Posted on 10/20/2007 1:13:06 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
La Plaza Comunitaria and La Paz de Dios will host an annual Hispanic health fair Sunday in conjunction with Binational Health Week, organizers said.
Mirtha Jones, director of Plaza Comunitaria, an initiative of Chattanooga State Technical Community College, said it is important to have a health fair specifically for Hispanics because "There are a lot of Latinos in the area that don't have access to medical care."
She said this is the second year the health fair will be held together with Binational Health Week.
The fair will include about 20 different organizations offering information on various illnesses, such as tuberculosis, epilepsy and testing for HIV and AIDS, according to organizers. The fair also will have entertainment and door prizes.
Kasey Poole, spokeswoman for the Chattanooga Hamilton County Health Department, which is participating in the health fair, said outreach "is always important when we work with the community."
She said it is fundamental to educate people about health care services available to them, and interpreters will be available for participants who need them.
"We want to make sure we provide all the information in their language and let them know there are other places where they can receive free health care services," Ms. Jones said.
She said organizers are expecting 250 to 300 people at the fair.
Binational Health Week is an annual weeklong series of health-promotion and health-education activities geared toward migrants and immigrants from Mexico and Central America.
E-mail Perla Trevizo at ptrevizo@timesfreepress.com
“Then the boogey-man is found in post #1 which insinuates that an Hispanic-American health fair was somehow assisting illegal immigrants. Check the thread for the first instance of that term: “illegal” and you’ll come to post #1.”
I was the one who posted #1 and I would NEVER say or write “illegal immigrants”
Of the dozens of articles I have posted here, none of them have the injcorrect term, “illegal immigrants” unless it was ignorantly published in the article itself by the original author
If you think I am bragging b/c I am trying to change your skewed way of seeing Hispanics... you are also blind.
But accept you complement that it a good thing.
“Damn straight! Brits, Canadians, French, Eastern European, North African, South African-and yes! South of the Rio Grande! If you’re illegal, GTF OUT!”
Bingo! If you don’t respect our borders, you will not respect our laws or our culture!
Yes I heard that on C-SPAN today ... I wasn’t born yesterday either !! i was born in Korea & became a US citizen here !!! Your point is ?!!!
Presidente Fox realizing his situation in MEXICO, won’t EVEN HELP HIS OWN PEOPLE THEIR, THAT’S WHY THEIR COMING HERE..... DUH !! WHAT’S UP WITH THAT ?!!!
I think a Heineken is in order here. LOL
Correct....your question was....”Who is paying for this service to illegal aliens?”
ILLEGAL ALIENS, NOT ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS!!!
Now listen very slowly..
illegal aliens are not illegal “immigrants”..there’s no such person..
Illegal aliens are illegal aliens...
What exactly is “You are full hate”? Is that some kind of street slang that I’m not “cool enough” to know about?
Just the mention of that makes you crazy mad.
“But accept you complement that it a good thing.”
Again, street?
For me anyway....
These 2 trolls are enough to drive you to drink?
LOL
You crazy mad!!! I think that’s street too!
I thought you had some intellect to foster debate, but it seems you are just a angry troll. Your words have shone you what you are, as mine have. Do not label me.
Pacifico?
2 race baiters telling us how racist we are, and how full of hate we are. That is all I have seen.
Kindly explain in a real-conservative fashion how an Hispanic-American health fair has anything to do with Tennessee taxapyer paying for health service to, ahem, "illegal aliens."
Once they get in that “angry zone” they stop making ANY sense!
No, I would have one anyway after my back-side was handed to me after Alabama. Chattanooga is a wonderful city and can handle itself. This thread has morphed into personal attacks against each other. Hmmmm.
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