Healthy Vision Resources for African Americans

Use these articles in any of your publications or newsletters to educate people about eye health. You can copy and paste the text into a new document or download and use the file as is.

• Celebrate your sight! (PDF 334.82 KB)
• Start a new tradition: set your sights on healthy vision (PDF 411.27 KB)
• This year, skip the perfume (PDF 500.88 KB)

Find information and tips to help you communicate important eye health messages to African Americans.

• Healthy eyes bulletin (PDF 2.51 MB)

Share this infographic with your networks, community leaders, and partner organizations. Print and place the infographic in common areas, post on your website and social media pages, and encourage others to do the same.

• African Americans and eye health: Focus on your vision. Diabetic retinopathy. Low Vision. Health vision tips

Please share these slides/flyers with the people in your community. Include them in presentations and weekly congregational announcements, place in common areas, and post on your website and social media pages.

• Celebrate your life. Protect your sight. (PDF 2 MB)
• Life happens, but you can make healthy vision a priority (PDF 2.76 MB)
• Love the ladies in your life (PDF 3 MB)

Whether you want to lead a small educational session about healthy vision, create an educational program, enhance your existing health program, or simply print materials to hand out, the See Well for a Lifetime Toolkit has just what you need. This module features a PowerPoint presentation, speaker’s guide, and tip sheets that you can use as handouts.

• See Well for a Lifetime Toolkit—Module 1: Making vision a health priority

Here are the Write the Vision social media posts for healthy vision. We hope you are as excited as we are to share them. Get the word out in the community by sharing these posts about healthy vision. Join the national conversation by using the hashtag #MyHealthyEyes.