San Diego.
Valerie Wright, Co-Leader. Valerie Wright has an established career as a nonprofit administrator with 18 years experience in management consulting, community organizing, and Organization Development. She has served as a church administrator and newsletter editor. She is pursuing her Masters of Science Degree in Organization Development at Pepperdine University and has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism & Public Relations from Florida A&M University.
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