WELLNESS YOU DESERVE.
I Deserve It is addressing the needs of our community through compassion, care, and empowerment, utilizing art and culture to promote health and wellness resources to address life expectancy disparities in our communities.
FOR THE COMMUNITY
BY THE COMMUNITY
I Deserve It is a collaborative effort between Ashé Cultural Arts Center and New Orleans East Hospital.
Our team members are your neighbors and our extended family. Our trained staff of Community Health Workers are influencers, musicians, artists and health professionals.
I Deserve It is a collaborative effort between Ashé Cultural Arts Center and New Orleans East Hospital that is working to bring about a paradigm shift that illuminates and solves for the twenty-five year difference in life expectancy experienced by New Orleans' majority Black neighborhoods.
WHY
“Black New Orleanians experience the poorest health outcomes as it relates to hypertension, diabetes, obesity and mental health, exacerbated by historically higher uninsured rates. These concentrated disadvantages have led to a 25-year life expectancy deficit between Black and white New Orleanians.”
- Avis Gray MSN, RN, Health Equity Leader Ashé Cultural Arts Center
HOW
Our program utilizes artists and culture bearers to promote health and wellness resources and education, with the goal of decreasing the lower life expectancy in Black neighborhoods.
Because we are here — present and on purpose.
Because we are not afterthoughts or things looking to be put off for another time.
Because our health, wellness, and overall well being are all worthy of full expression, functioning at optimal levels, and sustained by lifestyles thriving in a culture of consciousness, care, and concern.
We deserve to live long lives, surrounded by supportive communities and safe neighborhoods. We have a right to affordable, accessible, and quality housing, food, and healthcare.
It is here we proclaim, “I Deserve It!” Where the collective “I” comes together- unified, dignified, and aware; empowered by one another’s existence, knowing we are all deserving of every good thing this life has to offer.
OUR WELLNESS MANIFESTO
WE CAN CONNECT
YOU TO RESOURCES:
CONTACT US
CONTACT US
Email
ideserveitnola@gmail.com
Phone
(504) 233-2190
Location
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd
New Orleans, LA 70113