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http://www.multi-culturalhealth.org/

Multi-Cultural. It's not just an important concept. It is the very essence of who we are and what we do.
Since 1976, we have worked in partnership with individuals, groups and organizations in the community to promote health and well-being in diverse communities. Our mission is to promote the health and well-being of diverse communities--including individuals from communities of color, individuals with limited English proficiency, immigrants and refugees--through innovative health advocacy, health promotion, disease prevention, and immigrant and refugee service programs.

Our approach is firmly grounded in the principle that effective responses to health issues must be generated in partnership with the community and meet evolving community needs. Therefore, we hire staff who reflect and understand the communities with which they work and who work through and within community networks to ensure support for our programs and services. 

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Center for Multicultural Health’s Devon Love (middle) with women ministers and one of the mothers of Freedom Church.

Members were asked to wear the color red to signify the symbol for heart disease and promote awareness of the disease in the community.
The goal of “Healthy Sundays” is to improve the health status of African Americans ages 18 and over by addressing five of the primary, modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes. The Center for Multicultural Health has reach individuals in African American churches through outreach, education and behavioral risk factor assessments.

Through additional funding provided by STEPS, CMCH compiled and distributed “Healthy Sundays Educational Kits” containing resources to aid churches. Freedom Church in West Seattle received one of the educational kits and has used it to promote small scale policy change within the church.
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“Healthy Sundays” Project Coordinator Devon Love spoke during the service and recognized the church for its push toward awareness and for taking an active stand by participating in the risk factor screenings.