newimpression.org

Jurline Redeaux

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT THE FOLLOWING:
MICHELLE MCCOY, Compton High School Educator/Link Crew Advisor or
Jurline Redeaux, Executive Director, @newimpressionorg@gmail.com 562-612-3517 or 310-991-1928….
PHONE:   

OUR MISSION:

Our mission Sankofa symbolizes one taking from the past what is good and bringing it into the present in order to make positive progress through the benevolent use of knowledge.   

ABOUT US:

Our agency’s belief is rooted in the Ghana philosophy of Sankofa and we have adopted  The Sankofa Bird as our agency’s logo.  Sankofa teaches us that we must go back to our roots in order to move forward. That we should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward.  Therefore, whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone or been stripped of, can be reclaimed, revived, preserved and perpetuated.    

New Impression Inc, a Faith Based Social Service Agency, was founded in 2008, to address the serious shortage of safe, decent, affordable housing for low-income families.  We are a registered 501(c) 3 non profit corporation providing housing and comprehensive supportive services to homeless and at-risk families. However, our focus shifted to Diabetes Awareness due to the high incidence of Diabetes among people of color. To that end, we have partnered with the California Legislative Black Caucus, The City of Compton, and Compton High School to proclaim April 28, 2009 Diabetes Awareness Day for the City of Compton. Consequently we are in the planning stages of promoting the second Compton Annual Diabetes Walkathon to take place April 23, 2011.  We are actively looking for agencies to partner with us as well as fund this worthwhile  and life changing events for the citizens of Los Angeles County.   

Diabetes Awareness

On April 28, 2009, the   California Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, Advocacy in Action: Health Disparities Training Program and Compton High School Link Crew Students for Global Change made a presentation to the  Compton City Council to address the diabetes related health crisis prevalent in the Compton Community.  As a result of our presentation, Mayor Perrodin proclaimed   April 28, 2009, Diabetes Awareness Day for the City of ComptonCOMPTON HIGH SCHOOL, Link Crew, in collaboration, with  New Impression, Inc  is hosted the  first  annual  Compton Annual Diabetes Awareness Walk   

 April 24, 2010.  FREE PRE DIABETES SCREENING   

TIME:7AM-8AM  AWARENESS WALK
8-12  PRE DIABETES SCREENING
         AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION/SPEAKER
        EXHIBITITION BOOTHS
         

PLACE: COMPTON HIGH SCHOOL
              ADDRESS:(see attached)
Exhibitors:
AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION
CHARLES DREW UNIVERSITY
BEST FOR THE HOMELESS(BENEFITS ENTITLEMENT SERVICES TEAM)
COMPTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT   

TWO MILE WALK FROM COMPTON HIGH SCHOOL TO BRING AWARENESS TO THE INCIDENCE OF DIABETES IN OUR COMMUNITIES..