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AMHC Quarterly Commissioner’s Meeting - July 2020
Event Date: July 16, 2020 | 9 - 11 a.m.
Location: Zoom
Contact: Onekia Freeman
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The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) will host its quarterly commissioner's meeting to discuss the progress of the agency.
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COVID-19 Resources and Information
Event Date: April 28, 2020
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AMHC Quarterly Commissioner’s Meeting - April 2020
Event Date: April 16, 2020 | 1 - 3 p.m.
Location: Zoom
Contact: Onekia Freeman
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The AMHC meets quarterly with its Commissioners to discuss agency updates.
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Postponed: AMHC 6th Biennial Minority Health Summit
Event Date: April 17, 2020 | 7:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Four Points by Sheraton | 925 S. University | Little Rock, AR 72204
Contact: Onekia Freeman | 501-683-4970
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This event has been postponed. A new event date will be announced at a later time. If you've already purchased your ticket for the event, your purchase will be honored for the rescheduled event date.
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Chicot Memorial Medical Center Community Health & Wellness Expo
Event Date: April 18, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1411 Park St. Lake Village, AR
Contact: LaJuan Scales | 870-265-9314
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Superior Worksite Wellness
Event Date: March 18, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Chicot Memorial Medical Center | 2729 S. Highway 65 Lake Village, AR 71653
Contact: Lois Ashley
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Howard County Minority Health Fair & Community Festival
Event Date: March 28, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1301 S. Mill St. Nashville, AR
Contact: Odessa Darrough | 501-960-2569
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Break the Silence Vol. 2
Event Date: March 7, 2020 | Noon - 2 p.m.
Location: Shorter College | 604 Locust St. North Little Rock, AR 72114
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Mount Pleasant AME Church and AMHC’s Spring Fest
Event Date: March 7, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: 1201 N. Magnolia St. Pine Bluff, AR 71601
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Dermott School Worksite Wellness Event
Event Date: February 27, 2020 | 8:30 a.m. - noon
Location: 525 E. Speedway | Dermott, AR 71638
Contact: Kathy Childers
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Community Health Fair in Marianna
Event Date: April 1, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 523 Forrest Ave.
Contact: LaFay Broadway | 870-295-5225
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AMHC’s Feb. Community Health Screening Day
Event Date: February 5, 2020 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1501 S. Main St. Suite A
Contact: Beatriz Mondragon
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AMHC Quarterly Commissioner’s Meeting and Community Forum
Event Date: January 16, 2020 | 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Bethel AME Church | 1220 Carmichael St., Malvern, AR 72104
Contact: Onekia Freeman | 501-683-4970
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Future Builders’ 15th Annual HIV/Tobacco Prevention and Awareness Symposium
Event Date: December 3, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: Community Empowerment Center | 4701 Dollarway Rd., Pine Bluff, AR
Contact: Linder Conley
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The goal of the symposium is to provide an opportunity for health professionals, tobacco prevention professionals and community members (both youth and adults) to confront the challenges of HIV prevention/intervention and tobacco prevention in the state of Arkansas.
The symposium theme is Moving to the Next Level: Integrated Strategies to Release the Grip of HIV/AIDS and Tobacco Use Within Our Communities. This year the symposium presents 20 minute mini sessions featuring individuals involved in community clinics, universities, AIDS service organizations, community-based organizations, faith-based organizations and social agencies.
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AMHC Decemeber Community Health Screening Day
Event Date: December 4, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1501 S. Main St., Little Rock, AR
Contact: Beatriz Mondragon
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Come out for your free health screenings!
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Save AR Future Free Health Screenings
Event Date: October 29, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Shorter College | Henderson State University
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AMHC’s Monthly Community Health Screening Day
Event Date: November 6, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1501 S. Main St. Suite A, Little Rock, AR 72202
Contact: Onekia Freeman | 501.483-4970
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Stop by and meet the AMHC team before getting your free preventive screenings for glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, weight, BMI, and HIV. We'll now be offering flu shots as well. No appointment or forms of identification are necessary.
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AMHC Commissioner’s Meeting
Event Date: October 17, 2019 | 10 a.m. - Noon
Location: https://zoom.us/j/680781975
Contact: Onekia Freeman
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The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) will host its quarterly commissioner's meeting to discuss the progress of the agency.
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Healthy Living Lunch and Learn
Event Date: October 17, 2019 | 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Dee Brown Library | 6325 Baseline Rd, Little Rock, AR 72209
Contact: Registration required: 1-877-926-8300
Healthy living is within your reach, and there are practical steps you can take right now to stay healthy or improve your wellness. Join us for a lunch and learn about ways to live a healthier life as you age. Flu shots provided at no cost to you. Bring your insurance card.
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National Night Out
Event Date: October 1, 2019 | 5:30 - 7 p.m.
Location: 6401 Baseline Road, Little Rock, AR
Contact: Valeria Tate | 501-584-7774
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National Night Out is an annual event designed to strengthen our communities by encouraging neighborhoods to engage in stronger relationships with each other and with local law enforcement.
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AMHC Community Health Screening Day
Event Date: October 2, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 1501 S. Main St. Little Rock, AR 72202
Contact: Beatriz Mondragon
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Stop by and meet the AMHC team before getting your free preventive screenings for glucose, cholesterol, blood pressure, weight and BMI! 
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2019 CHCA Annual Conference
Event Date: September 25, 2019
Location: Arlington Hotel | Hot Springs AR
http://www.chc-ar.org/2019conference
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15th Annual Recovery Jam
Event Date: September 30, 2019 | 4 - 8 p.m.
Location: River Market Pavilion, 400 President Clinton Ave., Little Rock, AR
Contact: Sandra Mitchell | 501.663.7221
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Celebrating people in recovery, the people who serve them, and their families.
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Celebrate Maya Project - Youth Writing and History Immersion Workshop
Event Date: August 10, 2019 | 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Arkansas Northeastern College
Contact: Pacey Bowens | 731.286.1811
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This is event is for minority youth ages 12 and up. The purpose is to provide attendees with the necessary health care information along with preserving the history of the Mississippi County minority community.
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5th Annual Hot Springs Community Resource Fair
Event Date: August 10, 2019 | 9 a.m. - Noon
Location: Webb Community Center | 127 Pleasant St., Hot Springs, AR 71901
Contact: Esther Dixon | 501.881.0929 or 501.276.2121
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We're working to create a healthy community through education and engagement.
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3rd Annual Hot Springs Community Health Banquet
Event Date: August 9, 2019 | 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: Hot Springs Event Center | 116 Albert Pike, Ste. C, Hot Springs, AR 71913
Contact: Esther Dixon | 501.881.0929 or 501.276.2121
Community members of all ages are invited to join us!
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Clinton Presidential Center 2019 Back to School Bash
Event Date: August 4, 2019 | 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Location: Jack Stephens Center, UA Little Rock, 2801 S. University Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72204
Contact: Derek Lewis II | 501-207-0711
As many as 3,000 free backpacks filled with school supplies will be distributed to school children and their families.
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Back to School Health Fair and Healthy Lifestyle Camp
Event Date: August 3, 2019 | 8 a.m. - Noon
Location: Willard Proctor, Jr. P.A. Law Firm, 2500 S. State St., Little Rock, AR 72204
Contact: Charlotte Allmon | 501-658-8563
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Back to School Event
Event Date: July 20, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: 4521 John Barrow Rd., Little Rock, AR 72204
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Hooping Out Autism Basketball Camp
Event Date: July 13, 2019 | 10 a.m. - Noon
Location: 1201 Leisure Place, Little Rock, AR 72204
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Quarterly Commissioner’s Meeting
Event Date: July 18, 2019 | 9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Location: Zoom Call
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First Presbyterian Church Food Pantry
Event Date: July 6, 2019 | 9 a.m. - Noon
Location: 901 NE J St. Bentonville, AR 72712
Contact: Beatriz Mondragon
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Helping Neighbors Food Pantry
Event Date: July 2, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 900 W. Huntington Ave. Jonesboro, AR 72401
Contact: Beatriz Mondragon
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Lee County Cooperative and The City of Hughes Arkansas Community Health Fair
Event Date: June 3, 2019 | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Hughes Community Center | 202 N. Broadway | Hughes, AR 72348
Contact: 870-295-5225
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Juneteenth
Event Date: June 15, 2019 | Noon - 6 p.m.
Location: Mosaic Templars Cultural Center
Contact: Sabrina Taylor | 501-683-3617
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Lee County Cooperative Clinic and Marianna Housing Authority Community Health Fair
Event Date: June 21, 2019 | 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: Marianna Housing Authority | 327 Ward Drive | Marianna, AR
Contact: 870-295-5225
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Pampered Ladies Luncheon
Event Date: May 4, 2019 | 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location: ACTS Church, 1224 Franklin St. NLR, AR
Contact: 501-372-3800
The Center for Healing Hearts and Spirits invites you to join us for the 2019 Pampered Ladies Luncheon and Wellness Expo on Saturday, May 4th at the ACTS Church (1224 Franklin, NLR), 8:30 a.m - 1:30 p.m. There is no fee to participate, but seating is limited so you must register by calling 501 372-3800.
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AMHC Commissioner’s Meeting and Open Meeting-Bylaws Review
Event Date: April 19, 2019 | 8 - 9:30 | 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.
Location: 1501 S. Main St.
Contact: Jeffrey Porter
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The Arkansas Minority Health Commission (AMHC) will host its quarterly commissioner's meeting and is proposing a new rule and is releasing it for public comment.
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Colorful Women Female Leadership Summit
Event Date: April 5, 2019
Location: University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
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Education Can Make A Healthier You
Event Date: March 9, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Coronda Community Center | 150 Ponderosa Way, Hot Springs Village, AR
SAVE THE DATE!
Various health screenings and educational materials on various health issues.
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Community Health & Wellness Expo
Event Date: April 13, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Lake Village Expo Center
Free health screenings and educational information provided. Fun for the entire family!
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State of Minority Health Luncheon
Event Date: April 19, 2019 | 11:30 a.m.
Location: William J. Clinton Library and Museum | Great Hall | 1200 President Clinton Avenue
Contact: ShaRhonda Love
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The Arkansas Minority Health Commission will present the 2019 Arkansas Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Survey during the State of Minority Health Luncheon. Health specialists will serve on the event panel and a discussion will follow. A healthy lunch will be provided for guests.
Registation for the luncheon has closed, but viewers can watch the luncheon live here.
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Community Health Fair
Event Date: April 3, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Lee Senior High School Gym | 523 Forrest Ave. Marianna, AR 72360
Contact: LaFay Broadway | 870-295-5225
Activities: General Health Screenings, Career Opportunities, Health Snacks, Door Prizes, Insurance Information, Education, Zumba, Games, Voter Registration, Community Services and MORE!
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Osceola Sponsorship Training
Event Date: March 30, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Broadway Community Outreach, 503 W. Semmes, Osceola, AR 72730
Contact: Louise Scott | 501-686-2722
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This sponsorship training is strictly for health outreach initiatives. Training will cover sponsorship policy, outreach initiatives/partnerships, application process, budget, award process, and reimbursement process. This event is completely free.
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Smackover Sponsorship Training
Event Date: February 23, 2019 | 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Community Resource Center, 108 W. 8th St., Smackover, AR 71762
Contact: Louise Scott | 501-686-2722
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This sponsorship training is strictly for health outreach initiatives. Training will cover sponsorship policy, outreach initiatives/partnerships, application process, budget, award process, and reimbursement process. This event is completely free.
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Healthy Heart, Heart & Soul Health Fair
Event Date: February 2, 2019
Location: 1985 Lee Road 407 Marianna, AR 72360
Contact: Precilla Wade | 870-519-9262
This event is hosted by the Marianna Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Blood presure and glucose screenings will be available.
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Life Is Why - A Go Red event for American Heart Month
Event Date: February 24, 2019 | 12:30 p.m.
Location: Revival Center C.O.G.I.C.
Contact: Mendy Thomas | 870-243-2205 or Aurayia Simpson| 870-267-3947
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Mini Health Fiesta
Event Date: February 2, 2019 | 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: 211 Vandyne St. Jonesboro, AR 72401
Contact: 870-931-1884 | 870-926-1118
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Heal A Heart Symposium
Event Date: February 12, 2019 | 8:45 - 11:45 a.m.
Location: ACTS Church (The Gathering Room) 1224 Franklin St. Little Rock, AR
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Move Your Body Community Forum: “Level Up”
Event Date: February 1, 2019 | 8 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: LA Fitness 11700 Chenal Parkway Little Rock, AR 72211
Contact: Lana Nayles
The Little Rock Chapter of the Links, Inc. is presenting a fun and informative way to get in shape at LA Fitness! The Level Up project will run from February through May 2019. For more information, contact Lana Nayles at 501-960-5866.
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Free Classes for People with Diabetes or Pre-Diabetes
Event Date: January 24, 2019 | 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: Dumas Library, 120 E. Choctaw, Dumas, AR
Contact: Jane Pelkki
Thursday, Jan. 24 - Diabetes Myths & Facts, Moving More
Thursday, Jan. 31 - Eating Well
Thursday, Feb. 7 - Managing High and Low Blood Sugars
Thursday, Feb. 21 - Medications, Preventing Complications
Free meal and giveaways! Classes are open to the public and led by registered dietitian, Jane Pelkki.
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MEGA KINGFEST
Event Date: January 21, 2019 | 3 p.m.
Location: Philander Smith College Gymnasium
Contact: Dushun Scarbrough | 888-290-KING
Doors open at 2 p.m. | Free Admission | Free Hair Cuts | Free Food | Employment Services | Vendor Showcase | Band Showcase | Coat Drive | Health Screenings | National Screening of NBC's “Hope and Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media @ 12 p.m.
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Springdale Community Health Forum
Event Date: January 17, 2019 | 2 - 4 p.m.| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Jones Center, 922 E. Emma Ave. Springdale, AR 72764
Contact: ShaRhonda Love
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As outlined by ACT 912 of 1991, the commission shall meet at least quarterly and at such other times as necessary to carry out its duties as set forth in this act. In addition to the commission meeting, AMHC hosts quarterly community forums to raise awareness of diseases and conditions disproportionately affecting minorities, to provide screening for participants and to gather information from attendees about health issues in their community.
2 - 4 p.m. Commissioner's Meeting - CANCELED
4 - 5 p.m. Open Hearing - CANCELED
5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Community Forum
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Public Hearing for AMHC Rule
Event Date: January 17, 2019 | 4:30 p.m.
Location: Jones Center, 922 E. Emma Ave. Room 226 & 227, Springdale, AR 72764
Contact: ShaRhonda Love
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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED. Please check back with us at a later date for rescheduling.
The Arkansas Minority Health Commission is proposing a new rule and is releasing it for public comment. Click the image below to view the AMHC bylaws:
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Arkansas Cancer Coalition Quarterly Meeting, Holiday Brunch and Ugly Sweater Contest
Event Date: December 11, 2018 | 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Location: Hilton Garden Inn W. Little Rock 10914 Kanis Rd Little Rock, AR 72211
Contact: 501-404-2363
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RSVP for this event-filled morning!
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2018 Eastern Arkansas Rural Business Development Conference
Event Date: November 30, 2018 | 8:30 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Location: Forrest City Civic Center, 1335 N. Washington St., Forrest City, AR 72335
Contact: Clevon Young | 501-374-1103
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Equipping rural residents with the skills and tools needed to create and expand small businesses and engage in job creation activities are the goals of an upcoming regional business conference to be held in Forrest City, Arkansas.
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Marshallese Women’s Reproductive Health Expo
Event Date: November 29, 2018 | 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Rodeo of the Ozarks Events Center, 1423 Emma St., Springdale, AR 72764
Contact: LaCoya Stewart | 501-682-8825
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Join the March of Dimes and the AR Marshallese Coalition in serving as an educational health representative for women of the Marshallese community in Northwest Arkansas.
