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The Force for Health® & Alphas Launch
Strategic Initiative
to Advance the Dream & Go BEYOND Together
The Force for Health® Network has spent the past year working with select Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Chapters across the Southwest and western region, for a new, custom-built, national health, civics and STEAM-based program call Advance the Dream, and are now opening it up for everybody.
Our objectives include:
- Help sustain the DREAM, legacy and impacts that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made in this world
- Promote happier and healthier citizenship for communities that care
- Build fellowship and leadership skills while creating community impacts on issues important to its mission
- Involve participants in creating digital media and content to better prepare for an information technology based workforce
- Impact minority health disparities and outcomes within a single generation
- Increase pathways for participants into community health worker pipeline opportunities
- Promote intergenerational mentorship opportunities
- Promote fun and healthy competition by gamifying and rewarding healthy citizenship engagement outcomes
- Create new, sustainable, and “easy to execute” campaigns that will generate new revenue streams
Proposed Markets for beta February 2020 Launch Markets – LA, AZ, OH
Main Contact: Josh Williams, National Project Director
Programs Offered: 12 week programs – February 1 – April 30, 2021
Cost: Join for FREE with our Advance the Dream Community BASICS or join a STEAM² TEAM at $49/year
*100% net proceeds will benefit the various hosting LEAGUE partners.
Main Contact: Josh Williams, National Project Director
Programs Offered: 12 week programs – February 1 – April 30, 2021
Cost: Join for FREE with our Advance the Dream Community BASICS or join a STEAM² TEAM at $49/year
*100% net proceeds will benefit the various hosting LEAGUE partners.
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Why a Force for Health Project Now?
Snapshot of Current Health Disparities
Recently, there has been uptick of younger (35 – 49 yrs) African Americans getting sick from diseases that are more prevalent in older age group (50-64 yrs), which is worth concern and call to action now. Yes, individual decisions play a large role, but so do the Social Determinants of Health, so it will take a highly coordinated and collaborative approach to educate our citizens and civic leaders to this alarming trend to start reversing this rate back down as quickly as possible.
Did you know?
African Americans are at highest risk for the top 5 health conditions that cause sickness and even death, starting with babies…
As babies – Infant mortality rates are 2.5 times higher than all other races, regardless of income ( https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-08-01/black-babies-at-highest-risk-of-infant-mortality
Stroke – Risk of having a first stroke is nearly twice as high for African Americans as for white Caucasians, and African Americans have the highest rate of death due to stroke (source: https://www.cdc.gov/stroke/facts.htm)
Diabetes – African American have the second highest diabetes rates, behind Native Americans and Pacific Islanders
Heart Disease – More than twice as likely to die from heart disease than other whites and hispanics
Cancer – African Americans are have highest incident rates of lung and prostate cancer, along with the highest death rates, adding breast cancer death rates, as wellcauses
We all can be the FORCE for CHANGE...
but it starts with owning your own health now,
then working with others to challenge the inequities
that are affecting health outcomes for ALL Americans
Take the first step to Advance the DREAM
Increase our Knowledge about African American History & the Social Determinants of Health
This video series challenge features student produced videos, working alongside national mentors and thought leaders.
Force for Health® Intern Projects to Demonstrate Why This May Be the Case
The goals of the program will be:
- Challenge participants to be proactive about their own health now, with access to free resources and health tracking tools
- Connect interested participants with community learning and impact engagement projects designed to build leadership and management skills, and add to their resume or portfolio of deliverables
- Incentivize engagement by gamifying activities into a Healthy LEAGUE Challenge, with an opportunity for prizes and recognition within the Force for Health® Network
- Increase access and exposure to multiple health and science-based population health and impact based professional pipeline development
- Create measurable impacts and health outcomes collaboratively
- Develop a new, sustainable revenue stream that is easy and fun to execute
- Help build a replicable and scalable model that can grow into a National Program, then shared with other Divine Nine members who want to follow
Timelines & Roadmap
April 25, 2020
Angel Capital Association hosts 60 Min Community vChat to discuss why Funding Minority Produced Start-Ups is Critical
April 25, 2020
July 6 - July 31, 2020
You Do Matter, a non-profit based in LA, focused on connecting 4th – 12th grade teens with technology and empowerment programs, goes National through the Force for Health™ Network, launching a 5 week virtual summer STEAM² Camp Experience, with special focus on Advance the DREAM Module
This 4 week innovative program offers fun-filled project based learning with incentives for rising 4th through 12th grade students.
Each week, STEAM campers jump into action, participating in exciting STEAM projects, Becoming a Force for Health, advocacy literacy with technology, advancing your health literacy, community resiliency and concluding with their own invention or final IDEAS project to be presented to their community as their final project.
Our campers have the opportunity to expand their horizons during the summer, embarking on new adventures, and having fun! Our exceptional program and dedicated staff create an environment that forges lifelong friendships among our campers. We create a summer experience which us both history making and unforgettable!
July 6 - July 31, 2020
January 15, 2021
You Do Matter hosts Harry Johnson, Executive Director for the MLK Memorial Foundation for special tribute to Dr. King
January 15, 2021
January 18, 2021
2 You Do Steam Student Poems included in Official MLK Memorial Foundation Tribute Video
January 18, 2021
January 29, 2021
Special Activation Launch at APA Louisiana State Convention
The Force for Health® Network proudly sponsors up to 100 Alpha Phi Alpha Chapter and Alumni, starting with a state wide step challenge. Each participating member will receive a 12 month Ambassador’s Pack, which includes a personalized health risk assessment, unlimited access to BASICS and 360° Academy, Virtual Wellness Club, Community Builder and fundraising tools for some healthy, virtual, fun competition this spring.
January 29, 2021
Feb 1 - April 30
V.I.P. Community L.E.A.G.U.E.S.
Active seasons
The Force for Health® Network launches the Virtual Interactive Platforms for Community Leaders Engaged in Actions and Goals that Unify & Empower Societies.
Our systems are designed to connect and motivate all stakeholders in the community, from individuals to leaders, to MOVE, LEARN, SERVE & EARN in a fun, community competition.
Join for free with BASICS and connect to your favorite groups, or upgrade to an Ambassador or. STEAM2 TEAM Player to compete in the practice of healthier citizenship.
STEAM² TEAMS connect and prepare for their community impact & IDEAS Projects.
Feb 1 - April 30
March 7 - March 21, 2021
Special tribute and fundraising period for participating STEAM² TEAMS with a 15 Day Virtual Marchethon Challenge, honoring the Selma March for voter rights.
We challenge everybody to join for free to walk 108K steps, which is equivalent to the 54 miles that the civil rights protesters marched back in 1965 to ensure voting rights in Alabama.
Or upgrade to a VIP Pass, for $49, which will deliver an entire year’s worth of access, resources and challenges that help support healthier citizenship and engagement for everybody, while giving back.
A percentage of net proceeds will benefit the hosting organization and the MLK Memorial Foundation.
March 7 - March 21, 2021