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The Total Woman: Mind, Body and Spirit

As an organization of predominantly African American women, Delta Sigma Theta is uniquely positioned to impact not only the well-being of its members, but also the well-being of families and communities at large. To facilitate this effort, the Health Task Force was launched to provide concentrated expertise and focus on the Physical and Mental Health aspect of our Five-Point Programmatic Thrust.

The mission of the Health Task Force is to educate and facilitate lifestyle change for the physical, mental, and spiritual well-being of sorors and the communities that we serve. The Health Task Force objectives are to: 1. Raise awareness about the importance and benefits of lifestyle changes that affect longevity, morbidity, and mortality; 2. Identify organizational alliances for the sorority that will work to address pertinent health issues; and 3. Develop and implement health-focused programs within the sorority and the communities we serve. Through the Lifestyle Change Initiative, Delta Sigma Theta will work to combat the high incidence of obesity among women. The first priority of our Lifestyle Change Initiative is the "Total Woman Healthy Weight Program" which challenges chapters to a commitment to achieve healthier weights. Delta has embraced the American Heart Association's "Go Red for Women" campaign. Heart disease is women's #1 killer a fact that most women don't know. The program raises awareness of the risks and causes of heart disease and focuses women on healthier life styles. In order to achieve our mission, Sacramento Alum initiated the following Lifestyle changes for sorors and communities:

Delta BOOT Camp (the second and fourth Saturday of every month):

Weight Resistance Training

Walking/Jogging/Running

Hiking

Below are pictures from our Hiking trip to Feather Falls, CA on May 22, 2010.

                    At the trailhead                                      On the trail

            Feather Falls                                          Viewing Deck

Helping to fight Children Obesity

Why Target Children at School:

• A variety of food and beverage options are available throughout the school day including soda, fruit drinks that are not 100% juice, and foods that are high in calories, fat and sodium, but low in nutritional value.

• Reduction in the amount of physical education, recess, and recreation time.

• Few safe routes to school that encourage kids to walk and bike.

• Limited health education classes.

• Lack of opportunities to participate in physical activity

American Heart Association’s “Go RED for Women” Campaign

Two of our sorors are Heart Truth Champions! They attended Heart Truth Champions program which is a train-the-trainer initiative aimed at equipping a cadre of health advocates and educators in local communities with important health information and education materials about women and heart disease. The Heart Truth is a national campaign for women about heart disease, sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health.

Partnering with Bone Marrow National Campaign

The National Bone Marrow Registry is a source of hope to people fighting leukemia and other blood diseases. Every time a new name is added to the registry of potential bone marrow donors, the chances increase that a person in need of a bone marrow transplant will find the match that saves his or her life. Right this minute, your bone marrow could be the factor that determines if someone's child, mother, grandfather, or friend lives or dies. Bone marrow cannot just be given from any donor to any patient. Doctors must compare the characteristics of the stem cells of a potential donor's bone marrow to those of the patient in need. Family members are the first to be tested because they typically provide the best chance of a match. But all too often, the news is grim — leaving a devastated family to turn to a bone marrow registry of kind-hearted strangers as their last hope. The odds of finding a suitable bone marrow donor who is not a family member is about 1 in 20,000. Yet the good news is that matches do happen despite the odds. In the past 20 years, the National Bone Marrow Donor Program has provided more than 25,000 people with a second chance at life. You can be a part of such miracles and make the odds better for a person in need of a bone marrow transplant by joining the bone marrow registry today.

Ethnic minorities are severely underrepresented. Only about 200,000 potential donors -- about 6 percent -- are African- Americans. According to the Judie Davis Marrow Donor Recruitment Program in Oakland, this means African-Americans receive transplants from the National Marrow Registry only 3.3 percent of the time, compared to a rate of 85 to 88 percent for Caucasians.

LEARN HOW TO DONATE NOW by going to the link above

Selam Gebrezghi, Chair