2020-2021 New York Go Red For Women

2020-2021 NYC Go Red for Women Movement

STEM Goes Red – Fall 2021
Go Red for Women Luncheon Experience –
Friday, April 30, 2021 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm

THE HEALTH OF NYC WOMEN IS WHY

Go Red for Women® is the American Heart Association’s nationwide movement dedicated to raising awareness, improving health, and ending heart disease as the No. 1 killer of women. Today, it’s not just about wearing red; it’s not just about sharing heart health facts. It’s about all women making a commitment to stand together in the fight for heart health equality. For 17 years, Go Red for Women has built a network of survivors, advocates, and supporters dedicated to helping women live longer and stronger.

The American Heart Association is working tirelessly to ensure women can protect themselves from heart disease and stroke, which in most cases is highly preventable, as well as empower women to take control of their well-being. Through raising awareness, educating women on how to live healthy, closing gender gaps in research and STEM fields, and addressing the gender and racial inequities that women face in access to and quality of care, Go Red for Women is making a profound impact on the state of women’s health.

Now, in the face of unprecedented crisis with the emergence of COVID-19, the need for Go Red for Women’s work is more important than ever. COVID-19 has the potential to drastically change the health and well-being of people across the globe for many years, unless we work together to reduce the impact. Together, we must shield and serve our families, friends, and neighbors - and particularly those at high risk like the millions of Americans with cardiovascular diseases. The AHA has acted swiftly to respond to the on-going threat of COVID-19, by funding research related to the cardiovascular implications of virus, providing tools and job aids for healthcare providers, as well as ensuring people in greatest need have access to care, proper nourishment, and physical activity options during the pandemic.

Women make up roughly 51% of the US population. We’re not a “special” or “sub” population – we’re the majority population. We have a voice that is unmatched – and when we use it together, there is nothing we cannot accomplish. The price of being a woman is high – and when it comes to cardiovascular disease, one in three women pay that price with their lives.

The time is now. The need is critical. The Go Red for Women movement has the will and the way to help create equal opportunity by removing some of the truly unique barriers that women face to experiencing longer, healthier lives. Our strength is unmatched. Because there is no greater, more relentless force in the world than women united with passion and purpose. Will you join us?