{"id":10,"date":"2016-01-25T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-25T09:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/suprema.select-themes.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-09-15T15:32:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T15:32:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ventrymedia.co\/ichoose\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row_content_no_spaces&#8221;][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3989&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653415912034{margin-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3831&#8243; img_size=&#8221;500&#215;500&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1641966803639{padding-top: 50px !important;padding-right: 50px !important;padding-bottom: 50px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>OUR MISSION<\/h2>\n<p>The mission of I Choose Life Foundation is to improve the health and well-being of the African American community through addressing health disparities in several interrelated areas: Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure (hypertension), Mental Health, Lupus, Obesity, Cancers and STI\u2019s. Drawing on its life-affirming culture, values, and internal resources; the community will become effectively informed, organized and will engaged in cooperative health care and prevention projects focused on choosing life and rejecting ideas and actions which lead to health deterioration and death.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Why Us:<\/h2>\n<p>I Choose Life, in partnership with social, civic, civil rights organizations, Black media and the medical community, addresses several major interrelated health concerns and inequities as well as disparities facing the African American community; Cardiovascular disease, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure (hypertension), Mental Health, Lupus, Obesity, Cancer and STI\u2019s. I Choose Life has developed a vital, inclusive and workable cooperative project between the African American community and a network of health providers, advocates, activists, community leaders and organizations, clergy, celebrities, governmental allies, Black media, persons directly affected, as well as those vulnerable.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653385103349{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Advisory Board<br \/>\nA team built on purpose!<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3877&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Frank K. Wheaton Esq.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3880&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Charisse Bredmon-Weaver<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>President\/CEO Brotherhood Crusade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3879&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Bishop Frank M. Reid, III<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AME Church<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3881&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Danny Bakewell, Jr.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Executive Editor and Chief of Staff<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3882&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Gail Wyatt Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>University of California<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Los Angeles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4052&#8243; img_size=&#8221;157&#215;157&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Kevin Aniskovich<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>President &amp; CEO <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Jumo Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653385103349{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why Us?<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]I Choose Life, in partnership with social, civic, civil rights organizations and the medical community, addresses several major interrelated health concerns and disparities facing the African American community; diabetes, heart disease and high blood pressure (hypertension), HIV\/AIDS, Mental Health, Lupus, Obesity, Cancer and STI\u2019s. I Choose Life has developed a vital, inclusive and workable cooperative project between the African American community and a network of health providers, advocates, activists, community leaders and organizations clergy, celebrities, governmental allies, persons directly affected, as well as those vulnerable.[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Contact Us&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fventrymedia.co%2Fichoose%2Fcontact-us%2F|title:Contact%20Us||&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y_MlwhAPW14\" width=\"100%\" height=\"305\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1653385103349{margin-top: 50px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">I Choose Life Chapters 2022 -2024<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Alabama<\/h4>\n<p>Birmingham, AL \u2013 Contact: Bernice Frazier<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>California<\/h4>\n<p>Los Angeles, CA \u2013 Contact: Tony Wafford<\/p>\n<p>Oakland, CA \u2013 Contact: Errol Jackson<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield, CA \u2013 Contact: Dr. Curry<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento, CA \u2013 London Meeks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>District of Columbia<\/h4>\n<p>Washington, DC \u2013 Contact: Dr. Tamara Henry<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Florida<\/h4>\n<p>Palm Beach, FL \u2013 Contact: Anthony Harris<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Georgia<\/h4>\n<p>Atlanta, GA \u2013 Contact: Rev. James Lewis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Illinois<\/h4>\n<p>Chicago, IL \u2013 Contact: Roosevelt Hicks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Indiana<\/h4>\n<p>Hobart, IN \u2013 Contact: Willie Ann Stanton<\/p>\n<p>Kokomo, IN \u2013 Contact: Kathleen McNeil<\/p>\n<p>Gary, IN \u2013 Contact: Leah Hicks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Kansas<\/h4>\n<p>Kansas City, KS \u2013 Contact: Andrea Smith<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Kentucky<\/h4>\n<p>Louisville, KY \u2013 Contact: Attallah Shabazz<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Louisiana<\/h4>\n<p>Monroe, LA \u2013 Contact: Varner Rencher<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans, LA \u2013 Contact: Dr. Ruby Bridges<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Maryland<\/h4>\n<p>Baltimore, MD \u2013 Contact: Johnny Walker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Michigan<\/h4>\n<p>Detroit, MI \u2013 Contact: Colina Roberts, Esq.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Mississippi<\/h4>\n<p>Clarksdale, MS \u2013 Contact: Dr. William Booker<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, MS \u2013 Contact: Joe Golden, III<\/p>\n<p>Pearl, MS \u2013 Contact: Bishop Arnold Stanton<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland, MS \u2013 Contact: Velma Allan<\/p>\n<p>Batesville, MS \u2013 Contact: Lowonder Howard<\/p>\n<p>Hattiesburg, MS \u2013 Contact: Shawn Eley<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Nevada<\/h4>\n<p>Henderson, NV \u2013 Contact: Eloise Dangerfield<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>New Jersey<\/h4>\n<p>Hackensack, NJ \u2013 Contact: Bianca Rios<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>New York<\/h4>\n<p>New York, NY \u2013 Contact: Rev. DeVees Toon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>North Carolina<\/h4>\n<p>Charlotte, NC \u2013 Contact: Reginald Strong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Ohio<\/h4>\n<p>Cincinnati, OH \u2013 Contact: Bishop Frank M. Reid, III<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>South Carolina<\/h4>\n<p>Columbia, SC \u2013 Contact: Jessica Bishop<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4\">\n<h4>Tennessee<\/h4>\n<p>Memphis, TN \u2013 Contact: Christopher McKinnie<\/p>\n<p>Nashville, TN \u2013 Contact: Corri Golden<\/p>\n<p>Jackson, TN \u2013 Contact: Rev. 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