By Betty Thomas-Gilkey
EAST LANSING, MI — The members of East Lansing’s Chi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. recently hosted 150 African American Women at its Founders’ Day Healthy Sisters Tea at the Hannah Community Center.
A panel of professional women in the health care industry discussed numerous topics of interest such as oral health, cardiovascular, gynecological, public health and nutritional concerns. The panelists were Lorraine Weatherspoon, Ph.D., Nutritionist; Lauren Hall-Tate, DDS Dentist; Margaret Aguwa D.O., Family Practitioner; Alane Laws-Barker, M.D.; Obstetrician-Gynecologist and Renee Canady, Ph.D., Public Health Administrator. The healthy snacks and presentations were followed by a question and answer session.
This was the second Healthy Sisters Tea held by the chapter and is one of a number of annual service activities funded by proceeds from their Annual Jazz Brunch Fundraiser which will be held on December 4, 2010.
The Chi Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., is the first predominantly African-American organization to be chartered in East Lansing, Michigan. Additional service projects include support for Haven House, a local shelter for families in need; the East Lansing Folk Festival, and the MSU Student Food Bank. The sorority sponsors scholarships for academically talented East Lansing area graduating seniors.
Additionally, they support Lansing’s Black Child and Family Institute (BCFI) which provides a variety of services to low income children and families throughout the Greater Lansing area.
This article was printed in the March 28, 2010 – April 10, 2010 edition.
