A Dare to Dream About an End to Diabetes
A FAMU alumnus receives a blood pressure test from an FSU medical student. On a crisp afternoon at Cascades, the park is dotted with white tents in a sea of bundled up Tallahassee festival-goers. One of those tents is shielding Florida State College of Medicine students from the brisk winds and glaring sun–a contradiction the city’s natives have become all too familiar with this winter. At the edge of the 6th Annual Annual MLK Dare To Dream festival a table is set up by the these doctors in training offering free blood pressure testing and BMI screening for attendees. This year’s theme for the MLK festival came with a health-conscious slant, specifically “the prevention and treatment of diabetes,” according to the MLK Dare 2 Dream’s website. With this in mind it became the perfect opportunity for members of FSU’s Student National Medical Association to put their own skills into practice. “The mission of the organization is to kind of cater to minority and underserved co