Meet the Awakening the Spirit Project Team

In our lifetimes, we have watched family and community members struggle to live with diabetes. So it is with great urgency that the Awakening the Spirit Project Team asks Native people to gain the knowledge and skills to prevent diabetes, and to live in holistic balance with diabetes for a long, healthy life.

On a spiritual level, Native people understand we are responsible for taking care of our bodies first. Positive lifestyle choices can help our families, our communities, and ourselves.

Native communities should join forces to prevent and manage diabetes. Remember that we are not alone. Lessons learned through traditional ways of living and the strength we have as a people are effective tools to fight diabetes.

Awakening the Spirit Project Team Calendar Year 2009

Gale Marshall - Chair Canton, NC	Yvette Roubideaux, MD, MPH University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
Darryl Tonemah, Ph.D., M.Ed., B.S., B.S. Norman Oklahoma	Kelly R. Moore, MD Albuquerque, NM
John Pipe Fort Peck Tribe Wolf Point, MT	Cherlye Litzin Medical Department Native Health Phoenix, AZ
Patricia Burr Shawano, WI	Polly M. Olsen Seattle, WA
Brenda Broussard, RD, MPH, BC-ADM CDE Brenda Broussard Consulting Albuquerque, NM Consultant	Denise Price-Brown Alexandria, VA Staff Support
Gordon Quam, RN, BSN IHS National Diabetes Program Albuquerque, NM	Karla Garcia Alexandria, VA Staff Support

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