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SDBNA

About Our Organization

The San Diego Black Nurses Association, Inc. (SDBNA), one of ninety-five NBNA chapters, was organized in 1976 by six forward thinking nurses: Eula May Banks, Maudesta George, Lottie Harris, Jewel Kelley, Dorothy Palmer Phillips and Betty Reliford. Our target areas are diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer and influenza.

SDBNA

Vision & Mission

The vision of San Diego Black Nurses Association (SDBNA) Inc. is to be the premier provider of Health Education and Health Promotion to achieve optimum health through a continuum of care for African Americans and other underserved population in the San Diego Community.
Our Mission Statement: To decrease healthcare disparities through advocacy, education and health promotion.

Whatever adversely affects BLACK PEOPLE, wherever they may be, whoever they may be, affects us all.

Dr. Lauranne Sams, NBNA Founding President

SDBNA

Purpose

* To provide health education, prevention and advocacy

* To sponsor and mentor nursing students

* To recruit and maintain nurses into the organization

* To encourage and assist nurses in seeking advanced degrees

* To work in collaboration with other healthcare and community organizations to improve healthcare.

Our current Healthcare Focus is to decrease healthcare disparities in the following areas: diabetes, hypertension,
cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, prostate cancer and influenza.

SDBNA

History

At the American Nurses Association Convention in 1971, several delegates met and expressed concerns about the status of health care to Blacks in America. From this meeting grew an organization of national prominence and recognition known as the National Black Nurses Association (NBNA).
The San Diego Black Nurses Association (SDBNA), one of over ninety chapters, was organized in 1976 by six forward thinking nurses: Eula May Banks, Maudesta George, Lottie Harris, Jewel Kelley, Dorothy Palmer Phillips and Betty Reliford. Lottie Harris was the SDBNA’s first president.

SDBNA

Objectives

For the past 40 years SDBNA has kept its commitment to its primary objectives:

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Awarding scholarships annually to students enrolled in an accredited nursing program;

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Recruiting Blacks into nursing and retaining them for future health care providers;

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Providing a support system to nursing students through monitoring and tutoring;

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Offering continuing education classes and workshops; and

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Participating in community activities and networking with strategic organizations who speak out on health-related issues, especially those affecting African Americans.

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Participating in community activities and networking with strategic organizations who work on health-related issues, especially those affecting African Americans and other underserved members of the community.

SDBNA

Past Presidents

To accomplish its goals, SDBNA has been provided with excellent leadership by the following presidents:

LOTTIE HARRIS*

BA, RN (1976-1978), (1990-1992)

PATRICIA HARVARD

Ph.D, RN (1978-1980)

BARBARA ODOM

BSN, RN (1980-1982)

YVONNE HUTCHINSON*

MS, NP (1982-1984) (1988-1990)

DOROTHY MUNNS

RN (1984-1986) (2007-2010)

EULA MAE BANKS*

MA, RN (1986-1987)

LOUISE GRANT*

BSN, RN (1987-1988)

BEVERLY EUGENE-ANGELETTA*

RN (1992-1994) (1994-Jan 1995)

DIANE AUDREY-KENDALL*

(1995-1996)

RUTH JOHNSON*

LVN (1996-1999)

MATTIE ALLEN

RN (2000-2002)

SYVERA HARDY

RN (2003-2006)

SHARON SMITH

RN, FNP-BC (2011-2014)

ETHEL WEEKLY-AVANT*

2015 – 2018

Samantha Gambles FARR

MSN, NP (2019- Jul 2021)

SHARON SMITH

RN, FNP-BC (2022-2024)
(Immediate Past President)

*Deceased

Striving for Excellence

SDBNA will continue to strive for excellence in personal and professional growth; work diligently to influence change relative to the health care needs of all; remain committed to meeting and improving the health care needs of the community.

Meeting Information

General Meeting
2nd Saturday of each month 10:00 am
USCD East Campus
6655 Alvarado Rd, San Diego, CA 92120

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