Center For Healthy Community Holds Fourth Annual "Go Red With A Purpose" Brunch

The University of South Alabama’s Center for Healthy Communities held its fourth annual Go Red with a Purpose brunch on Saturday, Feb. 20, at Spot of Tea, in Downtown Mobile. The event was held in support of the American Heart Association’s Go Red for Women campaign. Ninety three women were in attendance, including sorority women, social clubs and church groups, to discuss the factors that lead to heart disease and how to prevent it. The brunch was a fun way to inform women of the risks of heart disease and stroke, the number one killer of women in the United States.

The brunch featured several speakers, including USA Chair of Internal Medicine Dr. Errol Crook, Sen. Vivian Figures and Dr. Clara Massey. Each spoke on the dangers of heart disease in women and how heart attacks and strokes can be prevented.

Dr. Massey, professor of internal medicine and chief of cardiology at the University of South Alabama, was the keynote speaker of the afternoon. She shared local statistics about heart disease in women here in Mobile and throughout Alabama.

The afternoon of speakers and conversation came to a close in the park across from Spot of Tea where the women took part in DanceFit, a program led by Shannon Woods, R.N. The participants enjoyed a fun and healthy way to work out and help prevent heart disease.

The information shared at the event was designed to impower the women who attended with the knowledge to prevent heart disease in our community.