Kappa Journal Spring Issue (Spring 2017)

Kappa Alpha Psi ® Furthers SIDS Awareness Campaign During 67 th Southern Province Council

I n keeping with Kappa Alpha Psi’s ® national, multiple-city campaign to reduce infant mortality and bring awareness to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), the Jacksonville (FL) Alumni Chapter (JAC) donated 25 portable cribs to students enrolled in the Duval County Public School Systems’ (DCPS) Teen Parent Sup- port Center, based on the campus of the A. Philip Randolph Academy, on Thursday, April 20 th . During his remarks Grand Polemarch Thomas L. Battles, Jr., challenged everyone to appreci- ate that it’s the responsibility of fathers and other men, just as well as women, to keep babies safe while sleeping and help them reach their first birthday. Through the Healthy Kappas/ Healthy Communities initiative, and in partnership with the Silhouettes of Kappa Alpha Psi ® as well as the

Dr. Edward R. Scott II, National Chairman of Health and Wellness assists, Grand Polemarch Battles in distributing cribs during the SIDS awareness presentation sponsored by the Jacksonville (FL) Alumni Chapter.

Global Safe Sleep Center, local chapters have shared the message of safe sleep practices as a way to reduce infant mortality with various stakeholders and encouraged them to place the baby on his or her back (not the stomach) and in his or her own bed (not with a parent or care-

giver, or on a sofa or soft mattress).

“Too many babies are dying,” said Gregory Flowers, principal organizer of the event and Keeper of Exchequer, of JAC. “There are protective measures parents and caregivers can take to reduce the

The Jacksonville (FL) Alumni Chapter (JAC) in partnership with the Southern Province Silhouettes, coordinated a donation of cribs in recognition of SIDS awareness at the A. Phillip Randolph Academy to kick of the 67 th Southern Province Council. Front frow, rom left: Sallie Moore (Jacksonville), Hattie Emanuel (Jacksonville), Kathryn Neal, Southern Province Corresponding Secretary, First Lady Geraldine Battles, Southern Province Coordinator Brenda Beale and Jacksonville Silhouettes President Marti Chapman. Dr. Stacy Scott, next to Grand Polemarch Battles, coordinates with Kappa Alpha Psi ® on these efforts as a part of the Global Safe Sleep Center.

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