June 9, 2004
Lincoln
Participates in “Real Men Cook for Charity” Event on
Father’s Day, June 20 at Adam’s Mark Hotel in Philadelphia
President Ivory V. Nelson will preview the event and discuss
the health behaviors of African-American males on a June 13th
radio show, WPHI 103.9 F.M.
Lincoln
University, PA —Lincoln University will participate in
the 15th annual “Real Men Cook for Charity” event on
Father’s Day, June 20, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the main
ballroom of the Adam’s Mark Hotel, on City Avenue and Monument
Road, in Philadelphia.
Lincoln’s
“Real Men Cook for Charity” team will consist of Vice
President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management Dr. William
B. Bynum, Jr., and the University’s Office of Minority Male
Health (OMMH). The team will sponsor Lincoln alumnus Stefan Jordan,
class of 1985. Jordan will prepare health-conscious recipe of
“Last Man Gumbo (Seafood Gumbo).” In addition, Lincoln’s
Office of Minority Male Health will conduct blood pressure and
diabetes screenings in the hotel’s auditorium. The University’s
Office of Admissions will also staff a booth to distribute enrollment
information to potential students.
As a preview
to the upcoming Philadelphia “Real Men Cook for Charity”
event, President Ivory V. Nelson, Ph.D., and Dr. Vincent Pearson,
senior medical director for Independence Blue Cross, and a 1972
Lincoln graduate, will discuss the health behaviors that place
African-American males at risk on the WPHI 103.9 F.M. (The Beat)
Sunday news magazine show on June 13 at 8 a.m. Dr. Pearson is
a member of OMMH's Advisory Board. The radio program is hosted
by newsman E. Stephen Collins, who is a member of Lincoln's ACT
101/TIME program's Advisory Board.
Lincoln is
one of five Historically Black Colleges and Universities that
received part of a $1 million grant last year from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services/Office of Minority Health to address
health awareness, prevention and education in chronic diseases
relative to minority males.
Philadelphia
is one of 11 major cities across the country, including Los Angeles,
New York and Atlanta that annually participates in “Real
Men Cook for Charity.” The event honors fathers and the positive
accomplishments of men in the community on Father’s Day.
In addition to Lincoln, Philadelphia’s “Real Men Are
Cooking” event sponsors include NBC 10, the Adam’s Mark
Hotel, 103.9 FM (The Beat), The Philadelphia Tribune, Communities
in Schools of Philadelphia (CISP), Males Achieving Responsibility
Successfully and Careers Through the Culinary Arts. For more information
on “Real Men Cook,,” log onto www.realmencook.com.
