(From Health Well Newsletter)
Springtime is the Season of the Liver
and Gallbladder
Spring is the time when
nature rises from her long
winter nap. Like nature,
liver energy also rises in
spring.
According to Chinese
medicine, the liver is
responsible for many of the
important functions
necessary for maintaining
good health.
One of its most crucial functions is to facilitate the
free flow of Qi (life force energy) and blood
throughout the body. This is necessary to ensure
proper nourishment for every cell, tissue, tendon,
muscle, and organ. If the
free flow of Qi and blood is
blocked, the liver energy will
rise too quickly or too
slowly.
When Qi is blocked, an array
of symptoms may appear
such dizziness, migraines,
"lump" in throat, or
distending pain around the
ribs; women may experience
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Love Your Liver - Key to Good Health
HEALTHY CONNECTIONS
EMPOWERING OUR COMMUNITY ONE "BODY" AT A TIME
Wellness Program of the African People's Education & Defense Fund, Inc. April 2004
1327 Dr. ML King (9th) Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33705 (727) 821-2437
Spring Cleaning
For the Mind & Body
Learn about Effective Detox Methods
Thursday, April 22 6:00pm
APEDF Wellness Center
1327 Dr. ML King St. So.
(rear), St. Pete
(727) 824-5670 or 821-2437
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Support Uhuru Basketball............Page 2
African Power Health Fair
& Weight Lifting Exhibition
Coming June 4-5 .......................Page 3
Key to Losing Your Stomach.................Page 4
Supplement of the month Milk Thistle...Page 5
Barbequed Lemon Chicken Recipe.........Page 7
APEDF Celebrates
Community Hero
Boxer Winky Wright
On March 27, 2004 the African
People's Education and Defense
Fund (APEDF) sponsored a victory
celebration for our community hero
boxing champion Ronald "Winky"
Wright.
Winky returned to St. Petersburg
after winning a decisive victory on
March 13 in Las Vegas over Sugar
Shane Mosley, with an
estimated 400 loyal St.
Petersburg fans in
attendance chanting
"Winky, Winky!"
For the first time in 29
years, Wright united the
IBF, WBA
and WBC titles,
standing undisputed in junior
Mukasa Ricks speaking at the APEDF
African Martyr's Day program Feb. 22, 2004
middleweight class. The free event
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APEDF President Ironiff Ifoma presents Winky Wright an award
"From the Heart of the Hood" with Keith Mtundu Stewart (left)
displaying Winky's championship belt. Photo by Pop Lancaster
took place at the Coliseum in St.
Petersburg, with about 1,500 people in
attendance. Everyone was in their
Sunday best as we honored our
champion Winky Wright and showed
how much he means to this
community. Local boxing fans and
community supporters had a chance to
meet and congratulate our hometown
hero. There was also a showcase of
talent that featured Bombai, Life, and
the Uhuru Band.
APEDF President Ironiff Ifoma
presented Winky with an award "From
the Heart of the Hood" in
acknowledgement of the example he
has set for all of us. He is an
inspiration and a model of health and
achievement for our youth and our
community. And while the African
community gets portrayed as full of
drugs and crime,
Winky Wright is truly representative
of the high caliber and potential of our
young people if they are given the
chance to succeed. This is the third
event in several years that APEDF has
held to acknowledge what a treasure
we have in Winky Wright while the
City, local newspapers and others have
refused him the recognition and
ignored his tremendous success.
Uhuru Movement leader Omali
Yeshitela began his special
presentation by telling Winky that
"You were my champion, long before
you won this fight." Like the African
community's struggle for economic
and social justice, Winky had to fight
long and hard, isolated and without
broad support, for everything he got,
Yeshitela explained. He is a shining
example of discipline, dedication and
achievement in the face of adversity.
Winky exemplifies the incredible
talent, too often unrecognized, that
abounds in our community.
Abasi Baruti of the International
People's Democratic Uhuru
Movement made a special appeal for
everyone to support the legal fight of
Keith Mtundu Stewart, corner man,
personal trainer, and long time close
friend of Winky Wright. Mtundu is
facing felony charges for speaking
out against the police who were
brutalizing an African man they were
arresting at BayWalk on October 3,
2003. Mtundu is also an example of
courage and principle for all of us to
stand up for the rights and dignity of
African people.
Guest of honor Winky Wright
thanked everyone for the long years
of support that got him to where he is.
He thanked those who came to Las
Vegas and said when in the ring he
could hear the chanting and that
helped push him on through the 12
rounds. Winky encouraged all the
young people to be dedicated, work
hard, not to listen to discouraging
words, and said you can achieve
anything you want. He also thanked
the Uhuru Movement for always
supporting him.
APEDF gives a special thanks to our
sponsors who helped offset the
tremendous costs of the event:
Attorney Grady Irvin, Lundy's
Liquors, Liberty Taxes, Saffron's
Restaurant & Catering, and the
diehard Winky Wright Fan Club.
Many thanks to everyone who
attended the event and donated
whatever they could. We also very
much appreciate the raffle donation
from Mtundu of the corner jacket,
and raffle donation from Winky
Wright of the signed pair of boxing
gloves that helped this truly
grassroots effort by APEDF, the
people's organization. APEDF's
various requests to City of St. Pete
for sponsorship or assistance went
ignored.
Winky Wright
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This event would not have been
possible without the hard work and
dedication of the ad hoc committee
who planned and organized it in record
time: Tisha Cassaway, Angela Waller,
Val Sanders, Cherice Cureton, Alvelita
Donaldson, Cassandra Floyd, Sandy
Thompson, Tamara Wilcox, Ironiff
Ifoma, Damon Reio, Kitty Reilly,
Mtundu Stewart, and Abasi Baruti.
APEDF is now planning a City-wide
parade "From the Heart of the Hood"
on Saturday, April 24
th
to recognize
and appreciate Winky Wright and all
those who will follow him; to raise all
our unsung heroes and showcase our
talent in all areas of athletics,
entertainment, business, etc.
Please join this committee to put on
the parade by calling APEDF at 727-
821-2437. Let's make this an annual
parade and festival with crafts, food,
and culture to recognize and assist
people in creating economic
opportunities for their talents. Join
with APEDF and Winky Wright in
championing for recognition and
economic development for our local
artists, rappers, singers, poets, small
businesses for our achievers and for
the tremendous potential in our
community.
"You were my champion, long before this fight," said Omali Yeshitela, Uhuru Movement leader,
addressing the crowd at the Winky Wright Victory Celebration on March 27th at the Coliseum.