GREENSBORO, N.C. — Triad community leader and artist Terence Walker is now working to educate communities of color on ways to make healthier choices.  

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Terence Walker, a Triad community leader and artist, is making it his mission to educate communities of color on healthy living  

African Americans are generally at higher risk for a range of illnesses, including heart diseases, stroke, cancer, and diabetes, according to the Department for Health and Human Services 

Walker is helping to organize the Alkaline Festival, a day of education on physical and mental health, diet and sustainability 

Walker said he became interested in learning more about health and wellness during the pandemic.

“I really wanted to focus on our health, and I felt like once we focus on health, we can really begin to also put a bigger light on some of these other things that we have going on,” Walker explained.

That’s when he met the creator of Live Alkaline Water, Robert McRae, who said his bottles are the first Black-owned water brand to get into select Walmarts.

Walker said the health disparities in the Black community reflect why communities of color should monitor their diets more. 

According to the Office of Minority Health, part of the Department for Health and Human Services, African Americans are generally at higher risk for a range of illnesses, including heart diseases, stroke, cancer, and diabetes.

Walker is helping to organize the Alkaline Festival, a day of education on physical and mental health, diet and sustainability.

"What we are putting in our body, the things we are consuming, what is that we are creating, how we can create it, where resources are, that's what I want people to know,” Walker said.

The festival will be held on McRae’s Land in Yadkinville on July 2.