The Soap and Detergent Association presents a free webinar. You can’t miss this practical session on Thursday, September 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM ET, designed to help you, help your community prepare for cold and flu season and continuing threat of H1N1. The webinar will support family and consumer science professionals, FCCLA chapter leaders, health educators, school nurses, teachers and others who are involved in health and hygiene programming.

Frances Simmons' starts a crusade to help Black teenage girls stop perming their hair and getting weaves.   For the last 10 years, she has been going into Chicago public schools on a mission to educate young African-American girls on the importance of healthy hair and a healthy lifestyle, and how the two can be interwoven into an even healthier self-esteem.

Educational Fitness Solutions, provider of the Online Certificates in Nutrition, Fitness, and Health, brings you free online fitness webinars this September.

On the heels of World Breastfeeding Week, a Durham-based group is organizing a multi-staged approach to encourage African-American women to breastfeed. Physicians worldwide agree on the health and developmental benefits of breastfeeding for infants and mothers, however large segments of the U.S. population choose not to breastfeed their children or encounter barriers that prevent them from doing so.

Former National Basketball Association player Earvin "Magic" Johnson gave the opening address of the CDC's 2009 HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, the Southern Voice blog "The Latest" reports.

The 11th annual Victory Over Diabetes event, hosted by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), kicks off in Atlanta on August 29, featuring singer-songwriter Angie Stone and Lilly USA, LLC's Fearless African-Americans Connected and Empowered (F.A.C.E.) Diabetes campaign. This free day-long event, also supported by Aetna, educates and empowers African-Americans living with diabetes to better manage the disease by providing educational tools and culturally relevant resources.

Atlanta based member owned sports organization, Allied Athlete Group Foundation (AAG Foundation), continues their philanthropic work in communities across the country. Sam Madison, 11-year NFL veteran had been sponsoring free haircuts for kids to go back to school for the past five years and approached friend and former NFL player and President/Founder Reggie Howard of Allied Athlete Group Foundation to encourage their members and other professional athletes to do the same.

Celebrity Chef Lindsey Williams to Debut Harlem-Centric Healthy Breakfasts This Weekend at Harlem Week's Children's Festival
 

The BET Foundation Women's Health Symposium events are designed to provide African-American women with a wealth of information about how to embrace a healthier lifestyle and practical approaches for addressing various health concerns.
Through a multi-faceted health promotion event, minority health disparities discussed include obesity, heart disease, diabetes, reproductive health, forms of cancers, depression, digestive care, women and clinical trials, nutrition and
fitness. 
 

In Melbourne, socialites host Botox parties, where doctors inject women with Botox in lounge rooms.

The guests are usually women aged 20-50 years old. They gather every three months to get Botox, while having some champagne and fun in the process.