Dear UTC Readers,
‘Tis the season for New Years’ Resolutions. So in that vein, please allow me to highlight the main points of what I have found to be the key to success, not only in life, but in specifically in achieving and maintaining fitness related goals and aspirations.
It is what I [...]
ADVICE/Fitness/HEALTH
The uninsured are tossed around like pawns on a chess board, but most Americans don’t have any idea about who the uninsured are and how they became part of this faceless group of people. In order to understand why it’s imperative that legislation be put in place to assist them, let’s take time to pull back [...]
So I got to thinking the other day while I was at the grocery standing in line. What if when we bought our food, instead of only the price of the item being scanned coming up on the register and being printed on the receipt, we were also given the fat calories, and a letter grade for that item in terms of healthy eating?
Sleep is a basic human need and is important for our mind and bodies to function normally. Sleepiness due to a lack of adequate sleep is a big problem in the United States. It affects children as well as adults. In general, children and adolescents need at least 9 hours of sleep [...]
In observance of World AIDS Day, Urban Thought Collective brings you a week of a thought provoking series of excerpts from Gil Robertson’s best-selling collection of essays, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community.”
SWEET TEA ETHICS | EDWARD M. GARNES, JR.
There once was a Persian cat who had a tail worthy of [...]
In observance of World AIDS Day, Urban Thought Collective brings you a week of a thought provoking series of excerpts from Gil Robertson’s best-selling collection of essays, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community.”
GENERATIONS: BY REGINA R. ROBERTSON
My mother always says that you can determine a person’s age by simply asking them [...]
I lost my uncle to HIV in the 1984. He was a proud, strong family man with a beautiful wife and two terrific kids. The reason for death to everyone outside of my family was cancer or unknown. Everyone in my family knew he died from AIDS related complications but no [...]
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2008, Urban Thought Collective brings you a thought provoking series of excerpts from Gil Robertson’s best-selling collection of essays, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community.”
Bodies collide as huge drops of hot sweat fall to the floor. Hearts are racing, thoughts are [...]
In honor of World AIDS Day on December 1, 2008, Urban Thought Collective brings you a thought provoking series of excerpts from Gil Robertson’s bestselling collection of essays, “Not in My Family: AIDS in the African American Community.”
I know the face of AIDS. I have touched it, kissed it, comforted it, listened to its [...]
Greetings UTC! You still with me? Okay, great! Let’s jump right in!! “Here we go…”
It is my aim that by sharing my experience as a fitness trainer for over 14 years, readers will feel encouraged, glean some additional direction and pick up some helpful tips, tools and tidbits along the journey to living [...]