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Posted On December 18, 2020 8:09 pm
Physician, Psychiatry Howard University FOCUS Danielle Hairston’s area of focus is understanding the impact of systemic issues on mental health, especially in Black communities. Her work seeks to highlight the connection between racism, bias, and psychiatry. She envisions a culture that values equity of mental health care and treatment for marginalized populations. She plans to… View Article
Posted On December 18, 2020 8:09 pm
Director, Content/Communications St. Luke’s Health System FOCUS Leading content and communications for St. Luke’s Health System in Boise, Idaho, Daniel believes in a world where people are valued, included, supported, respected and celebrated — a world where people have access to everything they need to be healthy and connected. His vision for a Culture of… View Article
Posted On December 18, 2020 8:08 pm
Network Strategy Lead Cityblock Health FOCUS Brandon Batiste’s vision for a Culture of Health is an inclusive, patient-centered, and community-focused integrated system of care that is built on evidence-based practice, wellness, and recovery. He aims to build economic and health care delivery systems that create access to behavioral health, substance abuse, and associated therapies for… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 1:00 am
Founder + Chief Strategist &Access FOCUS Imagine the focal point of your favorite neighborhood. For Bobby, it’s Sweet Auburn Curb Market, located in the historic African-American neighborhood Martin Luther King, Jr. called home. Here you find all of Atlanta represented in the food, the people, and the boisterous experience. It is these kinds of memories… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:58 am
Prevention Programming and Community Outreach Project Manager McKinleyville Family Resource Center FOCUS Aristea Saulsbury believes that a healthy community is one in which all people have the power to make decisions and build connections with one another. Too often people who are marginalized (historically and currently) are not authentically built into the plans of organizations… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:56 am
Community Health Advocate The Resurrection Project/ELLAS FOCUS Fifty-nine percent of Latina women are diagnosed during the last stage of breast cancer which is the number one cause of death for Latina women in Chicago. These startling statistics result from a lack of resources and substantial barriers that Latina women may face, such as the lack… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:54 am
Farmer Amar(t)anto Herbal Farm Coop FOCUS Amara (they/them/elle) is a queer immigrant farmer and educator. Amara focuses on restoring a sacred relationship with the land by cultivating growing and learning spaces that highlight Afro-Indigenous agricultural traditions technologies and foodways. Amara has been farming in New York City for seven years and is transitioning to working… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:24 am
FOCUS Despite the money and proliferation of institutional, entrepreneurial, nonprofit, and philanthropic players, social change efforts have wielded little systemic change. And those most impacted continue to suffer under oppressive systems despite the overabundance of “programming.” In response to these conditions, along with other residents of East Durham, N.C., in 2012 Aliyah co-founded Communities In… View Article
Posted On November 20, 2020 12:17 am
Assistant Director of Programming, COO Dreamcatcher Initiative, Inc. FOCUS Alexis recognizes how essential it is for youth, especially youth transitioning from system involvement back into the community, to be the co-authors of their transition plan. Her focus is on bridging the gap between youth and community dialogue, introducing entrepreneurship and effective decision-making to youth. Alexis… View Article
Posted On March 5, 2020 10:20 pm
Community Educator/Artist/Facilitator Youth Empowerment Project FOCUS Classrooms serving marginalized youth in Phoenix, Ariz., should center safety, healing, justice, critical thinking, and community wisdom. By design, in Phoenix and all over the U.S., classrooms serving predominantly Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, and Refugee youth are sites of hostility and criminalization. As levels of trauma experienced by young people… View Article