A Whole Health Approach
Building Healthy Habits. Knowing Your Numbers. Connecting with Community.
Meatless Monday Indy
The Meatless Monday Indy initiative is led by the Centers of Wellness for Urban Women to bring awareness of the Meatless Monday campaign in Indy. We provide the information and recipes you need to start each week with healthy, environmentally friendly meat-free alternatives. Visit our Meatless Monday Indy Facebook page for updates and great info.
Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better
This program was originally created by a national initiative of the Weight-control Information Network (WIN). WIN is an information service of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, a part of the National Institutes of Health. CWUW has taken this program and expanded it to include a whole health approach to wellbeing.
Sisters Together: Move More, Eat Better, and it’s partner program Seniors on the Move, was designed specifically to meet the needs of women in various stages of life to improve their overall health and wellbeing through comprehensive health education focusing on chronic diseases like diabetes and cardiovascular disease, increasing access to screenings, social support, and more.
Who do we serve?
We welcome all women in Indianapolis, but center the needs and experiences of Black women and their families. Black adults experience higher burden of cardiovascular disease risk factors such as hypertension and obesity, and are more than twice as likely to die of CVD, relative to White adults. Black adults also have some of the highest rates of Type 2 diabetes, second only to the individuals who are Indigenous.
Join our sisters together Facebook group
Black women often report they struggle receiving support when trying to build healthy habits for overall well-being. Join our Sisters Together Facebook Group as a way to link up with other women who are interested in moving more, eating better, and creating their own culture of wellness.
Click to watch a story about Sisters Together Walks! "Walking group encourages women to focus on self-care during the pandemic"
Join us for our monthly Community Walks at various locations around Indianapolis. Walks are for all ages and abilities and focus not only on our physical wellness, but also our social wellness. Come connect and take a walk with us.
Sisters Together Monthly Community Walks
APPLY TODAY:
BECOME A SISTERS TOGETHER WALKING LEADER
We’re so excited about our 2026 walking schedule. We’re looking for women who can lead our community-wide walks each month and inspire their coworkers, friends, and neighbors to join us as well.
As a Sisters Together Move More, Eat Better walking leader, you receive:
$25 per walk
Walking Leader ST T-shirt
Pedometer
Requirements:
Lead at least 2 monthly walks on select Saturdays during the year
Attendance at the Walk Leader Orientation
Collect sign-in data and other information from program participants
Help to spread the word in your social circles
Be Encouraging, Approachable and Safe
Join our Facebook Group
Complete the application below. You will be notified when the next Walk Leader Orientation takes place. Thank you!
