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THE PEOPLES ORGANIZATION FOR PROGRESS

PO BOX 25332

NEWARK, NJ 07101

973 801 0001

*www.njpop.org* <http://www.njpop.org/>

CONTACT: LAWRENCE HAMM

July 17, 2012

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*

* *

*RACE AND HEALTH DISCUSSED AT P.O.P. MEETING*

* *

On*Thursday, July 19th*, the People=E2=80=99s Organization of Progress will=
 host an=20
important discussion on Race and Health at their weekly general assembly=20
meeting.

P.O.P.=E2=80=99s weekly general assembly meeting takes place at Abyssinian =
Baptist=20
Church, 224 West Kinney Street, Newark, every Thursday at 7pm. The lecture=
=20
will begin at7:30pm.

The special guest speaker will be Professor Naa Oyo Kwate who has just=20
completed a critically acclaimed study called the Black LIFE Study, LIFE=20
serving as an acronym for Linking Inequality Feelings and Environment. The=
=20
study was based on an evaluation of race and health conditions facing=20
African-Americans in New York City. Dr. Kwate hopes its approach and=20
results will help improve how the question of race and its negative impact=
=20
on the health of African-Americans is appraised and assessed in other=20
cities as well.

Kwate is a trained psychologist. She is currently an associate professor in=
=20
the Human Ecology and Africana Studies Departments at Rutgers University.=
=20
She is also a recipient of the National Institute=E2=80=99s of Health Direc=
tor=E2=80=99s=20
New Innovator Award.

=E2=80=9CWith health care accessibility now being such a contentious issue =
on the=20
national stage, perhaps works like Dr. Kwate=E2=80=99s will help move that=
=20
discussion in the right direction,=E2=80=9D said P.O.P. chairman Lawrence H=
amm.

For more information, please call 973 801 0001=E2=80=A6

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"serif"; font-size: 14pt;'><font color=3D"#000000">P.O.P.=E2=80=99s weekly =
general assembly meeting takes place at Abyssinian Baptist Church, 224 West=
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0pm.</font></span></p><font color=3D"#000000" size=3D"3" face=3D"Times New =
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he special guest speaker will be Professor Naa Oyo Kwate who has just compl=
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 as an acronym for Linking Inequality Feelings and Environment. The study w=
as based on an evaluation of race and health conditions facing African-Amer=
icans in New York City. Dr. Kwate hopes its approach and results will help =
improve how the question of race and its negative impact on the health of A=
frican-Americans is appraised and assessed in other cities as well.</font><=
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recipient of the National Institute=E2=80=99s of Health Director=E2=80=99s =
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