April News to Help You Live Well
Parkinson's Awareness Month  

April is a great time to raise awareness in your community. One way to do that is to get a Parkinson’s Awareness Month proclamation for your city or state. It’s not too late to implement one this year; learn how on our Healthy Parkinson’s Communities™ blog. 

With help from our Hispanic Ambassadors, our Hispanic Community Engagement team launched a campaign to bring visibility to the fighting and resilient spirit of people with Parkinson's and their care partners. The awareness campaign, Mi Victoria con Parkinson (#mivictoriaconparkinson), is being promoted—with great impact—on the Foundation's Spanish-language YouTube channel. 

Every April, the Parkinson’s community takes action to engage and give back through creative and inspiring community fundraising. Consider joining us to make your own challenge and fundraise in support of our evidence-based programs. 

March was Women’s History Month: A panel of women living with Parkinson’s—including several Foundation Ambassadors—met with Devon Fulford to discuss receiving their diagnosis, changes in symptoms related to pregnancy and menstruation, self-advocacy, social pressure related to appearance and behavior, and more. We’ve already recorded a second session—to be released in late April—and have scheduled a third recording.  

Devon also chatted with Kevin Kwok and Dr. Natasha Forhergill-Misbah (Tash): one of the producers of the award-winning short (~14 minutes) documentary Shaking Hands with the Devil. Tash discussed the context for the film and some of the underlying challenges for people living with Parkinson’s in parts of Africa.  

Hispanic Ambassador Jaime Robledo’s Moment of Victory® in Spanish was so impactful, we published in English, as well. 

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Community support makes our programs possible; please consider joining our community of supporters today with a gift in honor of Parkinson’s Awareness Month.