PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS - “I have always felt that if you educate the women in the household, you educate the family on any topic,” Phyllis Clark, executive director and founder of the Healthy Heritage Movement. Her upcoming Broken Crayons Still Color, a Healthy Heritage project, is reaching out to Black women with an eight-week mental health series that she hopes will shed light on the different facets of mental illness. Dr. Candance Elaine, a certified clinical therapist, is teaching the program.| By Dianne Anderson Long before Black healthcare was trending, Phyllis Clark was literally on a roll taking mobile units packed with doctors and nurses to do on-site vital testing, diabetes and cancer screenings, helping the community rise above the inequalities. Hundreds flocked to her events, and families brought stacks of hard copy information and resources […]
