Asheville Chapter of the Links – March 2018
2nd Annual Achieving Equity Forum
The Asheville Chapter of the Links, Incorporated will hold its 2nd Annual Achieving Equity Forum on Saturday, April 14, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Arthur Edington Center in Asheville.
The panel will include subject-matter experts addressing topics that affect African American communities such as: Housing, Health, Mass Incarceration, and the Wealth Gap.
The annual forum is a signature program of the Health and Human Services facet of The Links, Incorporated, Asheville Chapter.
The forum is free and open to the public. It will be held in the Community Room of the Edington Center at 133 Livingston Street in Asheville. To learn more, contact Sharon K. West, President of the Asheville Chapter, at (828) 2318907 or email her at [email protected].
National Recognition for Heart Health Program
The Asheville Chapter’s Heart Health program has recently been recognized by both the Southern Area and the national organization as a “Best Practice Program” on the topic of heart health education. The weekly Heart Health educational sessions, held over a five-week period, covered six topics essential to heart-healthy living: Heart health, Activity, Nutrition, Controlling Blood Pressure, Diabetes Care, and Healthy Weight Awareness.
The Links, Incorporated is one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of African Americans and other persons of African ancestry.
