The Jubilee Healthy Families program was created in order to address the current health issues facing many of Jubilee’s low-income African American clients. In our extensive work in the community, we have observed first hand the health disparities that have affected African Americans’ quality of life and life span. For instance, over 65% of African Americans in the United States are overweight or obese, which can lead to a higher risk of heart disease, cancer, kidney disease, strokes and diabetes. In California, the diabetes rate of African Americans is about twice the rate of diagnosed whites. In fact, every 4 in 10 African Americans have cardiovascular disease, the highest killer of African Americans in the U.S. It is also reported that 60% of African Americans do not eat the recommended number of fruit and vegetable servings daily. Jubilee believes that education and promotion of nutrition in the African American community, especially targeting low-income areas, is essential to increasing healthy living among African Americans.

The Jubilee Healthy Families Program

Jubilee Healthy Families targets low-income African Americans, primarily women ages 18-54 and their families, in the specific underserved areas of West Berkeley, West Oakland and East Oakland. With the help of committed funding from the California African American 5 a Day Campaign, Jubilee provides health education and nutritional/physical education programs targeted specifically to African Americans through a faith-based approach. Jubilee Healthy Families promotes the 5 a Day program as well as the food stamp program in African American churches, at large festivals, through the media, at grocery stores that serve a large percentage of low-income African Americans, through health fairs and through physical activity events. We also advocate health to area policy makers, social action groups and community leaders. We partner with the American Heart Association, the American Diabetes Association, the American Cancer Society and the California Transplant Donor Network to educate on preventative methods concerning chronic disease and health problems facing African Americans.

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