Author name: Village of Healing

Village of Healing (VOH) is a 501c3 community development organization with a new approach to community wellness. By focusing on healing and empowering individuals in the village, we work to eliminate social determinants of health and decrease health disparities through implementing community programming, advocacy, and collaboration. Our vision is to offer all members of the community life-empowering skills through multiple sources and mediums that will in turn heal and empower the village. We also work to ensure health that leads to not only surviving, but also thriving.

Cleveland.com: Advocating for healthy babies: Two women create Village of Healing health clinic in Euclid for women of color

During their years serving on committees examining infant mortality in Cuyahoga County, Healthcare workers Da’na Langford and Tenisha Gaines came to believe it takes boots on the ground in under-resourced neighborhoods, not large institutions, to make change

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CommunitySolutions.com: Village of Healing: A Beacon of Hope

Da’Na and Tenisha walked us through each room, with all of their colors, flair, and artwork paying homage to Black individuals who have played a major part in helping to advance modern medicine, including Anarcha, Betsy, and Lucy—known as the Mothers of Modern Gynecology—three enslaved women who were grotesquely experimented on in the name of gynecology

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