By Kemora Williams
Cardiovascular diseases kill nearly 50,000 African American women annually and only 52% of African American women are aware of the signs and symptoms of a heart attack. This disease continues victorious because of misinformation, misdiagnoses, and mistreatment.
“Fight the Lady Killer” is a new campaign by the Women Heart Alliance, which was formed to raise awareness, encourage action, and drive research to fight women’s heart disease. On November 19, 2014 from 6pm-10pm the Lovely Ladies of the Legendary Lambda Epsilon chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated will band together to host a WOMEN ONLY campus wide event to raise awareness for heart disease in women. There will be blood pressure checks, raffle prizes, a guest speaker from the American Heart Association, and much more. Please go out and support Lambda Epsilon but most importantly, get informed because we cannot change what we are not aware of and once we are aware, we cannot help but change.