Healthy Living Black Women's Health Imperative

Inside Healthy Living

Eat right! Get fit! Be emotionally well! These are the keys to living healthier. The Black Women’s Health Imperative, with the support of Kraft Foods Inc., is working to get this information into your hands and all of the other 19.5 million African American women and girls in order to help change their lives and health for the better.

The Healthy Living Initiative is a lifestyle-change program that focuses on promoting better nutrition, increased physical activity and improved emotional well-being for Black women and their families who are disproportionately at risk for obesity and obesity-related diseases. Here, you can get the facts, tools and resources to help you and your family live healthier!

Our Story

From a historic gathering of women at Spelman College to a national organization driven for and by Black women on the issues that matter most to our health and well-being, learn the legacy of this great organization.

The Health Imperatives

Learn the key imperatives for Black women’s health and wellness and you’ll know the important issues that motivate the Imperative, an organization that's been working on your behalf for almost 25 years.

Membership Matters!

Your membership will help us reach more Black women about health matters. Join us and you'll help support the organization and the well-being of Black women. Learn all about the benefits of membership.

Our Health Matters!