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Awakening the Spirit Project Team |
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In our lifetimes, we have watched family and community members struggle to live with diabetes. So it is with great urgency that the Awakening the Spirit Project Team asks Native people to gain the knowledge and skills to prevent diabetes, and to live in holistic balance with diabetes for a long, healthy life.
On a spiritual level, Native people understand we are responsible for taking care of our bodies first. Positive lifestyle choices can help our families, our communities, and ourselves.
Native communities should join forces to prevent and manage diabetes. Remember that we are not alone. Lessons learned through traditional ways of living and the strength we have as a people are effective tools to fight diabetes.
2007-2008 Awakening the Spirit Project Team
Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH, Chair
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Patricia Burr
Shawano, Wisconsin
Natalie “Tasha” Kama
Wailuku, Hawaii
Kelly R. Moore, MD
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
Albuquerque, New Mexico
John Pipe
Wolf Point, Montana
Lorraine Valdez, RN MPA CDE
IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Regina Lamar Whitewolf, MHR
Anadarko, Oklahoma
Brenda Broussard, RD MPH MBA CDE BC-ADM
ATS Program Coordinator
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Iris Hunter
Managing Director, Community Initiatives
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, Virginia
Monique Lindsy
Associate Manager, Community Initiatives
American Diabetes Association
Alexandria, Virginia
Gale Marshall
Canton, N.C.
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