September is National Prostate Health Month, also known as National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month is observed every September in North America by health experts, health advocates, and individuals concerned with men’s prostate health and prostate cancer.
Real Men Cook and Real Men Charities have long been involved in Prostate Health Awareness initiatives. Real Men Charities, Inc. under the leadership of Ranoule Tatum, Health and Wellness program manager, is a M.A.P (Making Awareness a Priority) partner to prevent prostate cancer and reduce deaths related to prostate cancer in Chicago, New York and Atlanta.
Our September issue gives us another opportunity to create awareness among African American men of the importance of maintaining their prostate health, with annual health screenings. Please share it with any brothers you know. We have lost too many valuable brothers to this insidious and devastating disease.
In Prostate Health Awareness: An Interview with Virgil Simon, MPA, Simon, founder of Prostate Net, a worldwide prostate health awareness organization, Mr. Simon explains prostate health maintenance and prostate cancer prevention and treatment from a clinical perspective. As a prostate cancer survivor he became an advocate, organizer and educator.
Conventional medical treatment for Prostate Health is only one part of the equation. Isaac Monroe shares his story of having been diagnosed with prostate cancer twice, and how he combined medical treatment with holistic and nutritional treatment the second time for a sure and permanent win.
Once you read these two great stories, your appetite for reading will probably be aroused and you may be hungry for more information. Writer, Ivy Woods satisfies that hunger with a listing of books on prostate cancer health, along with reasons why reading in general is healthy for everyone.
Deborah Easton tackles mental health issues among African American men, along with solutions, in Black Men Suffering in Silence. Even if you don’t have a specific problem, this article may motivate you to become more aware of your mental health. Keeping your mental health in balance is just as important as maintaining your physical health.
In fact, your physical health is very much connected to your mental, spiritual and especially emotional health, as Dr. Sheldon Ceaser explains in the article, Emotional Healing. Dr. Ceaser is a board-certified MD who practices integrative and holistic medicine at his South Side Chicago office. Over nearly 40 years of practice, he has discovered how and why our emotions guide our lives.
PR Guru Melody McDowell, who is a tennis lover herself, interviews Kamau Murray, and introduces us to his dream tennis venue, XTennis Village, hailed as the nation’s largest minority tennis organization. Besides XTennis Village, Kamau Murray also created XSTEF, a program to support underserved youth.
It was the murder of our native son, Emmett Louis Till, that spawned the end of Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement, and even though much has been done in the name of Emmett Till, his family continues to demand justice. In this article Deborah Watts reveals what the Emmett Till Legacy Foundation has been doing in its continuing struggle to obtain justice, and what we can do to help. Although this issue won’t come out in time for an August 28 protest, let’s show up with our online photos in September!
On September 25, Live at the Quarry, the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs presents the Chicago Blues Club City Tour featuring Freddie Dixon’s Chicago Blues Allstars, with special guest Emcee, Big James.
We’re also inviting all of our readers and their guests to our FREE Labor Day Blues Show Monday, September 6 at the Quarry Event Center, 2324 East 75th Street. The show starts at 6 pm.
You’ll find our magazine in businesses, cultural institutions, even Aldermen’s offices, and you can also access the full issue at http://southsidedrivemag.com. Please visit and share!
