Bay Area Black United Fund collaborating with Bay Area quilters Marion Coleman, Dolores Presley, and Julia Vitero to create 15 quilts that promote personal responsibility for health, focusing, in particular, on risk factors associated with metabolic resistance syndrome, a pre-diabetic condition. The artists are participating in the Bay Area African American Health Initiative (a program of the Bay Area Black United Fund), which is presenting trainings to promote choosing life-affirming activities on a daily basis.