Speakers and participants at the “Mind, Body, and Soul” health symposium sponsored by the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Chattanooga Chapter, Inc. (NCBW). From left, row 2: NCBW President Elizabeth Appling; NCBW Rose Kehinde’ (Coach Rosie, Speaker); Dr. Megan Coylewright, vice chief of Cardiology/speaker; NCBW Ruthie Hereford; and Guest Moderator LaTrice Currie, Channel 3 News. Front, from left, NCBW Gloria McKeldin; Coral Bailee Pettus, speaker; Dr. Willie Mae Hubbard, Pediatrician/speaker; NCBW Deborah Flagg; and Vonya Drinnon, Blood Assurance/speaker.
(Photo by Camm Ashford)
Coral Bailee Pettus (at podium), an eleventh-grade student from Ypsilanti, Michigan, bravely shared her story of living with sickle cell disease. Table panelists include, from right: WRCB 3 News Anchor, LaTrice Currie; Coach Rosie, NCBW; Dr. Megan Coylewright; and Gloria McKeldin, NCBW. (Photo: Camm Ashford)
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women (NCBW) Chattanooga Chapter, Incorporated, hosted its “Mind, Body, and Soul” health symposium last weekend.
The event focused on sickle cell anemia awareness, women and heart disease, and mental health. A panel of experts discussed the latest information on these important health topics, and Blood Assurance offered sickle cell trait testing to individuals on-site.
