HMHW 2010
Minority Health Week Kicks Off In Houston
Houston, TX – (April 7, 2010) – To launch Minority Health Week in Houston (April 22 - 24, 2010) Houston Style Magazine and the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services will host The Minority Health Week VIP Reception on Friday, April 23 at Jones Plaza (6 - 9 pm) and the 4th Annual Houston Multicultural Health Festival at four City of Houston Multi-Service Centers (MSC).
Minority Health Week Activities Unfold During Press Conference At City Hall Rotunda
Mayor Annise Parker and Minority Health Week supporters unite to bring public awareness to Minority Health Week activities in Houston
(April 22 – 24, 2010)
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Houston Style Magazine Teams Up With City Of Houston Health Department And UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center – Centers For Research On Minority Health - To Host Minority Health Week In April 2010
Houston, TX (March 5, 2010) – In celebration of Minority Health Week (April 19-24, 2010) Houston Style Magazine, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Centers for Research on Minority Health and the City of Houston Department of Health and Human Services will launch Minority Health Week in Houston with the following activities: The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Centers for Research on Minority Health’s 10th Anniversary Luncheon Symposium; The Minority Health Week VIP Reception and the 4th Annual Houston Multicultural Health Festival..
Dear Media
To launch Minority Health Week (MHW) in Houston, the Host Minority Health Week Committee has planned
three major events; the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Center’s for Research on Minority Health’s (CRMH) 10th
Anniversary Luncheon Symposium; the Minority Health Week VIP Reception and the 4th Annual Multicultural
Health Festival (formerly Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival.) We are excited about having your participation
again this year and we look forward to hosting the CRMH Luncheon, coordinating a dynamic VIP Reception to
honor our luncheon and health festival sponsors and to putting on another first class festival that will continue
the Annual Multicultural Health Festival’s professional reputation as the largest multicultural health festival in the
state of Texas!
HJMHF 2009
2009 Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival Becomes Largest Health Event in Texas: Department of Health and Human Services Moves Festival Indoors to the Cool George R. Brown k
Houston, TX (May 22, 2009) - With health Houston’s Department of Health and Human Services joins the 3rd Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival (HJMHF) on June 13th to promote its MAN UP Initiative. The Festival moves indoors to the George R. Brown Convention Center, Hall A. With more than 180,000 square feet of air-conditioned exhibit space, this year’s Festival becomes the largest health event in Texas. The 2009 MAN UP Festival grew out of National Men’s Health Week. Both events seek to promote the healthy lifestyles necessary to reduce the maladies that plague Houston’s multicultural community and to drive awareness to the health needs of our men and boys.
HJMHF 2008
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Kicks off June 21 in Discovery Green Park
Houston, TX (May 23, 2008) - With health care emerging as a top issue in this year's presidential election and the cost of health care continuing to rise, the second annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival (HJMHF) presented by UnitedHealth Group will offer Houston residents a fun and informative opportunity to focus on health enhancement for the entire family...
Houston Mayor Bill White Announces his support of the Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival at Press Conference
HOUSTON, TX (May 30, 2008) - During a press conference today at the Houston City Hall, Mayor Bill White announced his support of the 2nd Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival (HJMHF) along with State Representative Al Edwards taking place from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m., on Saturday, June 21, 2008, at Houston's premier downtown park attraction - Discovery Green. The HJMHF family health and entertainment event is FREE to the public...
Symposium and conference look at diseases affecting African Americans and Hispanics; part of the second annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival
Houston, TX (June 4, 2008) - About 400 medical officials, community leaders, pastors and business owners will gather in downtown Houston during the second annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival (HJMHF) presented by UnitedHealth Group for a symposium and conference that focuses on chronic life-threatening diseases affecting African Americans and Hispanic Americans...
Author of Juneteenth state holiday legislation endorses the second annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival
State Representative Al Edwards, who is known as "the father" of the Juneteenth holiday in Texas, has endorsed the second annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival presented by UnitedHealth Group as an officially sanctioned event of Al Edwards' Juneteenth USA.
Parade kicks off the Juneteenth holiday
Second Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival opens at the end of the parade
The 35th annual Juneteenth Freedom Parade will wind its way through downtown Houston streets June 21, kicking off a day of family-centered activities associated with the Second Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival
Real Men Cook: cooking competition celebrates positive male role models
Move over Rachael Ray and Martha Stewart, these real men are ready to rattle some pots and pans to prepare their favorite home-cooked dishes during the June 21 Second Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival.
Addressing Health Disparities In Minority Populations
Medicine, technology and the attentiveness to preventive medicine has caused dramatic improvements in the life expectancy and overall health of the population. However, not all Americans have benefited from these developments..
Dear Media
UnitedHeath Group presents the 2nd Annual Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival (HJMHF). Its time again! We are excited about having your participation this year, and we look forward to putting on a first class festival that will continue the Houston Juneteenth Multicultural Health Festival's professional reputation as the largest multicultural health festival in the state of Texas!
