“LifeStylez Community Health Expo,” A Free Event Presented by DKBmed and Chainless Change
Saturday, 11/09/2024-, 11:30 pm-03:30 pm
Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park
2520 NW 6th Street,
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33311
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Cost: Free
DKBmed, an integrated continuing medical education company, and Chainless Change, a Fort Lauderdale-based peer-led nonprofit organization offering recovery, advocacy, and support to those impacted by the criminal justice system, will present “LifeStylez Community Health Expo,” a community health fair on November 9, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Reverend Samuel Delevoe Memorial Park (2520 NW 6th Street in Fort Lauderdale). The health fair is part of a larger initiative Rebuilding Lives: Improving Care in HIV, designed to improve HIV outcomes for formerly incarcerated individuals.
The health expo has a special focus on formerly incarcerated individuals who often lack access to health care testing, treatment, and knowledge. It is an opportunity to educate these individuals, link them to health services, and help reintegrate them into life after incarceration.
All are welcome to engage with health professionals, learn about disease prevention and engage in self-care activities such as massages and yoga. Attendees can access free HIV and STI testing, as well as free screenings provided by Holy Cross Health Services for hepatitis C, colon cancer and diabetes. Additionally, there will be free food and raffle prizes for those who take advantage of the free health screenings and resources plus entertainment from South Florida’s WEDR 99 Jamz radio station.
Participating organizations include OIC of South Florida, SunServe, F Fentanyl Inc., AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Oxford House, EatWell Exchange, Care Resource, TRIO Educational Opportunity Center at Broward College, MAV massage aesthetics vanity, FLITE Center, Ambetter operated by Sunshine Health, Fellowship Recovery Community Organization, Fairway Future Golf, The Poverello Center, South Florida Afro Pride Federation INC, 1 Smile,
Yoga 4 Change, Crystal Love Therapy with Life Gardening Tools, and Community Based Connections.
Registration for the health expo is recommended, but not required, at www.eventbrite.com/e/lifestylez-community-health-expo-tickets-1033738939997. For more information, call 954-395-2961 or email info@chainlesschange.org.
