At the beginning of the year I mentioned that 2008 would be landmark. And now February is here. Super Tuesday is in 5 days. And the world is watching our country to see if we can change the course of our history and more towards progress and prosperity. You can change the world. There are so many positive events going on this month. Imagine the shortest month in the year would be the one that is most noteworthy for consciousness raising efforts on many topics.
First, today is National Wear Red Day. Heart Disease is the number one killer of women nationwide.
Celebrate National Wear Red Day—February 1, 2008—a day when Americans nationwide wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness.
The Heart Truth—a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease—created and introduced the Red Dress as the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness in 2002 to deliver an urgent wakeup call to American women. The Red Dress reminds women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspires them to take action. National Wear Red Day promotes the symbol and provides an opportunity for everyone to unite in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, or Red Dress Pin.
Join the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; Office on Women's Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; WomenHeart: the National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease; American Heart Association; and many other groups to promote National Wear Red Day in your local community. Visit the National Wear Red Day online toolkit for free ideas and materials designed to help you spread The Heart Truth.
And of course, February is Black History Month. But the idea is to not only express black facts, but also to look at ways to get involved to improve conditions for people of color and all people of the world starting today.Did you know that Barack Obama was the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review?
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