Arletha Manlove, President and CEO of the Lupus Foundation of America, KC Chapter
September 7, 2008
Arletha Manlove, is an African American woman who is the President and CEO of the Lupus Foundation of American in Kansas City, Missouri.
History about the Kansas City Chapter of the Lupus Foundation of America
The Lupus Foundation of America, Kansas City Chapter, Inc. (LFA, KC) was founded in 1979 and joined in the national organization (incorporated in 1977) immediately. The chapter stated with dedicated people and a goal of helping those in the community with lupus know they are not alone. The LFA, KC is dedicated to improving the quality of life for lupus patients and their loved ones by providing education, support and outreach services, and promoting programs of awareness, advocacy, and research. We understand the isolation and fear lupus patients often feel when they are first diagnosed. We also recognize the impact the disease can have on other family members. Our education and support programs are designed to empower patients to actively participate in their own health care to hopefully improve disease outcome and enhance their quality of life.
The Kansas City Chapter distributes 6 newsletters, the award winning Lupus Now magazines (3 per year), hosts awareness seminars, educational lupus learning`s, support groups, volunteer trainings, The Walk for Lupus Now fundraising event and educational materials to support and educate those affected by lupus.
We are also committed to increasing community awareness and program revenues by focusing public attention on lupus. We realize that early diagnosis and treatment are vital components in reducing the physical and economic impact of the disease. The LFA – Kansas City Chapter strongly support increased research funding that will enable scientists to identify the cause, develop faster diagnostic measures, safer, more effective treatments, and ultimately, discover the cure to eradicate this devastating disease.
Contact Information
Lupus Foundation of America, Kansas City Chapter
6700 Troost, Suite 501
Kansas City, MO 64131-4403
(816) 761-0850 phone
(816) 361-0446 fax
(866) 761-0850 Toll free
info@lifewithlupus.org
ceo@lifewithlupus.org
walk@lifewithlupus.org
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Mark Bowland Shares Scenic Walks on KC Trails
September 7, 2008
Mark Bowland is the Central Region Manager of the Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation Department
Mark Bowland, an African American, is trying to increase awareness about natural trails throughout the Kansas City area.
This article was featured in the magazine, “Only Health Matters”, September, 2006
Americans are eating too much and moving too little. About 65 percent of American adults are obese. Recent research shows that moderate activity, such as walking for 30 minutes a day, provides major health benefits.
The Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation has more than twenty-nine exercise trails for your walking pleasure. Safe, clean exercise trails are located throughout the Kansas City Park System:
- Mill Creek Park trail, JC Nichols Parkway, 0.96 mile
- Parade Park trail, Paseo and Truman Road, 0.30 mile
- Loose Park trail, 51st and Wornall, 2.57 miles
- Bannister Park trail, 9800 James A. Reed Road, 0.53 mile
- Platte Purchase Park, N.W. 100th Plate Purchase Drive, 1.00 mile
These are a few trails within the park system.
Come on, get off the couch and join the thousands of other Kansas Citians who have chosen a healthier way o fliving, visit one of YOUR trails today.
For more information concerning a trail near you, please contact the Kansas City, MO Parks and Recreation at 816.513.7500 or online at www.kcmo.org/parks.
Happy Trails.
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Kansas City Black Doctors
September 7, 2008
African American Physicians in Kansas City work in all sorts of medical specialities including gynecology/obstetrics, internal medicine, dermatology, and more.
Finding Black Doctors in Missouri, just like finding other black business people is difficult across the state.
This page on BlackMissouri.com is dedicated to providing free listings of African American doctors located in Kansas City, Overland Park, Fort Leonardwood, St. Louis, Raytown, Lee’s Summit, St. Charles, Sikeston, Columbia, and more. So if you know of a black doctor, please send the following to: blackmissouri1 @ yahoo dot com
Physicians Name
Area of Specialty
Address
Phone Number
That’s it! We need your help to find Black physicians in Missouri.
Anthony Buren, M.D.
Internal Medicine
| Medical School: | Univ. of Missouri - Columbia | |
| Residency: | St. John’s Mercy Medical Center | |
| Board Certified: | Internal Medicine |
Washington Muro, M.D.
Internal Medicine
| Medical School: | American Univ. of the Caribbean | |
| Residency: | Providence Hospital | |
| Board Certified: | Internal Medicine | |
| “I believe in empowering patients with the tools necessary for them to feel comfortable enough to discuss their most pressing issues with me”. | ||
Karla Houston-Gray, MDMetropolitan Multispecialty
Physicians Group
2525 E. Meyer Blvd.
Kansas City MO 64132
816 523-7000
Metropolitan Multispecialty
Physicians Group
2525 E. Meyer Blvd.
Kansas City MO 64132
816 523-7000
Kehinde Morohunfola, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Kenny
Center Medical Director
Internal Medicine
| Medical School: | Univ. of Ife Medical School, Pennsylvania State Univ. College of Medicine | |
| Residency: | Hershey Medical Center | |
| Board Certified: | Internal Medicine |
Teresa Marshall, M.D.
Family Practice
| Medical School: | Univ. of Kansas School of Medicine | |
| Residency: | Goppert Family Care Center Baptist Medical Center |
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| Board Certified: | Family Practice |
Edward Wortham, M.D.
Internal Medicine
| Medical School: | Univ. of Missouri - Kansas City, School of Medicine | |
| Residency: | St. Joseph’s Hospital; Northwestern Univ. School of Medicine | |
| Board Eligible: | Internal Medicine |
Sequita Richardson, M.D.
Dr. Richardson completed medical school at the University of Missouri, Kansas City in 1997. She completed a residency in Family Practice in June, 2000, at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri. Dr. Richardson has been with the Encompass Medical Group Hickman Mills Clinic Office since September, 2003.
(Swope Health also has a host of African American Physicians in the Kansas City area.)
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Ruth Ramsey, Black Businesswoman in Kansas City
September 7, 2008
Ruth Ramsey is founder of:
Ramsey and Associates Design Inc.
Primary SIC: Converted Paper & Paperboard Prod Nec, Primary NAICS: All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Description: Manufacturing: Converted Paper & Paperboard Prod Nec
Additionally, her company offers namebadges called More Than Hello and she publishes a bimonthly magazine called: “Our Health Matters”
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Lucille Bluford, Obituary of Kansas City Heroine
September 2, 2008
Lucille Bluford blazed trail in civil rights
Former editor of newspaper dead at 91.
From staff and wire reports
Published Sunday, June 15, 2003
A prominent black editor and publisher who sued the University of Missouri-Columbia for the right to attend journalism courses died Friday.
Lucile Bluford, longtime editor and publisher of The Call newspaper in Kansas City, was 91.
Bluford, who suffered a stroke five years ago, had been hospitalized for several days with an infection before she died, the Associated Press reported. Read more
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Court Upholds Exclusion of Lucille Bluford from University of Missouri on Ground of Segregation
September 2, 2008
Article regarding Lucille Bluford’s attempt to enter the University of Missouri’s School of Journalism:
New York Herald Tribune
New York Times
July 9, 1941
Court Upholds Missouri Exclusion of Negro From University on Ground of Segregation
The Missouri Supreme Court today affirmed a lower court decision denying to Lucille Bluford, editor of a Kansas City Negro newspaper, entrance to the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
The court said that the State, by law, had ordered equal facilities for negroes at Lincoln University and that Miss Bluford would be entitled to enter the school at Columbia only if Lincoln was unable to provide the course she sought.
“It is the duty of this court to maintain Missouri’s policy of segregation so long as it does not come in conflict with the Federal Constitution,” the court said in an unanimous opinion by Judge Albert W. Clark.
Miss Bluford’s failure to demand that Lincoln University furnish her graduate work in journalism before she attempted to enter the University of Missouri caused the court to uphold a decision of Boone County Circuit Court denying her entrance.
Miss Bluford, 30, managing editor of the Kansas City Call, tried to enter the university graduate school of journalism in January and September, 1939.
S.W. Canada, registrar, denied entrance to her because she was a Negro, and she sued for a writ of mandamus to compel him to enroll her.
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