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About Us
Taking Effective Action is a 501(c)3 empowering women, men, youth and families to live healthier lives.
TEA is an acronym meaning Taking Effective Action, for spirit, mind, and body health. It is a spiritually based health education organization based in Prince George’s County Maryland. TEA specializes in wellness education programs, products, and cooperative efforts with others to enable women, men, youth and families to achieve and maintain optimal health.
The goal of TEA is to focus on the often-unrecognized obstacles that hinder women, men, youth and families from enjoying optimal spirit, mind, and physical health. TEA strives to accomplish this goal primarily through action-oriented, skill-building presentations, discussions, and hands-on demonstrations where participants are given the knowledge and resources to live a healthier, wealthier life.
Why TEA?
By learning how to Take Effective Action, you will learn how to take charge of your life. You will learn how to recognize and overcome obstacles that keep you from reaching optimal spiritual, mental, and physical wellness.
Get your Prescription for TEA!
Learn Lifetime Strategies for Optimal Spiritual, Mental, and Physical Health.
It’s Time for TEA!
(Taking Effective Action) for Spirit, Mind, and Body Health. It’s time to begin your journey toward better health.
Get Rid of Excess Weight!
Spiritual, physical, and mental baggage holds us down and makes the journey towards our goals more laborious. Learn how to shed this unnecessary weight.
What You Can Do To Help
Make a Financial Donation.
As a 100% privately funded 501(c)(3) non-profit, your contribution is tax deductible and will directly benefit the empowerment of women, men, youth and families as they improve their health. Please consider making a personal or corporate contribution by donating, sponsoring, volunteering, or providing in kind services for TEA’s many health initiatives. Your contribution will help many people to gain valuable, free access to invigorating, and supportive health education programs designed to improve their health.
Donations can be made in any amount:
Checks can be sent to:
Taking Effective Action, Inc.,
P.O. Box 4433
Upper Marlboro MD 20775
Gertie’s Healthy Recipes
Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.” Gen 1:2
Strawberries
The strawberry, a member of the rose family, is unique in that it is the only fruit with seeds on the outside rather than the inside. Strawberries have been known since the time of the Greeks and Romans and cultivation…
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Yogurt with Blueberries and Nuts
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Place blueberries in a dish. Stir in maple syrup. Add pecans. Makes 1 serving. *Enjoy. Great as breakfast, snack, and dessert. Read More
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Tomato Spice Cake
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, spices and salt. Thoroughly mix tomato sauce and soda in small bowl; add…
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Chickpea Apple and Pecan Salad
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Using a fork or potato masher, mash the (Chickpea) garbanzo beans well, leaving some lumps for texture, (They should not be pureed). Stir together first…
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Braised Collard Greens With Grape Tomatoes
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. In a 4 to 6-quart stock pot large pot, heat the olive oil on medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and cook…
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Tomato and Watermelon Soup
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Combine the first 6 ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Strain it through a sieve into a…
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Meatless Roast and Mushroom Gravy
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Preheat oven to 350 °F. Spray a loaf pan with nonstick oil spray and set aside. Combine all ingredients and mix well.…
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Cranberries
Cranberries are considered a healthy fruit. They contain no cholesterol and virtually no fat and are low in sodium. Various cranberry products may contain substantial levels of dietary fiber and certain vitamins, as well as a variety of photochemicals that…
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Event: 2024 Women’s Health & Wellness Symposium
Please join us for this 1-day Evidence-Based Symposium on Health and Wellness. We will be discuyssing current health topics including,…
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Gertie Hurley Featured in National Folk Festival
An entrepreneur as well as an education and healthy-living advocate, Hurley champions the many benefits of Black cloth dolls. Read…
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Event: 2022 Virtual Health & Wellness Symposium
Please join us for this 1-day Evidence-Based Symposium on Health and Wellness. This symposium is unique in that we will…
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Event: 2021 Virtual Heart Health Workshop
Taking Effective Action, Inc.(TEA), Campfield AME Church, and Love AME Church Presents: A Free "Virtual Heart Health Workshop" - Saturday,…
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December 2020 Newsletter
This month in The Tea times: 8 Tips for Improving Communication When Wearing a Face Covering and Sautéed Cucumbers. Read…
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November 2020 Newsletter: Special Edition
Taking Effective Action, Inc.® (TEA) is pleased to work with Love AME Church and a number of partners to host…
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Event: 2020 Virtual Health & Wellness Symposium
Please join us for this 1-day Evidence-Based Symposium on Health and Wellness. Some of the country’s foremost experts on health…
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Sauteed Cucumbers
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Peel cucumber,…
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October 2019 Newsletter: The Tea Times
This month in The TEA Times: Breast Cancer Awareness helpful habits to reduce your risk| Domestic Violence Awareness Month Info…
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Black Beans & Vegetable Rice
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Heat the…
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Strawberries
The strawberry, a member of the rose family, is unique in that it is the only fruit with seeds on…
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Yogurt with Blueberries and Nuts
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Place blueberries in…
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Tomato Spice Cake
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. In large…
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Chickpea Apple and Pecan Salad
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Using a…
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Braised Collard Greens With Grape Tomatoes
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. In a…
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Tomato and Watermelon Soup
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Combine the…
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Meatless Roast and Mushroom Gravy
Wash your hands with clean, running water (warm or cold) for at least 20 seconds, rinse and dry. Preheat oven…
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Cranberries
Cranberries are considered a healthy fruit. They contain no cholesterol and virtually no fat and are low in sodium. Various…
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